Did the CPU got a whole lot dumber since the last version ? Sending scout after scout vs stacks of 5+...or using mounted units ONLY in the lane with hellebardists vs em..
I remember having a whole lot more trouble, especially vs the demons...
Very easy game..you get way too much money, spam healing/rage scrolls, win. With art of war and patriotism maxed you don't even have to lift a finger. 1. line melee/tanks, 2nd line ranged. Don't bother with troops from other nations, patriotism gives +100% dmg to your own.
"Massive portal" is too luck based. Sometimes the waves spawn mostly on one of the 2 points, ergo one of your camps lvls, the other one doesn't. If that happens more than 5 rounds in a row you can't compensate for the lack of lvls and die.
Is it even possible to beat the red fire clan master as poison water ? He has a better low attack than you, his high defense blocks your attack completely and the manaburn game doesn't work either cause of the special. In other words : you can only hurt him with poison, and that doesn't kill him fast enough.