Can't defeat Bagud!

[Vulture]

Originally Posted by Openingknight

Thanks for your help. My stats are:

Attack 10
Defense 25
Rage 67 (0 at start of battle)
Mana 91
Intellect 10

Leadership is 22,400

I have most order spells at level 3, and most distortion at level 1

My "Time back" works on level 1-3 creatures

Ok, the problem here is pretty obvious. You need way more attack. I don't know how you managed to rech 29 aquiring only 10 attack even with items but I am 100% sure that you can re-arrange some items to go at least towards 20 attack. Sacrifice Defense for it. The same goes with intellect. Even a paladin, who royally sucks at casting/spellpower can handle Intellect way more effectively than defense. See it that way: what is the best way to avoid taking a beating ? Easy as this: hit as hard as you can and leave nothing or few to retaliate. Stacking Defense is very ineffective and it doesn't help a lot considering the fact what you're losing, i.e. atk/int. So that's the most important point here. Try to get at least 20 atk and 15 int and lower defense to say 10. I know there are items available, you're practically through the game and almost every shop unlocked.

The time back range of course limits you choice of troops to time back effectively. But to help you I need to know what troops you are using the most (I know you've said you've tried many but you should have found at least a rough setup of faves).

Other questions that need to be answered (and don't kill me if they exceed your knowledge of the game, since I don't know you :> )
Are you married ? If yes, to whom ?
Does your wife have kids ?
As Ryastar already asked you to tell us: what skills did you take in the might and mind tree (since these 2 are the key to the paladin)

As for the distortion magic level 1. Distortion Magic is the strongest CC magic in the game and no class can afford going without disto3 in late game. Of course, this is my view on the game and my personal playing style. Spells like Magic Spring, Target, Magic Shackles (one of the most important spells in late game for a pal especially) are inevitable. They need to be maxed out asap. I hope you can somehow fix that with buying runes at Castle Bogacho. otherwise you have a big disadvantage here, especially against orcish troops. Shamans and Catapults turn absolutely useless being magic shackeled (lvl 3 = mass for 3 turns). If they're not they'll screw any of your defensive strategies for avoiding archer/support losses.

€dit: to confirm Elwin here. I would say that any game is completable with the guaranteed items. It's no cup of tea relying only on these (in cases of very very bad luck) nut with time back, ressurrection, sacrifice, disto3 and given items you can beat any game. You cannot lose unless impossible game diff. You can perform bad and take losses but you can't lose. So the tournament sword, and/or (depending on weapon slots on the wife) kerus sword will give 8 attack together. And you don't have 2 atk base, do you? So more than 10 is granted. Anga's ruby not only gives 3 morale to females, it also gives speed, atk, def and most importantly INIT. In a game not filled up with the finest of random items this IS the strongest one you will have and it's crucial to use it.