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                           Heroes of Might and Magic IV
                                   Chaos Guide
                        By im superior (wiz79@hotmail.com)
                           Version 1.6 4:02 PM 5/6/2002





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Table of Contents
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1. Version
2. Legal Stuff
3. Introduction
4. Town tree
5. Chaos Units
6. Strategies
7. Useful Skills to learn
8. Useful Spells to learn and use
9. Special thanks

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1. Version
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1.0 - 12:18 PM 4/7/2002 Started this guide wrote about skills, spells and
                        chaos units.

1.6 - 4:02 PM 5/6/2002 Did some major improvments, added the town tree,
                       cost of units, and also the Strategies.



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2. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Legal Stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This FAQ is Copyright 2002- Paul Lasica. This FAQ may not be copied,
edited and no information may not be taken out from this FAQ without my
permission. If you want to put this FAQ on your website than email me.
If I see my FAQ copied and If you did not tell me about it, than
             YOU WILL BE CHARGE FOR STEALING MY WORK.



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3. Introduction
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Since I like to use Death and Chaos units i wrote about this faq and Death
Guide. Also i just got this game and if you know something important
than email me I shall thank you for your effort.

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4. Town Tree
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                                  FORT
                                    |
                        ------------------------
                        |                      |
                       ORC TOWERS-------DEN OF THIEVES---------
                        |                      |              |
                        ------------------------ THIEVES   CARAVAN
                                    |           GAUNTLET      |
                             -------------------  |           |
        SORCERE'S            |                 |  |           |
         GUILD       STATUARY GARDEN <--OR--> LABYRINTH       |
           |                  |               |               |
----------------------------  -----------------               |
|                |         |    /             \               |
WITCH        HALL OF   VOLCANIC VENT <--OR--> BLACK WOOD-------
HALL         THE DEAD      |                    |
  |                |       ----------------------
  |                |             /              \
  |                ------DRAGON  <--OR--> HYDRA POND
  |                      CAVE                    |
  |                                              |
  ------------------------------------------------



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5. Chaos Units
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LEVEL ONE UNITS
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|NAME          | BANDIT |     ORC    |  PIRATE    |  TROGLODYTE  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|DAMAGE        |1-3     |1-3         |1-2         |2-3           |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|HIT POINTS    |10      |12          |10          |14            |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|ATTACK        |9       |11          |11          |11            |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|DEFENSE       |9       |9           |9           |9             |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|MOVE          |9       |6           |6           |6             |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|SPEED         |7       |4           |5           |5             |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|SHOTS         |N/A     |6           |N/A         |N/A           |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|SPECIAL       |-Stealth|-Short range |-Bonuses at|-Immune to    |
|ABILITIES     |        |-Normal Melee|    sea    |visual attacks|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|WEEKLY GROWTH |26      |16           |24         |19            |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|MAKE IN TOWN  |Yes     |Yes          |No         |No            |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|COST          |20 Gold |34 Gold      |22 Gold    |28 Gold       |
------------------------------------------------------------------
Comments: Bandits are good with a thief hero because they are invisible
and it's easy in the beginning to flag mines giving you a head start
in resources. Orc's are good for a ranged units but their short range
means the enemy must be close to them which than they could do full damage.
Pirates are awesome in the sea because they get bonus in speed, attack and
defense making them powerful at sea. Troglodyte is immune to spells like
blind.


LEVEL TWO UNITS
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|NAME          |    EVIL EYE    |     MEDUSA     |MINOTAUR|   TROLL     |
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|DAMAGE        |3-7             |3-6             |5-10    |6-12         |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|HIT POINTS    |26              |24              |38      |45           |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|ATTACK        |16              |19              |16      |16           |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|DEFENSE       |15              |17              |15      |15           |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|MOVE          |6               |6               |6       |5            |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|SPEED         |6               |5               |6       |3            |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|SHOTS         |15              |Unlimited       |N/A     |N/A          |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|SPECIAL       |-Flying -Ranged |-Stone Gaze     |-Block  |-Regeneration|
|ABILITIES     |-Casts random   |                |        |             |
|              |harmful spells  |-Ranged         |        |             |
|              |                |-Normal Melee   |        |             |
|              |                |-unlimited shots|        |             |
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|WEEKLY GROWTH |6               |6               |6       |6            |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|MAKE IN TOWN  |No              |Yes             |Yes     |No           |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|COST          |220 Gold        |220 Gold        |230 Gold|230 Gold     |
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Comment: Evil Eye's Cast spells like slow, cowardice, curse etc. Medusa has
Unlimited shots plus they can turn the enemy into stone making them lose
a life. Minotaurs are good because they can block spells, range attack etc.
Trolls can be tough to kill because they can recover their health.


LEVEL THREE UNITS
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|NAME          |    EFREET      | NIGHTMARE|
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|DAMAGE        |10-20           |12-26     |
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|HIT POINTS    |80              |110       |
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|ATTACK        |25              |23        |
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|DEFENSE       |23              |20        |
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|MOVE          |13              |9         |
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|SPEED         |6               |6         |
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|SHOTS         |N/A             |N/A       |
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|SPECIAL       |-Fire shield    |-Terror   |
|ABILITIES     |-Fire resistance| attack   |
|              |-Fire attack    |          |
|              |-Flying         |          |
--------------------------------------------
|WEEKLY GROWTH |4               |4         |
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|MAKE IN TOWN  |Yes             |Yes       |
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|COST          |850 Gold        |800 Gold  |
--------------------------------------------
Comment: Efreet take no damage from fire spells and take half damage
from fire attack. They have a Fire shield which also does damage
when they get hit from an enemy. Nightmares have a terror attack
that make the enemy run away when they get hit by Nightmare.


LEVEL FOUR UNITS
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|NAME          |      HYDRA     | BLACK DRAGON    |
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|DAMAGE        |28-60           |55-110           |
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|HIT POINTS    |250             |400              |
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|ATTACK        |30              |40               |
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|DEFENSE       |26              |40               |
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|MOVE          |7               |15               |
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|SPEED         |6               |7                |
---------------------------------------------------
|SHOTS         |N/A             |N/A              |
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|SPECIAL       |-Multiple Attack|-Immune to Magic |
|ABILITIES     |-No Retaliation |-Breath attack   |
|              | attack         |-Flying          |
|              |                |                 |
---------------------------------------------------
|WEEKLY GROWTH |2               |1                |
---------------------------------------------------
|MAKE IN TOWN  |Yes             |Yes              |
---------------------------------------------------
|COST          |4,000 Gold      |8,000 Gold!!     |
|              |2 Mercury       |4 Sulfur!!       |
---------------------------------------------------
Comment: Chaos has, too my opinion the best 4th level creatures
The Hydra has 250 health with and No Retaliation attack making it
hard to kill because the enemies cant counter attack them. The Black
Dragon are the Best four level creature with the most health of 400!!
and immune to all magic so the enemy can even cast harmful spells on it
but you cant cast helpful spell on it either. They also do the most damage
from 55-110 damage in one shot!!.


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6. Strategies
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Haven - Also Angels could resurrect thier dead units so you should take
out the angels first and be careful since Haven hero can cast Chaos
Ward on their units!!

Academy - Watch out for Titans since they have Chaos Ward and Genies are
annoying emeies because they can cast some really nasty spells so i
would suggest that you get them first.

Asylum - If they have Black Dragons than your units can be toast so quickly
and they cant be affected by any harmful spells unless you have the ring
of greater negatation so cast Mass Slayer on your units since this spell
does 50% more damage to level 4 units.

Preserve - Damn Nature units they have soo many units that they can hire
from thier Creature Portal but all their units are living so you can cast so
powerful spells like, also cast the Vampiric spell on your units.Dont forget
to use the Plague Spell against them. Mass Weakness, Curse, and Mass Sorrow
is also good to use.

Stronghold - Wow all they have is a 10% magic protection being deal since
they cant cast no spells at you so you can use any usefull spells here.

Necropolis - Spells like Plague and Vamiric are pretty useless here,
Mass Curse and weakness are usefull here, chain lighting is good.



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7. Useful Skills to Learn
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Grand Master Nobility: This increases the growth of your units by 50%
useful if want to have more than 1 Black Dragon and the other units.

Grand Master Estate: Level 3 & 4 units cost a lot of gold and this gives
500 gold plus 10% of the hero's level.

Grand Master Mining: Gives you 4 wood and ore and 6 other resources each 
turn.

Grand Master Leadership: Give all of your units +5 morale and +5 luck

Grand Master Chaos Magic: This will teach you all the Chaos spells
                          from levels 1-5.

Grand Master Sorcery: This increases the Hero's Damage of spells by 100%
                      works with all magic type this is a must have!!

Grand Master Death Magic: Since Chaos and Death are align with each other
                          than this is helpful too learn because you can
                          summon the dead or cast mass curse and mass
                          weakness.

Grand Master Conjuration: This gives you 50 Spell points and recover 10 
spell
                          points per day good for a magic user class.



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8. Useful Spells to Learn and Use
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Vampiric Touch: Learn this from Death, this make your units recover health
every time you attack an enemy but it heals half the damage you dealt.

Mass Curse: Learn this from Death, this makes all the enemies do minimum
damage.

Mass Weakness: Learn this from Death, this makes all the enemies to do 25%
less damage.

Bloodfrenzy: This make all friendly units do 25% more damage.

Implosion: This is really powerful spell that does massive damage to
a single target.

Mass First Strike: Gives all friendly units to first strike ability.

Chain Lighting: This useful spell does full damage to the first target
and than it does 1/2 damage to the second target, after that it does
1/4 damage to the third target and the fourth for 1/8 damage and the fifth
for 1/16 damage.

Disintegrate: It kills the target but the disintegrated unit cannot be
brought back to life or animated.


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9. Special Thanks
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3d0 and New World Computing -Thanks to them we got another highly addictive
                             game of Heroes of Might and Magic.

CJayC                       -Without him there would be no gamefaqs.com
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