King's Bounty (DOS, 1990): How to beat the final boss Arech Dragonbreath (1st attempt)
5๐ฎ : King's Bounty (DOS, 1990)
๐ง : Hard
Played through DOSBox.
Boss in this video: Arech Dragonbreath.
There is a reliable way to defeat the final boss Arech Dragonbreath on the first try. First, go to any town where you can get the Instant Army spell, and keep buying and using it until you have some really significant amount of units of the joined army (often a couple of thousand, depending on the type of the army). Next, go to another town, where they sell Raise Control, and keep buying the spell until the morale of the joined army is no longer "Out of control". Now that King Maximus sees that you can afford a horde of units of the same army type, he can do the same for you regarding all the types of army that you can buy in the castle (i. e. Militia, Archers, Pikemen, Cavalry and Knights). Get several thousand of each type of army until you have the maximum number of slots (5) filled. That is it! Now your army is strong enough to beat the biggest villain Arech Dragonbreath.
Some more tips for successfully completing this mission:
1. Be sure to buy the ability to cast spells at the beginning of the game, as this way you will be able to collect significantly more money before the final battle.
2. Every time you find a treasure chest with money, try to spend it on your army by pressing B. This way you will increase your leadership, and therefore, will be able to afford more army units.
3. Once you find The Book of Necros, it is preferable that you do not garb it until you collect as many treasure chests as possible, including those in deserts of Saharia, as some chests contain spells that can increase your max # of spells. This is because the book doubles your spell memory, so in the moment of picking up the book the more your max # of spells is, the better.
4. The same goes for The Crown of Command โ it is preferable that you do not garb it until you collect as many treasure chests as possible, as some chests contain money that can increase your leadership if you spend it on the army by pressing B. The crown artefact doubles your leadership.
5. Try to use Time Stop as much as possible. It will save you a lot of time and prevent various monetary losses that often lead to the collapse of some parts of the army.
6. Use Town Gate and Castle Gate to navigate between towns and castles appropriately. This way you will avoid losing TIme Stop duration and money, especially when going to other continents.
7. Develop a lot of leadership before buying the Instant Army spell, in order to get stronger types of the newly joining army.
8. When fighting an enemy that has Demons, be sure to either kill them or freeze them with the Freeze spell, so that they will not kill half of your units of a certain army type in one round.
9. Have some strong shooters in your army (Elves, Giants, Archers, Druids, Archmages). They will help you with eliminating the enemy army from a distance without losing your own army units.
10. In battle, try to block flying enemies by approaching them and protect your shooters from them. For this reason, it is better to leave the top slots of your army for marksmen.
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