Heroes II · HERO PROFILE

Arie in Heroes II: skills and tactics

Arie in Heroes II: Spell support for the army. Warlock affiliation, sourced skills and specialty, spells, suitable creatures and conditional equipment.

Source · Game artwork

Warlock · Warlock

Arie

Standard profile

How to use this hero

Home faction: Warlock

Spell support for the army

Use this hero to support the army around the spells below. Check actual mission availability, eligible targets and enough mana for the whole battle plan. The linked spell card explains suitable uses.

What the profile establishes

Listed starting skills

Advanced Scouting
Basic Wisdom

Suggested army and further development

The following is our recommendation. Creatures, spells and items must actually be acquired; this does not establish current inventory.

Choose spells according to available guilds and Wisdom requirements for higher circles. Budget subsequent battles and daily recovery; Heroes II does not use the later mastery system for individual schools.

Skills I would build around: Basic Wisdom · Advanced Scouting. Match further choices to available ranks and the current army.

Creatures I would consider

Spells for this plan

CurseStandard class starting spell
Affect a stack with a wide damage range before its attack or retaliation. Consider Mass Curse against several dangerous stacks.

Equipment I would compare

Compare effect, slot and acquisition conditions on the item card. A suggestion does not establish that the hero starts with it.

Base attributes

Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Spell Power: 3
Knowledge: 2

Spells and suitable equipment

CurseStandard class starting spell

Equipment suggestions for the plan (3)

Editorial suggestions based on sourced magic or an army plan. These are not starting inventory or guaranteed finds. Check acquisition, slot and rules on the item card.

Evil EyeSuggestion
Reduces Curse and Mass Curse mana costs by fifty percent.
For repeated casts of the particular starting spell. The item modifies cost rather than replacing the spell itself.
Power RingSuggestion
Adds two points of daily mana recovery.
For a longer spellcasting expedition. Capacity and daily recovery are separate effects; compare current reserves with the next battle.
Caster's Bracelet of MagicSuggestion
Raises Spell Power by two for scaling magical effects.
For spells whose damage or duration actually uses magical power. Check the individual spell formula.

All spells in this game →

Class baseline · Warlock

Reference ↗

Roster and source scope

Heroes II: 54 standard heroes, 6 Succession Wars campaign profiles and 11 Price of Loyalty profiles. Numeric references follow the cited fheroes2 revision. Custom maps and campaigns can override starting values.

Development and equipment suggestions are our analysis of the listed profile. A mission may alter the starting state; each relationship distinguishes school access, an actually learned spell and a future acquisition option.

Playstyles and town development

Compare suitable roles for this profile. A choice opens this hero and playstyle in the town planner (Czech).

Early expansion →Ranged army →Magic and control →Travel and scouting →

Equipment by role

Options for the styles listing this profile. Equipment must actually be acquired; suggestions are not starting inventory.

Heroes II within each native card’s scope; numerical details use the stated fheroes2 revision. Fourteen shared positions include the Magic Book. Items are not bound to body slots, and duplicate copies do not stack every effect alike.

Early expansion

Thunder Mace of DominionShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For opening physical attacks and weakening a guard before its response.
When to choose differently: One Attack is not one flat damage per hit. It does not guarantee clearing every guard.
Armored Gauntlets of ProtectionShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For physical defense of screens against an expected hit.
When to choose differently: They grant neither protection from every spell nor free recovery of losses.

Town development for the selected hero (Czech) →

Ranged army

Ammo CartShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For longer fights where the ranged core would actually exhaust ammunition.
When to choose differently: It adds no actions and does not remove melee engagement. A second copy adds no further infinity.
Golden BowShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For siege shooting through walls when the applicable penalty actually exists.
When to choose differently: Archery also removes that penalty in the cited revision. Do not count the benefit twice or promise Heroes III distance-penalty removal.

Town development for the selected hero (Czech) →

Magic and control

Magic BookShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For a commander lacking a book with an available Mage Guild and usable spells.
When to choose differently: Books cannot be transferred, and another copy is not another spell reserve. The book alone does not replace Wisdom.
Minor Scroll of KnowledgeShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: When more mana capacity helps the planned sequence of casts.
When to choose differently: A higher maximum is not an automatic refill. This Knowledge scroll is not a Spell Scroll containing one spell.
Power RingShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For a multi-day expedition that can use recurring mana recovery.
When to choose differently: It is not Mage’s Ring of Power granting Spell Power. Another identical Power Ring does not stack this recovery.

Town development for the selected hero (Czech) →

Travel and scouting

Traveler's Boots of MobilityShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: When extra land travel actually delivers troops or opens an important object.
When to choose differently: Do not import Heroes I point values or assume higher battle Speed.
True Compass of MobilityShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For a route combining land and sea.
When to choose differently: More daily travel does not by itself remove embarkation costs, obstacles or guards.
TelescopeShared inventory · one of 14 positions
When it helps: For safer decisions informed by farther map revelation.
When to choose differently: Sight is not more movement and does not replace Crystal Ball’s detailed information.

Town development for the selected hero (Czech) →

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