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Arlach in Heroes III: skills and tactics

Arlach in Heroes III: Ballista specialist. Dungeon affiliation, sourced skills and specialty, spells, suitable creatures and conditional equipment.

Arlach — portrait in Heroes 3
Source · Game artwork

Dungeon · Overlord

Arlach

Standard profile

How to use this hero

Home faction: Dungeon

Ballista specialist

This hero makes sense with an acquired Ballista and a plan to keep it operational. Check Artillery, hero attributes and purchase availability on the map. The specialty alone does not confirm starting ownership.

What the profile establishes

Specialty · Ballista

Focuses on Ballista. The benefit matters when fielding this recruitment line; reassess the hero’s value when switching armies.

Listed starting skills

  • Basic Artillery
  • Basic Offence
Suggested army and further development

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

Build further choices around the listed skills and the needs of the current army. Choose equipment for the actual bottleneck: survival, attack effectiveness, mana or movement.

Skills I would build around: Basic Offence · Basic Artillery. Match further choices to available ranks and the current army.

Creatures I would consider

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.

Ballista rules and purchase →

Spells and suitable equipment

The reference profile assigns no starting spell. A scenario can change the starting state.

Equipment suggestions for the plan (2)

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.

  • Centaur’s AxeSuggestion

    While equipped the item provides: Attack: +2.

    For a plan based on the led army’s physical attacks. Its benefit depends on your creatures and opposing defense.

  • Shield of the Dwarven LordsSuggestion

    While equipped the item provides: Defense: +2.

    For an army exposed to attacks; compare the protection with the actual incoming damage type.

All spells in this game →

Creatures connected to this hero

Sourced war-machine specialty: Ballista. Its equipment card explains rules, cost and the dedicated slot. The specialty alone does not confirm ownership.

Reference ↗

Roster and source scope

Heroes III including Conflux: 156 profiles from the cited VCMI revision. Skills, spells and specialties are this engine’s reference configuration; check original-edition differences in the actual map. HotA and WoG are separate. Special availability does not automatically mean campaign-only.

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.