Paths of Destiny | Mission 4: The Doom That Came to Konos - main quests Heroes VI - Shades of Darkness Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Objective: defeat Cyril

Reward: 35000 EXP

The mission might seem trivial, but at this point the enemy might have at his disposal a few thousand (!) creatures. Attacking his city would be suicide, so you will need a different yet effective method. Move your hero and Yriss to the castle (M1, 14). You also have to transform all cities and forts into Dungeon cities - you will need as much units as possible. From now on you have to focus on increasing your forces, especially Black Dragons.

The enemy will keep regularly sending his champion - Malik at you. Each army he leads will consist of hundreds if not thousands of units, BUT at the same time it will make the forces of Cyril weaker, so the more you defeat Malik, the less units will Cyril have. At the same time, thanks to owning four cities and a few forts your forces will shortly grow.

Battles with Malik are very difficult: I'd recommend saving you game before each one. Before each battle, get your inventory and skills read. You should have the Assassin set (gives resistance to the first couple counterattacks) and the Edge of Balance. Apart from that you should also wear a ring which increases your initiative by 5 or even 10 points which will let you gain advantage in the first turns of the battle. The battle as a whole depends on what units the enemy army consists of. If possible, you should use the skills of Faceless Puppeteers to take over the Anihilators and use them to charge across the enemy army, placing them beside Mother Breeders. Attack Lilims using Chakram Dancers and Shadow Watchers.

You need to constantly keep an eye on the demon gate and what kind of creatures are being summoned. If you see that the enemy is summoning Cerberuses, you should destroy the real unit thanks to which their "clone" will fall apart. If your losses are too big, you will have to load the game and try once again.

Once Malik is visibly weakened, you can do one more thing: visit the Dragon Utopia (M2, 36). You will once again need an enormous army, especially over a hundred of Black Dragons. As the boss cannot counterattack, the only thing you should care about is dealing as much damage as possible. You can also use the weakness spell on the enemy which will lower your losses. In the battle that I fought, 130 Black Dragons attacking from the maximum range with the heroic charge were able to deal 50 000 damage! With such figures, defeating the boss is just a matter of time. A locations' defence renews every month and you can fairly often come across groups of dragons; unfortunately the reward is proportional to the effort - a weaker enemy means worse items.

Once you're ready for the final battle, you can attack Cyril who will probably be in the city (M1, 17). Remember that your target is the Inferno hero only. It's also the last battle of the campaign, therefore you don't have to save your army for later. If you were able to kill Malik a couple times, Cyril should be weak enough for your forces to smash him and his hellish forces into pieces. Now just watch the ending cinematic and think about finishing Raelag's history in Heroes V.