Medusa Stores

Medusa Stores
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%	Guards	Content	XP
30 %	20	2000 5	500 (520)
30 %	30	3000 6	750 (780)
30 %	40	4000 8	1000 (1040)
10 %	50	5000 10	1250 (1300)
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Medusa Stores is an adventure map location commonly known as a creature bank.

The guards are divided into five stacks (red hexes). There is a 50% chance of getting an upgraded stack in the lower left corner (C hex). All the guard stacks of the same speed attack in alphabetic order of these hexes. The hero's troops are located in blue hexes 1-7 (a tail hex for two-hexed creatures) according to stack positioning in the army slots 1-7. If the hero has less than 7 stacks, e.g. 3, they will be placed in hexes 1-3 no matter how they were placed in the army slots.

Though war machines are not present on the battlefield, they still provide their passive bonuses (i.e. the infinite shots effect from Ammo Cart and the First Aid/First Aid Tent health boost  ).

Slain enemies do not respawn (should the hero retreat or be defeated). The damaged stack's losses will not be redistributed among the others. If a stack was destroyed, it changes the guards disposition. Its place on the battlefield will be taken by the next one in the attacking order. (E.g.: If A stack was destroyed, B stack takes its place, C stack takes the freshly vacated place of B and so on).

In Horn of the Abyss, the object's level can be preset by a map-maker and the upgraded stack option may be toggled on or off.

The medusa stores is an adventure map location, and commonly known as one of the creature banks. It is guarded by 20–50 medusas. The more guards there are, the better the reward. The treasure contains 2000–5000 and 5–10 .

The guards are divided into five stacks of 4/6/8/10 Medusas (red hexes). 50% probability of getting a stack of Medusa Queens in the lower left corner (C hexes). All the guard stacks of the same speed attack in alphabetic order: from A to E.

The hero's troops are located in blue hexes 1-7 (a tail hex for two-hexed creatures) according to stack positioning in the army slots 1-7. But if the hero has less than 7 stacks, e.g. 3, they will be placed in hexes 1-3 no matter how they were placed in the army slots.

Though war machines are not present on the battlefield, the infinite shots effect from Ammo Cart is active.

Slain enemies do not respawn (should the hero retreat or be defeated).

Guards preview

Guards	Stacks	Guards preview	Upgraded stack
30 %:  x20	4 x5	lots (20-49) of Medusas	pack (10-19) of Medusas few (1-4) Medusa Queens
30 %:  x30	6 x5		lots (20-49) of Medusas several (5-9) Medusa Queens
30 %:  x40	8 x5
10 %:  x50	10 x5	horde (50-99) of Medusas	lots (20-49) of Medusas pack (10-19) of Medusa Queens

Default settings for random map generator

• Terrain: any except subterranean and water.
• Value: 1500.
• Density: 100.

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Castle

Your main disadvantage here is that Pikemen have only 4 speed, so you can’t use them as blockers. You can use any other unit that has 6 speed or more, like Gargoyles, Harpies, Griffins etc. Never try to block the Medusas and use your Marksmen, since they will move towards them and attack in melee. This means there are mostly two feasible options with Castle to take the bank, and that is if you built Cavaliers or Angels week 1.

Rampart

Unicorns and Centaurs are perfect, just be careful with the Elves in case the Medusas get morale. You will need to go for the stack that is closest to your Elves with your tank stacks, and than hope that none of the blocked Medusas will shoot at the Elves.

Tower

Nagas can pretty much kill everything and your Master Gremlins should kill 1 whole stack too. Gargoyles are perfect blockers. Try to aim to have Haste ready for the Nagas (not required for Naga Queens), or you may be too slow in the end. If u split the Naga Queens in 5 you can use your Master Gremlins to take out any Medusa stack which gets morale or stones the Naga Queen. You can also split the Naga Queens in 2 and 3 (make sure 3 go down to confront Medusa Queens). You want it look like this (make sure to place Gargoyles exactly as such, you want Medusas to enter the Queens’ range when killing 2 Gargoyles):

Fortress

Stay away from the Medusa Stores, Wyverns are weak, Gnolls are slow, and often you will not have many other options. If the Stores are on swamp terrain and you have Gorgons then you can go for them. Upgrading your Gnolls might also be good - 6 speed and they also hit hard, you can hope to take 1 stack of Medusas out fast.

See Also:

• List of map objects
• Map Editor