Hello, i had strange experience with Death on the Wing Scenario Encounter 2, because heroes won before overlord had opportunity to act. We are playing 2 Heroes vs Overlord. Heroes are Leoric of the Book and Syndrael. They needed to defeat Belthir. Overlord lost first encounter so heroes didn't skipped first turn. And on they first turn they easily reached Blethir by using their abilities and stamina and killed him in first round before overlord had opportunity to act. I understand that Overlord lost first encounter and heroes now have advantage, but it shouldn't be auto win for heroes, both sides didn't had any pleasure playing this encounter. It looked that this encounter wasn't even tested, or maybe we missed something? We are new players so maybe everything depends on first encounter? Which would be not interesting at all... Thank you for your opinion.

Yes, it is possible to win this in the first hero turn, especially with Syndreals heroic feat and no possibility to block the heroes with the Elementals in a 2-hero game. The OL should use any OL card he has to prevent heroes to reach Belthir.

Cards which could stop heroes movement would help me a lot, but i didn't had them, so maybe it's not so bad, but u need to think in advance in first encounter, to keep those cards which stops movement for second encounter.

Yes, often it is crucial to plan ahead and keep certain OL cards for the second encounter. In general, in encounter 1 the OL should use only OL cards if he gains a significant advantage for encounter 2.