The thing is that the mage is the easiest to calculate, because he has only one decent companion for him - Elenhel, the elvish mage with +4 intellect bonus. The Paladin and the Warrior can utilize various equipment+follower combos and it will be very tough to calculate the best possible one. Besides, as a Warrior and as a Paladin one would want to balance Attack and Defense so that he can get a balanced hero - not a Berserk with 50+ attack and under 10 defense, or a "Tough" hero with 60+ defense and under 10 attack.
Both values seem accurate at the first glance:
- Agvares has: weapon, armor, Belt/Gloves and Artifact slots, so with a warrior with 2 weapons and Mauron, 50 attack doesn't seem that far:
Warrior:
Nomad's Helm +1
Ktahu's Claw +7
Armor - there is no armor with + attack
Boots - Princess' Boots +2
Dress/Regalia - Black Widow's Dress +3
Weapon/Shield - Ice Axe level 3 +5 (or another +5 atk weapon)
Belt/Gloves - Hunter's Gloves +3
Artifact - Dead Skull +5
Agvares:
Weapon - Singing Dagger +5 (or another +5 atk weapon)
Armor/Dress - if you luck out with a second black widow dress, you can add +3, but I've never seen a second one
Belt/Gloves - Battle Gloves +2 (or hand of necropolis +2)
Artifact - Dragonite +3
Skills:
Heroism +6
Power of Spirit +3
Medal +3
Total: 48 (51 with a second black widow dress)
- Moldok, the orc has the following slots: Weapon/Shield, Shield, Belt/Regalia, Artifact. He is the best companion for a "Tough" hero:
+8 from Mithril shield
+11 from skills
+7 from the Axe of Ice lvl 3
+4 from Paladin's shield
+3 from hero-equipped shield
+4 from armor
+4 from helm
+4 from artifact (Stone eye is back)
+5 from artifact (Royal Griffin King's portrait, KBAP-item)
+2 from gloves
+4 from Belt (Ogre's belt is back too)
+5 from boots (Bronze boots)
Well - that's 61 defense for starters.
Both these values are roughly calculated. This means they can go even higher.
And now, it's time to get back to the starter post and add the contract hero info.
EDIT: Done
EDIT 2: Fixed - Bronze boots is not KBAP item. We had it in KBTL too.
EDIT 3: Fixed the warrior's formula for max attack.