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At the start, a small empty respawn, but Bron with 7 Wasps, two roads, an adjacent zone immediately has a good fork, good heroes and excellent opponents: Tower + Conflux, Boots of Speed behind a hundred wolves by the second week, generally what could be better.
In the first week, I take out the opponents, capture the mines, scout 4 Griffin Conservatories and a Dragon Fly Hive. In the second week, I collect the Conservatories, ending up with 8 Angels; in the third, I build Cyclops Huts, construct a Mage Guild, and search for Dragon Utopias. In the end, having scouted half the map by the game's conclusion, I only saw 3 Dragon Utopias, one of which my opponent took right under my nose, and another I only spotted at the very end. Admittedly, from the single Dragon Utopia I obtained, I got a Orb of the Firmament, which largely decided the Fire Blast fight. Fortunately, I invested in the economy early on and by the 4th week had 13k income from towns. The two nearest super-treasure zones turned out small and essentially empty. The Dwarf, thanks to Conflux, leveled up almost perfectly, only missing Tactics.
By the 4th week, I secure full control and start devouring the map. I place Hydras in two castles with an external dwelling. I scout all artifacts for the Elixir of Life. At the start of the 5th week, my opponent—either counting on a magic advantage or having no other direction for development—takes one of my villages in the center of the map, thus leaving himself exposed.
I collect the last artifact for the Elixir, gather all my force: 16 Angels, nearly 50 Monks, 12 Hydras, and attack with the Orb. With equal combat stats, an advantage in army + Elixir + Dwarf, plus Deesa seemed to lack Defense.
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Yes, I’m a fool—I had Mages, wanted to try to pour oil on the fire before finding Magic Curses—to harass with decent magic. But the opponent had Dwarf + Elixir + Cape of Silence with Boots of Speed, Logistics, plenty of Conservatories and Hives. And I had an unpleasant roadless long path to my native opponents, which I never bothered with. I built Angels in the Castle village near their captured portal. But the fact that I was playing at a guest spot during a layover on a flight home after 8.5 hours on a plane probably also affected the quality—I wanted to finish or hasten the end, while I should have of course been using Deesa to clear the treasure zones, which I knew—two rich ones were practically right under my nose.
Thanks for the game!
