[Tournaments-HotA] Game of Thrones - 2

On the plus side, the respawn had only two external dwellings of nix, one of priestesses, and a Griffin Conservatory for 2 angels. I also cleared some chests at spawn, but two of them were for 15k gold each and one for 5k, so I went into building up + upgrading priestesses and lizardmen. By the end of the week, I found Wings along a rough road and rushed to clear them. I came out late on day 124 with 15 upgraded nix, 14 upgraded priestesses, and a couple of angels. Lucky that my opponent also delayed and came out late, because the late exit compensated for the Teapot and Sword of Justice guarded by Peasants, which were easy to defeat. I also found a КЗ, planned to take a Dragon Utopia, but the opponent came running, took it along with a key central town, and cut off three logistics heroes and the secondary main with Eovacius and Air magic. Unfortunately, Alagar was on a speed-run in the main, not in the central town, so the fight with the opponent was postponed. I cleared two chests for 30 creature dwellings with trash troops, got a boost of 40k XP and leveled up Logistics, reclaimed the central town, but the opponent attacked with an army advantage, though not in mana. Clay Golems summoning + the opponent's bracers won the day. Thanks for the game!
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I played because of Kyrre. Unfortunately, during the first week, there was nothing objectively useful to do, so by days 116-117 I had amassed nearly 30k gold, part of which I spent on buying artifacts at the Black Market (why let good stuff go to waste, there's nothing to invest in anyway). As for combat objects, there was only one Dragon Fly Hive (in the middle of nowhere), one Zealot guarded by upgraded pirates, one external dwelling of Harpies, and one external dwelling of Hydras, but breaking through them would only be possible with additional external dwellings, which, well, weren't nearby. The saving grace of this setup was the presence of three Griffin Conservatories. Obviously, they couldn't be taken in week 1: one was heavily guarded, others were large (2-4, 3-4). And to make it all neat, I decided to take them in a chain on day 121 (I even calculated afterwards that the probability of a successful outcome for my venture was 87%). As you might have guessed, those damned 13% kicked in :) An easy loss to a maxed-out Griffin Conservatory (killed over 160 griffins). After this momentous event, I fell behind in tempo by about 6 days. Before finally coming out to the sand, I took a Dragon Utopia (2) (Ballista 2all and Ballista with Resistance :smile54: ). Having defeated the Enchanters, I discovered not everything had been eaten yet) (as it turned out later, the opponent took the most important thing the day before my arrival). I collected two more Dragon Utopias (almost completely useless). Finding the Helm and gathering a fair amount of gold, I decided to attack the opponent (he had Town Portal, and I no longer saw any chance of finding Earth control in the center). I was betting on 50% Resistance, my Implosion, and a numerically superior army. However, against an intellectual with 400 mana and a КЗ, this plan didn't work out.
Thanks for the game!