“MOZOVSKY – I”

Dwell 3.

Tough game. Razzak went Chaos right away, but made a serious mistake by taking attack with the third town; as a result, Chaos lacked speed throughout the game, leading to one trip back to the tavern and another where he lost a full stack of Archmagi, and in the finale, the casting tempo was weak.

Regarding the game, I got lucky: the very first portal from the center was a treasure zone at the end of week 3, which is quite fast for slow Razzak, who had already been sent back to the tavern once. 5 days in the treasure zone, two Dragon Utopia, a Temple and a couple of artifacts on the ground. The artifacts were nothing special, but I got a week of doubled fire and ice damage, so I had to rush to the enemy. Razzak made minis for 37 knowledge; Faiz grabbed boots of speed in the last Temple, and the main hero rushed through ГО. He didn't get distracted by anything and still didn't make it by the end of the week. Attacked a demon at 211. The battle was close, but he couldn't pull it off, paying his way out with 7 ghouls; the demon had 3 pits and 12 dogs left. He came back again with Faiz. But Faiz dealt weak damage, although he was quite nasty: level 20, armed with empowerment, mass plague with empowerment. Then the finale, and the fight was close again; essentially, the demon failed to finish off 2 golems.

Finale 1
Finale 2

Thanks for the game.

*At the start, I caught the necessary towns in week 1, but trolling began in week 2—I just couldn't increase my racial skill; even at level 34, I didn't pull Hellfire, which was a key perk for my build, and the "machines" weren't being upgraded either. Week 2 was luck for the neutrals, and the troops were specifically unpleasant; in the end, I broke through the far portal, and with decent troops, I almost got wiped by morale. Things improved after that: summoning started to pay off, I gathered artifacts, and broke into the treasure zone—though at first, I didn't even realize what it was. The treasure zone launched a "cockroach" with scouting; he only saw the Temple on day 2, so I had to go back, and the treasure zone itself was Wonders of the Labyrinth. I went along the road and cleared everything, but the mentor, astrologer, and market were on an inconspicuous, very narrow path without a road, and I had a reset planned... As a result, my tempo dropped significantly; the mentor didn't give what was needed. The finales were more or less equal: in the 1st, 7 gargoyles remained, in the 2nd, golems... Everything came down to small details—a couple of SP would have been enough for either side to win. Both misclicked with their heroes, probably due to nerves; I lost 3 devils, and Dmitrik killed 2 spawns. Overall, luck smiled upon my opponent this time. Thanks for the game.