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invisible (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def OUTLAW (red, Castle, Turis, Gunnar) 147 2sm4d(3)
After all the restarts, by the law of Murphy, I ended up in a complete mess (I wrote that capitalised for a reason). Spawned in the centre, no money, no external dwellings, only shooters as guards — just a total disaster. One secondary is guarded by archmages, the other by dragonflies. On my 5th hero, Tunar arrived; with him, I broke through the dragonflies using Tactics and captured my native secondary on day 7 :smile20:. End of week: in my home, pegasi in the citadel; in the secondary, I squeezed in elves with my last few coins. No money buildings, no Griffin Conservatories — there are three hives, but with insane guards (they guard an artifact, resources, and an obelisk all at once). I thought about giving up, but the 3rd skill gave me Shield, and the 4th gave Earth Magic, which levels up well. On the second week, I break through the archmages — the secondary is Conflux; along the way, a few crypts, lots of treasure chests, resources, etc. Life is improving. On the second week, in my home town I have unicorns with a citadel (I could have built a castle, but I didn't want to lose tempo, which I already don't have, and I'll buy it at the start of the third week), and in the secondary I built a citadel. Earth Magic is Expert, but Slow was only given after building the third guild in Conflux. Stats are decent (artifact gives +2/2 att/def, two arenas and a couple of stat-boosters), but the development is just awful — I only advanced Logistics on the 4th week :). Near Conflux, I take a couple of Manticore lairs; I wanted to take the Phoenix external dwelling, but my army only has 42 Grand Elves, 2 Horses, and a couple of Pegasi, and the dwelling guards are 20-49 Archmages. The chain doesn't reach the Castle because of slow roads, so I gave up on them and rushed to my home Castle. I refilled mana, took a Naga Bank with 20 Nagas, artifact +2 speed from a horde of Griffins, Neelka beat another artifact +1 speed. On the third week, at home: Castle and Capitol; in the secondary: Wood (I wanted to build Unicorns but didn't have crystals to build Pegasi). In the middle of the 4th week, I finally head to the Treasury, but as soon as I enter the underground, Gunnar breaks through the guards of an adjacent secondary, cuts my chain, and ends the turn. Kyrre is on the offensive line and can reach Gunnar, but his purse is about twice as big. In the Treasury, I see hives and 2 Griffin Conservatories, but I don't have time to take them, so I pull in my troops and attack. Just before that, as if I knew, I brought Dwarves and Centaurs from the secondary to the main Castle. My stats are slightly higher, but Gunnar has 260 mana :eek: (I have 20 with Spell Power 3). I realised I messed up after I attacked (forgot to transfer 15 Dendroid Guards to Kyrre). Gunnar has 12 Champion Cavalry, 9 Naga Queens, 12 Crusaders, 30+ Champion Griffins, 26 Marksmen, 18 Mages, 6 Angels. I have 74 Grand Elves, 9 Champion Unicorns, 17+1+1 Champion Pegasi, 90+ Champion Dwarves, and 110+ Champion Centaurs. The terrain helped me a lot in battle. I cast Mass Slow, pin the Grand Elves with Dwarves and Unicorns, block the Mages with Pegasi, and the Grand Elves shoot the Marksmen and kill them. Then he casts Mass Slow in return, but the Dwarves resist and remain with 9 Speed (+3 Speed and +1 from Herb). Gunnar never managed to break through to the Grand Elves. Morale came in very handy when only 2 Unicorns were left. The Cavalry never got involved because of the terrain and wall of Centaurs. The Unicorns, on the second attempt, blinded 3 Angels, which also helped me win this battle. In short, Gunnar flees with 2 Angels and 12 Crusaders, leaving me with 60+ Grand Elves, 2 Unicorns, and 90 Dwarves. A turn later, Gunnar surrenders. Red's situation was simply a fairy tale: a Dragon Utopia right next to the Castle, so much money that the opponent built 2 Castles in 3 weeks (home Castle and secondary with Nagas and Castle), all without building any economy at all. So many money buildings that almost every turn Red had 10k gold in reserve. His main mistake was letting me go without rushing me, though he had the chance. If Gunnar had come on the 2nd or 3rd week, I would have had no chance. Igor played much better than me in this game — I won by luck.
Thanks for the game!
Я ламер и играть не умею, нах!:smile33:

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