invisible (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Pit - In sake of LM (blue, Swamp, Bron, Moner) 2sm4d(3) 141
Spawned at the top, near the castle two Naga Banks and a Pandora's Box behind Gorgons. Revealed an external dwelling of Minotaurs, 2 Troglodytes, 2 Medusas (one was never taken due to distance). By the end of the first week, Shakti is only level 4, but took all external dwellings except one Medusa. In the castle: Minotaur Lords with nothing, Portal of Summoning (both on the first and second weeks, Minotaurs came through the portal). On 121 I take on a Naga Bank with 15 Nagas with a strong stack without magic (the guild gave nothing except Shield): almost a total loss (escaped with 6 Minotaurs and 50 Troglodytes). Right then a scout hero finds a Slow scroll, so I hit 45 Harpy Hags and go for herbs. I take Boots of Speed behind the Evil Eyes (on top of the Expert Logistics I already have), I take a secondary Rampart, reveal a Griffin Conservatory for 2-4 Angels. I decide to fight without scouting on 131. On the second castle I only built a Citadel, and skipped Mantises to not lose tempo. On 131 another almost total loss in the Conservatory, which turned out to be the maximum spawn. I had 20 Minotaurs, 17 Harpy Hags, Centaurs, and 100 Troglodytes. Escaped with 6 Minotaurs and 25 Troglodytes :(. I'm thinking about surrendering, but I take the Pandora's Box for 10k, it gives Earth Magic and I immediately expert it. I decide to fight ГО on the third week and try to catch the opponent off guard. I take another Naga Bank for 20 Nagas. On 133 Shakti is already level 17, with Advanced Intelligence!!! The victory in the game is achieved thanks to that. On 136 I hit 74 Nagas with 110 Troglodytes, 4 Angels, 6 Minotaurs, and 17 Evil Eyes - lost only a dozen Troglodytes :). I build a Manticore, buy everything out, and rush forward, revealing an untaken Conservatory and a Library right by the castle along the way. The castle is empty, I take it, release a scout, and sit waiting for growth, having cleared an external dwelling of Wyverns right by the castle. On 137 I decided to use Papa to kill a couple of scout heroes (no money left to bribe scouts :(), but I miscalculated and didn't have enough movement to return to the castle, but Shakti is positioned so that it's impossible to pass by him. On 137 Moner attacks and FF:
Shakti 8-9-5-74 mana, Expert Offense, Defense, Tactics, Earth, +1 Speed: 2 Cats, 4 Angels, 6 Harpy Hags, 13 Evil Eyes, 8 Harpy Hags, 15 Harpy Hags.
Moner 14-10-5-24 mana, Expert Fire, Offense: 2 Angels, 3 Hydras, 22 Wyverns, 4 Mighty Gorgons, 24 Gnolls, 17 Stormbirds.
Against my Mass Slow comes a mass Curse, everyone hits the Wyverns, the Angels take out the Stormbirds. In the second round, Dispel on the Wyverns and they kill 2/3 of my Troglodytes. My Angels kill the opponent's Angel, the shooters finish them off. My damage is just laughable under Curse :( In the end I have 4 Angels, 5 Medusas, 3 Minotaurs, and a few Harpies left, plenty of mana still, while the opponent has 3 Hydras, 15 Wyverns, and no mana :). While the Hydras crawl across the field, I cast a Dispel on the response shot from the Minotaurs on the Wyverns and hit with the Angels with luck :), 7 Wyverns remain. When I have 3 Angels left, a few Harpies, and mana for about 8 shots of 80 damage each, while the opponent has 1 Wyvern and 3 Hydras, he surrenders. He buys back in the secondary castle on 141 and replenishes mana. Meanwhile I buy Hydras and Wyverns, hit Golems to visit the library, but Petr surrenders out of desperation.
Thanks for the game! A glorious match it turned out to be, no shame in posting the save:)