For example, giving Thunder to water:eek: (and passing it around, from hand to hand, across the entire map) or deliberately structuring your walkthrough so that it ends with taking a Barbarian castle and there handing over all troops for gems.

So, where is the walkthrough description lying around? I seem to have missed it...

But at least the basics, at least the options with landing on water and speed-boosting at the Griffin Conservatory's spring, should certainly have been found.

That's only for the first time... In the next tournament, such options will already be familiar and used during scouting...

And in general, if you have the time and desire — here's a good practice guide on walkthrough technique:

Blitz tournament — many of today's players participated in it... it will be useful to play and then compare your results with the winners' schemes provided there.