Reports on victories and defeats in online games of Heroes of Might and Magic V.

Trendy tournament. Immortal (Elves, Anven, Red) defeated Moz (Humans, Vittorio, Blue) on Letos, week 5 or 6. It was a very tough start – the starting heroes were Dyrael and Ilfina, both without archers, and I didn't want to level them up against humans either. Vinrael as the 3rd hero wasn't great either. I really wanted Gilius or Anven, or at least Wing. The 4th hero was finally a decent one – Anven. Because of this hero chaos, I ran out of money and wood early on. The first two weeks, especially the first, were very difficult. Very tough battles with small losses of daggers and sprites. On the 3rd week, I built lumber mills, and things seemed to improve, making it easier to move around. Then I upgraded the elves, and things really started to go well. I reached the desert center, found a way out to the treasure, and headed there. It was week 5, and I thought my opponent had already found their treasure – their stats were quite high. In the treasure, I killed a couple of stacks, found a Temple, but decided not to attack it without magic. I reached level 20 and then went back to the city. As it turned out, one of my adjacent zones bordered this treasure, so I returned there after 3 turns, but from the other end. I headed towards the secondary resource and the Temple, killing nearby monsters along the way. Thanks to the "Silent Pursuit" skill, I could see the entire treasure. As I approached the secondary resource (which was located in the center of the treasure), my opponent unexpectedly emerged from his portal. His portal was not far from the secondary resource (also approximately in the middle of the treasure). My actions at this point would depend on what my opponent did – if he went for the Temple, I would have to attack him, summoning level 5, 7, and the rest of the level 6 monsters. Fortunately, I had good magic – regeneration and resurrection. I managed to buy Ossira 3 times by that time, so I had more than 100 elves, and I was level 22 against his level 19. But then Moz had some urgent matters to attend to, and we paused the game. The next day, the urgent matters continued, and then patch 3.1 was released, and he started working on a mod for it. And then, after the mod was ready, he said that he no longer wanted to play the old map and surrendered. It's a pity that all my efforts were in vain. I don't remember the exact stats, but the skills were: Racial (3) – all Defense (3) – evasion Logistics (3) – pathfinding, silent pursuit Light (3) – wrath, blessing Education (3) – magic attraction