Reports from the HoMM IV online Tournaments "Sultry Season"

Shnurov_hl (Haven) def. Zubr (Death) If this walls could talk 142 (Expert, 6 min)

At the start, I was given the tactic – I restarted. Then I was given a Necromancer. I hired a second Necromancer, took Imps, and rushed to capture the nearest Nature Castle. I decided not to take Skeletons to get to the Castle faster and directed them to another Castle. In the end, there weren't enough Skeletons in the battle. :( The Tigers were unhappy that they were poisoned and, together with the Wolves, rushed out and bit my heroes. I had to retreat. In general, time was lost, and it was the 4th day. To avoid falling behind, I decided to capture two Castles at the same time. I placed Poisoners, gave one to a hero, and sent them to teach the Tigers a lesson. The second hero, with Cerberi, went to the third Castle, where Skeletons were waiting for him. So, on the 6th day, both Castles were mine. In both Castles, I hired Chaos Knights to make it easier to break through and avoid losing morale.
The army moved slowly, relying on the enormous firepower of the Poisoners (first 2, then 4, then 6). By the beginning of the 3rd week, I somehow cleared the lower part of the map (I was playing as red), and I decided that there was no point in going up to the Altars because I simply wouldn't have time. I decided to embark on a desperate raid. With the help of 11 Poisoners and 3 Demons, I broke through the border with Ifrits and Minotaurs (it's amazing that the Minotaurs deflected an attack only once during the entire battle, and that was at the end and didn't play any role, while the Demons froze them perfectly). The Chaos Knights gained level 3 magic, and I decided to send them back to the city (in vain; the spells didn't really work, and I lost 2 days).
In the end, at a turtle's pace, I finally crawled into the enemy's territory. I moved slowly, and right in front of the Castle, I was caught and defeated by a powerful squad of enemy heroes because there was nothing to fight a unit with 90 armor, Robe of the Guard, and 70% resistance (the creatures were constantly disabled by a swarm of Wasps).

Thank you for the game