Kyle (orange, Sorcerer, Sorcerer) defeated Alex_R (red, Host, Fortress, Fortress) in Slugfest (Heated Battle), 123.
On the second day, he moved his entire army out of his starting area and was predictably attacked by the Knight. Thanks to "slow" and a couple of morale effects in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, he managed to neutralize 8 Paladins and deal with 36 Archers and 14 Cavaliers, losing 3 Phoenixes and one unique unit. But then I had even worse luck; when his 5 or 6 Paladins approached, they gained morale and killed 11 Druids.
On 1-1-3, the Barbarian swapped Castles with the Necromancer, and the Sorcerer finished off the Knight's Castle that I had weakened. As a result, the Sorcerer's Castle fell into the hands of the Warlock (without any visible losses).
1-1-5, 1-1-6: I captured the Necromancer's Castle, killing 34 Orcs and losing only 4 "Steel Skin" Elves.
The Barbarian returned and retook his Barbarian Castle from the Necromancer (the Necromancer was destroyed after the Knight).
The Sorcerer will attack my capital, and the Warlock follows him, also aiming for my head.
As a result of a couple of clever maneuvers and troop transfers, I managed to escape the Warlock, killing all his additional units from the new week at the cost of my last Phoenix and 1 unique unit.
And the Sorcerer successfully moved towards his own Castle instead of mine!
I entered the Warlock's Castle, which was strangely empty, and stayed there, even though I thought I would lose the defense. But I didn't regret sacrificing the hero, as he hadn't leveled up much.
On 1-2-3, there were 3 attacks on all my Castles, and miraculously, I managed to hold out, even against the Warlock, primarily thanks to the helmet against lightning + a well-chosen tactic + the ballista missed the wall about 4-5 times.
At the beginning, they were hitting each other with lightning: 87 Warlock vs. 100 mine. The Elves blocked the Gargoyles, but the 6 Druids were covered by horses and managed to shoot at the Dragons about 3 times, and then they also helped a bit with the Minotaurs, now in a group of 3.
30 Elves died without firing a single shot and killed only 2 Gargoyles with their knives, but 36 Battle Gnomes killed about 12 Gargoyles, 1 Dragon, a couple of Griffons, about 8 out of 12 Minotaurs, and 3 out of 6 Hydras.
After the battle, 11 Gnomes remained. :smile20:
Thank you for the game!