Dirty_Player (Inferno & Stronghold) def KostyaN (Castle & Dungeon)
Dirty_Player (Inferno & Conflux) lose KostyaN (Stronghold & Dungeon)
Dirty_Player (Rampart & Stronghold) def KostyaN (Rampart & Stronghold)
The struggle was fierce. We played for about 5 hours. Honestly, I didn't expect such fierce resistance, for which I was punished in the second game. Final score 2:1. Thanks for the games. It was nice to meet a namesake, good luck in the tournament!

I agree with everything:). The games turned out pretty good, especially the one I won:D.

1st game:
I mulled it over for almost a full day, since we had settled on factions in advance. Here's what I decided: Archangels, a few griffins, Crusaders, Champions, Cavaliers, Monks, Marksmen; Angelic Alliance, but I messed up my second-tier bonus choice — I took two mass magics (Earth/Air), which was critical — a gross mistake, and Defense; I don't remember the minor bonuses: Boots of Speed, Mana, +2 health, and something else — either +4 spell power or +1 defense...
Kostya surprised me by taking Hounds instead of the Pit Fiends I expected, otherwise it was: Devourers, Efreeti, Demons, Cerberi, Ogres, Wolf Raiders, and Harpies. And basically, they beat me up pretty badly. On top of that, out of stupidity and inexperience, I exposed my own stacks to Cerberi a couple or three times. In the end, as I suspected, I lost on both the draw and the bonus choice (I roughly calculated: he already had a 2000+ health advantage at the start:rolleyes: ).

2nd game:
Apparently, my opponent hadn't read the TK thread where I posted yesterday about how I already won against Conflux thanks to the black lollipop and Berserk:D.
I decided to go in light, without swapping Eagle Eyes:) — one stack I had was a single Ogre:smile04:, and the rest were: Wolf Raiders, Monks, Harpies, Champions, Marksmen, and actually — Ogres. KostyaN had a melee variant: Phoenixes, Psychic Elementals, Air Elementals, Devourers, Efreeti, Demons, Hounds — he maneuvered them for a long time on his Tactics, hiding them from my uber spell, but he didn't know about the orb yet:D. After a series of waits, I successfully cast it on his Devourers, Efreeti, Harpies, and Hounds. The last ones bit both of his level-7 stacks immediately:smile54:. Then came his Water Magic and an exchange of gross mistakes: for example, he also blew on his own Hounds (his nerves gave out when my Harpies halved his vulnerable Air Elementals with Lightning on the spot), and I exposed myself to Dispel multiple times. In short, a couple more of my Berserks worked well, and sacrificing a Champion was successful; then there was what IMO was a mistaken series of Blind spells on all my stacks in a row, and my successful Haste on another 40 "resting" Marksmen, who seriously damaged one of his level-7s. In the end, I had so much experience left I could take on a Dragon Utopia:). Apparently, it was a shock — Berserk on creatures immune to mind spells:smile26:...

3rd game:
Here, for me, it was unquestionably a loss on the draw — since he was also attacking, and on top of that, he's a strong chess player — I think this mirror match favored him. We went like in the 1st game "wall to wall" (Angelic Alliance vs. Angelic Alliance), but again I messed up the bonuses: I took Expert Tactics instead of Magic:smile33:. As for units, it's clear enough — there's not much choice for a melee lineup:). After his Mass Bless on round 1, it could have been over, but I still scrapped a bit — halved some units, wore others down almost to nothing — but surrendered when he had his 4 Dragons left and I had zero, with almost all my stacks Blinded:(. In short, I approached the pre-battle setup noobishly:smile32:...

Huge thanks for the games and the experience, namesake!