I won't say anything about the first two days because I played terribly. Nikolai made a move to the center, captured the sulfur mine and the mine below and to the left for the Necromancer. However, on the third day, the struggle intensified. By the time the turn changed, Nikolai had a clear advantage, but then the AI intervened! The Warlock defeated Nikolai's secondary hero, and then made a very successful move in the other direction.
I devised a plan to upgrade the Dwarves and defeat all of Nikolai's secondary heroes with 4 Phoenixes. Then, the miracles continued. The AI persistently bypassed my Castle, and on the 4th day, I aggressively moved my main hero (the Sorceress, by the way) with 4 Phoenixes ahead to the isthmus between Nikolai's gold mine and the area with the sulfur mine and gazebo. Nikolai made a beautiful maneuver, exchanging troops to protect his secondary hero. At the same time, the Warlock leader was defeated by the Barbarian leader (that is, the Barbarian leader ended up next to his starting Castle), the Mage leader was wandering around in his treasure room above (where the diamond mine, etc. are located), and the Knight leader was somehow located near his gold mine, clearly eyeing my Castle. But I ignored all of this!!, and boldly upgraded the Dwarves, built Druids, bought Dwarves, Elves, Druids, and moved all of this to my main hero. And!!! I managed to run my main hero into the gazebo and got logistics!!! The battle was interesting; Nikolai had attack and speed, and I had blessing and speed, which I had been hiding until now. In terms of troops: Nikolai had 14 Necromancers, 12 Mummies, 30 upgraded Zombies, 14 Vampires (or maybe even more), and 3 Colossus. I had 20 Elves, 30 upgraded Dwarves, 19 Druids, 10 Unicorns, and 4 Phoenixes. Blessing on the Phoenixes, and the battle began. Thanks to Kyle for the training, who beat me in a battle a couple of months ago, and then we had a draw. In general, at some point, everything started to turn in my favor, and Nikolai decided to fight to the end, although maybe he should have considered buying his way out. As a result, his hero died, and I gained a couple of experience levels, increasing my attack and logistics (both are very important, I must say). I had 1 Unicorn, 20 Elves, 7 Druids, and 24 upgraded Dwarves left. In the same turn, my secondary hero fought Nikolai's secondary hero (in the last square), and I got lucky and won. The turn changed, and the AI didn't attack my Castle, but I visited Nikolai's upgrade building with my main hero and set up an ambush. The second level of logistics came in very handy (it really makes a difference on this map, to be honest), because Nikolai had prepared a couple of heroes with attack on Gargoyles.
And on the next, seventh day, I attack: 20 Elves, 24 upgraded Dwarves, 7 Druids, 1 Unicorn, 9 Butterflies with main attack against 7 Centaurs, 4 Skeletons, 6 upgraded Zombies, 2 Gargoyles, 2 Vampires.
Thanks for the game, Nikolai!

Орден Феникса – харизматический :) лидер