Favorites into Battle - 2

Wlk777(blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def vbn(red, Conflux, Random\Tunar, Isra) 2smd4(3) 127
After all the resets, what was spawned underground was dealt. 2 stacks of Troglodytes but 2 native heroes, totaling 150+ Troglodytes. Bonus artifact - Ring +1 to Luck and Morale (very helpful in the game). Harpies not built. Fast roads. When breaking through a block of 18 Grands, I lose about 20 Troglodytes. 3 roads to secondary towns (meaning no GO on the road; earlier I suggested the opponent agree to an automatic restart in such a situation, but he refused). We play. All 3 passes are guarded by ranged guards (2 from the metro, one on the road). From the pickups: Medusas and Troglodytes. From the metro to the surface: up to 19 Grand Medusas and up to 49 Ice Elementals. I break through the Ice Elementals with a loss of another 15 or so Troglodytes; there's a grass secondary behind a horde of Gog Magogs. Nothing to be done, I break through; the Troglodytes got lucky morale and losses were small. Next is a bust; the passage is guarded by 5-9 Ghost Dragons. From this secondary, I only managed to get about 3k gold =( . I break through another passage guard of 18 Mages with a Grand stack (even though the Troglodytes got morale, 80+ remain). There's another passage to the surface behind a guard of up to 19 Medusas (clearly towards the opponent's spawn). The week ends; in the capital, 1-5 in the Fort with a Portal.
On day 121, I break through under 20 Monks for a passage to an Inferno secondary (mainly for gold). Naturally, I plan a rush; there's no other option with a roadless GO. The Inferno secondary turned out to be very poor, but there I took a Pandora's Box for 10,000 experience guarded by 70 Steel Golems. Gave Air Expertise, Expert Accuracy. I take the Inferno secondary; there I build Mage Guild levels 1 and 2 - and got lucky, got Light Bolt (for 150), and have 40 mana points. I gather everything I can (25 Grand Medusas, 6 Minotaurs, 100+ Grand Troglodytes, 11 Evil Eyes, a few Harpies). Surprisingly, this was enough; I suddenly emerged at the opponent's spawn, killed a couple of Pikemen there, apparently broke the chain, and on day 127 got lucky - Isra was holed up in a secondary without mana, and doesn't even have a Citadel. Isra also has few troops - 2 Angels, 5 Psychos, 37 Storm Elementals (just enough for my 2 bolts =)), and a few Skeletons. I win without much trouble, not even thinking through the moves. Overall, neither of us was particularly lucky with the layout, but apparently Vitaliy's spawn was even worse than mine. Thank you for the game.