The “Farewell, Valya and Shakhter!” tournament (starting hero is chosen randomly).

Erdem - PReDS 1:0.

Erdem (Red, Necropolis, Isra, Tamika) def PReDS (Blue, Swamp, Tiva, Broghild), 2sm4d(3), 143

Due to browser issues at work, I didn't see the opponent's report in time. The opponent used rests to their full advantage. On one hand, it's great: a strong secondary town, many crypts, hydra, bull, archer, and gnoll lairs (except for bulls - all in the secondary town); on the other hand: I broke through to the secondary town on the second day, but only reached it on the 7th day via the fast route. I had to go around the opponent's main town, which was positioned in the back, through rough terrain, but even if it had been positioned normally, the guard was only 50 skeletons. Even when I broke through on the second day, the chain from town to town consisted of 4 heroes on flying creatures, if not more. The result of the first phase: +1000, market levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 in the main town and level 6 in the secondary town. I didn't upgrade the sawmill in the main town, only in the secondary town. I broke through to the ore pit in the main town on the 6th day using basilisks. However, Bron quickly captured the log resource and, starting from level 121, ran around on boots taken right near the exit of the secondary town. Snipers on the road or a group of griffins in the snowdrifts prevented me from reaching the snowy secondary town, so I only took it at the end. The passages to the tertiary towns were also in strange locations, but the elevator to the opponent's town was right next to the road: I broke through it on the way, there was Isra - I killed her to reduce the number of skeletons, then I sent Gunya there on a group of flying creatures (not to capture, but just to scout the paths and how far it is from the main town). On day 136, I captured the opponent's starting town, revealed the map, but with all the chains and transfers, I didn't have time to develop Bron and, most disappointingly, build the 3rd tier in the captured town, because I had a scroll of Town Portal and advanced earth magic. The next day, without Town Portal, I didn't risk sending the main hero with an army on a deep raid, which allowed Tamika to replenish her mana. Then I had a choice: to sit in defense or use Town Portal to calmly take my tertiary towns, but considering the late game, I decided to take the risk, although by looking at the parameter changes, I saw that the undead had already visited the tertiary town, and I was wrong. 3 impls with the red color were enough to destroy the main stacks and resistance to earth magic, so there was no way to place hydras. I can't even imagine how Erdem finished the game, considering his +5 time advantage. Thank you for the game.