"Newcomer-2009. Winter"

RiMpel2 (red, Rampart, Ivor, Brissa) def SergeyY (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Caitlin), 2sm4d3, 137

We started 5 days ago, so I don't remember the development well. Around 6 heroes on the first 1-6 in the Citadel, secondary hero there the Citadel, I break through Boots of Speed and some other artifact. On the second I take 20 Storm Elementals and 20 Archers, as well as 5 Unicorns and go further. I take 2 Griffin Conservatories in total for 3 Angels and on 126 I see the opponent's Castle (oh where did I wander!). On 127 I beat 66 Air Elementals with a big stack and take an external dwelling of Angels near the opponent's Castle on 131 already 5 Angels. I take the capital, the opponent moves the army away. Then I go to his secondary town taking the Sword +6 along the way and he attacks. I have 5 Angels, he has 4 Cavaliers and 4 Angels + a few Troglodytes and 8 Harpies. Then in battle Blindness, Slow and Lightning Bolt are cast on me. However, Brissa has 15 attack and so I win the battle, 2 Angels remain.

Well, I need to confirm... Alright, listen up guys. It was a beautiful morning on day 114, and the Necromancers were peacefully sleeping in their Crypt. My Katya decided to attack the Crypt, because it's hard to imagine not taking the Crypt with approximately 40 Pikemen, 20 upgraded Archers, a few Griffins, Harpies, and 15 Troglodytes. It turns out there were 10 Vampires and so on hanging out in the Crypt, in short — the maximum. But most likely, I would have taken this Crypt anyway, but then a mistake of monstrous proportions occurs. While looking at the spell book, somehow my finger accidentally pressed at the moment when the cursor was on the "Death Wave" spell, and all 7 of Katya's units take damage comparable to Magic Arrow. Similar to receiving 7 Magic Arrows. After such a failure, taking the Crypt was no longer possible, all that remained was to run away, losing all the troops of the 1st week, and buy back Katya at the Tavern anew. Naturally, there was no leveling in the 1st week, my first fights happened in the 2nd week when new troops appeared, and my 2nd week in terms of development was akin to the 1st week. Near the Castle there was an external dwelling of Angels, i.e. the so-called Portal of Glory. It was guarded by 50 to 100 Air Elementals. Air Elementals in strength are roughly equal to level 3 monsters, although they are actually level 2. Taking them is similar to taking a Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels. I didn't risk taking them at the beginning of the 2nd week, especially since I had almost no magic — not even Magic Arrow, so I decided to first run with Katya to take the secondary town, level up the hero more, and get more cannon fodder from there. Now after the game, I see I did the right thing, I have saves, I tried loading that save from that time — I see I wouldn't have taken those Air Elementals back then. So you can't blame me for not breaking through those Air Elementals at the beginning of the 2nd week, maybe I would have broken through them at the end of the 2nd week, but then the opponent showed up on my respawn I noticed either on 124 or 125, who found the path to me and came through roundabout ways, without breaking through the ГО, and even with 5 Angels! Even experts often encounter each other only in the 3rd week, but here — in the 2nd... Yes, comrade RiMpel2, you need to play not in the novice tournament, but in the champions league! In my case, all hopes were that I would level up for at least a 3rd week, because I can consider the 1st week utterly lost! That is, meeting early is worse for me. I realized I would lose my Castle now, I ran to my secondary town, hoping that the meeting of our grinding heroes and a showdown wouldn't happen so quickly. I level up intensively, break through the Dragon Fly Hive, for 6 Wyverns, break through 2 Griffin Conservatories for 3+1 Angels, losing Wyverns and other troops in the process. I saved the Cavaliers, bought additional troops from the secondary Dungeon town, and the opponent's main hero is right there — the final battle, I had a chance to win, I had Blindness, but the opponent's 18 attack decided it. He won, remaining with 2 Angels.

Thanks for the game.

PS We didn't take any restarts at all, and at turn 114 I could no longer take a restart... :(