17.05.2010, Dubrovin Pavel (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def AYMAN (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2sm4d(3) 211

Slow-paced game.

In the first week, he took Nyck Mentov, his secondary town, at home – Mentovs in the Fortress with a Summoning Portal and Mushrooms, in the secondary town – a Summoning Portal.

In the second week, he took the Citadel secondary town, found only one money-making building on 3 resource nodes – a Gnomish Mine near the resource node, which also turned out to be a minimum-level mine. He placed the Castle in the main town, 1000 of everything, and markets. He broke into the Dungeon secondary town, as only there is a passage to the Treasury, and cleared the path.

In the third week, he took a mini-path to the Treasury, cleared 50+ pits with Golems – received 25 Eyes, cleared 100+ wood nodes – received 60 Golems. He took Pandor for 100+ Night Snipers, +2 to everything for 80+ Bull Riders with Golems, +1 to speed he found in the Crypt, and picked up the Titan Sword for only 30 Psychics in the Golems, and took another Nyck Mentov.

In the fourth week, he fights 90+ Core Cyclops, then Mentovs, and takes Ayman's main Castle, then the Necropolis secondary town (left 30+ Eyes in defense). Towards the end of the week, Ayman restores the status quo, returning his main town to Kirr.

On 211, he buys what he can, becoming 71 Golems, 380+ Golems, 33 Eyes, 4 Harpies, and positions himself at the entrance to his Metro, where he was before, pondering where to go – either to the Snowy Treasury, where Ayman clearly already was, or just not knowing what to do. At this moment of agonizing deliberation, Kirr unexpectedly attacks Shakti (90 Elves, 8 Unicorns, 9 Dryads, 8 Ents, 90+ Centaurs, 30+ Pegasi, 9 Bull Riders in a Tomato). He positions his troops so that the Mentovs can reach the 90 Elves. Ayman doesn't cast anything, when the Pegasi block the path for the Mentovs to the Elves, he tries to cast Meteor, but it fails – Kirr has a Sphere of Negation... Then these Elves shoot, and suddenly – minus 20+ Mentovs, he already thought it was over, but the Trogols destroy the first line of defense in the form of Bull Riders, and the Mentovs persuade the Pegasi to move aside in front of the Elves. In the second round, the Mentovs move first and mow down all the Elves.

Thank you, Ayman, for the interesting game!