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Mizrael(blue, Fortress, Broghild, Broghild) def Piterius(red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) WT 8mm6 143

We used up all restarts, started: at the respawn there's an external dwelling of lizardmen, a pair of Naga banks, and a crypt. Very little money, and I also paid 3k for Brogh at the auction, so for the whole first week I kept taking loans from the bank for small expenses (a couple hundred short here, a bit there :)). Thanks to the scout view I oriented myself as to which of the two passages to take to reach the native computer; along the way I broke a couple of Dwarf Cottages, the first one minor, and the second with 20; there I had to buy extra meat — 3 Behemoths. End of week: Wyverns + Behemoths in the castle, I urgently run to kill the computer at the start of the second week — it has as many as 3 Griffin Conservatories at its respawn. On day 122, dad is a day's march from the computer, and it puts both heroes in the castle without a Citadel and without an upgrade for the Marksmen — I squashed them without any trouble the next day. I build stables (even though there are external ones nearby), stock dad up with a spellbook, and run to the first Griffin Conservatory. 3-4 with upgrade... and some of the moneylenders hit the scouts' gold; I didn't go for it, besides it's risky to barge in there with simple Haste; I cleared out the horde of Earth Elementals for experience instead — not that it gave me a full 2 levels. I finished off the rest at the guards of the other two Conservatories, brought up some meat, and broke two Tier 3s in a row; the moneylenders went right to work — the scouts beat up Medusa Dens and other money sources. The third Conservatory turned out to be max; with the spare change I built Monks and the last Behemoth... I felt sorry for the Lizardmen and hid them in my pocket behind two stacks of Angels; in the end, without mana, I took down two feathered ones — -2+4 :D, but I conveniently forgot about the Wyverns in the reserve stack :mad:. I started the third week with stables, immediately a Town Portal home, a Naga bank + Cyclops dwelling, and then off to the second passage. Along the way, a speed boost, Dragon Fly Hives, and dad dashes into the distance on Angels with Wyverns in reserve (already Expert Explorer + stables), while the scouts on Dragon Flies barely keep up to drag the chain behind him. I gobbled up several Dragon Fly Hives along the way, and Brogh's scouting finds a Dragon Utopia; I hit it — minor; only money is useful, the Angels are in the castle. I broke through several portals and a subway to the pink computer; on day 137 I speed-boosted dad in a village, and right next to it are 2 Dragon Utopias... The chains are standing (even though we already have Wyverns in abundance), on day 141 the computer was one step short of breaking the chain, for which it was killed by the reinforcements from home, and dad broke the first Dragon Utopia — the Helm of the Seer and Shackles of War. Day 142 — Shakti appeared, clearly with control, flew out right in the center of the chain; I urgently build a Mage Guild in the castle for Town Portal, but then realize it's pointless: dad still has basic Wisdom, and the prepared mage with Fire hasn't advanced him yet; I break Dragon Utopia number three — again only money (the Creatures' Key with the Helm of the Seer is not particularly relevant without Earth magic), and I sit Brogh down to replenish mana. Day 143 — Shakti heads straight towards dad, breaking a Naga bank and a Pandora's Box of Griffins along the way... I try to level up Fire magic on the noob so that in 2 castles we can try to fish out Town Portal and use it to drag the Angels from the castle (the computer did break the chain with another hero), but Fire won't show up... I check Shakti with a scout for speed, unit upgrades, and mana: the Wyverns and Angels are of low tier, only 200+ Troglodytes with two Banana bunch stacks are dangerous, mana 76... I thought that the Helm of the Seer +4 spell or the Cowl of Sacrifice (Brogh had Fire magic) would be better to have Resurrection on hand; I decided the Cowl of Sacrifice was better, and Armageddon could settle things, but it turned out a bit easier. I put on the Shackles and Fly: Shakti is slightly stronger in stats but has less meat — 4 Angels, 40+ Wyverns, 250 Troglodytes, a pack of Eyes, and Griffins from the Pandora's Box. Brogh: 8 Angels of rank 5, 40+ Wyverns of rank 5, a hundred Lizardmen with 2 Banana bunch stacks, and 110 mana. Neither of us casts anything, waiting for the opponent's cast, but I have the advantage in speed, and in the end on wait, Brogh leaves Shakti without a cast in round 1 by blinding the Angels. In the second round, a Dragon Fly removes the retaliation from the Troglodytes, and adding an Implosion, the Angels and the main stack of Dragon Flies cut them down to 60+. When all stacks were cut except the Wyverns (I deliberately didn't touch them), I cast Blind, bring the Lizardmen into direct shot range, Haste the Lizards, and we pile on together, and the Wyverns with +1 speed against the opponent's Wyverns allow me to blind the stack again. In 2-3 rounds, the entire Wyvern stack was killed, and Shakti could do nothing about it. Thanks for the game.
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