FB-2 (spring 2010)

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

We used all restarts, started: at the respawn there was an external dwelling of lizards, a couple of Naga Banks and a Crypt. Very little money, and I also paid 3k for Brogh at the auction, so for the entire first week I took loans from the bank for small expenses (here a couple of hundred short, there :)). Thanks to the overview, I oriented myself on which of the two passages to go to the native computer; along the way I broke a couple of Dwarf Cottages, the first was min, and the second one had 20, so I had to buy extra meat - 3 bulls. Week result: Wyverns + bulls in the castle, I urgently run to kill the computer at the start of the second week, and it has as many as 3 Griffin Conservatories at its spawn. On day 122, papa is standing a day's march from the computer, and it puts both heroes in the castle without a citadel and upgraded Archers - I squashed them without any problems the next day. I build stables (although there are external ones nearby), stock papa up with a spellbook, run to the first Griffin Conservatory. 3-4 with an upgrade... and part of the power stack hits the Scouts' money, I didn't go for it, and it's also risky to barge in there with just a basic Haste, I cleared the horde of Earth Elementals for experience, at least it gave me level 2. I finished off the rest on the guards of two other cons, brought meat and broke two treshkas in a row, the power stack immediately into action - Scouts hit the Medusa Nests and other money. The third Griffin Conservatory turned out to be max, I built the last bull with the spare coins... I felt sorry for the lizards and hid them in my pocket behind two stacks of angels; as a result, without mana, I took down two feathered ones -2+4:D, but I completely forgot about the Wyvern in the reserve stack :mad:. I started the third week with stables, immediately a break home, Naga Bank + Cyclops Stockpile and off to the second passage. Along the way, speed booster, Dragon Fly Hives, and papa rushes into the distance on angels and with Wyverns in reserve (already Expert Explorer + stables), while the Scouts on Flies barely keep up to drag the chain behind him. I gobbled up several Dragon Fly Hives along the way, and Brogh finds a Dragon Utopia through scouting - I hit it, it's min; useful stuff is only money, angels in the castle. I broke through several portals and a subway to the pink computer; on day 137 I sped up papa in a village, and right next to me are 2 Dragon Utopias... The chains are in place (although I already have more than enough Wyverns), on day 141 the computer was 1 step short of breaking the chain, for which it was killed by the creature growth from home, and papa broke the first Dragon Utopia - 5th-level Hat and Shackles of War. Day 142 - Shakti appeared, clearly with control, he popped out right in the center of the chain; I'm frantically building a Mage Guild in the castle for Town Portal, but then I realize it's pointless: papa still has basic Wisdom, and the prepared Mage with Fire Magic hasn't advanced him yet; I break Dragon Utopia number three - again only money (КЗ with the 5th-level Hat is especially irrelevant without Earth Magic) and I sit Brogh down to replenish mana. Day 143 - Shakti goes straight towards papa, breaking a Naga Bank and a Pandora's Box of Griffins along the way... I try to level up the noob's Fire Magic to try to fish for Town Portal in both castles and use it to drag the angels from the castle (the computer did break the chain with another hero), but Fire Magic isn't given... I check Shakti for speed, unit upgrades, and mana with a Scout: Wyverns and angels are low rank, only 200+ Troglodytes with two Bananas are dangerous, mana 76... I thought the 4-spell Hat or the Sacrifice Hood (Brogh had Fire Magic) would be better to have Resurrection handy; I decided Sacrifice was better, and Armageddon could also decide things, but it turned out a bit easier. I put on the Shackles and Fly: Shakti is slightly thicker in stats, but has less meat - 4 angels, 40+ Wyverns, 250 Troglodytes, a stack of Eyes, and Griffins from the Pandora's Box. Brogh has 8 angels rank 5, 40+ Wyverns rank 5, a hundred lizards with 2 Bananas, and 110 mana. Neither of us casts anything, waiting for the opponent's cast, but I have the speed advantage, and in the end Brogh leaves Shakti without a cast on his Wait in the first round by blinding the angels. In the second round, the retaliation from the Troglodytes is removed with a Fly, and adding an Implosion, the angels and the main Fly stack cut them down to 60+. When all stacks were trimmed except the Wyverns (I purposefully didn't touch them), I cast Blind, bring the lizards in for a direct shot, Haste on the lizards, and we pile on together, and the Wyverns with +1 speed against the opponent's Wyverns allow for another Blind on the stack. In 2-3 rounds, the entire Wyvern stack was killed, and Shakti couldn't do anything about it. Thanks for the game.