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08.10.2010 Neverminder (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def AYMAN (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 123
AYMAN took his restarts, I did not. The chocolate failed. Ivor has 11 elves, 4 more from the hero in the tavern, and an external dwelling nearby. I scout and see stables, a Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive, another Griffin Conservatory on the adjacent Tower respawn, a Pandora's Box with 10-19 air elementals, and an external dragon dwelling. The last one, though, has pretty tough guards, but maybe for the second week. I severely miscalculated my cash, so on the first day I had to build a market: there wasn't enough money for anything else, but you can't just waste a spawn like that. There were enough shooter guards, but for some reason the Grand Elves weren't hitting the melee units, and I was splitting them into three stacks in fights against shooters, so often many either simply didn't survive until their retaliatory shot, or so few units survived that they had no chance to take down an elf. Breaking through 30 Evil Eyes guarding a secondary town, I was surprised and delighted to discover it was native. I sent a dummy hero with 5 Pegasi there and built elves there immediately. Meanwhile, Ivor fought a lot (it's a sin not to fight with so many Grand Elves). The Pandora's Box gave 5000 gold. The Griffin Conservatory on the native respawn turned out to be a Strong one. On day six, Ivor fearlessly entered a Dwarf dwelling without checking, and it turned out to be the max version with an upgraded stack. 34 Grand Elves, of course, wiped out a full stack immediately, but two morale procs also landed on full stacks. In short, the Centaurs were almost wiped out, but the angry Dwarves never reached the Elves. As a result, by the end of the week, with the capital built up to 1-6 in the Stronghold, and the secondary town having Elves in the Stronghold, a tavern, and a Mage Guild level 1 (looking for Slow), I still had about 15 thousand gold left. By then, Ivor had been given Earth magic, and on day 7 I Experted it, but there was no Slow in the secondary town. On 121 I build a Mage Guild level 1 in the capital (got Slow!), Ivor visits the stables. Full buyout. On 122 I upgrade Pegasi, Ivor enters the Castle, learns Slow, takes the entire army (63 Grand Elves, 5 Unicorns, 7 Dendroid Soldiers, 20+ Dwarves, 70+ Centaurs, a singleton, and 1 Pegasus), and runs to the Griffin Conservatory. The Griffin Conservatory turns out to be a tier 3 one; with Mass Slow the Griffins go down quite nicely, it's just a pity the attack power was only two. I get three Angels, put them on first strike duty, and have plenty of plans: first and foremost, the second Griffin Conservatory on the Tower's secondary, and possibly I plan to hit the GO on my side at the end of the second week (it's a freebie there - Wyverns). But on my 122, Shakti appears at my secondary town's respawn, and the tavern shows stats of 9-9-5-3. On 123 I see that Shakti's army has a pack of Manticores (on the second week!), a horde of Troglodytes, many Evil Eyes, and various small units. Ivor regretfully breaks into the secondary town, retrieves his army, barely scratched from the Griffin Conservatory, and disappears into the teleporter. I was going for a feint, thinking Shakti would move forward, and then I'd catch him. But the unexpected happens: Shakti visits a Naga dwelling, boosts his already wild stats a bit more, and attacks himself (!).
FB. Shakti 10-9-5-4. Army: 11 Manticores, 25 Evil Eyes, 8 Medusas, 6 Minotaurs, 137 Troglodytes, 1 Harpy, 7 Harpies. Ivor 8-7-2-1. Army: 63 Grand Elves ))) 3 Angels, 5 Unicorns, 7 Dendroid Soldiers, 73 Centaurs, 20-something Dwarves, and 1 Pegasus. Shakti advances all his melee creatures as far forward as possible with Tactics. The battle begins. The Angels have the first turn. I have 6 spell points. Naturally, I cast Mass Slow and block the Grand Elves with the Angels and Unicorns, and the Grand Elves shoot the Manticores, killing 8 of them instantly. As AYMAN later admitted, he thought I didn't have Mass Slow, which is why he attacked. But I did have it, and by mutual agreement, this decided the outcome of the duel. AYMAN, credit where it's due, resisted desperately, first slowing everyone as well, then casting Curse on the Grand Elves. But there were too many Elves, and they cold-bloodedly took out first the Eyes, then almost all the Troglodytes and Manticores; the Minotaurs were taken down by the combined efforts of the Centaurs and Dendroids, and AYMAN surrendered. Thanks for the game, AYMAN!
AYMAN took his restarts, I did not. The chocolate failed. Ivor has 11 elves, 4 more from the hero in the tavern, and an external dwelling nearby. I scout and see stables, a Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive, another Griffin Conservatory on the adjacent Tower respawn, a Pandora's Box with 10-19 air elementals, and an external dragon dwelling. The last one, though, has pretty tough guards, but maybe for the second week. I severely miscalculated my cash, so on the first day I had to build a market: there wasn't enough money for anything else, but you can't just waste a spawn like that. There were enough shooter guards, but for some reason the Grand Elves weren't hitting the melee units, and I was splitting them into three stacks in fights against shooters, so often many either simply didn't survive until their retaliatory shot, or so few units survived that they had no chance to take down an elf. Breaking through 30 Evil Eyes guarding a secondary town, I was surprised and delighted to discover it was native. I sent a dummy hero with 5 Pegasi there and built elves there immediately. Meanwhile, Ivor fought a lot (it's a sin not to fight with so many Grand Elves). The Pandora's Box gave 5000 gold. The Griffin Conservatory on the native respawn turned out to be a Strong one. On day six, Ivor fearlessly entered a Dwarf dwelling without checking, and it turned out to be the max version with an upgraded stack. 34 Grand Elves, of course, wiped out a full stack immediately, but two morale procs also landed on full stacks. In short, the Centaurs were almost wiped out, but the angry Dwarves never reached the Elves. As a result, by the end of the week, with the capital built up to 1-6 in the Stronghold, and the secondary town having Elves in the Stronghold, a tavern, and a Mage Guild level 1 (looking for Slow), I still had about 15 thousand gold left. By then, Ivor had been given Earth magic, and on day 7 I Experted it, but there was no Slow in the secondary town. On 121 I build a Mage Guild level 1 in the capital (got Slow!), Ivor visits the stables. Full buyout. On 122 I upgrade Pegasi, Ivor enters the Castle, learns Slow, takes the entire army (63 Grand Elves, 5 Unicorns, 7 Dendroid Soldiers, 20+ Dwarves, 70+ Centaurs, a singleton, and 1 Pegasus), and runs to the Griffin Conservatory. The Griffin Conservatory turns out to be a tier 3 one; with Mass Slow the Griffins go down quite nicely, it's just a pity the attack power was only two. I get three Angels, put them on first strike duty, and have plenty of plans: first and foremost, the second Griffin Conservatory on the Tower's secondary, and possibly I plan to hit the GO on my side at the end of the second week (it's a freebie there - Wyverns). But on my 122, Shakti appears at my secondary town's respawn, and the tavern shows stats of 9-9-5-3. On 123 I see that Shakti's army has a pack of Manticores (on the second week!), a horde of Troglodytes, many Evil Eyes, and various small units. Ivor regretfully breaks into the secondary town, retrieves his army, barely scratched from the Griffin Conservatory, and disappears into the teleporter. I was going for a feint, thinking Shakti would move forward, and then I'd catch him. But the unexpected happens: Shakti visits a Naga dwelling, boosts his already wild stats a bit more, and attacks himself (!).
FB. Shakti 10-9-5-4. Army: 11 Manticores, 25 Evil Eyes, 8 Medusas, 6 Minotaurs, 137 Troglodytes, 1 Harpy, 7 Harpies. Ivor 8-7-2-1. Army: 63 Grand Elves ))) 3 Angels, 5 Unicorns, 7 Dendroid Soldiers, 73 Centaurs, 20-something Dwarves, and 1 Pegasus. Shakti advances all his melee creatures as far forward as possible with Tactics. The battle begins. The Angels have the first turn. I have 6 spell points. Naturally, I cast Mass Slow and block the Grand Elves with the Angels and Unicorns, and the Grand Elves shoot the Manticores, killing 8 of them instantly. As AYMAN later admitted, he thought I didn't have Mass Slow, which is why he attacked. But I did have it, and by mutual agreement, this decided the outcome of the duel. AYMAN, credit where it's due, resisted desperately, first slowing everyone as well, then casting Curse on the Grand Elves. But there were too many Elves, and they cold-bloodedly took out first the Eyes, then almost all the Troglodytes and Manticores; the Minotaurs were taken down by the combined efforts of the Centaurs and Dendroids, and AYMAN surrendered. Thanks for the game, AYMAN!