10/21/10 Might and Magic Hero (blue, random, inferno, nimus, kairi) def. Neverminder (red, rampart, ivor, valeska) panic 133

He gives out chocolate in the form of mephala at the start, elf pits and stables near the castle, a halberdier in the tavern, and an artifact for speed. On the second day, I run away with my hero, but I miscalculated and didn't have time to pick up the army. Let's restart, because he was spotted in the tavern :) But the opponent also had a great start..
New game. Again, they give an artifact for speed, which is good. I buy Kairi for about 6. On the 2nd day, I have 8 heroes, because of the ship. 2 of them are level 350. I scout for elf pits, run towards them. I'm missing one mana for slow, so I run around, and attack the next day. I cast slow, he gets morale, and destroys all my imps :) At home, I have 1-6 without 3 in the citadel. The elf pits are already quite good on the 2nd day. I scout for a consultant 2. Go home for mana. I buy it. I lose about one unit at a time, and a lot of ogres. They don't let me log. But I have an offensive and an armorer. The stats are already good. I fend off groups of mercury with angels, hoping to get devils. On day 126-7, I buy 15, 20 gnomes, and go to the necropolis. I set up camp in front of the naked. I'm missing 3k and 2 mercury. I exchange them at the market, luckily I have a lot of resources. 1-7 are placed in the castle.
On day 131, I enter the naked, without even scouting beforehand. Level 6. Angels with good defense are great at absorbing damage, I kill them with minor losses. With the money from there, I buy growth, chain, and a mummy, and head towards the opponent. I scout for a grand gargoyle for the first time in the game. I buy a rampart, but I'm missing one turn to set it up. Then Valeska attacks. 6-8-1-7 (10) against my 5-15-6-4 (40). Valeska skillfully blocks 46 grand gargoyles with tactics. I was very lucky that the opponent didn't have mass slow. I reach with my infantry, the unique unit blinds the pit, the devil gets stuck in the roots in a forward position and can't die, because it's a one-way attack. The situation would be bad if it weren't for the death ripple, which I took in the sanctuary. I destroy my devil, "wake up" the pit. I barely break through to the grand gargoyle, the angel gets morale at just the right time. I win by a hair. Thanks for the game!