1/2 Finals
OUTLAW(red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Keba(blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 1-3-7, unlim
It happened. We played unlim at my initiative, because I had household chores to do) Which also plays a significant role in the game overall, I generally don’t play unlim by definition and was doomed that day and in the game overall.
Slow roads are bad. But they gave 144 creatures with Buyback – good. They easily ate the max Dwarf Cottage on 114, and on 113 there was a native Sulfur Pit. I couldn’t afford to buy the 7th and 8th heroes until the end of the game, because I simply never had any money, and taking Crypts on slow roads when Kyrre is flying around the map is not cost-effective, and I could no longer keep up with the tempo, and rushing without logistics is even worse. So I had only 6 heroes total, and the plan was to build 2 Dungeon towns and play for the long haul. The Griffin Conservatory near my capital was inconveniently spawned, and it turned out to be a mini one. I had a Cape of Speed and Necklace of Speed. In principle, there were 2 chances in the doomed game – the first time I was exposed in the metro at the end of the second week, where I lost my capital, but there was no attack, which came as a surprise to me in the end (a hopeless fight for Rampart), I had Expert Slow with speed 9 from 200 creatures and the rest of the small fry. I thought they might attack with the weekly growth from the second week, but they didn’t do it then either – and I think I would have resolved it there too. And so the poor miner went into the treasure zone, where on the second week he was already scrounging for a last chance in the Dragon Utopia with 240 creatures, 1 Angel, 7 Cavaliers, 10 Medusas, 30 Harpies, 8 Dragon Flies, and 37 Evil Eyes in a stack of 2. He ate it on 133. Around 200 creatures popped out, all Evil Eyes. It gave a Blue Cap, Wings, and some cash; I recruited a few Dragon Flies; all my towns had been taken from me even before I took the Dragon Utopia. I’m running around slowly, click click, then I decided for myself: if I don’t get my capital back with a Czech tactic, I’ll surrender – which I did in the end. I could have competed if at least from the watchtower of the enemy Dungeon Sulfur Pit at the entrance to the treasure zone there wasn’t a КВ triggered, but as it was, they calmly take it on 124 and then even with the Road don’t leave any hope for victory. I want to say separately to my opponent: you played great and executed your plan, you didn’t let me do anything – in this game Rampart turned out to be stronger than Dungeon. Everything was done on time. Thank you and good luck in the finals.
