Oelm
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I'll take part in the gathering.
Oelm (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Mee (red, Inferno, Marius, Marius), full-vt, Jebus Cross 132
My toughest game as Dungeon so far. Before this I lost the same matchup without leaving the respawn, so I was set on revenge. In short, I offered the same towns without bargaining, since Mee wanted Inferno anyway, and gave away color for 2400, which I was happy about, because Dungeon with a good start is strong. I had been wanting to play Jebus without upgrading Troglodytes for a long time, and finally managed it.
D1-1 — I scatter in different directions; straight up there's a block of Vampires, but guarding a Dragon Utopia. Nothing megasuper stood out, but among the heroes there's Tazar, which is an instant +1 to morale, and I spotted an excellent artifact +2 to speed behind upgraded Centaurs. Also, the edge of an external Minotaur dwelling is visible, though there were still two days of rest, so I decided to wait a day and see how things go. The scout hero, for some reason, goes off-road around 50+ Walking Dead with basic Troglodytes. I built the "Eyes."
D1-2 — I liked that the opponent made his move quickly, meaning he probably doesn't have anything devastating at the start (and Mee had no more rest left). Freed a Warlock from an unguarded prison, passed the Gremlins, and kill 70 White Centaurs without losing any Trogs. Alamar appeared in the tavern — one of my favorite heroes — so I decided to take the risk and play, even though the situation seemed unclear. The scout got Earth magic on level-up, scouted a Griffon Conservatory guarded by Nagas, so I could potentially level up on the first week if I wanted.
D1-3 — Another fast move from the opponent. Can't take the Minotaurs because there are 50+ Dragon Flies there, so I capture the mercenary camp and the Dwarf Cottage. In the camp: Genies — somewhat mediocre. Tazar found another Dragon Utopia, and it's nice that there's a decent amount of gold lying around. Yona advanced with Medusas and Eyes toward the secondary town, fell a bit short, but scouted a Dwarf Cottage and a Griffin Conservatory. Scout heroes found 4 external Troglodyte dwellings. All scattered. Also spotted a stable near the swamp secondary — haven't decided yet how to play it most advantageously.
At the Griffon Conservatory, scout heroes found 4 Dragon Fly Hives and an external Dragon dwelling; I decide to go for them.
D1-4 — In the secondary town I build the Mage Guild immediately — might be wrong, but it has Bless. Now it's clear I need to take the Conservatory; I scout it: 2-4 Angels, no "Griffin Statue." Don't know if I should go in without scouting. The scout levels up a bit. I collect Troglodytes, which saves moves since I don't need to travel to upgrade them — saved a good amount of movement points.
Tazar took an off-road route around a block guarding a Dragon Utopia, found a Pandora's Box behind Trolls and a Shield +6 behind 50+ upgraded Medusas.
D1-5 — I decide to play it safe; have almost 20K gold. Check the Conservatory with a scout hero — it's maxed out. I devise a plan: the scout hero, after visiting the stable, breaks into the secondary, and takes the Conservatory immediately with 13 mana. There's a pillar +1 Attack nearby. That means 4 rounds under Bless. But the catch: I have 147 Troglodytes — rank 2 at end of day. To get their damage to 4, I need to give them 118 experience, but I don't know how that's calculated or how many monsters that requires to kill. No tempo.
There are upgraded Lizardmen guarding a mine, but if it's not enough — it's a total disaster. Anyway, I spot Josephine in the tavern, buy her in the main town with Cats, Minotaurs, and a couple of Gnolls, and attack the prison guard. In the Mage Guild level 2 I get Lightning Bolt, and I take out the upgraded Lizardmen, losing a Minotaur and a Cat. I level up — get Literacy. I free a level 5 specialist in Healing. With this junk and Lightning Bolt, he takes a Crypt with 5 Vampires. Hooray — the Trogs leveled up.
D1-6 — I calculate the damage. It turns out the Trogs can't kill 40 Griffins — Attack is only 4. I come up with a formation, attack — and here's a major screw-up: when only 2 full stacks of Griffins remain, I split them incorrectly. Now I either have to hit one stack with Bless, but then the other will hit me, or retreat but hit without Bless. 80 Griffins. I decide to do it this way. And of course, the damage goes to 500 immediately. In short, total disaster for the Troglodytes — I buy them back, 18 Griffins remain. I attack with Gundula, who has 5 Medusas and a swamp army; 5 Griffins survive. I attack with Alamar, who was waiting in a chain on Harpies, and finish them off with ranged shots. I get 4 Angels, but gold is at 0, and the timer too :D
The whole plan of taking down the Griffon Conservatory in week 1 goes to hell. I decide to break out with Blacks, preferably after two Dragon Utopias. Especially since the day before I was taken out by Alex in roughly the same style with a late breakout; the map generated with the center being just a small piece, and this time it looks very similar — the center is scarce (which turned out to be true and was a surprise for Mee). Moreover, he's clearly the "native" type.
I take a Medusa dwelling. At the Griffon Conservatory I scout 4 hives, scattered in pairs. The scout hero in the main town refills mana after the wipe. Scout heroes build a chain to an external Red Dragon dwelling. From then on I played on 500-second turns.
D1-7 — The chain takes the external Minotaur dwelling, and finally I kill the Helmet block and capture it. Shakti spends another night in the castle to refill mana. I took the Shield +6. Tazar eats a Pandora's Box for 10K — he immediately gets great skills: Log, Tactics, Pathfinding. If needed, I can switch to him. Blacks are strong, and with an armor specialist — just devastating. I give Tazar the Angel; he clears crypts. The other three Angels and junk go to take the external dwelling and hives. In one day I collected 17500 gold, 4000 of which is credit. Dragons are in the castle.
D2-1 — The scout hero breaks into a Dragon Utopia, buys back in the swamp secondary, and heads for the stables. Taz returns the Angel across three heroes to the other end — he goes to Alamar, who is near the stables — he'll continue clearing the respawn, since no easy buyouts are expected.
D2-2 — I split the Angels and Dragons, clear 3 hives in one turn. The scout hero at a Dragon Utopia.
D2-3 — Timer screw-up: I gathered everything, bought back, standing at a Dragon Utopia, but I won't have time to take the second one, and I'm left without a building. The Utopia is a tier 3 — gave great stuff: a Helm, Sword +12, Necklace +3 to all. But I messed up in it too — gave away an extra Dragon, came out with three. Meanwhile, Mee captures the central town. I come up with a trick, which I execute on D2-4.
D2-4 — Tazar takes the second Dragon Utopia; I get Shield +12 and Shield +4 to all. I struggle to return the army, bring it to the Griffon Conservatory; there, a scout hero kills the Nagas. I return the army through 2 castles in the swamp, buy back the scout hero, and Dimension Door to the neighboring Inferno respawn — Mee's presumed location. Wasn't sure, but the risk was worth it. I grab a Conservatory with three Angels and visit the Library. Nearby, an untaken Dragon Utopia.
D2-5 — Chaos: I took the Utopia from Mee's respawn, returned the army to the Griffon Conservatory, broke through 30+ Green Dragons — there's a Breastplate +4 and a Pandora's Box. Alamar takes it — ALL SPELLS. I move the army to Tazar up top; he kills the Library guard and scouts a Hive — I'll take it on D2-6. I stationed Alamar on a Black, a bit away from the Griffon Conservatory. Enough mana for Implosion with Advanced Earth.
D2-6 — Alamar isn't attacked, and the castle in the center is empty. I transfer everything there. I buy back the scout hero; for some reason there's an untaken Hive there. I take it with a scout hero, paint an external Dragon dwelling. Well, that's it — now I need to hold the center.
D2-7 — I take the second central Dungeon castle, leaving Mee with one castle. Attack - Defense - 35, and the tavern shows an army advantage. Alamar heads to the Inferno respawn. In the home castle, Dragons are in the fortress; in the swamp, Wyverns are in the fort, ready for upgrade.
D3-1 — Alamar is driven back, but he casts Implosion on the Efreet. Mee's trademark trick when playing Inferno — Elixir. Also various minor maneuvers like partial army transport. Alamar heads to the Inferno respawn with double mana.
D3-2 — Finita la commedia. A scout hero attacks Alamar to test him. Runs away. A Mage attacks with 10+ Sultan Efreet, but after eating a Meteor for 6 of them, he buys back. Then Marik attacks with junk for some reason (probably counting on Summoning), and Armageddon flies right into him.
THAT'S ALL.
Oelm (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Mee (red, Inferno, Marius, Marius), full-vt, Jebus Cross 132
My toughest game as Dungeon so far. Before this I lost the same matchup without leaving the respawn, so I was set on revenge. In short, I offered the same towns without bargaining, since Mee wanted Inferno anyway, and gave away color for 2400, which I was happy about, because Dungeon with a good start is strong. I had been wanting to play Jebus without upgrading Troglodytes for a long time, and finally managed it.
D1-1 — I scatter in different directions; straight up there's a block of Vampires, but guarding a Dragon Utopia. Nothing megasuper stood out, but among the heroes there's Tazar, which is an instant +1 to morale, and I spotted an excellent artifact +2 to speed behind upgraded Centaurs. Also, the edge of an external Minotaur dwelling is visible, though there were still two days of rest, so I decided to wait a day and see how things go. The scout hero, for some reason, goes off-road around 50+ Walking Dead with basic Troglodytes. I built the "Eyes."
D1-2 — I liked that the opponent made his move quickly, meaning he probably doesn't have anything devastating at the start (and Mee had no more rest left). Freed a Warlock from an unguarded prison, passed the Gremlins, and kill 70 White Centaurs without losing any Trogs. Alamar appeared in the tavern — one of my favorite heroes — so I decided to take the risk and play, even though the situation seemed unclear. The scout got Earth magic on level-up, scouted a Griffon Conservatory guarded by Nagas, so I could potentially level up on the first week if I wanted.
D1-3 — Another fast move from the opponent. Can't take the Minotaurs because there are 50+ Dragon Flies there, so I capture the mercenary camp and the Dwarf Cottage. In the camp: Genies — somewhat mediocre. Tazar found another Dragon Utopia, and it's nice that there's a decent amount of gold lying around. Yona advanced with Medusas and Eyes toward the secondary town, fell a bit short, but scouted a Dwarf Cottage and a Griffin Conservatory. Scout heroes found 4 external Troglodyte dwellings. All scattered. Also spotted a stable near the swamp secondary — haven't decided yet how to play it most advantageously.
At the Griffon Conservatory, scout heroes found 4 Dragon Fly Hives and an external Dragon dwelling; I decide to go for them.
D1-4 — In the secondary town I build the Mage Guild immediately — might be wrong, but it has Bless. Now it's clear I need to take the Conservatory; I scout it: 2-4 Angels, no "Griffin Statue." Don't know if I should go in without scouting. The scout levels up a bit. I collect Troglodytes, which saves moves since I don't need to travel to upgrade them — saved a good amount of movement points.
Tazar took an off-road route around a block guarding a Dragon Utopia, found a Pandora's Box behind Trolls and a Shield +6 behind 50+ upgraded Medusas.
D1-5 — I decide to play it safe; have almost 20K gold. Check the Conservatory with a scout hero — it's maxed out. I devise a plan: the scout hero, after visiting the stable, breaks into the secondary, and takes the Conservatory immediately with 13 mana. There's a pillar +1 Attack nearby. That means 4 rounds under Bless. But the catch: I have 147 Troglodytes — rank 2 at end of day. To get their damage to 4, I need to give them 118 experience, but I don't know how that's calculated or how many monsters that requires to kill. No tempo.
There are upgraded Lizardmen guarding a mine, but if it's not enough — it's a total disaster. Anyway, I spot Josephine in the tavern, buy her in the main town with Cats, Minotaurs, and a couple of Gnolls, and attack the prison guard. In the Mage Guild level 2 I get Lightning Bolt, and I take out the upgraded Lizardmen, losing a Minotaur and a Cat. I level up — get Literacy. I free a level 5 specialist in Healing. With this junk and Lightning Bolt, he takes a Crypt with 5 Vampires. Hooray — the Trogs leveled up.
D1-6 — I calculate the damage. It turns out the Trogs can't kill 40 Griffins — Attack is only 4. I come up with a formation, attack — and here's a major screw-up: when only 2 full stacks of Griffins remain, I split them incorrectly. Now I either have to hit one stack with Bless, but then the other will hit me, or retreat but hit without Bless. 80 Griffins. I decide to do it this way. And of course, the damage goes to 500 immediately. In short, total disaster for the Troglodytes — I buy them back, 18 Griffins remain. I attack with Gundula, who has 5 Medusas and a swamp army; 5 Griffins survive. I attack with Alamar, who was waiting in a chain on Harpies, and finish them off with ranged shots. I get 4 Angels, but gold is at 0, and the timer too :D
The whole plan of taking down the Griffon Conservatory in week 1 goes to hell. I decide to break out with Blacks, preferably after two Dragon Utopias. Especially since the day before I was taken out by Alex in roughly the same style with a late breakout; the map generated with the center being just a small piece, and this time it looks very similar — the center is scarce (which turned out to be true and was a surprise for Mee). Moreover, he's clearly the "native" type.
I take a Medusa dwelling. At the Griffon Conservatory I scout 4 hives, scattered in pairs. The scout hero in the main town refills mana after the wipe. Scout heroes build a chain to an external Red Dragon dwelling. From then on I played on 500-second turns.
D1-7 — The chain takes the external Minotaur dwelling, and finally I kill the Helmet block and capture it. Shakti spends another night in the castle to refill mana. I took the Shield +6. Tazar eats a Pandora's Box for 10K — he immediately gets great skills: Log, Tactics, Pathfinding. If needed, I can switch to him. Blacks are strong, and with an armor specialist — just devastating. I give Tazar the Angel; he clears crypts. The other three Angels and junk go to take the external dwelling and hives. In one day I collected 17500 gold, 4000 of which is credit. Dragons are in the castle.
D2-1 — The scout hero breaks into a Dragon Utopia, buys back in the swamp secondary, and heads for the stables. Taz returns the Angel across three heroes to the other end — he goes to Alamar, who is near the stables — he'll continue clearing the respawn, since no easy buyouts are expected.
D2-2 — I split the Angels and Dragons, clear 3 hives in one turn. The scout hero at a Dragon Utopia.
D2-3 — Timer screw-up: I gathered everything, bought back, standing at a Dragon Utopia, but I won't have time to take the second one, and I'm left without a building. The Utopia is a tier 3 — gave great stuff: a Helm, Sword +12, Necklace +3 to all. But I messed up in it too — gave away an extra Dragon, came out with three. Meanwhile, Mee captures the central town. I come up with a trick, which I execute on D2-4.
D2-4 — Tazar takes the second Dragon Utopia; I get Shield +12 and Shield +4 to all. I struggle to return the army, bring it to the Griffon Conservatory; there, a scout hero kills the Nagas. I return the army through 2 castles in the swamp, buy back the scout hero, and Dimension Door to the neighboring Inferno respawn — Mee's presumed location. Wasn't sure, but the risk was worth it. I grab a Conservatory with three Angels and visit the Library. Nearby, an untaken Dragon Utopia.
D2-5 — Chaos: I took the Utopia from Mee's respawn, returned the army to the Griffon Conservatory, broke through 30+ Green Dragons — there's a Breastplate +4 and a Pandora's Box. Alamar takes it — ALL SPELLS. I move the army to Tazar up top; he kills the Library guard and scouts a Hive — I'll take it on D2-6. I stationed Alamar on a Black, a bit away from the Griffon Conservatory. Enough mana for Implosion with Advanced Earth.
D2-6 — Alamar isn't attacked, and the castle in the center is empty. I transfer everything there. I buy back the scout hero; for some reason there's an untaken Hive there. I take it with a scout hero, paint an external Dragon dwelling. Well, that's it — now I need to hold the center.
D2-7 — I take the second central Dungeon castle, leaving Mee with one castle. Attack - Defense - 35, and the tavern shows an army advantage. Alamar heads to the Inferno respawn. In the home castle, Dragons are in the fortress; in the swamp, Wyverns are in the fort, ready for upgrade.
D3-1 — Alamar is driven back, but he casts Implosion on the Efreet. Mee's trademark trick when playing Inferno — Elixir. Also various minor maneuvers like partial army transport. Alamar heads to the Inferno respawn with double mana.
D3-2 — Finita la commedia. A scout hero attacks Alamar to test him. Runs away. A Mage attacks with 10+ Sultan Efreet, but after eating a Meteor for 6 of them, he buys back. Then Marik attacks with junk for some reason (probably counting on Summoning), and Armageddon flies right into him.
THAT'S ALL.
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