[Online Tournament for HoMM5 Players Who Like to Chat]

Lord_De_Sat (blue, Academy, Ora) def Ment (red, Haven, Axel)

In this battle, I definitely got lucky, as I'm not very good at playing as mages. We played randomly. There were a couple of restarts before, because either I or Ment had Inga in the tavern, and I'm afraid of her like a vampire is of a cross. I cleared the map somehow, with elves with bows and other junk everywhere. I built up my Castle with difficulty, and didn't even have time to upgrade the Rakshasa before the final stage; I upgraded the Titans in the Fortress. At first, I planned to go for Darkness, but after building the Guild, I saw a lot of Light and Chaos there. So I decided to develop those. Somehow, towards the end, I found the Amulet of Cold. I was also planning to get a Lucky Mage, but it didn't work out. I also found a couple of items from Sar-Iss - a ring and a robe. I was surprised to find out that Ora's spells can cost 0 mana. Somewhere at the end of the 3rd month, Ment appeared in my territory with a good army. He must have been clearing the map for a long time, because in terms of stats and level, he was better than me. So I quickly retreated to the Castle, barely making it; one more turn and he would have caught up. Ment hesitated for a bit - whether to attack or not, but in the end, he attacked. Well, thanks to Chaos and mages, I managed to defeat him. By the way, he had an Expert Teleport and he managed to teleport the Paladins behind the walls. Also, luck was somewhat on my side. That's basically how it went