Stryfe (red Rampart Kyrre, Kyrre) def Ingersol (blue Castle Valeska, Valeska) SM 132

After a very long opponent turn on 111, I was planning to take a restart, as he clearly had something good. The heroes' first steps seemed to confirm my choice — only one crypt was spotted, the path to the secondary was blocked by double mobs — thieves and lots of Storm Elementals, and gold was scarce. However, near the castle, both Gauntlets of Speed (Nag pack) and Boots of Speed (lots of Ghosts) were spotted, as well as an external Archer dwelling. I decided to play the setup and made a mistake — on 117, I managed to place Cavaliers WITHOUT a Stronghold, so poor was the respawn. On 116, while breaking chests, I ran into three (!) morale-boosted upgraded Centaurs, which left my Archer stack with only 10 units. Then for a week I wandered the secondary, killing a minimal Hive, a couple of Dwarves, and getting money to build the castle. I didn't manage to enter the dual Griffin Conservatory; the opponent appeared near the castle.
The opponent had about 7-8 Angels, 10+ Cavaliers, lots of Champions, which my 6 Cavaliers and 30 Archers could not look at without tears.

GG.