Fidesxfx (Red, Citadel, Crag) def Amiloo (Blue, Swamp, Tazar) Jebus, 127.
111. Near the castle, there is an external dwelling with Rocs guarded by 20-49 Magogs; I decide to play. Along the way, a Pandora's Box guarded by 10-19 upgraded Dendroid Guards. I decide to play after all.
112. Killed 18 Dendroids, got 10k experience. I think I definitely need to play.
113. Sadness; I realize things aren't so rosy. The road is blocked by 5-9 upgraded Castle horses; on the second one, there are 20-49 Scorpicores, Golems, and a whole bunch of stuff. I decide to hit the Roc external dwelling.
114. From the external dwellings: 1 Rocs, 1 Ogres, 2 Wolves. I run for another Pandora's Box guarded by 50-99 Evil Eyes.
115. In the Pandora's Box there are 80 Goblins, not what I expected from such guards (.
116. I disband and bought myself out at the tavern on the map; there I pick up a Hive for 6 Wyverns, a Gnoll dwelling, a Medusa dwelling.
121. Went home to replenish mana, and on 121 ran to break through one of the blocks; I kill the upgraded horses but still can't get Expert Earth.
123. Hive, finally Expert Earth. Another Hive.
125. Epic fail; I take a Hive, run to the secondary hero, there's a Pandora's Box; I beat the guards, the Pandora's Box is empty. I take the village, and hoping to disband back home, I build a tavern there, and then I don't have enough movement to attack; I can enter the castle, but I didn't build the Mage Guild. Sadness.
126. Disbanded home, I break through the second guard on the way to the secondary hero; there are 24 Scorpicores. I'm standing without mana. Scout heroes take another Hive. Then again epic fails: I see a well at the tavern near the respawn, I disband without thinking, and only then does it dawn on me that I can't recruit there without another hero))). But fortunately, after taking Deessa's ducks, he ran over and recruited Crag; he replenishes mana and runs to the GO at the respawn point.
127. I beat the GO, failed quite a bit, losing 2 creatures and 2 ducks. There was a double GO of 50-99 Efreets and the same number of Scorpicores.
Noticed Opponent; I can reach Tazar, but decide to hit the Hive first; I beat the Hive and stay there for the night. Using a scout hero, I attack Opponent's scout hero, hoping to kill a Serpent Fly there, and that the others won't bring Serpent Flies or anything else to Tazar. And so it was. When the turn passed to me, they attacked. Thanks to the Birds, I move first.
FB. What made me smile was that on the first turn, they cast Mass Slow on me; I have an artifact giving +10 Resistance. And Resistance procs on 2 stacks immediately; I was stunned).
In terms of stats and army, I was losing, but I had an advantage in mana. And a Sharpshooter at 130. I still managed a few fails in the FB, but overall, I blinded the Wyverns, killed their Archers with my ducks, then killed everything else. And under Mass Slow, while I still had mana, I shot the opponent's ducks with the Sharpshooter, then Mass Shield, and the slaughter began. In the end, I had about 10+ ducks left.
Amiloo, thanks for the game, it was intriguing; until the very end, I believed I would lose. But luck was on my side. Good luck in the tournament.