"Новичок-2012. Winter"

Group F
22.01.12 ariputra (red, Dungeon, Shakti Shakti) def COLORADО (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 143

probably the most interesting and dramatic game in all my time on HeroesWorld

we didn't take respawns
there are external dwellings of Manticores and Minotaurs, slow roads, Shakti with 2 stacks, level 2 not built,

on week 1 took external dwellings, 2 miniature crypts, water mill, 3 mysterious gardens, prison with a level 1 Zubin, Gnoll chasm, there is a stable but very far away across rough terrain, earned some money and resources, 6 heroes, Minotaurs in the Citadel, by the end of the week had plenty of money could have also built Manticores but never found mercury, Shakti with a group of Minotaurs went to the grass secondary hero

on week 2 at the elven secondary town, lots of money, several statistic boosts, max Dragon Fly Hives, built Mage Guild with Haste, Slow, Shield and Lightning, but no Earth or Air, broke through to the metro near ГО, ring +1/1 luck and morale, bow +5% and helmet +3 knowledge, thanks to expert tactics managed to break through 55 Liches with a group stack behind armor +5 defense and Genies behind shield +6 defense, nearby was a Dragon Fly Hive with 50-99 group Swordsmen which blocked the passage further into the treasure zone, but ran out of mana didn't dare to attack, no one to pass the army to and Shakti spends the night with Evil Eyes (, at home Castle, secondary town Elves

on week 3 thought about going into the treasure zone, but positioned incorrectly and couldn't bring the weekly growth, from the lookout spotted an Inferno secondary town and path to the underground, whether the guard was broken through or not isn't visible but nearby resources are untouched, nowhere to replenish mana, decided to replenish mana in Inferno and go towards the blue player, 133 metro guard not broken through, 134 Shakti took the blue player's capital, which turned out to be
quite close, Dragons built, Castle, Mage Guild 2 with Blind, weekly growth partially bought, Shakti on Pegasi spends the night in the castle, the scout hero sent immediately gets a ticket to the tavern from a scout hero with 4 Angels, either immediately or after a day Ivor returns there are Angels, I don't dare attack the Dragons,

building a chain to bring the weekly growth, Ivor went into the metro, took the Inferno secondary town and blocked the road, Shakti sits in the castle, the weekly growth went back, in the distance on the road Solmyr is visible with 2 stacks of group Pegasi, Shakti could reach him but wouldn't be able to return, lucky that the Demons nearby weren't killed, was afraid there were 4 Mage Guilds and Solmyr would attack with cannon fodder and hit with a chain, as it turned out later in the Inferno secondary town level 3 was built and there was an opportunity to build level 4, Shakti with 6 Pegasi kills Solmyr and crashes into the Demons, made another foray for a statistic boost )

on day 142 had the idea to break through the guard of 100-249 group Pit Fiends and transfer the weekly growth, but Colorado successfully positioned himself in the passage leading to the guard, thought about either going into the metro to army-swap or attacking, on day 143 took pre-max Naga, sold everything to zero, bought Cursed Temple armor, 2 Dragons 2 Unicorns 14 Grand Elite Unicorns + some cannon fodder, in case Shakti couldn't pull it off,

sweated during the most tense final battle, no Air or Earth, 50 mana, Ice Bolt for 170/8, Blind, Slow, Haste, the blue player had 22 mana, closed into the top corner, Ice Bolt into the Grand Elite Unicorns, immediately got mass Slow, Evil Eyes and Medusas chipped away at the Grand Elite Unicorns, Colorado slowly approached, waited, hit with Angels and Dragons, after mass Shield and the first removal of Blind from the Angels his mana ran out, Ice Bolt Evil Eyes and Medusas almost killed the Wyverns, the Ballista helped a lot, which finished off the Grand Elite Unicorns and helped chip away at the Angels, at the end 30 Evil Eyes 7 Medusas remained - no shooting and Ballista, the blue player had 2 Angels 1 Grand Elite Unicorn and tent, the tent countered the Ballista, with a counterattack Evil Eyes managed to kill 1 more Angel, Shackles of War prevented retreat, though there was no money to ransom Shakti anyway

Dessa killed Ivor with the loss of Unicorns and single units, returned the artifacts, didn't have enough movement to return to the Castle, in the blue player's capital single units of Goblins and 2 Centaurs, no change, heroes start gathering towards Dessa, started to worry when I saw Kyrre with 88 Imps 20 Gnolls 5 Dwarves 48 Gogs, 2 single units of group Pegasi and comparable stats, thought that's it, now she'll kill Dessa take all the artifacts and return the Castle, but 2 Dragons and Grand Elite Unicorns held out.

thanks for the interesting game!