HellLighT
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22.02.12 HellLighT (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def CryptoNight (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 134 Jebuss cross
We restarted for a long time, even managed to play out 4 days of a different scenario that ended with the opponent's loss. The start wasn't the worst; Shakti with 2 stacks, I scatter the roaches, I reveal the Griffin Conservatory with a griffin stack, I pick up 30 Troglodytes from the creature dwellings, I see 2 Dragon Fly Hives within a turn's distance from the castle, so I think everything is great — I need to play (there was still a restart left). As it turned out later, on the entirely blocked respawn there were 3 Dragon Fly Hives (with 4, 8, 8 Wyverns) and 1 aforementioned Griffin Conservatory; from external dwellings — 2 Manticores in different corners of the respawn; one of the secondary mines (which turned out to be native) was completely blocked by Scorpicores; there was only one Pandora's Box and it contained gold; Shakti's skill progression was terrible — they kept foisting all sorts of junk, so the fourth skill after Earth was Ballista (which turned out to be quite a nasty girl in the final battle :D ); the good things included the Elixir of Life, all 3 ingredients of which were within a turn and a half's reach on my respawn — that made my life quite a bit easier :) I had an external marketplace and near my main there was a Dragon Utopia guarded by 5-9 Giants. Throughout the first week I built giant chains to capture those damn Karagandian dwellings; the roaches ate everything they could. By day 1 week 1, 1 2 3 4 6 I had a Citadel + portal and 2 Manticore dwellings, I split Shakti, bought units, made a small mistake — forgot to buy a new hero before splitting, lost half of the growth for the Dragon Utopia. On day 1 2 2 I take the Dragon Utopia; Shakti with Earth and Shield, 19 Wyverns, 19 Scorpicores, an Angel, growth of 50 Troglodytes, 10 Evil Eyes, and some other small units; foolishly lost the Angel; received Sword +12, Sphere of Earth, Crown of Dragon Teeth +4A+4K, and Sphere of Vulnerability. I was ready to hit the opponent's main, but I dawdled for another couple of turns; as a result, 90 gr. Minotaurs only fell on day 1 2 5, but on the day before that (as it turned out, on the same turn as the opponent). Right at the entrance to the treasure zone, a small gift — behind 100+ Manticores lay the Cloak of Abandonment and Wings of Angel :smile13:; I scout the passage with scout heroes, but there's nothing particularly interesting there — Saint's Sandals behind horses, I didn't take the library because of 10-19 Archangels, and a Fortress town which Ignatus from the prison took care of with Logistics and Pathfinding). Shakti himself, thanks to the Observatory's sight, ran through the mountains to the lower part of the treasure zone, where 5 more Dragon Fly Hives were visible (the most annoying part was that 3 turned out to be minimal). On day 1 2 7, I check the tavern and see that Tazar has sharply grown in stats (all around 20); Shakti had 25 10, but without Defense, got the Book of Earth and started to hustle quickly; killed another Dragon Utopia, received Shield +4 to all; as a result, built up a decent stack of Wyverns, but unfortunately lost the Scorpicores. On day 1 3 1, the opponent himself appears, captures the Hydra dwelling near the swamp and retreats; for 4 turns there are fierce slaughters of the roaches... then a rather funny moment occurs — I see a Wyvern dwelling near the swamp, but I don't see the guardians; without a second thought, I transfer Wyverns and Scorpicores to a scout hero and send him to capture it, and there are Hydras! 25 of them №;№ЫВФПфЫв; I barely regained control and still lost 2 Wyverns; as it turned out, near that dwelling lay the Helm +6 to all :smile49:; heartened, I took the Sandals, visited the library, on the way bought the Cloak +2 speed at the market, already having the Necklace +1; upgraded 49 Wyverns and sat in the swamp. Then Tazar pops out (thankfully, not having grown a single point in stats) and walks along the road past me; stunned by such audacity (as he later said, my army seemed small to him, especially considering that 20-49 Wyverns were visible), I check with a scout hero; first of all, Sphere of Inhibition; his army — 25 Chaos Hydras! 60 Wyverns, 67 Lizardmen, 4 Angels, and singles of Serpent Flies; stats — 20 23 14 9 (as the review showed, Tazar also got junk foisted on him — Expert Defense, Pathfinding, Earth, Logistics, Literacy, Offense, Tactics, and Advanced Wisdom versus my 3 Chaos Dragons, 49 Wyvern Monarchs, 21 Scorpicores, 15 Gorgons, and singles of Serpent Flies; stats — 40 24 22 18; Expert — Offense, Tactics, Earth, Fire, Ballista, Logistics, Wisdom, Advanced Air (turned out to be somewhat of a mage ;) ) and the important factor of +3 speed. The final battle was quite fun; having a huge advantage in movement across the battlefield, after waiting and removing the retaliation from the Wyverns, 60 of them were left with 30, and they were also paralyzed by the Scorpicores; overjoyed, I jump with the Wyverns onto the Hydras, but clearly overdid it — killed 5, from the retaliation 10 died! And then the Hydras' turn; losing morale, I made a couple more mistakes, but in the end I started to draw the opponent into movement; largely thanks to the Ballista (which was killing 5 Wyverns per turn with a direct shot) and the Elixir, I pulled through the battle. The opponent admitted that he misjudged the situation and didn't even upgrade the Wyverns; it's quite possible that then the outcome would have been different. Thanks for the interesting game.
p.s. CryptoNight promised to post all the interesting stuff in pictures himself!
We restarted for a long time, even managed to play out 4 days of a different scenario that ended with the opponent's loss. The start wasn't the worst; Shakti with 2 stacks, I scatter the roaches, I reveal the Griffin Conservatory with a griffin stack, I pick up 30 Troglodytes from the creature dwellings, I see 2 Dragon Fly Hives within a turn's distance from the castle, so I think everything is great — I need to play (there was still a restart left). As it turned out later, on the entirely blocked respawn there were 3 Dragon Fly Hives (with 4, 8, 8 Wyverns) and 1 aforementioned Griffin Conservatory; from external dwellings — 2 Manticores in different corners of the respawn; one of the secondary mines (which turned out to be native) was completely blocked by Scorpicores; there was only one Pandora's Box and it contained gold; Shakti's skill progression was terrible — they kept foisting all sorts of junk, so the fourth skill after Earth was Ballista (which turned out to be quite a nasty girl in the final battle :D ); the good things included the Elixir of Life, all 3 ingredients of which were within a turn and a half's reach on my respawn — that made my life quite a bit easier :) I had an external marketplace and near my main there was a Dragon Utopia guarded by 5-9 Giants. Throughout the first week I built giant chains to capture those damn Karagandian dwellings; the roaches ate everything they could. By day 1 week 1, 1 2 3 4 6 I had a Citadel + portal and 2 Manticore dwellings, I split Shakti, bought units, made a small mistake — forgot to buy a new hero before splitting, lost half of the growth for the Dragon Utopia. On day 1 2 2 I take the Dragon Utopia; Shakti with Earth and Shield, 19 Wyverns, 19 Scorpicores, an Angel, growth of 50 Troglodytes, 10 Evil Eyes, and some other small units; foolishly lost the Angel; received Sword +12, Sphere of Earth, Crown of Dragon Teeth +4A+4K, and Sphere of Vulnerability. I was ready to hit the opponent's main, but I dawdled for another couple of turns; as a result, 90 gr. Minotaurs only fell on day 1 2 5, but on the day before that (as it turned out, on the same turn as the opponent). Right at the entrance to the treasure zone, a small gift — behind 100+ Manticores lay the Cloak of Abandonment and Wings of Angel :smile13:; I scout the passage with scout heroes, but there's nothing particularly interesting there — Saint's Sandals behind horses, I didn't take the library because of 10-19 Archangels, and a Fortress town which Ignatus from the prison took care of with Logistics and Pathfinding). Shakti himself, thanks to the Observatory's sight, ran through the mountains to the lower part of the treasure zone, where 5 more Dragon Fly Hives were visible (the most annoying part was that 3 turned out to be minimal). On day 1 2 7, I check the tavern and see that Tazar has sharply grown in stats (all around 20); Shakti had 25 10, but without Defense, got the Book of Earth and started to hustle quickly; killed another Dragon Utopia, received Shield +4 to all; as a result, built up a decent stack of Wyverns, but unfortunately lost the Scorpicores. On day 1 3 1, the opponent himself appears, captures the Hydra dwelling near the swamp and retreats; for 4 turns there are fierce slaughters of the roaches... then a rather funny moment occurs — I see a Wyvern dwelling near the swamp, but I don't see the guardians; without a second thought, I transfer Wyverns and Scorpicores to a scout hero and send him to capture it, and there are Hydras! 25 of them №;№ЫВФПфЫв; I barely regained control and still lost 2 Wyverns; as it turned out, near that dwelling lay the Helm +6 to all :smile49:; heartened, I took the Sandals, visited the library, on the way bought the Cloak +2 speed at the market, already having the Necklace +1; upgraded 49 Wyverns and sat in the swamp. Then Tazar pops out (thankfully, not having grown a single point in stats) and walks along the road past me; stunned by such audacity (as he later said, my army seemed small to him, especially considering that 20-49 Wyverns were visible), I check with a scout hero; first of all, Sphere of Inhibition; his army — 25 Chaos Hydras! 60 Wyverns, 67 Lizardmen, 4 Angels, and singles of Serpent Flies; stats — 20 23 14 9 (as the review showed, Tazar also got junk foisted on him — Expert Defense, Pathfinding, Earth, Logistics, Literacy, Offense, Tactics, and Advanced Wisdom versus my 3 Chaos Dragons, 49 Wyvern Monarchs, 21 Scorpicores, 15 Gorgons, and singles of Serpent Flies; stats — 40 24 22 18; Expert — Offense, Tactics, Earth, Fire, Ballista, Logistics, Wisdom, Advanced Air (turned out to be somewhat of a mage ;) ) and the important factor of +3 speed. The final battle was quite fun; having a huge advantage in movement across the battlefield, after waiting and removing the retaliation from the Wyverns, 60 of them were left with 30, and they were also paralyzed by the Scorpicores; overjoyed, I jump with the Wyverns onto the Hydras, but clearly overdid it — killed 5, from the retaliation 10 died! And then the Hydras' turn; losing morale, I made a couple more mistakes, but in the end I started to draw the opponent into movement; largely thanks to the Ballista (which was killing 5 Wyverns per turn with a direct shot) and the Elixir, I pulled through the battle. The opponent admitted that he misjudged the situation and didn't even upgrade the Wyverns; it's quite possible that then the outcome would have been different. Thanks for the interesting game.
p.s. CryptoNight promised to post all the interesting stuff in pictures himself!
