Juristis
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01.06.2012 Scorpiona(red, Castle, Valeska, Mephala) def Juristis(blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) 8mm6a 246
117 first week ended with exploring part of the home spawn and a small part of the neighboring zone. At the end of the week, I was short of stone to build the Citadel, and the capital remained a Fort with horses. With the last money, I bought Clavius (which later turned out to be my salvation).
On the second week, I captured the home computer's "Cita"; I fought off an external dwelling of birds there and built Bears in the Cita... Mephala roams with a small army of 28 archers, 4 horses. Clavius has only expertized attack so far, but I captured the Amulet of the Necromancer from the computers.
137 Mephala broke through to the central village; I fought off an external dwelling of red dragons there, opened Pandora's Boxes for experience and gold, and a Dragon Utopia was revealed, but the army is so laughable that I have nothing to actually take it with.
For Clavius, I found the Boots of the Necromancer, and he finally leveled expert Necromancy and advanced Logistics, gathering his first 100+ skeletons, only to immediately be attacked by Crag Hack, and to my luck, he managed to flee!!!
141-142 Mephala darts back and forth trying to find any army boost; she broke into the treasure zone, but apart from a couple of scattered Dragon Fly Hives on the rocks, there's nothing to see; I'm trying to bring in reinforcements and either take the Dragon Utopia or give up:smile15: …
143-144 A scout reveals another Dragon Utopia nearby, and I decide to start with that one. So, with my troops of 4 brown Bears, 2 red Dragons, 2 Champions, 3 horses, 13 Thunderbirds, and a minimal meat shield of about 20 Goblins, I take the Dragon Utopia (2); it gave Wings and expert Air Magic:smile03: ….I came out with 3 Bears and 13 Birds…
147 By the end of the week, Bones were delivered, 200 units; I gathered 12 Dragon Flies from the Dragon Fly Hives, and I took the second Dragon Utopia (1); it gave a Sword +6 and Boots of 15% Magic Resistance..
I built Angels in the Castle, and also built a Castle in the Cita.
217 I cleared the home treasure zone. Here the Dragon Utopia gave a Hat +6 All. 1 Dragon Fly Hive (8) and a Library.
Clavius also found the Cape of the Necromancer. Here, Bones accumulated very quickly. But only 550 units so far.
The next 2 weeks, I stormed some huge treasure zone, locating it by scouting land and air. It was a paradise for Necro. And Mephala had plenty of work, taking 2 Dragon Utopias.
145 I put Clavius in a bad spot with 20 Lich; Crag Hack killed him without giving a chance to escape.
146 The next turn, I catch Crag Hack in the "Tower" castle.
Final Battle strong resistance made a big difference: expert Resist 30% + Boots 15%; for 2 turns in a row, Crag Hack's implosion on 3k didn't work. Defense specialty + the collected Elixir made itself known, despite Crag Hack's powerful blow.
1 First turn, Crag Hack implodes the Archangels – resistance; Mephala's return implosion on 3k – 18 Phoenixes.
2 Crag Hack implodes the Archangels – resistance, kills the catapult.
Mephala implodes – 15 Angels. And blocks the castle exit with 10 Bears.
Kills the catapult.
3 Crag Hack casts Anti-Magic on 21 Bears; Mephala finishes off the remaining Birds, Liches, and Death Knights with Meteor Shower.
4 Crag Hack destroys the Archangels with implosion – Mephala teleports 3000 Skeletons over the walls and, with one blow, removes 18 Gray Bears.
GG
Thanks for the tough final battle!
On the second week, I went into the mini-treasury, took 3 hives (6+6+4), lost 3 Wyverns on breakthroughs. Hit a wall of fire elementals. Took a tier-3 Naga Bank, used the money to teleport home and went to the corner zone; nothing interesting there, except the Shackles were revealed. On 127, I finally found an off-road path to the computer; I blitzed towards Deesa's horde of Skeletons with advanced Logistics.
131 - I rushed Deesa into the green player's town, taking all the growth, including 6 Black Knights, and a built Capitol! There's a Griffin Conservatory and a Naga Bank near the town. Things seemed to be looking up. But then...
Broke 6 Dragon Utopias, not a single one had control; the best artifact was a Necklace +3 to All. Killed 4 computers, built 4 level-5 guilds, including the Tower one; only the last one gave Town Portal, they never gave Dimension Door at all. Assembled the Horn of Plenty. In the final battle, I forgot to equip the black orb, but even with it against 30000 HP Skeletons...
Yesterday, I felt very bitter after the game; I thought I played decently. Today I realized that apparently it wasn't decent enough; I need to do better. Also, my opponent pointed out a couple of mistakes, thanks for that, and thanks for the game!
