Favorites in battle! - 5 The Battle of Favorites! - 5

GoD(Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Alone(Red, Castle, Valeska, Cuthbert) 2sm4d(3) 135

Kyrre - 10 13 7 6(90) - 5 angels, 14 horned demons, 6 dragons, 50 gr. centaurs, 51 grand elves, 1+2 gr. pegasuses
Cuthbert - 11 13 1 8(30) - 6 angels, 20 dragons, 25+1+1 marksmen, 7 grand elves, 6 horses

On tactics, I block the grand elves, after several waits I cast slow on the angels, the grand elves kill the marksmen in 2 volleys, the reds move all forward, but the grand elves under haste move even before the red angels, so they shoot everyone down. GG.

1-0

Thanks for the game!

At the start, I see 4 paths - one to GO, another to snow, a third to lava, and the last to grass; there's some probability for a native secondary. I thought the opponent would take rest - but apparently he guessed. On the first turn, I took ramp and colored the external elves there. I suffered severely from a lack of gold, although I took a couple of crypts. Then I broke through to the metro; there's a common treasure zone there - I make a note of it. There's a block on the snow - a hive guard; getting to Inferno is unrealistically far. In the castle, there are horses in the citadel.
On the second turn, we again struggle with a lack of funds. Very fragmented respawns complicate scouting; it was much more convenient for the opponent to get there. The Trogon Consa is scouted, but there's nothing yet to take it with - 24 grand elves don't count. I fought off and with almost a hundred Earth Elementals cleared the external unicorns, but there's nothing to buy them with; I transferred the treasury to Gunnison, and he took the hive and colored the tower. Somewhere in between these affairs, I broke through the blocks on the Rampart respawn - leading to the opponent, as it turned out. Valeska just goes to the native respawn for medusa-babies and the naga bank.
On the next turn, everything changes. Kyrre arrives with 5 angels :smile07: It's clear that we're severely losing in tempo. The medusa-babies and nagas are canceled - we dump everything at the markets and take another hive in the snow, thankfully Gunnison already has advanced pathfinding. It turns out that the opponent cut me off from the already scouted Trogon Consa - the only chance is to go through the rocks to the snow, take the consa revealed from the tower there, and then again through the snow to the rocky treasure zone. We successfully do all of this; Valeska also seems to have pathfinding - she took it considering the terrain. Simultaneously, we make various distracting maneuvers, creating the illusion that the army is in the treasure zone in the basement. Surprisingly, the blue player didn't fall for this trick - I thought he would run to catch up. There are local skirmishes with small troops, and then I discover that Kyrre is heading to the same rocky treasure zone where Valeska already is :( The encounter now is extremely unfavorable. A stroke of luck - I freed Cuthbert from the jail with expert logistics and advanced scouting :p He reveals 2 consas and 2 hives - I understand that Kyrre will get there faster; the only chance is to put Valeska under attack and give Cuthbert a couple of days to collect the goodies. Valeska was attacked and managed to buy herself off, but the opponent correctly understood everything again and went after Cuthbert and the treasury. In the end, they were caught up with, and in the final, the book and the grand elves decided things, of course...

Thanks for the game!