=Stinger=
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17.4.2013: twaryna (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def =Stinger= (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Bron) Jebus Cross 127
Stinger took 2 restarts, I didn't restart.
111. Immediately scout a chocolate: 3 Hives with good guards, Griffin Conservatory, Hydra external dwelling, Cloak +2 speed, Dwarf Cottage, Crypts, Library. A spread of 6 heroes.
112. Tazar levels up - got Weapons and Air. In the depths of the respawn, I scout another 2 Hives. On the way to the center and to one of the secondary zones, a block of 10+ Cyclops Kings, no way around, unfortunately.
113. I build and bring Wyverns, break through the first Dragon Fly Hive, but it's large, I don't dare go in. I ride Tazar to the next Hive. Another 2 external Wyvern dwellings, a Griffin Conservatory, Gloves and Boots are scouted. Also there are 2 Dragon Utopias on the respawn. Fat. Tazar got Tactics.
114. I build Basilisks, break through the Hive with Tazar and go in carelessly with all my power except the Lizardmen, because I need something to hold on to. The Hive turns out to be pre-max. Despite a good Taz and a good amount of meat, everything gets eaten except 19 Gnolls. But 8 Wyverns is already not bad.
115. I build Hydras at home, buy them out, capture the external Hydra dwelling, but don't take it so Tazar can reach the Hive (and it was a mistake, I should have taken it with a scout hero). I take the Hive - it's minimum) Then with a scout hero I transfer the army to capture the Hive in the depths of the respawn - it turns out to be max, as luck would have it. They eat the Lizardmen, a Hydra, and a couple of Wasps. A Hydra from the dwelling would have helped, of course. In the end, we have an army of 18 Wyverns.
116. I break through a block of 50+ Orcs with Tazar. They also damage my Wyvern somehow) I take an external Wyvern dwelling, a Hive. A scout hero with a Hydra from the external dwelling takes a village - Rampart. Tazar got Logistics.
117. I get the Gloves, collect gold. I build a Castle right on time, in Rampart a Mage Guild, Tazar sits down to replenish mana.
121. I build Markets, trade, buy up. Tazar captures the Boots, takes a Conservatory for 2 Angels. Tazar with Expert Logistics, with Gloves and Boots!
122. I capture an external Wyvern dwelling + a Bow behind Monks, Tazar rides through the Library. Korbac takes a Hive for 8 Wyverns.
123. Korbac takes a Conservatory for 3 Angels. Tazar breaks through the Cloak +2 speed, kills Cyclops, a prison before ГО, a Pandora for 15k experience behind Bears. He gets Advanced Pathfinding immediately, Earth and Wisdom. It's a shame Air is still only Advanced and Weapons too. I speed up before ГО - a stupid move, Stinger could have caught me, of course...
124. I take another external Hydra dwelling, hit ГО - Battle Unicorns - they kill my Angel, I see Bron with 5+ Archers and Pikemen. I see 3 Dragon Utopias. I decide to break through to the nearest one, maybe level up Air. I break through 20+ Dark Elves, max Dragon Utopia - I don't go in. I attack Bron. He has 5 Archers and Pikes. I have 4 Angels, 36 Wyverns, 5 Hydras and Flies. In the second round, I crash all into the Archers. In the 3rd round, I could have killed the last one, but a resist triggered on the shooter. Stinger buys back, killing 7 of my Wyverns. I take an external Drake dwelling and an external Manticore dwelling.
125. I take Dragon Utopia 2 - they give a red orb and boots +2 all. Tazar kills the bears for the Pandora, and damn my luck I take it - as a result, I'm one tile short of the central dungeon( In the end, I'll have to sit around without mana.
126. I take the dungeon. Build a Tavern. I move the Hydras to upgrade. Return them. Tazar breaks through 50+ Dark Elves for a Pandora and a prison - there's Orrin level 30. I take a Hive.
127. + a Hive, I capture a Shield +12-3, take a Dragon Utopia - they give Air Spell Book. Just zero mana. I build a Mage Guild in the dungeon, hoping for a Whirlpool next turn. Tazar runs into the sands, Dessa takes a Hive there. I scout a Sword +12-3. On his turn, Bron bursts in with Flight and kills himself on the Archers for a Pandora and a prison.
Thanks for the game!
It happened. Bad starting army - from 3 heroes: 30 Pikemen, 6 Bows, and 12 Gnolls. But essentially it wasn't needed, because there was no one and nothing to fight. I found a Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels on the respawn, 2 Hives and 2 external Griffin dwellings, which weren't taken on week 1 (lots of Zealots and lots of Diamonds). I took both villages, made Bron the main hero.
On 121, I took the Conservatory, on 123, I upgraded the Archers and went to ГО - lots of Devils, army - 5 Archers, 80 Pikes, 14 Griffins. Then a horde of Behemoths, a pack of Archdevils, I see the opponent's ГО, run further, see the Air Spell Book, which I take.
If I had had Air Scouting and Air, I would have noticed the opponent near ГО, but I didn't)
Then on 124, Twayna hits his ГО, attacks, I buy back with 1 Arch with the goal of taking 2 Hives on the respawn and making Dimension Door to the center with subsequent escape to another zone. But the Hives are minimum, after the jump to the center I take another mini Hive, I see Tazar not far away and a Pandora with a prison behind a pack of Archers. My army is 1 Arch, 12 Wyverns, 4 Horses, a few Pikemen. I was hoping to break through, take the Pandora, the scout hero would jump into the neutral zone, and I would buy back on the Arch. But it didn't work out.
Thanks for the game!
