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Alexey-omsk (blue, Inferno, Xarfax, Clavius) def The_ (red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) 143 2sm2c
It was a fun game. At the respawn there was nothing but gold, which is not bad, but not great. The starting hero with 15 imps wasn't pleasing either. Then Isra appeared in the tavern, and it became clear that the only chance in this game was to necro some skeletons. A Griffin Conservatory 2-4 was scouted. The secondary was snowy, the exit was at the top, so the second castle wasn't taken quickly, but fortunately there was enough gold and the efreet were built in the Citadel on the first week. Then Clavius with 30 skeletons in the tavern. I break through 8 upgraded unicorns to the central zone, there's a stable and nothing else good except gold. In the center, I take a couple of crypts, one maxed, and in it a decent cloak +3 to spell duration. On day 131, I break through 60 upgraded demons for a Pandora's Box, and there's all the earth magic for a not-so-wise Clavius :( By the way, Goshon helped, coming to the tavern with 60 skeletons. Then I run up, take the Conservatory, and stand in front of the teleport at the starting line. On day 137, I take the opponent's castle, buy nagas and mages there. Then I run to the arena for +2 attack, because I felt it would be needed. The opponent has visible stats of 9 10 16 13 against my 8 6 3 4 :( I think, what can help me? Not entirely clear, I run to my castle on a whim. Then the opponent attacks, but there's almost no army there: 9 griffins, 15 monks, 28 dwarves, and some miscellaneous units.
And the battle was epic. I have -2 morale, the opponent has -1. Fortunately, I have expert tactics; without it, it would probably have been GG right away. In general, the first two rounds the angels stand still. The opponent's lightning for 500 damage takes down two angels. I cast Haste on the skeletons; in the next round, Slow on the griffins, but due to the angels' bad morale, I can't kill one gargoyle, and the opponent casts Mass Haste. But then the griffins get bad morale. A direct balance of bad morale. Well, the griffins fall, and I cast Slow on the dwarves, and on the third consecutive turn, the angels don't get bad morale, and it's GG.
Thanks for the game!
Morale, of course, decides everything.
Confirmed.
I managed to lose a situation that is unwinnable for the opponent =). Simply by attacking a naga bank without checking first (there were 30 nagas; the last few naga banks had at most 16 nagas, I had already forgotten that large ones exist), losing almost everything there, and then 9 archangels got torn apart for a +6 all stats hat. In short, I played poorly, one of the most bitter defeats. And the negative morale on the griffins in the final battle became a just punishment for bad play.
Thanks for the game.
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25.05.2013 The_ (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def rockmachine (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4(3) 212.
A terrible start, one road to the secondary, the other two blocked by storms and upgraded wolves, I break through that mess with a loss of 25 Troglodytes. One of the scout heroes finds a Conservatory, things get merrier; Shakti goes to take the secondary, but then the second scout hero finds a dragon dwelling and another Conservatory deep in the base, I decide to spit on everything and by any means necessary take the dwelling and build a portal. The guard is 40 Magma Elementals; God only knows how I break through them with 90 Troglodytes, 11 Evil Eyes, and a handful of units. After that, 75 Troglodytes remain, plus an off-buy from a prison hero of 4 gogs and 20 imps. Again, miraculously, with this "army," I kill the dragons, leaving 20 Troglodytes, but I have a dragon. On day 6, I build a marketplace, and on day 7, after exchanging everything down to zero, I build the portal and buy the dragon.
On the second week, I take the secondary; I steal another dragon dwelling there, though they're bone dragons now, I give the bone dragons to the scout hero who's running around clearing the respawn. I deploy Shakti and run to the respawn to take the Conservatories; fortunately, with 4 dragons and already decent stats 11-8, even the third one falls without problems, losing the off-buy. 2 Conservatories for 5 angels.
At the end of the third/beginning of the fourth week, I run underground; there's another Conservatory and a Dungeon village =), I portal in dragons. The opponent, meanwhile, bursts in via pathfinding onto my Necropolis secondary, taking my castle and the bone dwelling (not too upset, only the red dragons portal now). But he built an annoying Veil of Darkness, and the whole respawn went dark.
I, with 9 dragons, 7 angels, and the off-buy, take the home Dragon Utopia, losing the off-buy, the result: boots +2 all stats, shield +12, black orb, and some amulet. I run to the opponent's castle and block all the exits and entrances to the castle with Shakti, waiting for the delivery of meat and 3 red dragons. While waiting, with nothing better to do, I break through a Griffin Conservatory of devils, and return to the opponent's castle, but I got so relaxed that I missed the moment of a new week and simply skipped a turn, giving the opponent a small chance. Since my army consisted of only 7 angels, 9 reds, 7 medusas, 24 Evil Eyes. The opponent doesn't miss the buying opportunity and attacks with the new growth.
The opponent's army: 5 green dragons, 22 war horses, over 30 dendroids, 50 dwarves, 60 grand elves, 3 angels, and Centaurs. But the stat difference is very large, so the opponent breaks against me, killing 7 dragons and 1 angel, while losing his entire army.
Thanks for the game.
