“Summer 2013” experimental season. Online ranked games (reports, discussions).

04/06/13 Hydra (Blue, Conflux, random, Aisylin) def LEXMASTER (Red, Fortress, Wystan, Crag) 127 2sm4d(3)

111 - Aisylin and Moneer in the tavern. Aisylin to Mamas without alternatives. 50 skeletons, 4th level.
113 - Griffin Conservatory single with the loss of 1 air elemental and a couple of dozen skeletons.
122 - Griffin Conservatory double without losses (singles), Dragon Fly Hive at 8.
125 - breaking through the fairies guarding the Dragon Utopia and shield +12, taking the Dragon Utopia itself, stats 13 20 18 + hat, 5th level.
127 - visited the opponent's respawn, he scouts me with a scout hero: 3 angels, 32 ducks, 400 skeletons, stats, Scholar — he surrenders.
Thanks for the game!

He posted the saves. Try to take that max Griffin Conservatory on 122 with losses like his. I'm not a weak player, it seems, but even I couldn't achieve losses like his in five attempts. Taking it is possible, but the losses are significant. I'm not asserting anything, I'd just like to know how it's taken with zero loss of archers (not a single one lost). They don't get covered on the first turn... at least for me. Explain this for those who can manage it.

I'll explain how I did it: Horses in the first slot, bows in the third, swords in the 6th, spearmen in the fourth. This formation is necessary to cover the crossbowmen in the bottom left corner. Horses and crossbowmen wait, swords take a position in the corner, spearmen crash into the upgraded stack, crossbowmen and horses go to the corner. The horses don't reach it, so in the second round the upgraded stack moves to the needed square. Crossbowmen wait, melee units kill the upgraded stack, horses cover the crossbowmen in the next round. The remaining birds are shot down, the meat tanks. Simple.