Aya
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23.06.2013 Ayauhteotl (Blue, Flax, random, Jhelar, Fury) def LeBron (Red, Tower, Aen, Gunnar) diamond, 125
Tough start. The castle exit is blocked by gr lizards near the obelisk, didn't expect there would be 30+ of them, quite a lot of losses. A bunch of annoying guards like gr centaurs, storms for +4 knowledge block one of the forks a bit further. In the first turns I managed to lose almost everything I had, took a village-dungeon. Decided to look for a niche and console myself with the thought that the opponent got Pikedram. Then I went the other way, a pleasant surprise - a stable + native village, got a few more troops. Discovered the Griffin Conservatory (2 with griffins) and 2 Dragon Fly Hives for 10+ gr nagas and 50 medusas. By the end of the week I took another secondary and captured the artifact behind the storms. Not much money, on 116 I abandoned the idea of birds, on 117 the idea of psychos. Week summary - 1-5 in the citadel.
At the start of the second week I barely managed to buy troops, ended up with a decent stack of air elementals. I decided to wait a day to take the Griffin Conservatory and Dragon Fly Hives, bought a spellbook for Fury, brought a Blessing scroll, ran everyone through the well with the cap passed around. On 122 the Griffin Conservatory fell fairly easily, the remaining troops were enough to take 2 Dragon Fly Hives relatively painlessly (13 wyverns total, lost one). I handed off the army, scouts chain-blazed several passages.
Then the reds showed up, Gunnar and a scout. The army was mediocre, Gunnar opened a portal right in front of me, dove in and disappeared in an unknown direction. I killed the scout, split Fury off to the nearest town and chased after Gunnar. I first wanted to send a scout, but due to the split I had to use them in the chain, and didn't have enough money for a new one. Fury jumped into the portal, and it turned out that from there it was quite close to the opponent's Tower. I ran there, and Gunnar was holed up there with a noticeably larger army. Decided I couldn't take it - I probably could in the field, but not like this. Ran back, blocked the portal.
Next turn the opponent rode out of the castle, presumably going for something tasty. I used scouts to take his secondaries, attacked Solmyr with a 1-stack, he fled. One of my secondaries had 2 Dragon Fly Hives, I decided to try to build a chain there and somehow take them, so I could bring the troops back the same turn. Meanwhile the main ran and captured the Tower - and epic fail, I wanted to put a Visions there and proceed based on what I saw, but didn't have enough money even with trading. Plus time was running out, panic, ran back, closed the portal.
As expected, the opponent reclaimed his castle with a scout. On my turn I took it back with my scout, and finally placed the Visions. I spotted Gunnar within Fury's reach, but now with angels. I hired a scout, killed the opponent's scout and checked Gunnar - 2 angels, 100+ gremlins, 5 nagas, and 1-stacks. Only 13 mana, have to attack. The chain to the Dragon Fly Hives worked 50% - took one, but was a couple tiles short of the other, wouldn't have made it back with the army in time. I pull back and attack. Gunnar's stats were a bit better, but 19 wyverns pulled through.
Thanks for the game!
Tough start. The castle exit is blocked by gr lizards near the obelisk, didn't expect there would be 30+ of them, quite a lot of losses. A bunch of annoying guards like gr centaurs, storms for +4 knowledge block one of the forks a bit further. In the first turns I managed to lose almost everything I had, took a village-dungeon. Decided to look for a niche and console myself with the thought that the opponent got Pikedram. Then I went the other way, a pleasant surprise - a stable + native village, got a few more troops. Discovered the Griffin Conservatory (2 with griffins) and 2 Dragon Fly Hives for 10+ gr nagas and 50 medusas. By the end of the week I took another secondary and captured the artifact behind the storms. Not much money, on 116 I abandoned the idea of birds, on 117 the idea of psychos. Week summary - 1-5 in the citadel.
At the start of the second week I barely managed to buy troops, ended up with a decent stack of air elementals. I decided to wait a day to take the Griffin Conservatory and Dragon Fly Hives, bought a spellbook for Fury, brought a Blessing scroll, ran everyone through the well with the cap passed around. On 122 the Griffin Conservatory fell fairly easily, the remaining troops were enough to take 2 Dragon Fly Hives relatively painlessly (13 wyverns total, lost one). I handed off the army, scouts chain-blazed several passages.
Then the reds showed up, Gunnar and a scout. The army was mediocre, Gunnar opened a portal right in front of me, dove in and disappeared in an unknown direction. I killed the scout, split Fury off to the nearest town and chased after Gunnar. I first wanted to send a scout, but due to the split I had to use them in the chain, and didn't have enough money for a new one. Fury jumped into the portal, and it turned out that from there it was quite close to the opponent's Tower. I ran there, and Gunnar was holed up there with a noticeably larger army. Decided I couldn't take it - I probably could in the field, but not like this. Ran back, blocked the portal.
Next turn the opponent rode out of the castle, presumably going for something tasty. I used scouts to take his secondaries, attacked Solmyr with a 1-stack, he fled. One of my secondaries had 2 Dragon Fly Hives, I decided to try to build a chain there and somehow take them, so I could bring the troops back the same turn. Meanwhile the main ran and captured the Tower - and epic fail, I wanted to put a Visions there and proceed based on what I saw, but didn't have enough money even with trading. Plus time was running out, panic, ran back, closed the portal.
As expected, the opponent reclaimed his castle with a scout. On my turn I took it back with my scout, and finally placed the Visions. I spotted Gunnar within Fury's reach, but now with angels. I hired a scout, killed the opponent's scout and checked Gunnar - 2 angels, 100+ gremlins, 5 nagas, and 1-stacks. Only 13 mana, have to attack. The chain to the Dragon Fly Hives worked 50% - took one, but was a couple tiles short of the other, wouldn't have made it back with the army in time. I pull back and attack. Gunnar's stats were a bit better, but 19 wyverns pulled through.
Thanks for the game!