M-200% No. 7

07/03/2013 ~no1_knows_me~ (blue, Inferno, Olema, Solmyr) def Palach HP (red, Castle, Sanya, Valeska) 2sm2c 136

Took the rest and went...
111 Solmyr is sitting in the tavern :smile08: I decide not to recruit. Ended up with 3 heroes. Upgraded imps.
112 The road ran into a guard object in the sands. I buy another hero and send everyone to scout. Poked gogs.
113 Huge respawn, another hero, I send Solmyr along the upgrade structures for magic.
114 Opened the lookout and the treasure zone lit up - piles of gold and a gold mine, nothing else visible :smile04:
115 Broke the treasure zone guard with zombies and immediately a well, headed for the gold mine.
116 Still crawling towards the mine. Sent almost all the chaff into the treasure zone.
117 Taking the mine and Solmyr stands on the stables. At home, efreeti in the citadel. Nearby, 10-19 behemoths are guarding a Pandora's box :rolleyes: but not enough sp and mana for them yet.
121 Moving through the treasure zone, 100-249 swords for a scroll, a sword +2\2, resources, and a Griffin Conservatory. Took the imp building. Upgrade structures.
122 Was breaking through wood for a portal to the opponent's respawn, and the timer ran out... though it seemed there should have been plenty... unclear
123 The portal leads somewhere into a narrow passage in the sands, I don't go in, I collect the feathers further and plan to replenish mana at the well and go for the Pandora's box. Building the Mage Guild at home.
124 Collecting resources for the Mage Guild along the way, Solmyr already has advanced air magic and intelligence.
125 Took the Pandora's box - 15k experience, also attacked 105 swords, only had mana for 2 zombie spells, the rest of the guys chipped in a bit for me :smile13: minor griffin conservatory, but nothing much to take it with... the chaff are stirring near the guard object...
126 Valeska breaks the guard object :eek: Well, if she reaches the main town it's gg, there's an unfinished mage tower and a bit of meat... crap... but she falls short :smile41: The chaff just takes a secondary town and builds a marketplace there. Solmyr gets wrecked in the griffin conservatory and the chaff returns the army. I trade everything for resources, even a bit of gold - but I build the Mage Guild level 4 :smile23: Bought more meat and sit in the castle replenishing mana.
127 Valeska 11-7-4-40 didn't risk attacking Solmyr 5-4-10-180 and got wrecked by the chaff. Barely missed reaching the chaff with the power stack in the sands, stopped on the road.
131 Brought some more meat, took the reds' dungeon secondary and spotted Valeska with the power stack heading somewhere into the treasure zone. I attack :smile13: Valeska has 1 angel, 25 grand elves, 50! swords, 4 upgraded horses, 3 un-upgraded, 111 pikemen, and 19 upgraded griffins... I get slowed immediately. Opponent sneaks in all his units plus a few more moral boosts... in short, chain lightning could hit my own units too :( I cast mass haste to at least try to run and hit properly next round. Managed to kill the angel. Next round I throw an implosion dealing 575 on the 50 swords, they're nearly dead, efreeti hit the elves. I get slowed again and most of my power stack is already dead. A few more morale procs might have decided it probably. I throw another implosion at the 111 pikemen and retreat with 2 gogs and 8 demons :smile04: I leave Valeska with 4 upgraded horses, 3 un-upgraded, and 20 pikemen. No gold to buy out Solmyr :smile32:
132 Bought him back at the dungeon secondary and ran to the reds' main town. Valeska galloped off somewhere into the treasure zone.
133 Ended up with a stalemate situation. The chaff took back their dungeon, and I attacked him with 2 pits, 8 demons, and a few single imps... he had a lot of mana and a 30-unit archer stack. In the end, 1 harpy was left against 8 demons. The opponent has troops from 3 different alignments but a tavern, I have demons with angel wings for morale :) but we ran around for 10 rounds and I retreat :mad: The next chaff finished him off. Solmyr took the reds' main with two zombie spells. In short, full control of the castles.
134 Valeska came out of the treasure zone with +4 ducks and +35 upgraded dwarves, took my necropolis secondary and headed towards my main.
135 But my main is far away. Valeska crawls.
136 Valeska is 100 movement points short of attacking the main, though another mage with 40 imps, 40 skeletons, and some other small stacks was waiting for her there. I hit her first with one mage, then attack with Solmyr. I get slowed again, but the implosion went through fine, then I finished off with a 345-damage lightning bolt. Funny at the end, the dwarves resisted the bolt 3 times :D but the demons pulled through :smile01:

thanks for the battle!