15.07.2013 Chemist_HP (red, Ramp, Kyrre, Jeddite) def Javdet (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Crag) Jebus Cross 126
Everyone chose restarts. The starting hand, to put it mildly, is not great. In the first week, upg units in the castle, Centaur and Elf external dwellings, two drags from external dwellings, mace attack +4, in the double I placed trees and Elves in the Citadel. For the upg unit external dwelling, I was 400 movement points short of 41 Monks. Dragged all 3 gnome dwellings.
In the second week, I finally took 2 upg units from the external dwelling, Naga Bank, Medusa dwelling, shield +3, boots for movement, and through the Manticore with Haste and Slow, after buying everyone, I reached the center - 124.
Right from Dungeon - Jeddite level 20, Earth Magic from the XP, 160 mana and spell power 10. Nearby, Kyrre picks up the КЗ. Then Crag appeared within range.
Probed Crag with a scout hero, and Kyrre and Jeddite were deep in thought for a while: whether to go into the Dragon Utopia, having nothing special to take it with, and burn Jeddite's mana, but whether Kyrre would catch up to Crag in combat stats was a question; or to have Jeddite attack immediately, but Crag's tactics on the field in the case of Mass Haste are extremely unpleasant - with such a difference in combat stats, Jeddite might not have time to realize total magical superiority.
In the end, I attacked Crag. There was no mass magic, and the deployment was under Rain.
Thanks for the game!
And I had absolutely terrible luck with quick magic. Tried three heroes in the folders, but none of them got Earth Magic. I cleared the respawn almost completely because of the lack of goodies. Only 3 beehives and 3 Pandora's Boxes, and also every external dwelling except the dragons. In the Pandora's Boxes, I get Troglodytes and Greater Medusas, and a fatal mistake - I lost a day going to the stables because I underestimated my own strength. 3 crystal dragons could have fallen a day earlier, even if with more noticeable losses.
Just as I went out, I was immediately attacked. The deployment could have been better, but I needed to neutralize the stack of 66 Grand Elves. Mass Slow had no counter, and my only hope was +3 morale. Moved everyone closer to the Grand Elves, but didn't get the Slow - Meteor. If I had Haste or at least Blind in either guild, I would have had hope. And morale didn't activate once in 2 rounds; if it had activated even twice, who knows how it would have ended. In short, not Beckham's day. Thanks for the game.
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