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20.07.2013 Ayauhteotl (Blue, Swamp, Tazar) def Gomunguls (Red, Conflux, Ignatius) 2sm4d(3), 133
When we sketched out the sm4d and Jebus, I was sure we would play Jebus, but suddenly the opponent chose sm4d. And I thought he didn't like it...
We settled the starting positions, and began.
At the start from 2 heroes, 23 Gnolls and that's it, but under the castle I hid lizards. I immediately broke through to the grass, but annoying blocks prevented me from safely taking Conflux. I only took it on 113, and decided to immediately buy a spell book for Tazar. On the bright side, on the respawn I found 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 1 along with a Pandora's Box, a secondary Dragon Fly Hive, and 2 Griffin Conservatories, one of them a lvl 2. Then I fought for money and scouted, broke through into another zone, where there was Castle (against which I, for some reason, suicided my scout, but oh well). By the end of week 1, 4+6 in the Citadel, and I barely scraped together enough for a normal buyout. I set up a chain with 2 Dragon Fly Hives on the respawn, and from there to the lvl 2 Conservatory.
I was very afraid of a rush from Red. On 117 I saw Luna's face in the tavern... hmm, the further, the merrier. Expecting a crowd of Angels as guests.
On 121, Ignatius arrives at my secondary Conflux hero with a crowd of Angels, and stops, clearly intending to lay his hands on my Conservatories next turn.
It got kind of depressing, I didn't expect such a pace. I execute my plan for the turn, what else can I do. 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 4+6, a Pandora's Box for 5k experience (but Taz is leveling up the wrong things — Archery, Wisdom, Pathfinding), then a scout takes the lvl 2 Conservatory and almost reaches the last Dragon Fly Hive.
In turn, the opponent takes the unclaimed Conservatory (luckily, a lvl 1), and runs to my respawn with 5+1 Angels. I collect the last Dragon Fly Hive, totaling 23 Wyverns, 2 lvl 1 Angels, Dragon Flies, and about 30 lizards. I attack with Tazar. Ignatius 9-7-5-(20), Tazar 2-10-3-(10). A tough fight, but luckily the Wyverns could reach any square on the field from the center, even though I initially positioned them awkwardly. I held onto my magic, hoping it might somehow help kill Ignatius, but it didn't work out. Still, it was good enough. He had nothing to buy back with, and he ran away, leaving me 17 Wyverns.
I didn't want to visit him; poor Tazar with 10 mana could suffer greatly from scouts with magic. I sent Ciele for recon. She didn't last long, but she revealed the overview, and it became visible that from the nearby treasure zone there was a convenient passage to the opponent. And Taz took a Pandora's Box for the entire 3rd level of magic spells and headed towards that very treasure zone. Meanwhile, the scouts picked up the army and took the +3 Speed Hat on my respawn. Tazar with 40 mana and Anti-Magic looked much more appealing. I also took another Dragon Fly Hive (8), and 2 crypts. On 131 I upgraded the Wyverns (expensive, the pests), took a Pandora's Box guarded by Bone Dragons for 10k experience, a +2 Speed Cloak, another Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns, and on 132 I left the treasure zone. I took another Pandora's Box for 10k experience (Taz finally grabbed Logistics and Earth magic), and aimed to take the opponent's castle next turn.
But that's where the game went wrong. 49 Griffin Cyclopes didn't want to give up the Air Magic spell book.
Thanks for the game!
When we sketched out the sm4d and Jebus, I was sure we would play Jebus, but suddenly the opponent chose sm4d. And I thought he didn't like it...
We settled the starting positions, and began.
At the start from 2 heroes, 23 Gnolls and that's it, but under the castle I hid lizards. I immediately broke through to the grass, but annoying blocks prevented me from safely taking Conflux. I only took it on 113, and decided to immediately buy a spell book for Tazar. On the bright side, on the respawn I found 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 1 along with a Pandora's Box, a secondary Dragon Fly Hive, and 2 Griffin Conservatories, one of them a lvl 2. Then I fought for money and scouted, broke through into another zone, where there was Castle (against which I, for some reason, suicided my scout, but oh well). By the end of week 1, 4+6 in the Citadel, and I barely scraped together enough for a normal buyout. I set up a chain with 2 Dragon Fly Hives on the respawn, and from there to the lvl 2 Conservatory.
I was very afraid of a rush from Red. On 117 I saw Luna's face in the tavern... hmm, the further, the merrier. Expecting a crowd of Angels as guests.
On 121, Ignatius arrives at my secondary Conflux hero with a crowd of Angels, and stops, clearly intending to lay his hands on my Conservatories next turn.
It got kind of depressing, I didn't expect such a pace. I execute my plan for the turn, what else can I do. 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 4+6, a Pandora's Box for 5k experience (but Taz is leveling up the wrong things — Archery, Wisdom, Pathfinding), then a scout takes the lvl 2 Conservatory and almost reaches the last Dragon Fly Hive.
In turn, the opponent takes the unclaimed Conservatory (luckily, a lvl 1), and runs to my respawn with 5+1 Angels. I collect the last Dragon Fly Hive, totaling 23 Wyverns, 2 lvl 1 Angels, Dragon Flies, and about 30 lizards. I attack with Tazar. Ignatius 9-7-5-(20), Tazar 2-10-3-(10). A tough fight, but luckily the Wyverns could reach any square on the field from the center, even though I initially positioned them awkwardly. I held onto my magic, hoping it might somehow help kill Ignatius, but it didn't work out. Still, it was good enough. He had nothing to buy back with, and he ran away, leaving me 17 Wyverns.
I didn't want to visit him; poor Tazar with 10 mana could suffer greatly from scouts with magic. I sent Ciele for recon. She didn't last long, but she revealed the overview, and it became visible that from the nearby treasure zone there was a convenient passage to the opponent. And Taz took a Pandora's Box for the entire 3rd level of magic spells and headed towards that very treasure zone. Meanwhile, the scouts picked up the army and took the +3 Speed Hat on my respawn. Tazar with 40 mana and Anti-Magic looked much more appealing. I also took another Dragon Fly Hive (8), and 2 crypts. On 131 I upgraded the Wyverns (expensive, the pests), took a Pandora's Box guarded by Bone Dragons for 10k experience, a +2 Speed Cloak, another Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns, and on 132 I left the treasure zone. I took another Pandora's Box for 10k experience (Taz finally grabbed Logistics and Earth magic), and aimed to take the opponent's castle next turn.
But that's where the game went wrong. 49 Griffin Cyclopes didn't want to give up the Air Magic spell book.
Thanks for the game!