Favorites, to battle! - 6 - The Battle of Favorites! - 6

Group E
Defiant (red, Castle, Valeska) def Akella (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) 2sm4d(3) 141

We played in two sessions with a very long break, so I can't recall the details. Valeska leveled poorly and never learned any magic until the end of the game; the only useful skills that saved me were Tactics and Archery. The double was dealt, but the roads were average and very winding, so the chains didn't connect well. My respawn + native secondary occupied half the map, so I spent 2 weeks clearing them. On week 3, I went into the underground treasure zone, picked up a couple of Naga Banks, hives with 16 Wyverns, Titan's Armor, and Sentinel's Shield. On day 137, I planned to break through with Valeska into the next treasure zone and use the heroes to collect hives and unclaimed secondaries, but I suddenly discovered that the opponent had broken through the ГО. The only thing that saved me was that he didn't quite reach the castle. I hastily changed plans, broke through in the main; there could be no question of transporting from the native secondary. I barely managed to bring the army to the castle for Valeska and bought troops in the main, and also built GM2, which gave Ice Bolt for 250. That would be fine, but I only had 8 mana. On my day 141, the opponent brought reinforcements and attacked.

Valeska 9-21-12-8 (8) — 11 Champions, 32 Crusaders, 78 Marksmen, a stack of Pikemen, 16 Wyverns, 6 Monks.
Kyrre 9-14 with 18 mana. 1 Angel, 28 Grand Pegasi, 80 Grand Elves, 16 Wyverns, 12 Grand Stallions, a stack of Centaurs and Dendroids.

The towers hit the Grand Elves. I blocked all the Marksmen, cast Ice Bolt on the Grand Elves, and shot at them. The stack noticeably melted, and the return volley was weak (even despite the Bless cast in the first round. It later turned out the opponent had Slow; perhaps I should have cast it immediately, but who knows). In round 2, Slow was cast on me, but the Marksmen were already blocked, and the meatshield under 21 defense was too thick, and the walls hadn't been breached yet either; the Stallions and Dendroids were out of range. The opponent wrote gg.

Thanks for the game.