We played on a timer 30+8+1. As Conflux, I started lacking time from week 3, despite having full control and a bunch of hopping heroes. I wasted a lot of timer in week 1 when I was beating various Dwarf Cottages and such.
We got wrecked across the board, including by blocks. At first glance, the respawn looked very poor. 2 hives for dragonflies, Griffin Conservatory 3-4, Dwarf Cottage (15), Dragon Utopia (as it turned out later, maximal). Not clear what to do in the first days at all. On day 113 with Grindan, after a couple of chests, there's oil, and he goes into the Dwarf Cottage. Damage from air elementals with fairies is just pathetic, dwarves resisted my oil :D, got moral boosts and did all sorts of nasty things. I got out with about 7 air elementals and no mana. Discovered another 2 hives and a couple of boxes, well at least something. Then until day 117, I was busy with useful things like taking secondary towns, mills, green dudes!, resources, and I grabbed another box for the entire level 2. I burned an external dwelling of phoenixes with a box defended by 100+ griffins, but only managed to take it on day 121. Having 3 towns allowed me to gather everything quickly — ended up with 6 birds, about 25 ducks, 3 angels. Through the external tavern at GO (normal monsters), I beat him on day 123 without issues, and right after that, a box with 3 titans. From the scout, it was clear that the center was literally split into 2 parts, and I was given 3 out of 4 respawns along the way. With some early setbacks (without Offense/Defense/Tactics, all sorts of red dragons hit very hard), but after finding КЗ and Dragon Utopia with the Air Book, eating 3/4 of the map became only a matter of timer. I built up Archangels, leveled a few heroes, an Imp familiar to 6k, and so on. At the end, I attacked the opponent in his castle, where my massive mana advantage decided it.
Thanks for the game!