16.12.13 Vatya (blue, Conflux, random, Crag Hack) def Mar (red, Inferno, Calh, Fiur) TDD 145

The dungeon respawn got blocked, no more rests left, sad. But there are 3 Griffin Conservatories, two 2-4 and one 3-4, all turned out to be threes. On 126 I collect the conservatories for 9 angels, break through my GO of necropolis confluxes via the portal, and on the other side I see a pleasant surprise — first, a GO of 50-99 gr psychics, and second, a scout of the opponent. I decide I don't need such a center, and I mess around at the respawn. I revealed 2 more conservatories in the dungeon, awesome.

On the third turn I pick up the conservatories, clean out the respawns, and set the angels in the castle. 16 total by 141. To upgrade this stuff I need over 50k gold, kept praying the opponent would give me a little time.

On 142 the opponent arrives, and I see a terrifying army of 20 gr efreets, 60 gr hogs, close to 40 pits, 9 angels and 6 devils, along with 130 gr gogs, with stats 22-16-10-10. And I even gifted him pits and hogs built on the first turn from my own Inferno (thought about demonizing but never got around to it). Crag Hack's stats are 15-10-3-3, and his army is just 16 angels, 10 birds, and 10 psychics, the rest small fries — I realize without archers I won't pull it off. I snuck into the sanctuary right under the castle and just sat there for 3 days, while scraping together cash and resources for trade however I could. Meanwhile, the opponent walks through my respawns like they're his own home. Still, with full trade, I gathered enough for archers, upgraded them, and attacked.

In the final battle, I realize that if he has pathfinding magic, the archers are toast. But there's neither oil nor haste. Of course, the opponent fought the battle horribly in my opinion. For some reason, he hit the archers with angels, killed 2 on the counter, lost 5. Then for some reason, he blinded the archers at the end of the turn, even though my birds move first. The 20 gr efreets were troubling, but 10 little birds handled them fine one-on-one. And with each archer hit dealing 1.5k damage, any stack becomes non-threatening (there were 10+ pits left, up to 30 hogs, etc.). If the opponent had piled on them all at once, who knows how it would have ended...

Thanks for the game.