Defiant
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We spent all our restarts, and there was even one non-standard, crookedly generated layout – we consulted the judges about its analysis on day 115 or 116, and ultimately decided to take an additional restart.
The final layout turned out not to be the worst: 22 archers from the start, a Griffin Conservatory under the Castle, 2 roads, a secondary hero with Wood Magic, guards: 50-99 dwarves and 20-49 mummies. On day 112, I break through the dwarves, leave the mummies alone, somehow thinking the path is clear, and run the main hero in a different direction. An external dwelling of archers is revealed, a stable, some gold. On day 113, I pick up and upgrade the archers from the external dwelling, break through the mummies – the secondary hero turns out to be native. From him, there are 2 exits into different treasure zones, conveniently located. But the second road from the Castle leads to a GO, which is very bad. I decide to take a detour through wasteland back to the capital, simultaneously leveling up Gerwulf and using him to capture loot, which I do until day 117. I get Log and Air magic. Scout heroes find another external dwelling of archers. I build dwellings 1-4 in the Citadel in the capital and 1-4 in the Fort in the secondary town.
Week 2: From the lookout, I find on the respawn, though at some distance, another Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive, and a chest with 50-99 Grand Elves. Meanwhile, the opponent captures the remaining secondary towns; Crag Hack appears in the tavern, which is concerning. I break through the first Griffin Conservatory, upgrade the Swordsmen, buy up troops, and head towards two underground treasure zones. I break through the guards of both, send a scout into one, and send Gerwulf into the other. From what's available, I hit a Dragon Fly Hive with 6 Wyverns using Air Elementals, and also a chest for experience and a Breastplate +3 to Spell Power guarded by 50-99 Pikemen, then turn around into the second treasure zone. There, I immediately break through a chest for 70 Wood, I deliver it with an Angel – naturally, morale triggers, naturally, Angel dies to morale. Inside the chest – 30 Ghost Dragons. Next, I break through 10-19 Unicorns for a Refugium (nothing interesting in it), and also 8 Chaos Hydras for a Sword +6, a Helm +4, and a cart of Wood. In the capital, a Castle was added to the build order, in the secondary town – a Citadel. I didn't build Unicorns because the money from the two respawns ran out completely. In the first treasure zone, which I ran away from, the scout found 2 Dragon Utopias and another Dragon Fly Hive – good.
Week 3: I take another Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns, split Gerwulf's army to send him home, replenish mana at the Well, and run to a chest for Grand Elves and a Dragon Fly Hive/Griffin Conservatory. The Grand Elves fall to Mass Haste without issue; inside the chest is all of level 3. A Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns, a third Griffin Conservatory – Gerwulf gets Earth magic. Next, I make a Papal move: I split Gerwulf's army to send him home, break through guards through wasteland, expecting (based on a preview) a quick path to the opponent, but there are cliffs there. Fail – I take +1 Attack and go into the treasure zone with the Dragon Utopias, thus stupidly skipping one turn for Gerwulf.
Week 4: In the treasure zone, I take a Library, a mini-Dragon Fly Hive, a second Griffin Conservatory, 2 Dragon Utopias: useful drops included a level 5 Helm and Gladius. Also conveniently received Tactics, which allowed me to take a previously inaccessible Armor +4+4 guarded by Arch Devils. From the treasure zone, there's an exit to the opponent's secondary town, near which a Naga Bank and an Amulet of Lightning Reflection are visible. I set up chains to capture all of this, preparing Gerwulf for troop splitting. The next day, the Amulet of Lightning Reflection is captured, but the Naga Bank fails: it turned out to be blocked by terrain. Nevertheless, I somehow finally build Angels in the Castle on day 147, simultaneously delivering to Gerwulf the previously captured Boots of Speed from deep in the respawn, and sit down to replenish mana.
Week 5: Not forgetting about the red rush, I deliver everything possible to Gerwulf and run to hit the GO (125 Thunderbirds). I have Mass Haste, Mass Slow; stats are 21 17; army: 150 Marksmen, ~40 Champions, 26 Dwarves, 6 Angels. The GO falls without losses. Next, using Dimension Door, I capture the opponent's main town – as it turns out, I capture it just in time: there are 3 Gold Dragons and the rest of the week's growth there. On the opponent's respawn, there is an external dwelling of Dragons. I buy up the main town's Gold Dragons + a single Pegasus, buy Josephine, give her the Grand Elves and single Pegasus, and send her on reconnaissance. Then I resolved via the preview: I saw a hero sitting on the external dwelling; on the next turn, I kill a Dragon on him, capture the secondary town, deliver the growth from my native Castle; the army becomes: 8 Angels, 26 Dwarves, 51 Champions, ~180 Marksmen, 50 Halberdiers, 1 Pegasus, 3 Gold Dragons. With Josephine, I stumble upon Crag Hack on 4 single Pegasi and attack. The opponent had no options, so he kills both my heroes with a Death Wave. GG. As the post-mortem showed: the main town was captured just in time; with the buy-up and delivery from the external dwelling, Crag Hack would have had 11 Gold Dragons, which would have been quite an unpleasant situation. What also decided the game was that the opponent had no Mass Slow right up until the end of the game.
Thanks for the game.
The final layout turned out not to be the worst: 22 archers from the start, a Griffin Conservatory under the Castle, 2 roads, a secondary hero with Wood Magic, guards: 50-99 dwarves and 20-49 mummies. On day 112, I break through the dwarves, leave the mummies alone, somehow thinking the path is clear, and run the main hero in a different direction. An external dwelling of archers is revealed, a stable, some gold. On day 113, I pick up and upgrade the archers from the external dwelling, break through the mummies – the secondary hero turns out to be native. From him, there are 2 exits into different treasure zones, conveniently located. But the second road from the Castle leads to a GO, which is very bad. I decide to take a detour through wasteland back to the capital, simultaneously leveling up Gerwulf and using him to capture loot, which I do until day 117. I get Log and Air magic. Scout heroes find another external dwelling of archers. I build dwellings 1-4 in the Citadel in the capital and 1-4 in the Fort in the secondary town.
Week 2: From the lookout, I find on the respawn, though at some distance, another Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive, and a chest with 50-99 Grand Elves. Meanwhile, the opponent captures the remaining secondary towns; Crag Hack appears in the tavern, which is concerning. I break through the first Griffin Conservatory, upgrade the Swordsmen, buy up troops, and head towards two underground treasure zones. I break through the guards of both, send a scout into one, and send Gerwulf into the other. From what's available, I hit a Dragon Fly Hive with 6 Wyverns using Air Elementals, and also a chest for experience and a Breastplate +3 to Spell Power guarded by 50-99 Pikemen, then turn around into the second treasure zone. There, I immediately break through a chest for 70 Wood, I deliver it with an Angel – naturally, morale triggers, naturally, Angel dies to morale. Inside the chest – 30 Ghost Dragons. Next, I break through 10-19 Unicorns for a Refugium (nothing interesting in it), and also 8 Chaos Hydras for a Sword +6, a Helm +4, and a cart of Wood. In the capital, a Castle was added to the build order, in the secondary town – a Citadel. I didn't build Unicorns because the money from the two respawns ran out completely. In the first treasure zone, which I ran away from, the scout found 2 Dragon Utopias and another Dragon Fly Hive – good.
Week 3: I take another Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns, split Gerwulf's army to send him home, replenish mana at the Well, and run to a chest for Grand Elves and a Dragon Fly Hive/Griffin Conservatory. The Grand Elves fall to Mass Haste without issue; inside the chest is all of level 3. A Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns, a third Griffin Conservatory – Gerwulf gets Earth magic. Next, I make a Papal move: I split Gerwulf's army to send him home, break through guards through wasteland, expecting (based on a preview) a quick path to the opponent, but there are cliffs there. Fail – I take +1 Attack and go into the treasure zone with the Dragon Utopias, thus stupidly skipping one turn for Gerwulf.
Week 4: In the treasure zone, I take a Library, a mini-Dragon Fly Hive, a second Griffin Conservatory, 2 Dragon Utopias: useful drops included a level 5 Helm and Gladius. Also conveniently received Tactics, which allowed me to take a previously inaccessible Armor +4+4 guarded by Arch Devils. From the treasure zone, there's an exit to the opponent's secondary town, near which a Naga Bank and an Amulet of Lightning Reflection are visible. I set up chains to capture all of this, preparing Gerwulf for troop splitting. The next day, the Amulet of Lightning Reflection is captured, but the Naga Bank fails: it turned out to be blocked by terrain. Nevertheless, I somehow finally build Angels in the Castle on day 147, simultaneously delivering to Gerwulf the previously captured Boots of Speed from deep in the respawn, and sit down to replenish mana.
Week 5: Not forgetting about the red rush, I deliver everything possible to Gerwulf and run to hit the GO (125 Thunderbirds). I have Mass Haste, Mass Slow; stats are 21 17; army: 150 Marksmen, ~40 Champions, 26 Dwarves, 6 Angels. The GO falls without losses. Next, using Dimension Door, I capture the opponent's main town – as it turns out, I capture it just in time: there are 3 Gold Dragons and the rest of the week's growth there. On the opponent's respawn, there is an external dwelling of Dragons. I buy up the main town's Gold Dragons + a single Pegasus, buy Josephine, give her the Grand Elves and single Pegasus, and send her on reconnaissance. Then I resolved via the preview: I saw a hero sitting on the external dwelling; on the next turn, I kill a Dragon on him, capture the secondary town, deliver the growth from my native Castle; the army becomes: 8 Angels, 26 Dwarves, 51 Champions, ~180 Marksmen, 50 Halberdiers, 1 Pegasus, 3 Gold Dragons. With Josephine, I stumble upon Crag Hack on 4 single Pegasi and attack. The opponent had no options, so he kills both my heroes with a Death Wave. GG. As the post-mortem showed: the main town was captured just in time; with the buy-up and delivery from the external dwelling, Crag Hack would have had 11 Gold Dragons, which would have been quite an unpleasant situation. What also decided the game was that the opponent had no Mass Slow right up until the end of the game.
Thanks for the game.
ICQ 239312697
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
