Not a bad spawn - stables almost along the road, enough gold + 2 Griffin Conservatories fairly close (1 + 2) and another one very far away. Ivor comes with 10 Elves and a cap of +2 Knowledge. But Ufretin also comes, with 3 stacks though! The guards are breakable - on 112 I already broke into the adjacent zone and right along the road there is an entrance to the underground for Liches. I take the Castle and rush to grab the first Conservatory, checking the second one along the way.
On 121 I already take the second one and rush to the dragon utopia. A couple of days later we meet, the opponent plays clever with 3-4 heroes against my Grand Elves. From 22, only 6-8 remain. And then a battle follows. I have a huge advantage in stats 9 13 2 6 - 3 0 6 5. And in army too... But I made a big mistake the day before and didn't replenish my mana (although I entered the town specifically for that, but didn't build the Mage Guild :smile35: )
Otherwise, it would have all ended in that battle. But Vidomina had Mass Slow + diseased Archers at 80. In short, it ended with me buying peace for 11 Dendroid Soldiers and 7 Dwarves. The opponent had 27 Archers and 80 Skeletons left.
I stall in the adjacent zone, clear crypts, wait for the new week. The opponent runs toward me but doesn't make it. On 131 I buy Pegasi, Dendroid Soldiers, and Grand Elves, and with full mana I catch up and kill the opponent. 22 Pegasi, 17 Dendroids, and 16 Grand Elves against 3 Unicorns, 40-45 Archers, 8 Swordsmen, and 100 Skeletons. But no battle stats... The Dendroids slapped them around :)) GG
Thanks for the game
That's exactly how it was :) I took 113 in a decent split, losing all my ranged units breaking through a horde of Harpies with Medusas. In the end, the split was bad: on the respawn, the useful stuff was an external Swordsmen dwelling and an external Market, plus a University with Earth Magic and Tactics. If it weren't for the external Market, I probably would have surrendered. Vidomina came as the 7th hero, I gave her Earth Magic and Tactics from the University, broke through to the Necropolis adjacent zone, and there was a block of 50-99 Lizardmen in front of the Necropolis Castle. I broke through them on 121 with Unicorns, Necromancied a bit, started pushing further, and then the opponent showed up. I won the first battle only because the opponent had no mana, and after his buyout there were few options: nowhere to fatten up, had to charge straight ahead, predictably lost in the end. Thanks for the game.
Spring 2014