Falcone
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06/03/2014 Falcone (red, swamp, Tazar) def Le2am (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Galthran) Jebus cross 133
First time playing as swamp. On day 1, I found an external dwelling of lizardmen and a Dragon Fly Hive 3 roads away, and decided that was enough to get started.
On day 2, I found another external dwelling of lizardmen and a Dragon Fly Hive (though behind serious guards — Thunderbirds).
I had enough money, and building was going well. On day 4, I found 60 Gnoll Marauders in a Pandora's Box behind Pikemen, and things got even better.
I found a level 1 Griffin Conservatory and two more Dragon Fly Hives, one of which was the maximum. I decided to try taking it with 2 Hydras and singles; by then, Tazar was 5/10 Defense/Attack with Expert Armorer. 5 morale procs and 1 Hydra died.
The GO was a double from 120 Mighty Gorgons and immediately behind them 40 Nagas. I wanted to push to 126, but put myself in time trouble and stumbled several times with Tazar on various troop exchanges, chases, etc.
In the end, on 127 I broke the Mighty Gorgons (thankfully Earth Magic leveled up, and importantly, Archery, which later played a nearly key role with a hundred Lizardmen), and on 131 the Nagas. I stood at a road fork, used View Earth to determine where the nearest castle was, scouted in that direction, saw a KZ in front of the castle behind Pits, and ran Tazar toward it, breaking 100 Monks from a Pandora's Box for 20k XP along the way.
Tazar was perfectly leveled: Earth, Air, Logistics, Attack, Archery, Tactics, Wisdom, Armorer. The only downside was mana running low.
Next, I decided to take the castle with a cockroach, while running Tazar to the other castle, near which scouting reported a KV, a Red Orb, a Griffin Conservatory, and a Dragon Fly Hive.
But again, in time trouble, I mismanaged my moves and ended up with Tazar one movement point away from the Red Orb and six mana. And naturally, right at that moment, Galthran finds me!
The final battle was glorious! Tazar: 11/14/5/7, 49 Waspworts, 93 Lizardmen, 4 Wyverns, and 3 Fire Dragon Flies, 48 Wolves from a Pandora's Box. Galthran: 5/8/9/8, 247 Skeletons, 3 Red Dragons, 9 Manticores, 27 Mighty Gorgons, 10 Waspworts, 175 Troglodytes, 43 Medusas.
Tazar had exactly enough mana for one Mass Slow or Mass Haste. Lucky that Galthran had no destructive magic. I set up a defensive stance, covering the Lizardmen with Waspworts and Wyvern, and aimed the Wolves at the Medusas. Round 1: Galthran advances his damage stacks toward the Lizardmen. Round 2: opponent casts Mass Slow, but the Waspworts resist thanks to the Boots of Resistance I found! Mass Haste, Waspworts wait; Galthran reluctantly moves his troops forward. My Wolves lock up the Medusas and hit the Skeletons; after retaliation and a strike, they die instantly. The Waspworts start tearing through: Mighty Gorgons once, Mighty Gorgons twice, morale proc, Manticores. Meanwhile, the Lizardmen wipe out a hundred Troglodytes and almost as many Skeletons in one shot! Mass Slow follows, and the Waspworts endure 2 rounds against all remaining stacks. They hold. The opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game!
First time playing as swamp. On day 1, I found an external dwelling of lizardmen and a Dragon Fly Hive 3 roads away, and decided that was enough to get started.
On day 2, I found another external dwelling of lizardmen and a Dragon Fly Hive (though behind serious guards — Thunderbirds).
I had enough money, and building was going well. On day 4, I found 60 Gnoll Marauders in a Pandora's Box behind Pikemen, and things got even better.
I found a level 1 Griffin Conservatory and two more Dragon Fly Hives, one of which was the maximum. I decided to try taking it with 2 Hydras and singles; by then, Tazar was 5/10 Defense/Attack with Expert Armorer. 5 morale procs and 1 Hydra died.
The GO was a double from 120 Mighty Gorgons and immediately behind them 40 Nagas. I wanted to push to 126, but put myself in time trouble and stumbled several times with Tazar on various troop exchanges, chases, etc.
In the end, on 127 I broke the Mighty Gorgons (thankfully Earth Magic leveled up, and importantly, Archery, which later played a nearly key role with a hundred Lizardmen), and on 131 the Nagas. I stood at a road fork, used View Earth to determine where the nearest castle was, scouted in that direction, saw a KZ in front of the castle behind Pits, and ran Tazar toward it, breaking 100 Monks from a Pandora's Box for 20k XP along the way.
Tazar was perfectly leveled: Earth, Air, Logistics, Attack, Archery, Tactics, Wisdom, Armorer. The only downside was mana running low.
Next, I decided to take the castle with a cockroach, while running Tazar to the other castle, near which scouting reported a KV, a Red Orb, a Griffin Conservatory, and a Dragon Fly Hive.
But again, in time trouble, I mismanaged my moves and ended up with Tazar one movement point away from the Red Orb and six mana. And naturally, right at that moment, Galthran finds me!
The final battle was glorious! Tazar: 11/14/5/7, 49 Waspworts, 93 Lizardmen, 4 Wyverns, and 3 Fire Dragon Flies, 48 Wolves from a Pandora's Box. Galthran: 5/8/9/8, 247 Skeletons, 3 Red Dragons, 9 Manticores, 27 Mighty Gorgons, 10 Waspworts, 175 Troglodytes, 43 Medusas.
Tazar had exactly enough mana for one Mass Slow or Mass Haste. Lucky that Galthran had no destructive magic. I set up a defensive stance, covering the Lizardmen with Waspworts and Wyvern, and aimed the Wolves at the Medusas. Round 1: Galthran advances his damage stacks toward the Lizardmen. Round 2: opponent casts Mass Slow, but the Waspworts resist thanks to the Boots of Resistance I found! Mass Haste, Waspworts wait; Galthran reluctantly moves his troops forward. My Wolves lock up the Medusas and hit the Skeletons; after retaliation and a strike, they die instantly. The Waspworts start tearing through: Mighty Gorgons once, Mighty Gorgons twice, morale proc, Manticores. Meanwhile, the Lizardmen wipe out a hundred Troglodytes and almost as many Skeletons in one shot! Mass Slow follows, and the Waspworts endure 2 rounds against all remaining stacks. They hold. The opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game!
