10.08.14 The One and Only Dio (red, Castle, Caitlin, Gunnison) lose 1Vlad1 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), 8mm6a, 143

We picked all resets.

The layout was decent: lots of gold and resources, conveniently placed 3 Dragon Fly Hives and 2 Griffin Conservatories, a stable near the castle, a good set of heroes (Gurni, Terek, Pirr, Jeddit). Unfortunately, there were no external dwellings.

On the first week I scout the respawn, gather resources, clear crypts and small loot. I gradually build up, by the end of the week I have horses in the citadel.

At the start of the second week I chain-gather the Dragon Fly Hives and Griffin Conservatories. First Dragon Fly Hive - max, almost lost it, lose all archers (took them as fodder), all the other fodder, 4 out of 5 horses. Second Dragon Fly Hive - pre-minimum. Then a Griffin Conservatory single, and at the very end - a triple Griffin Conservatory with an upgraded stack. In it I lose 11 out of 18 Wyverns. In the end, I have an army of 7 Wyverns and 4 Angels. Then I build a new chain for gathering gold for Angels. I break 3 Medusa stores and one Dwarf cottage, plus a loh exchanges resources at the external market. In the end, I barely get Angels on day 7. I wasn't able to build the castle. By the end of the week Terek on an Angel is standing in front of the guard of the swamp comp's respawn, a chain for transferring troops to him is built.

On the third week I kill the swamp comp, place Wyverns, plus capture their external dwelling and buy them out. Scouts from the opponent run in from the center, break the guard to my adjacent zone. We kill a loh on each other's side, then the enemy heroes run away. I decide to go with the main hero to the center, and with the second strong hero, Terek, to move to my home treasure zone. Gurni in the center picks up gloves from a grave, takes a Naga Bank triple and a Pandora's Box for 100+ demons, which turns out to be 15000 gold. This comes in quite handy, because it's the end of the week and it wasn't clear where to get gold for buying out. I place Wyverns in the swamp castle (in the citadel), the castle in my home town, set up a supply chain.

On the first day of the fourth week I exchange all resources and supply the main hero from the swamp respawn with 8 Wyverns and 8 upgraded Serpent Flies, plus 4 Wyverns from a Dragon Fly Hive captured along the way, and 2 Angels, a ballista, and fodder arrive from the castle. Along the way, the entrance to the home treasure zone is also cleared, but it turns out to be small, with only external dwellings of Devils and Efreeti as interesting things. The main hero with all the growth captures the comp's Dungeon, the opponent forgives. Then for several days my scouts scatter from the Dungeon in different directions, and the main hero runs to the scouted respawns, kills the opponent's lohs, captures their towns. In the middle of the week, the opponent's main attacks me. He has 1.5 times higher stats, significantly more fodder, plus magic (cap for level 5 and KB). I decide not to waste time.

Thank you!