theShevanesian
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Because my starting hero was Pyre, my opening army was very poor and the map was fairly resource-poor, but having 111 and Gunar join up kept me going. In the first 3 days, though, I realized I couldn't get an Ore Pit and couldn't pick up any ore on the map, so I couldn't build Efreets at all and had to build Pit Lords instead.
The first week was extremely tough, with the added difficulty of long troop-hauling routes and very little gained — both army and economy were tight, surviving only on Pyre's ballista, while Gunar had no way to level up.
The second week still couldn't shake off the tough spot, but Pyre's stats improved a lot. Having spotted the enemy, whose army was stronger than mine, and having nearly lost my whole army fighting for a +500 gold, I kept showing off Pyre's power to make theShevanesian wary and keep him from invading recklessly.
In the third week I started harassing theShevanesian. Having gotten the help of 1 angel, and summoned 1 Archangel in the refugee camp, I split into two groups: one led by Pyre with 1 angel to quickly capture an enemy village, limit the enemy's room to move, and make a long trek to get the boots; the other led by Gunar with 1 Archangel and Pit Lords to expand territory and summon Demons, capturing two AI main towns and building firebirds + Capital — the economy and army started getting strong.
By the fourth week my army was already stronger than theShevanesian's, so I launched an attack on him, quickly capturing several of his towns, including his main town. theShevanesian seemed unable to resist, letting me expand wildly and losing a Rampart village that already had a level 3 Mage Guild; I immediately built it to level 4, getting the Town Portal (TP) spell, and later level 5 for Dimension Door (DD) — this was the key to the whole game.
From then on things went smoothly: Gunar's stats grew powerful and he learned the Resurrection spell; while Pyre kept wiping out theShevanesian's scattered forces, Gunar attacked Utopias and amassed 140+ Demons — both economy and army were now above the enemy's.
Although theShevanesian got a 5th-level cap during his flight and gathered a decent army like 17 angels, he had no more room to grow, no TP, and couldn't match my movement — so he surrendered.
thx for game