Favorites, to battle! - 7 - The Battle of Favorites! - 7

02.11.2014 Twaryna (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar???) def Koldun_nsk (Red, Tower, Aine, Neela) 8mm6a 126

We used up all our restarts. I liked the initial setup; I saw a hidden spot for giants (but didn't manage to place them; I had a horde of grand elves guarding it), a hidden spot for gremlins, mages, and a stockpile. There wasn't much money. Neela immediately leveled up Logistics, then Tactics. On turn 114, she captured the Companion Castle. On turn 115, he recaptures it, learns the Archer spell from the Mage Guild I built, on turn 116, I recapture it, losing about 20 gremlins and a lot of time. On turn 117, to build Nagas, I attack the Imp Encampment, with 2 morale on the Imps. As a result: by the end of the week, I'm left with 37 gremlins, 1 mage, 4 swordsmen + 4 mage golems and 16 gremlins from the dwelling, and no money. Neela, level 6, as a true Alchemist, has 2333 with Logistics, Tactics, Air, and I can't afford to buy a tier 2 creature. On turn 122, I trade down to 0, buy Nagas, gremlins, and a few mages. With them, I break through the Gnome Encampment on the grass (losing 20 from each upgraded stack) with almost no losses. I go underground for Basilisks. On the other side, there are a lot of upgraded air units. I kill them, then several Efreet with an upgraded stack, guarding Pandora. I kill them too. Pandora is empty. Then, I get bold and attack the upgraded Dendroid Horde with an army of about 100 gremlins, 5 Nagas, 10 mages, and 1 Gargoyle, with 0 mana. I lose almost all the gremlins to morale, but I save all the Nagas and mages. Behind Pandora, there are 15k experience points. Neela, 4555, level 14, still hasn't advanced Logistics; she's an Air expert. I take the Naga Bank 20 with this army, hoping to build Angels in the Companion Castle. Again, morale (hello, WT), and I'm left with 3 Nagas and 7 mages. Then, the enemy Solmyr arrives with upgraded flies, cutting off my Neela, and I have nothing to drive him away without losing most of my army, even if I build Angels or get a tier 2 creature. I decide not to waste time and write GG. Thanks to my opponent for the game!

p.s. Once again, I'm convinced that it's not worth leveling up Alchemists.