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

Gave up the double and the final was a one-way street.

Thanks for the game.

I rested poorly; I passed the turn on 112 and only then noticed that the opponent had Necromancers. My layout was decent, but not perfect—a few available Hives, good upgrades for the folder. However, the prospect of necromancy combined with Castle troops was scary—I could have arrived at the final with even fewer bones. Moreover, against PReDS, I need a layout that is above average. After thinking long and hard, I took a rest on 113; as it turned out, there were as many as 3 Necromancers there, including Izra and Tamika. It seemed like resting wasn't in vain, but the opponent got a double while I got an average layout. At first, I guessed the direction wrong and ended up in a dead-end village; luckily, I passed through the chain and killed a Rampart. Hives were spotted on stones far from the road. One confluence—which I also decided not to visit, but instead rush straight to the center. There turned out to be strong blocks—one at the prison, another at the box. I killed a Hive with 6 Vivs, passed to the stones for the next Hives. On the third, I took 3 Hives (4+6+6)—already not bad, but I realized I was falling behind. Passed to the center, where I cleared a couple of prisons with level 10 and 5 heroes; in the box, they gave me 50 wolves. Confluences weren't visible, but a couple of Dragon Utopias were standing—there is contact with blue. On the fourth week, I enter the Dragon Utopia—I give a diplomat's ring and a bag of money :mad: —the opponent captures my Rampart and later the capital. In the second Dragon Utopia, they gave me a dragon tooth crown and shackles of war :mad: There are more Dragon Utopias, but here scouting finally spotted a couple of confluences—on the swamp and stones. I decide to take another Dragon Utopia through them, but I didn't understand how the opponent ended up in my rear and caught up with me very quickly—Valka with log, pathfinding, boots, and stable, plus she ran very far with DD. Galtran didn't even have time to put on the +2 speed cloak before the final.

Thanks for the game!