Spent all restarts. Two roads from town were blocked, no level 2, Gosha with 2 stacks. Well, necro isn't the best option on Jebus, but with Gosha it's possible. Close external dwellings to town - 2 pits fiend dwellings, by the end of the week another gog dwelling was found. The passage to one of the secondary zones is blocked by Obsidian Gargoyles, the respawn was developed quite quickly thanks to external taverns. On 114 I found the first Hive behind the pegasuses, scouted it - it's a big one, nothing to take it with, by the end of the week I scouted the respawn, farmed skeletons, leveled Gosha, and prepared chains to capture objects on 121.
At the start of the second week, I took the aforementioned Hive with a secondary hero, which turned out to be a maxi, losing 30 skeletons + meat from the Tower village, then with another secondary hero I took the +2 HP flask, then with Gosha I took a box for 20-49 gold worth of dendroid guards for 10k experience. That was the decisive moment for me in the game; Gosha was level 12 with all skills on Expert, and I got lucky - Earth magic was finally offered and it immediately leveled to Expert. Then on 123 I split Gosha and through an external tavern I stayed overnight at the Griffin Conservatory 3-4 and during that turn I took 2 Hives for 8+4 wisps. On 124 I hit a double Guard Outpost - first 50+ dread knights, then 70 of their unupgraded versions, and I reached the central ramp, sped up, and in the last seconds of the turn placed a Mage Guild there. From town there were two roads: one to the respawn towards the opponent with an unbroken Guard Outpost of 50+ manticores, and the second to the center where another 2 Guard Outpost blocks closed the path.
In general, since the end of 122, the timer was really pressuring me and I made a fatal mistake - I decided to replenish mana with the red color. I wasn't too wary of the opponent, but during his turn he sharply raised his stats (took Gladius + doubled his spellpower parameter), broke through the Guard Outpost, scouted me with a secondary hero - I had 15/100 mana, and he caught me at the ramp fort.
He had 2 red dragons, 4 angels, 18 scorpicores, 190 troglodytes, and 1+1+1 harpies / I had 5 sultans, 3 angels, 24 ducks (which merged into 1 stack), 40 magogs, 250 skeletons. We fought for 30+ minutes; the opponent skillfully used his mana advantage, having 70 against my 15. I had a chance for a decent trade by casting Haste on the ducks for my last mana and striking the scorpicores, but I didn't risk it; however, no matter the outcome, I would have lost Gosha in the battle and had no prospects afterwards.
Good game from the opponent, instant punishment for a mistake, gg.
Thanks for the game!
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Congratulations Falcone on a well-deserved victory in the tournament. His path was quite difficult and thorny. After losing in the upper bracket quarterfinals, he managed to reach the grand final and take revenge, winning 3-0.
In the first game on 8mm6a, the game's pace was killed by a block of cyclopes at the exit of my respawn.
In the second game on 8mm6a, I fully paid for my gross mistakes and, after several losses, decided to surrender.
In the third game on Jebus Cross, having played decently without major mistakes, I underestimated the situation and let slip a game where I could have seriously hoped for a win.
I thank my opponent for the game, for a good final.
I thank the organizers for the tournament; in the six months I've been playing Heroes Online, my game has improved significantly, largely thanks to this tournament.
I thank all the opponents I had the chance to play against; it was very interesting to play and communicate.
Thank you for the tournament.
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