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

14.06.2015 Maretti (Red, Necropolis, Random, Clavius, Clavius) def Pit for LM (Blue, Necropolis, Random, Thant, Thant) Jebus Cross 132

Unfortunately, I scouted 4 conservatories in the first days, so it was impossible to avoid playing this map. Moreover, on day 1, Thant got 5k exp with Pandora, and I found some BK dwellings.
The starting army was quite weak; there weren't many places to get new skeletons, the conservatories were big, and there was no haste spell at all, so I started taking them only from 121.
By the end of the first week, I took 2 BK dwellings and built them in the citadel.
Thant had 110 mana (+5 helm) and all 2-level magic, so I took 3+3 angels easily on 121. After that, Vokial got one more angel, and Sandro got 2 more. I broke on 123 with 9 angels, 15 death knights, and about 350 skeletons. I didn’t find much in the central area, but I had a bad fight with giants (5 titans made that battle terrible) that cost around 150 skeletons, 1 angel, and 2 DK. Also, I spent all my mana, so I had to finish the day in the central Tower. On 124, I took an utopia near that castle, but it gave nothing, though the +5 all sword near it was still something. The same day, I saw Clavius, and visions told me that he had 850+ skeletons and other good stacks. Fortunately, he was afraid of my nonexistent magic and came to the other direction. That gave me some time to take an utopia at my starting area, but it gave nothing as well.
I was thinking of going off-road to the desert after it, but I had to do it before (the best variant was right after the utopia), since Maretti showed himself there the same day I was planning to approach. So my only chance was to find something in the other areas, and the only one available was the swamp. I managed to get there, but it was quite empty; the opponent already had everything one could dream of, so no chances were left at all.
Thanks for playing.