The Final Battle 9

A very "fun" Jebus Cross
Thanks for the game.

Jebus Cross was indeed "fun"... I wasted all my respawns on not very playable layouts and ended up with a so-so hand again. At 114 on a no-road path I took a mini Griffin Conservatory, there's also a beehive not far along the road to the village, 4 piles of bones and 3 zombies, a pile of horses and liches, I took a chest for 5k experience, GOD knows where. Through a scout I saw a pocket with a Griffin Conservatory, a beehive, stables, and a Dragon Utopia, but I couldn't make it there in time. I managed to take a pile of horses, at home they're in the citadel, and I rushed to GOD, since it's unknown how long it would take to get there. I made it around 123 I think — there were 10-19 Arch Devils — nothing to be done, I attack. From the army: 1 Angel, 6 Dragons, 10 Greater Horses, about 400 Skeletons. It went okay, just a pity the Angel got eaten right away. Then I killed 50-99 Rampaging Horses for the beehive and a prison with an excellent Korback, and 50-99 Cows for the beehive, one max, the other at 6. Then +2 Speed for Genies. My part of the center is just a nightmare. Right away a fork to 2 neutral respawns — Dungeon mud and snow, further along the road into the desert there's an awkward block of 20-49 Ghosts, since I only have mana for 1 cast, and if I reveal myself, Claudius with terrifying stats but an unknown army (in the tavern his army was larger) could have crushed me. Nearby 50-99 Cyclops for +4 to all, a scroll and a beehive — naturally nothing to hit without crippling losses. So I break through to the mud, since it's the adjacent zone to mine, and I head home for the aforementioned Griffin Conservatory, beehive, 2 Dragon Utopias, hoping for control. The Dragon Utopias gave no control, only average stats, I ran to the center and killed the Cyclops with expert Tactics, and in the scroll was Dimension Door. I was already GM4, so I could almost immediately DD around. I break through the Ghosts, in the prison there's a decent hero who picks 4/4 chest and a Dragon Utopia with the Book of Air. Korback flies over the cliffs and spots a couple of beehives and КЗ. Gosh in the same turn takes the book and Town Portals home. The opponent takes the beehives over several turns, since Korback on 7 Liches wiped out all the weak heroes there, eventually claiming them. Then a long struggle, I eat the Dungeon respawn, break through to the snow. Soon Claudius shows up — the only decent thing is 50-99 Dragons. In the end, Clavius doesn't reach the village on the snow with Goshi by 1 movement point, on my turn I gather everything I can. I try to drain all the mana with weak heroes, but there's Mass Haste — useless, so I attack. He has no Tactics, I have expert, +2 Speed. Oil and the Dragons, which are Monarchs, are gone immediately. The opponent starts spreading Cacophony, but by round one, with Imps and 1.5 Skeletons, I managed to wash away all the Cacophony along with the remaining troops.

Thanks for the game!