Opponent bought Dessa for 2k and took one restart. We started – immediately two native units in the tavern with Crag, a bunch of goblin hordes, a couple of dogs, a Dragon Utopia, a Zephyr's Boat, and stables. On 112 I grabbed an adjacent zone Castle and scouted a lot of gold and crypts – I decided to go for angels. I spent the first week rotating in the Castle zone, clearing gold, and broke into a Treasure from there, but there was a block of 50-99 green dragonflies for a Griffin Conservatory and a Pandora's Box. I took the Pandora's Box in the Treasure for 19 Nagas and messed up by not leveling up proficiency/magic – they gave all earth magic.
On 121, took the Conservatory with Crag at 13-3, 8 mana, 2 angels, 70 wolves, and a Fire Elemental – lost an angel and some wolves with the Fire Elemental. Tyraxor on the same turn takes a level 2 creature dwelling. Then I cleared the Treasure with the Conservatory, 3 beehives, Boots of Speed, and a Dragon Utopia, which I took on 125 (armor 4-4). I collected some Naga items there and got money for Archangels. By 131 I cleared another Treasure in the opponent's plane a bit and crashed Crag into the home Dragon Utopia. Return path via a control scroll (Fly) for 20-49 Sultans.
131 took the Dragon Utopia with 8 Archangels and meat – gave KЗ, Gladius, and Plate Armor. Immediately Town Portal to the first Treasure and via Fly over the mountains to another Dragon Utopia and the remaining parts for the Elixir. In the end by 132: 2 heroes with excellent stats, TP and Fly, 8 Archangels, 40 Wyverns, 6 Giants under Elixir, and for some reason I decided to stall and clear Treasures. Only on 135 I lazily started taking the opponent's castles and took a Dragon Utopia with КВ and Wings.
By 141 I took the same Dragon Utopia from the opponent on the plane and camped in his castle – I didn't even bother blocking, confident that he was worse in meat and stats, and he had no Elixir when I checked his army. On his turn Dessa attacks. His stats: 26-21-26, 300 mana with +2 speed, Elixir, army: 17 Cyclopes, 11 Roc, 6 Angels, 5 Giants, 3 Greater Basilisks, 50 Orcs, and 100 Monks. My stats: 31-23-12, 300 mana, no speed bonus, also Elixir (I had to put on the Cape of 3-4-5), army: 11 Archangels, 2 Basilisks, 6 Roc, 38 Cyclopes, 10 Giants, 76 Monks, and 40 Wolves. In the first round I completely forgot about Blind and lost a cast turn. Then the opponent made a mistake, and in the second round he cast Blind first on my Wyverns, and I was able to wake them all up with Death Wave. We fought for about an hour and a half – his Wyverns resisted my Slow a couple of times at 15%, and in the end my Cyclopes resisted his Lightning at 5%, which decided the battle. I had 60+ Wyverns and 10 Cyclopes left, he had 8 Wyverns. We ran around for a couple more turns, and the opponent decided not to continue.
Thanks for the game!
Dessa without Off sucks...;D TFP!