Hell's opening with 4 heroes on Jebus with 10k in hand is honestly dismal (I had 7). + The stadium generated a road that goes in a circle around the city. My road situation was better, but a block prevented me from breaking out to the right; I could only run in one direction or cross-country. On the first day, I saw 2 Zephyrs, a +4 All Shield, 2 Hydra caches, a Hive, and a Workshop. There should be no questions as to why I started playing well. + Tazar got Log immediately!:smile20: My main went cross-country; I saw something there;)) And I wasn't wrong) Because there was a Hive with 6 Vivs for 50-99 Thieves, which I took on 114. Then I ran towards 2 Pandoras for the Nagas. But since I had just bypassed the castle cross-country, I hit the road, and there was a Hive :rolleyes: I took it on 115, breaking the guard with 50+ Gogs with GS, - got another 6 Vivs:) But before I started breaking the Hive on 115, I did something crazy :D Basically, at the end of 114, Malekith had many moves left; he had already accelerated Tazar and didn't know what to do with himself :D And nearby there are 50+ Lizards, guarded by a Sprite and 2 resources. I didn't notice the third one behind the mountain :D Anyway, I attack with 8 Vivs using my zero hero (stat artifacts hadn't arrived yet), and there are 78 Lizards with GS!!!! :eek: Just F***ING HELL!!!:smile29: And 4 Vivs flew back to the Hives :smile52: :smile52: :smile52: Nevertheless, on 116, I smashed 6 Naga Queens for 2 Pandoras. In one there was 5k Gold, and in the second - 45 Upgraded Lizards:rolleyes: I immediately broke and went via the external tavern for the Hydra caches and another Hive. I took the Hive in the same turn, after breaking 10-19 Fanatics. The Hive gave 8 Vivs:rolleyes: Also, by this point, I had already placed Hydras in the Citadel at home. On 117, I took both Hydra caches, but I really messed up with the chains, and it turned out that when splitting Tazar, there wasn't enough money to build the Guild :( I didn't refill my mana:smile04: That was a big fail actually . . . And at the same time, the chain I was dragging didn't connect and didn't reach Gunnar, so he didn't go for the Zephyr . . . I had to break another block; there wasn't enough money in the Chest for the guild((( I needed 2000)) Basically, I botched this turn. Usually, I count moves during the opponent's turn so this kind of shit doesn't happen, but there was no time for that here, as we played with OH (up to 117 inclusive). And on 121, Tazar with 11 Mana ran to the GO :D And the road is long))) It took 3 days :smile54: On the way, Tazar stumbled once to break a +2 Speed cloak for 10-19 Pit Lords and picked up +2 Attack. In the time he was running, I grabbed 2 Zephyrs (6+4) for 10 Cyclopes, and Gunnar broke 42 Sea Priestesses with GS for a +4 All shield. I also found another Hive. Since I was already running with Monarchs, after getting the Hive, I needed to upgrade these Vivs. So I set up the chain so that on 124, the Vivs were passed back to the Main and back, and after that, Tazar with full acceleration broke the GO. I used all heroes except Taz for this))) The key point, besides the lack of mana, was also that Tazar hit Water on the 4th and 8th levels. Basically, I didn't take the Element. I didn't have Offense before the GO either)) Expert Wisdom, expert Log, and advanced Pathfinding :D So only my Resp artifacts could save me), 27 Monarchs, 10 Cyclopes, 65 Lizards, 5 Hydras, 7 Cows and Dragonflies. Stats 10/14 and -3 Luck:rolleyes: On 124, I broke a double GO. Here is the first one (after which I got basic Offense):

Here is the second one (after which I got basic Earth):

From magic, I only spent Bless on the Ducks in these 2 battles)) I must say, against the GO, -3 Luck practically didn't work)) 4 mana left :D After that, on the path in the treasure, a pleasant gift from the Fangarns (88 of them) awaited me - behind a Pandora, they gave 15 Cyclops Kings!:smile49: And in the same turn, I took the Utopia-three, giving up the remaining Lizards and 3 Cyclopes. Here is what I got:

On 125, I took a Hive for 8 Vivs and a Zephyr for 6 Cyclopes, picked up an Impl scroll :rolleyes:, but the key point was that I pushed the opponent from the center 5 seconds before the end of the turn))) I had more armies and stats. Fortunately, there was practically no mana there either. On 126, I took the KV, which pushed Hell away, breaking 25 Sea Serpents, took Bibla, another Zephyr for 6 Cyclopes, and captured the central city, where I stopped for mana replenishment and experted Earth, right after capturing the city on the last move :D :D :D On 127, I bought back the pushed Gunnar and Sefinrot with advanced Air, checked where the opponent was using KV, and didn't understand at all what he was doing behind my back in the treasure???? :eek: :smile21: Then I smashed Septienna and Moandor into the central city. HURRAY, I learned OIL!!!:smile52: :smile54: And there's an observatory in the treasure! LOL? HoM developers, why don't you put a well in the treasure on Jebus too:smile40: In general, on 127, I took the Red Orb, another Hive for 6 Vivs, took 2 Boxes and a +3 Off +3 Def Shield for 35 Sea Serpents, but only picked up one box. There were 35 orcish))) In the same turn, I attacked Draycon and pushed him. In time pressure, I forgot to put on the Impl scroll . . . But on his 127, Hell surrenders.

GG WP!

PS: Hell had the TP scroll and wings from Resp.