Diabler
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=Lizard= (blue, Conflux, Monere, Monere) def Diabler (red, Inferno, Calh, Calh) 131, JC
Perhaps the sweatiest and most ambiguous match for me so far in this tournament. I don't remember the last time I was attacked twice in a row within 2 days, and both times I pulled through)) In short, both of us got below-average draws after restarts. I had 3 Hives behind tough guards, a swamp village, an external dwelling of psychos, a level 2 Griffin Conservatory, a Town Portal scroll, and ГО a billion steps away from the castle. I barely managed to break out with a 125. Stats around 15-10. As for troops: 2 angels, 11 Magi, (I didn't even think of building birds on the first day; near ГО I found an external dwelling of them and built them on the second), 18-20 Monks (don't remember exactly). But in the center I immediately take a castle, find КВ and КШ, life is good! The rest of the center turned out empty, no troops at all; only on the last turn on 126 did I take a tower with 3 phoenixes. I get hit immediately, thinking it's all over — stats there were 12-30 against my 21-12, but their troops were even weaker, and КШ saves me; after a small exchange, Calh buys himself back home. On my turn, I take the central dungeon from Andrey, chase off the noobs, run around with the newly recruited Labeta after the phoenix, sit there scared, knowing I'm setting myself up for a redrash. And that's exactly what happens. On 131 I get attacked with a serious power spike, but not by Calh (he couldn't reach me) — by Nagash. Troop-wise, a massive advantage: 22+1 Sultans, 14 Cyclopes, 15 Pit Lords, 13 Vivi, 2 Angels, 36 Magogs. I have: 4 birds, 4 angels, 16 Monks, 5 Magi, 1+1 air elementals. However, their stats are 5-20 and they have no combat skills, plus -2 morale. I still have 21-12, Artillery (towards the Stronghold), all combat skills, +2 morale, +2 luck. A long and sweaty battle — in the end, I had 2 angels and 2 birds left, which the Pit Lords couldn't reach. Thanks for the game!
P.S. I got a terrible draw — on the entire respawn, only 2 external dwellings of Efreeti and 2 clues. No useful magic is given; on the Griffin Conservatory there are fairies and red dragons. I don't know what to do, but I found a Necklace of Protection from Bolt and Chain Lightning; I thought I could try to scrape by and break out through the fairies. But suddenly I find an Armageddon scroll — I decide to try to break out through the Efreeti past the red dragons. I tricked them once with an Efreet, and on the second try Calh ignites them. Then I ate up the puny center, barely took a Dragon Utopia max through magic, wiping about 4 times. On 127 I realize I need to go for a power hit-and-run, hoping there's no orb there. I attacked — there was an orb after all; stats were higher of course, but the -2 morale was something else; the Cyclopes screwed up twice, I had to flee. On 131 I decide to redrash, but only Nagash can reach me — slightly leveled + has Expert Air and 250 mana in case the opponent suddenly removes the orb. I bought up all the Efreeti, took another Dragon Utopia or two — nothing but gold; oh well. I attack — but my skill wasn't enough to pull it off. Morale carried too hard.