Posts from Reports from the HoMM IV online Tournaments "Sultry Season"

CTPAHHuK (Nature) def. L@R$$ON (Asylum) - Ironman (Expert, 8 min), 141

I started by developing an Archer, then added Tactics from a Druid and Runner from the Asylum, and later bought a Sorcerer and two more Druids. The Archer turned out to be not as useful as I had hoped, but it still helped in breaking through the bridge to the 3rd Castle, which was guarded by 8 Black Dragons and 22 Efreet. The other heroes could also have been stronger if at least one of the three Castles had provided Phoenixes, Magic Dragons, or Disintegration.

The development progressed at a normal pace. In the end, both Castles were fully built, and in the third, all the magic guilds, the Stone of Knowledge, and the Mana Doubler were constructed. But in the middle of the 3rd day, I realized that building the 2nd Castle was a mistake, as there wasn't enough money to upgrade while buying all the Phoenixes. Therefore, out of 12 Phoenixes, I could only recruit 7 into my army, and with them, I broke through the two northern guards on the 7th day of the 3rd week.

On the 1st day of the 4th week, I approached L@R$$ON's 3rd Castle and noticed his heroes without an army at the bridge. I didn't attack the neutral town but immediately attacked the opponent. Of course, it didn't turn out to be a decisive final battle.

Thanks to the opponent for the game and good luck in the remaining matches ;)

CTPAHHuK (Nature) def. L@R$$ON(Asylum) - Ironman (Expert, 8 min), 141

Yep... that's how it went :) The game didn't start well... a complete loss on the Nagas, gloves only on day 4... Ifrits appeared on day 5... The momentum was lost... In the end, when STRANNiK captured his 4th castle, I was just getting ready to break through the bridge, where 14 manticores and 60 fire elementals were stationed. I actually thought I wouldn't break through in one go, but I managed to... Two heroes survived! :) But I lost 11 Ifrits and 1 Death Knight, as well as three other heroes :( After that, there was only enough time to teleport to the castle and resurrect the corpses... That's it! Coming back to the bridge, I met the enemy army... No comment! :D It was a very unlucky game for me...

Thanks for the game! :) I'm getting ready for other matches! :)

LordZezuk (Haven) def. Dragoncat (Order) - Insaniti (Expert, 6 min), 145

Here's how it went:)
The map turned out to be quite bad, I put it at the very end, but my opponent kept eliminating all my favorite maps, so I had to play it. What else could I do? Well, when I was getting acquainted with the map, I decided that the only way to play it was to go on the offensive with a fighter. That's what I did, I saved my life, got a sword and armor, and started destroying everything around me. The only thing I miscalculated was the sand. I ruined the fairy early on, but the basilisk survived until the end :). And that's something to be thankful for. I lingered for a long time when approaching the gloves, decided to hire more helpers, bought two more heroes, and by the time they arrived, I had already reached the opponent :D. In the end, I only had one hero, the rest were just for show. The worst thing is that I didn't get any scouting information at the beginning of the game. That's why the game took so long.
Thank you for the game ;)

Yeah, I totally lost. :)
I just can't play! I only manage to take up space in the tournament tables. :) I won't say anything about my progress, except that I built a Castle somewhere in the middle of the second week and barely managed to level up a Mage hero to level 2. :)

P.S. Thanks for the game. :)

P.P.S. This doesn't prove that Haven is weaker than Sanctuary; it only proves how clumsy I am. :)

P.P.P.S. I'll try harder. :)

P.P.P.P.S. Luzhik, sorry, I still messed up. :)

LordZezuk (Life) def. Shnurov_HL (Barbarian) - Lezkandra (Expert, 8 min), 131

Got overwhelmed while passing through the dungeon. Couldn't save the heroes. Loss. It counts. ;)

LordZezuk (Life) def. Shnurov_HL (Barbarian) - Lezkandra (Expert, 8 min), 131
Looks like I got lucky. :smile32:
At the beginning, I got the Tactician hero, and I bought a Mage. I trained the Tactician in Nature magic. While I was running around and leveling up, I placed Crusaders. On the third level of the Order, there was some confusion. I took the first mine late, on day 10. I ran to level up a Life path hero, and they didn't let me search even once, so I got an Expert Life hero. I took the second mine on day 126. I got lucky with the landscape, and there were no losses. Then I immediately broke through the guard to the Snow faction and placed Angels on day 131.
The game ended there.
That's how it went)))

Zybr (Life) def. L@R$$ON (Power) - Showdown (Expert, 6 min), 245

Final armies:

Zybr

Adelaide (19 lvl, Paladin, Grand Master of Life (all skills except Resurrection), Grand Master of Warfare (only armor, the rest is insignificant), Scouting (2 lvl).

Turis (21 lvl, General, Grand Master of Tactics (first three fully, the last up to 3), Grand Master of Warfare)

Sonia (21 lvl, Paladin, Grand Master of Life (all skills except Resurrection), Grand Master of Warfare (melee combat and resistance, 2 lvl each)

Enyan (19 lvl, Soothsayer, 4 lvl of Order (without charm), Grand Master of Scouting and Pathfinding)

16 Angels

L@R$$ON

Bron (15 lvl, Barbarian, Grand Master of Warfare, Melee Combat, Resistance, Archery 3 lvl)

Trinni (15 lvl, Marksman, Grand Master of Warfare, Melee Combat, Archery, 1 lvl of Nature and Magic Resistance)

Kel (15 lvl, Barbarian, Grand Master of Warfare, Melee Combat, Resistance, Archery 4 lvl)

Kreg Hack (16 lvl, General, Grand Master of Warfare, Melee Combat, Resistance, 3 lvl of Tactics, 1 lvl of Attack, Defense, and Leadership)

Abegga (13 lvl, Grand Master of Warfare, Melee Combat, Resistance 3 lvl, Grand Master of Pathfinding, 3 lvl of Scouting)

22 Cyclops

8 Thunderbirds

A prayer is cast on the Angel with a Guardian Angel (6 charges), and it systematically flies to kill everyone; for safety, the Thunderbirds and Cyclops are slowed down.
The Angel, which was quite well-developed thanks to Tactics, felt comfortable under the protection of the Guardian and mages. Actually, there is not much more to add here :) It's a pity that 90 Crusaders got stuck on the way: D

Regarding the general state of affairs during the game, I will only write about the stupid randomness, which gave me a Guardian only in the second Castle, did not give regeneration at all, the third Castle gave Power, and the artifacts gave various swords and antimagic cloaks. Fortunately, the Creature Dungeon gave very useful items :)

Thank you, L@R$$ON, for the game. It can easily claim the title of the longest game :D

Zybr (Life) def. L@R$$ON (Power) - Showdown (Expert, 6 min), 245

It was... I was playing terribly. Thanks for the game.
16 angels under a guardian angel, with hydra health and regeneration - an invincible stack!

LordZezuk (death) los. Oxigen (death) IronMan (expert 8 min) 145

He placed devils on the seventh day, and was afraid to take gloves in the first days, so he took them on the ninth day. That's the result - no resistance. On the last day, he was supposed to get GM for three mages and go to the castle to learn spell stealing and the Hand of Death, but he didn't have time, as always. :)

Brennus_Whiskey(Life) def Drakkoska (might) - After the Flood, (Expert, 4 min), 215
The opponent had 3 angels and 21 knights in two stacks, as well as 4 heroes: a tactician, a Haven mage, and 2 Life mages (sorry if I got it wrong, my memory is failing me). I had an archer and a barbarian, as well as 3 monsters, 12 cyclops, about 24 harpies, and 12-18 centaurs, I don't remember exactly (I can't load the last save). I lost because I didn't have a single mage. I'll please my fans by saying that I managed to level up the archer to level 8 :)
Brennus asked me to write the report because he doesn't know Russian very well, unfortunately. But he knows how to play Heroes well :) Thank you for the game.

LordZezuk (Necropolis) lost to Oxygen (Necropolis) IronMan (expert 8 min) 145

Played with random map settings. In the first start, I got a life, but I didn't feel like it, so I restarted. In the second, I got death. Let it be, we'll play. Got gloves on day 4, devils around day 7, I don't remember exactly. Both had dwellings with cooldowns, so I didn't take them.

Spent a couple of weeks on the respawn, clearing and remembering. Then I broke through the manticores and wasps on the passage and took the third castle. Again, clearing, I foolishly lose a hero, and it takes a day to resurrect. And I forgot that cancellation can be learned by everyone, I only taught it to the tactician.

After clearing, I went home, learned some skills, and then I could run to kill.
In the final, I had:
Two grand knights of order with general spell stealing and berserk (the taungate never came, damn it)
Grand knight of death with hand of death (also no general cancellation)
Closed tactician
Master of death (runner)
12 devils
19 venoms

I decided to immediately equip the handcuffs to not drag it out.
Thank you for the game.

CTPAHHuK (Nature) def. ZYbr(Death) - Heartwinter (Expert, 6 min), 133

Standard start with a Bard and an Archer. Obtained Snowshoes on day two, gloves on day three, visited the second Castle on day four, and all level-up locations and collected nearby chests on day five. I had a vague idea of what to do next, so I ventured into the Phoenix dwelling. The first attack resulted in a loss, and the second attack also ended in a loss, but one Phoenix was killed. I took the Phoenix dwelling on the third attempt, 2-1, and immediately headed to the Thunderbirds. The first attack resulted in a loss. On the second attack, I finally broke through and captured the gold mine, 2-3.

Over the next 7 days, I cleared my territory, and upgraded the General, Bard, Monk, Druid, and Heretic.

I managed to create a General with a Legendary Axe, a combat skill branch of 4055, and a tactics skill branch of 2001, a Bard with scouting at 4500 and nature at 3210, a Monk with life at 3210 and order at 4330, a Druid at 4450, and a Heretic with basic life and chaos at 2214.

I wanted to upgrade the Monk because of the level 4 magic book on my territory, but the second Castle turned out to be a city of Order, where there was a town portal, so the book was intended for the slowly growing Heretic.

In general, on days 3-4, I planned to teleport to other Castles, buy warfare skills for everyone, and attack the Chaos neutrals. The Phoenixes, as in the game with L@RR$ON, began to breed diligently. Before the attack, I could have 8 of them in my army, but I only had enough money for 4, and I wanted to attack with them, but my opponent on 3-3 announced a suicide. That's how the game ended.

Thank you, ZYbr, for the game, and good luck in the next matches :)

CTPAHHuK (Nature) def. ZYbr(Death) - Heartwinter (Expert, 6 min), 133

I immediately rushed to the second Castle, but I overestimated the danger and took skeletons and cerberuses into my army, which cost me a day. As a result, I got rid of the slow units and easily captured the Castle, also on the 4th day. Then, forgetting about the gloves, I started leveling up my heroes at altars and chests. In the end, I remembered about the gloves only when I was fighting the birds near the mine. By the way, I also lost time there - my main chaos unit died in battle, and I had to resurrect it and retreat.
Then I ran around, leveled up, and noticed that the Wanderer already had a third city. I ran to catch up. There were no blockers, so I decided to attack, but I lost badly, I didn't have time to close the distance from the poisonous creatures. I lost two chaos units, and without them, I couldn't win this battle, so I lost the entire army (more precisely, the devils). After that, continuing the game didn't make sense, so I surrendered.

Thanks for the game:)

P.S. I'm proud that I got the devils on the 7th day):D

CTPAHHuK (Nature) def. Lee (Order) - Lezkandra (Expert, 6 min), 142

I killed him.

Waiting for a rematch :)