Posts from The tenth stage of the "Van Kanigem" tournament. Auto-translated

On the third day, Nürko defeated the elementals, losing a couple of gargoyles, and boarded a boat. On the 8th day, Blue was destroyed. On the 9th day, both Deleб and Nürko were in boats. The first was near my spawn point, under the druids, and Nürko was near Blue's spawn point... On the 10th day, we both sailed, and on the 11th, I disembarked. On the 12th day, Deleб charged straight towards the Mage, while Nürko moved along a path with an army of dark elves towards the castle of the light elves. During the night of the 12th/13th, Deleб defeated the Mage's entire army in an auto-battle (1 colossus, etc.). On the 13th day, Deleб captured the Mage's capital. Nürko fled from the powerful elf, heading straight for his capital. On the 14th day, Deleб rested, while Nürko settled in the captured elven capital. During the turn transition, the elven main hero was destroyed against the citadel :smile35:

Hmm... so it means nobody but me used Golems to break through Elementals. Strange.
The Golems gained a ton of exp for Nyur. I broke through Riders, Ghosts, Archers, and Minos. Gremlins were patching them up all the way. That's why I didn't even bother replaying with gargoyles. And I went through the garrison because this move improved the passage by two days. By sea, the best result is 12 days... there you go

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On the third day Nyur broke through the elementals, losing a couple of gargs and got in the boat. On the 8th day Blue was destroyed.

My version: got in the boat on the fourth day, landed on Warlock's shore on the fifth, spent the sixth day overnighting near Blue's city (no way to run there), and by the seventh, Blue was beaten. Where did you lose 2 days?

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Sailed to everyone, but didn't touch pals and garrisons.

how did you manage 8 days if only one boat can be built per day! (or am I wrong). You didn't build the second-level guild, right?

Okay... so it seems like no one else used Golems to clear out the Elementals. That's strange.
The Golems gained a huge amount of experience for Nyra. I cleared out Riders, Ghosts, Archers, and Minotaurs. Gremlins were healing them the whole way. So, I didn't even bother replaying with Gargoyles. And I went through the garrison because I improved the passage by two days thanks to that move. The best result by sea was 12 days... here you go

I cleared out the water elementals with upgraded Gargoyles (both for myself and opposite the Dungeon castle). I lost a day while Daleb boarded the ship, and another 2 days because I sent Nyra to collect experience from chests instead of sailing:(
In my first playthrough, I cleared out the dragons at the portal... I cleared them out in the beginning of the second week, crawled out, and then there were antimagic dragons:(

Hello everyone! I still haven't found the time to complete the tournament! At first, it seemed like I had time, but for some reason, I postponed it. Then, I was working tirelessly, only coming home to sleep, hoping for Friday night and the only day off on Saturday the 8th! On Friday, I was just too tired to do anything, and on Saturday, I was called to work again, arriving home only at twelve. As a result, I was very disappointed because I really wanted to participate! Seeing the results of several participants, I realized that I wouldn't have been able to achieve a decent place anyway! But I will still complete this stage of the tournament to practice! And I will wait for the next one! I apologize to everyone for my lack of attention! Good luck to all! See you!

After reading Rogov's report that he simply summoned a boat, I was about to get upset and complain about the map's flaws (because it's clearly a bug), but then common sense reminded me that you can only summon a boat that has already been built somewhere, and that this is at least the beginning of the second week, and I felt relieved! Rogov's result confirmed my assumptions.
For me, the main difficulty was dealing with the elementals. I also defeated them using upgraded golems, but I had to replay the battle many times because it wasn't easy to win with that composition, and at best, I was left with 2 imps, which would clearly make it difficult to defeat the enemies. I lost one while waiting for the green hero in the city to attack me, because it was impossible to defeat him in the open field. The idea of playing with two heroes also failed because I wanted to use a fire-ball hero to stay in the yellow player's city and win the siege, but the yellow player was waiting for me on the shore with open arms, and as a result, I weakened his army a lot, and then Deleb came and easily finished him off. I didn't replay it because I had already sent this map to hell several times after failing with the water elementals, and after cooling down, I returned to the walkthrough. And also, my name is "inattentiveness," because I forgot to exchange resources for ore, but I hope that the results will not be so close that it will affect the ranking.
And I almost forgot, the result was 19 days.

Where is Vbn's result?
Maybe this time I'll finally make it into the top three:smile10:

After reading, Rogov's report

A small off-topic comment - but you can refer to this user by their nickname (in English letters). I also have the last name Rogov, and I get confused with posts addressed to him.
P.S. We are not relatives.

How did you manage to get it done in 8 days if you can only build one boat per day! (or am I mistaken?). Didn't you build a guild of the second level?

I built the guild, so on the 4th day, 2 heroes sailed away: one from the shipyard to the Warlock and another from the shore to the Elf.

I have 11 days.
But since I wasn't aiming for an excellent result, I settled for this.
Besides, this is my first (and last) experience playing Heroes 5.

Thank you to the organizers and participants of the tournament!

I was betting on Deleb, I destroyed all enemies except one, but when I approached the last castle... I realized I couldn't take it. :( It will take weeks to retreat and then attack again.... I even lost the desire to finish the game, I developed poorly anyway, I have almost no army against a well-developed opponent, there is probably no chance of winning. :( I can only play with mages, focusing on long-term development... I'll try to quickly finish it now, but don't blame me if the result is bad. :)

I have 11 days.
But since I wasn't aiming for an excellent result, I settled for this.
Besides, this is my first (and last) experience playing the 5th installment.

Thank you to the organizers and participants of the tournament!

Well, I've been pushed back to 4th place again:( Although 4th place is not bad either:D

Since winning tactics have been discussed here, I'm posting my walkthrough. After the preliminary results, maybe we can demand some from others.

Castle.
First three days: gargoyle upgrade - level 1 guild - level 2 guild.

Nura.
Arms herself with 63 gremlins. Runs to the crypt, -2 gremlins; then skeletons - clear, touches the stable;
beats the elves, -4 gremlins, picks up everything on the ground. Upon reaching level 2, she prioritizes the Wizard's Mark (indispensable!). Then she fights through to the mine, -2 gremlins; takes the mine and all the ore. Then the castle (learn ship summoning), the tree near the sawmill, the shore by Marletto's tower. There, using the remainder of the 4th day's move, she summons a boat and boards it. Next, Nura's goal is to land near the elf in two trips. However, this is easy to do if you sail around the first islet from the galley side, rather than the sirens'. In the elf's lands, Nura, grabbing money from a chest along the way, heads straight for the castle. On the night from Sunday to Monday, she fends off Gilraen and, preserving 42 gremlins, enters the green castle without resistance.

Deleb.
Taking 31 blue gargoyles under his banner in addition to his 17 imps and 10 demons, he heads toward the knights at the factory, where he loses two imps. To the sawmill, fairies - clear. Level 2 - Tent (!). To the djinns - clear; to the druids, losses - three imps and two gargoyles. Level 3 - (hooray!) Ballista, +1 defense, money from the chest. And now ahead is the shipyard surrounded by water elementals. Losses - 4 imps (Fire Ballista solves it!). Level 4 - Cursed Mark (will be useful). The remainder of the third day is spent building a ship and boarding it. However, before sailing on the morning of the fourth day, twenty-three gargoyles are transferred to Ora's command. Three days of sailing, with a break to loot the galleon wreck (no losses), bring the knight's ring and some money. On the night of the 7th day, Deleb repels Faiza's attack, losing 1 imp. In the morning, he crushes Hafiz's troops. In a long and brutal battle, only one imp and five demons survive. But that no longer matters - the mage is now without troops, Ossir is not dangerous. Gaining 500 exp from a chest along the way, Deleb easily takes the castle. Yellow is dead. Only the sword remains to be collected. Result - level 8, stats 12-3-4-3.

Ora.
Hired on the second day. With an army of 5 gremlins, she runs past the sulfur deposits to the dolmen, where she loses three gremlins but reaches level 2. Having mastered the Wizard's Mark (which is essential), she accepts 23 gargoyles from Deleb, builds a ship for Nura, and then one for herself. The evening of the 4th day is spent boarding the ship; then she sails to the warlock. There, picking up a pile of gold, she takes mercury from the alchemy laboratory. On the night of the 7th day, Erin arrives, wipes out the elves, but does not attack (doesn't have time), while Vaishan manages to attack, resulting in the loss of one gremlin and three gargoyles. However, Ora reaches level 3 and chooses Luck. The main thing in the battle with Erin is to have full mana; therefore, Ora, having taken the mercury, heads to the well, and then for the crystals. Erin attacks at night. Wizard's Mark, 30 mana, and a bit of luck - victory, though only 4 gargoyles survived. But even that is more than enough to take the castle. Thus, blue dies on the 8th day.

Nazir.
Sawmill - garden of the fair folk - tree north of the castle - money behind the castle - mercury at the castle - factory (hires 2 trees and 200 gold for ships) - mercury at the alchemy laboratory - (at the end of the 7th day) into the castle. On Monday morning, he buys 1 gargoyle in the castle and wipes out the knights guarding the sword, losing a golem, and picks up the chests.

RavEnna.
Hired on the sixth day, she runs to the campfire in the center, then to the sword. As soon as Nazir clears the path, she takes the sword and gold, runs to the factory to get mercury, and then attacks the gargoyles at the dolmen and escapes. She is hired in the mage's lower castle and gives the sword to Deleb.

Narkhiz.
Hired from the elf on Monday, he takes all gremlins, gargoyles, elves, unicorns, and the fairy into his company. Kills Dirael. Victory.

Fireball is awesome again!!! And I let him down. I was aiming for a 9-day result, but I got so caught up in the idea of redeeming my hero on day 8... In short, I just wasted time, and there was no chance to improve my mediocre 12-day result... But it was a good idea, just like Sergey Panteleevich's...!!! And it's almost the same as the current leader's idea in general terms...

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Interestingly, 12 days is a result that falls into the category of "went in and beat everyone"... no tricks... but I was let down by not knowing the specifics of the game when replaying...

but I got so carried away with the idea of redeeming my hero on day 8... in short, I just wasted my time.

I wrote that, as far as I remember, I never managed to do it, although I haven't seen any official information anywhere.

"You let me down, Boralgin. And I bet all my money on you. I didn't expect this from you. The odds were so good!"

and I let him down

"Don't worry, Boralgin, I also bet on the orcs and that Fedor will win. At least by points. In the third round."

and it's just like with Sergei Panteleevich - the idea was good....!!! and it's almost the same as the current leader's in general terms....

So far, only the leader among those who have shown results.

I was aiming for a result in 9 days

I understand you. I myself was calmly aiming for 7 days in the 5th stage of the War of the Kingdoms, but then there was a problem with the real time, and heroes who could at least somewhat quickly dig refused. So I had to send, so to speak, an almost online version of the Walkthrough.

RULISH. I'm just curious, in what year did you read "The Beetle in the Anthill"? It just feels like all the leaders are older guys. Although I might be wrong.