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mal1982 (blue Necropolis, isra) vs kazak1992 (red Stronghold, dessa) – map with a dungeon.
He ended up in the dungeon. He only captured the secondary town in the middle of the second week.
It turned out to be the opponent's town... After building his own castle, he started slowly building it up and finished it to the Cyclops level. He thought he was losing. He divided his army. isra ran around collecting skeletons, and the other hero with 11 knights and 5 dragons ran through another exit from the dungeon... He just came out, and there was one of kazak's secondary towns captured. He captured it and bought everything he could (troops). There were quite a few... On the next turn, dessa came and killed the hero and took back the castle... Then he went into the dungeon and captured my main town... isra only got to the castle after 3 turns... That's where the last battle took place. The heroes were approximately equal. isra had 280 skeletons, 24 upgraded vampires, about 20 liches, 5 cyclops, and 4 knights... dessa had 9 cyclops, 15-20 griffins, 3 behemoths, 9 liches, 40 zombies, and 20 ogres... In general, the skeletons didn't let him down, and the vampires managed to dodge... Thanks for the game...

invisible (red, Barbarian, Craig Hack, Craig Hack) def vbn (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d 144
Started without restarts. I have a rich respawn, just not typical for Barbarians)) and a mercenaries camp near the castle. On the first week, bears in the castle, two cons scouted. One for 2 angels, another for 3-4. In the skeletons, I found gloves, a breastplate +3 to spell power, and a helmet +4 to knowledge :). Also took the Inferno secondary without the fort. Scouting also found +1 and +2 speed (for 100+ orcs). At the start of the third week, I take all this (the double cons was taken by a zero hero-mage due to distance). I take all this and dive into the underground, where I take Pandora's box for 5000 gold with a left hero ))). So I had already dragged out the game, so I decided not to get distracted at Craig Hack. Right here are 3 naked banks, a library, and Dragon Utopia nearby. Finally found ГО god knows where off the path — a horde of monarch wyverns. Returning bears for upgrade and on 143 taking Dragon Utopia. They gave a hat +6 to everything, two more hats, sword +6. And Craig's stats become very good. Approximately 28-18-11-13 against Tazar's 4-13-3-3. Immediately after taking Dragon Utopia, Tazar appears and takes the max cons. I was afraid he would attack since armies weren't merged, as I didn't take orcs and wolves into Dragon Utopia. But turn passes and Craig kills Tazar with almost no chance. The difference in stats is just too great.
Thanks for the game!

SpiriTT(red, Necropolis:), Galtran)def Dmitriy767(blue, swamp, veya)213
I am on the sun, nearby is an external dwelling of liches that I forgot to take during the first week; however, I scouted the Dragon Utopia and took a secondary. Through some simple manipulations, 600+ skeletons took the Dragon Utopia on 141(+4 knowledge, power among other valuables, and +1 speed), then I brought up the army, gathered the skeletons lost in the Dragon Utopia, and by 213 reached the enemy's castle in a single turn. The castle turned out to be the main one; there was no guard and it was full of unpurchased troops.
News of surrender arrived. I really wanted to play as swamp against the necro, which I intentionally left for the opponent, but instead had to play as necro against swamp. The choice is unclear...
Thanks for the game.

Volland (red, elves, Kir) def Captain (blue, Castle, Valeska), 1-3-4 Week 1: horses in the castle, secondary barbarians Week 2: in the capital, secondary bears Week 3: went to the opponent, 1-3-3 approached the castle, didn't attack, 1-3-4 Valeska attacked and lost. Thank you for the game.

Everything listed above has been acknowledged.
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invisible (red, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def vbn (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d 144
Approximately 28-18-11-13 vs Tazar's 4-13-3-3 Right after taking the Dragon Utopia, Tazar appears and grabs the max cons.

I must say that after visiting the max Dragon Utopia, I was given plate armor +10/-2 Attack and a helmet +10/-2 Knowledge.
And as a bonus, Boots of Levitation and — what irony! — Sphere of Permanence.

In general, I made a mistake and gave the opponent the Dragon Utopia.
I should have first visited the one that Crag Hack took, and only then the one at my native respawn.
I did the opposite, and I lost.
Well, at least I clearly see where I made my mistake, I'll keep it in mind for the future,
so, dear invisible, thanks for the game ;)

Volland (red, elves, Kiry) def Captain (blue, Fortress, Valeska), 1-3-4
Week 1: horses in the Fortress, secondary units: barbarians
Week 2: in the capital, secondary units: bears
Week 3: went to the opponent, 1-3-3, approached the Fortress, didn't attack, 1-3-4, Valeska attacked and lost.
Thank you for the game.

Confirmed. I forgot to place monks on 126, and that's why I couldn't place angels on 127. So I decided to fight and rest.
Thank you for the game.

vbn (red, Kirr, Kirr) def mal1982 (blue, Valeska, Valeska), template 2SM4d(3). Agreement on rules: no rules, time-limit - 4 min. In reality, it turned out that I played as if according to the standard rules, and mal1982, it seems, did too. Kirr managed to level up faster and buy out all the troops, gathering 6 angels. With a relatively larger army (6 angels + 14 unicorns against 7 angels + 10 riders), he easily defeated Valeska. The ~50 nagas + ~70 champions were defeated on 1-4-4 with an expert slow skill and the loss of 1 green dragon (due to oversight), and on 1-4-5, the battle with Valeska took place. Thanks for the game!

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vbn (red, Shakti, Grindan) def invisible (blue, Kirr, Kirr), template 2SM4d(3). Agreement on rules: standard. I started leveling up Shakti well, but then Grindan arrived, and it was decided to level up his expert slow skill. Neither player built dragons. On 1-4-4: Grindan, level 16, 8-20-16-20 after visiting the library and utopia, with 240 mana (+240 if with vortex), resurrection, and 58 father-minotaurs (2 external). Kirr, level 13, 5-8-5-3, surrendered after an attack by 100+ snipers, whose morale had increased. Thanks for the game! P.S. Conclusion - Conflux heroes are overpowered, they should be banned.

vbn (red, Shakti, Grindan) def invisible (blue, Kirr, Kirr), template 2SM4d(3).

It happened! Didn't find anything useful, except for a Hive with 6 Vipers. I wanted to visit Grindan, but when I saw his stats :eek:, I turned around and went to the Treasury. There, I lost 4 Knights against 36 black Knights for 36 gold, but I got 20 gold for Pegasi in the Pandora box. There were two Hives in a row, and a crowd of Snipers, who were also guarding an artifact +1 to speed. I positioned myself, assuming there would be three stacks. That's what happened, but the mouse twitched, and one stack of Pegasi flew in the wrong direction. The Snipers fired with morale and killed 52 Elves. I didn't see any point in continuing, because Grindan has cosmic stats and a horde of Minor Demons.
Thanks for the game!

Dmitriy767(Fortress, Dessa)def same as Dubrovin Pavel (Fortress Tazar)
From the very beginning development was poor, there were no wood resources, but there were spawn points for monsters and cyclops; I decided not to take the rest. After some time the opponent arrived; I took a couple of unimportant Dragon Utopias, so I had to flee across the border. The opponent took the city and 2 more villages. Across the border I gathered about 120 wyverns and took around 10 Dragon Utopias, then took a city back from the opponent and upgraded the Wyverns, and took another city. I wanted to take my own back but they caught me—there was a glitch and he couldn't move. We decided to fight; he had a sphere of suppression and my magic didn't help. The main force was Wyverns, and the skills were quite decent: 46 36 34 37. And on 345 the final battle took place—my wyverns wiped out almost his entire army, but I had a blood vial and was missing a necklace for the alliance sword.
Thanks for the game!!!!!!

Yakudza (Dungeon, Blue. Shak’tiri) def Dekontaminator (Castle, Red, Valeska) 1-2-1

Not many Troglodytes came, two minimal stacks, but there was an external dwelling of cats nearby. On the first day I take that external dwelling, give two cats to the ballista specialist, and run forward along the path with Shak’tiri. A couple of days later, Shak’tiri reaches the secondary hero via that path — Necromancers; the ballista specialist breaks a guard around the Dungeon — minimal. Shak’tiri jumps back, and the ballista specialist runs towards the hole from the underground for the Witches near the guard; Shak’tiri takes it (didn’t lose a single Troglodyte); the Angel and cats are passed to the ballista specialist, who breaks through the Witches and the guard behind them (I don’t remember what anymore), and runs out onto the grass. Nearby an Observatory, I open it — I see Red Valeska galloping along the path down to the secondary Castle. Next to the Observatory — a guard; I break the guard, enter it — says a hundred Griffins and that’s it. The next turn I attack the guard with a scout hero to find out the number (if it was a double — to take it on the first week) — but it turned out to be 3 Angels. Then, with the ballista specialist, I catch Valeska; with a scout hero with one Angel — the other hero, and Shak’tiri positions himself at the hole to take the guard for 3 Angels on the first day of the second week. But then a surrender notice comes from the opponent...

Thanks for the game...

Yakudza (dungeon, blue, Shakter) def. Decontaminator (Castle, red, Valeska) 1-2-1. Thanks for the game...

No matter how many restarts, I’ve never had the Castle shooters in the right spot((. Vali got 6 shooters in the draft((. But an angel city was nearby. I hoped to build up before Shakter arrived. I scouted 2 Griffin Conservatories and planned to take them in week 2. After the escape, I had no money to buy back enough troops, and the conservatories were right in Shakter’s path to me((. Valeska, after buying 2 griffins and 6 archers, got wiped in the medusa pit. Thanks for the game and the experience.

Dmitriy767(Stronghold, Dessa)def Dubrovin Pavel (Fortress Tazar), SoD.

I confirm the victory of Dmitriy767!

Thanks for the game!

vbn (red, Valeska, Valeska) def invisible (blue, Shakti, Shikti), template 2SM4d(3).

Agreement on the rules: standard.

Quite a poor map, there was a severe shortage of chests and gold,
but I didn't restart because archers and a stable were built nearby,
and Shakti also appeared on the Sunny side and decided to play.

In the 1st week, with the archers, I took the gnome stronghold 5 x 10.
The gnomes were lucky 4-5 times :eek: and the archer growth merged.

In the first, I managed to build a prefecture and riders in the castle.
In the second, 6 levels in the castle.

Shakti, apparently, was doing no worse.

Having gathered 9 champions and 12 minotaurs from the stash, Valeska systematically started eliminating monsters of levels 6-7.

Leveling up - 19.

Having fought off ~40 scorpios (with 8 champions, etc.) for a box,
Valeska didn't take it because it interfered with the Witch Hut.

As a result, the secondary hero learned mysticism in the hut,
took the box and learned all the spells (portal, resurrection, explosion...). I was devastated... :smile35:

Then 6 champions were defeated on ~19 grayj behemoths (20 K experience was gained).

After that, Valeska suggested surrendering,
Shakti asked to wait (probably wanted to completely crush him).

As a result, he attacks the maxed-out Utopia with an army
"11 unicorns, 12 scorpios, 2 angels, 15 minotaurs and 10 wyverns + a lot of rations"
and... loses... :smile07:

Seeing all this (from the observation tower), Valeska breaks into the Dungeon - 140 mana,
in the same turn - breaks into the Castle - stables,
and in the next turn finishes off the dragons in Utopia.

Brutal... A map that is exhausting in terms of battle difficulty,
because there was no money to buy back armies, and the hero had gone very far.

vbn (red, Valeska, Valeska) def invisible (blue, Shakti, Shikti), template 2SM4d(3).

It happened! :( I spawned near the sun, next to a Griffin Conservatory Castle for 1 angel, a Dragon Utopia on the neighboring respawn. So I didn't even think about a restart, despite the fact that the second hero specializing in harpies and troglodytes was only 79. But I had very little gold. Basically, there was none at all. On the first manticore in the fort + a portal of summoning, which I built on the seventh day, planning to take the external dwelling for unicorns. Then I realized I had spent my last gold on building it, and I had nothing left to take the dwelling for upgraded elves. Oh well, I didn't get too upset, I continued playing, or rather, being stupid :) . By week 3, I had more castles, gold, and heroes, which gave me optimism. The roads are slow, so in 3 weeks I traveled through the tavern about 10 times, which really constrained my gold. On turn 143, I gathered two hives for 10 wyverns, took another Griffin Conservatory for 1 angel, a near-maximum Naga Bank, and without checking, I entered the Dragon Utopia. Maximum :eek: :eek: :eek: . Damn it! Wait 4 days and take it with growth. In short, I got wiped, leaving 3 black and 1 red dragon. It's hard to take Dragon Utopias without Protection, Shield, and Stone Skin, and on top of that, black morale procced once — for the first time in my practice)). Vitalik had wanted to surrender himself before that, so I didn't lose hope, thinking his position was no cakewalk either. But he didn't let me finish it off and took it himself. The loot there was chocolate: Sword +5 to all, Hat of the Fifth, Gladius of the Titan, and something else. I'd rather not have taken it and just gone to visit, since there was more meat due to Valeska's losses. But it is what it is. Thanks for the game! I'll learn from it.
P.S. I'm angry and demand a rematch!!! :smile04: