Posts from Reports on online games and their confirmations (Spring 2008 season).

Pavel Dubrovin (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Smoke_mk (Red, Tower, Solmyr), 2sm4d(3), 2.1.5.

Interestingly, out of 4 generations, 3 times my second hero in the tavern was a specialist in Harpies.

I spawned at the bottom.
On the first week, the second hero was a Harpy specialist; guard stacks: 1 - 50-99 Arbalesters, 2 - 10-19 Sniping Mages. I went for the Mages (teleport), on the other side there were 18 Snipers. Only 41 of my already scarce Troglodytes remained. I broke through to a secondary Rampart town. In my home town, I built Medusas in the Citadel. Resources and gold at my home respawn were catastrophically scarce.

On the second week, I had a secondary Rampart town; in my home town, Cats in the Castle.

On the third week, I had a secondary Stronghold town.

On the fourth week, I conserved and got a third-level town; I built Dragons and captured my opponent's secondary town (Castle). I settled there.

On the fifth week, I Gated Dragons; at 2.1.5, Solmyr attacked Shakti in the Castle (where he had built a citadel).

Even though Solmyr dealt 300 damage with Lightning Bolt, the Warrior defeated the Mage.

Thanks for the game!

scorp (blue, Fortress, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Rhox (red, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre) 2SM4d(s), 160%, 224

Confirmed. Thank you for the game. I enjoyed it very much.

forza (blue, Inferno, Pir) def Alexander (red, Tower, Ain, 2sm4d(3), 2.3.3.
The orator's hat from Utopia and 50 wyverns from nests did their job... the game slowed down a bit due to the plague... but in the end, all the ifrits were replaced with wyverns.
Thanks for the game.

Pavel Dubrovin (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Smoke_mk (Red, Tower, Solmyr), 2sm4d(3), 2.1.5.

On turn 212, I took an external dwelling of giants; on turn 216, giants with a castle and capitol; in the secondary town, 2000 gold. The problem was that I couldn't upgrade the giants — not enough dragon scales. The Gardens were giving gold as luck would have it :mad: . In the end, I attacked Shakti with stats 11 12 4 5 (3 Chaos Hydras, 60 Evil Eyes, 36 Medusas, 3 Angels, 200 Troglodytes) vs Solmyr with stats 1 4 10 10 (10 Giants, 25 Mages, 15 Genies, 80 Gremlins, 88 Gargoyles). The ballista broke mid-battle on turn 7 :smile27: , and then I just waited for the enemy to finish me off, casting Lightning Bolt on the rebound :D

Within the framework of the "Clans War" tournament

Rhox (cyan, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Dudge (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti). 2SM4d(3) 160% 1-3-5

Week 1, native secondary skills there are Elves, in the starting [army] Unicorns with Castle.
Kyrre added Earth from the University to the already learned Air.
Week 2, Expert Earth, Griffin Conservatory third level, in the secondary [town] Unicorns with Stronghold.
Week 3, Advanced Wisdom at Kyrre's [hero]; in the Castle there is a 4th level magic [spell], built and took [it] to relearn Resurrection from Alamar, but Town Portal turned out to be in the Castle. I reveal on 1-3-4 a minimal Dragon Utopia and a portal to the Castle. Shakti came visiting. I can't reach him, decided to wait in the Castle and replenish mana. Then I already placed the 5th level [spell] there, Dimension Door, pure beauty.

On 1-3-5 Shakti approached the Castle on his turn, Kyrre attacked him. Shakti was quite decent, and if Kyrre's affairs weren't going so well, he would have had every chance of victory. A disconnect in the first round of the battle, but the opponent decided to surrender and not reload to conduct the fight.
Thanks for the game.

Decontaminator (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Lost Paradise (Red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 222
2.5 hours spent on restarts.
On week 1: market, Mage Guild, +1000, 1-4 dwellings, +1000, Mage Guild in secondary town Conf, external dwellings of Troglodytes and Fairies. Taken 2 Pandora's Boxes for 5000$ and 10000 experience!!!, cleared Ring of Health.
On week 2: +2000 dwellings, Birds in citadel, external dwelling of Air Elementals. Taken medusa warehouse (8), gnome warehouse (10).
On week 3: Firebird week!!! Minotaurs in citadel of home town, Air Elemental upgrade, +2000, castle in secondary town. Taken medusa warehouse and minimal nagabank.
On week 4: Cats and fights in castle, Mage Guild level 3 at home, Mage Guild level 2, Capitol in Conf. Taken 3 minimal beehives, cleared White Book and Red Book, Angel's Wings, Gloves, Angel Feather Arrows, Cape of Speed, Ring of Speed. Scouted a couple of confluences and sunken ships. But decided it's time to rush.
On 211: Mage Guild level 4 at home and breakthrough of ГО from my side.
On 212: Taken capital with unrecruited troops, home town Eye upgrade.
On 214: First encounter of Shakti and Valeska - disappointed by the presence of Cape of Submission. Shakti fled.
On 215: Second encounter. Valya fled.
On 222: Final encounter. Valya surrendered.
Really enjoyed how respected Lost Paradise skillfully conducts battles. Respect.
Thank you for the game, experience, and patience (there were disconnects and a break due to urgent circumstances).

Mizrael (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Aldegir (Castle, Valeska, Orrin) 2sm4d(3) 134

A surface respawn generated, Shakti with 3 slots, crypts under the castle. Immediately upgraded Troglodytes and broke into it (dangerous to break on Necro land without upgrade), 5 Vampires. I break through a stack of Dendroids and Basilisks to a grassy secondary town, turned out to be Conflux (saw a stable, so didn't take the other road, but the native secondary was there; I repelled it later). Week's result: home Minotaurs with castle, secondary has a tavern, Shakti level 6. Start of the second week – buying up all Troglodytes and Minotaurs (thanks to the grass and water mills) and breaking two Medusa shrines, using the proceeds to build 1000 everywhere and upgrade with buying out Harpies. Shakti gets Logistics and on 126 takes the native secondary. Week's result: Shakti level 8, native secondary, and I chased away Valeska, who came to me through the adjacent respawn, giving her army to a scout – papa himself sits at the stable :). I see a bypass to blue past the ГО and from a completely different direction, not where Valeska went. I didn't build up the secondary but saved up 6k gold. On 132, Shakti bursts into Valeska's respawn with all my might (except Medusas) and starts finishing off what hasn't been killed yet (a couple of levels needed for Expert Earth). As luck would have it, Logistics was leveled, but this allowed me to reach the capital on 134; there was almost no defense there and lots of unbought meat. On his turn, the opponent surrendered. Thanks for the game.

vitalic (blue, Rampart, Kyrre) def Sir Loi (red, Castle, Valeska, Mephana) 2SM4D(3) 212
On the first day I lost the elf, revealed the fog of war, there are two external elf dwellings, downside is a wood mine somewhere behind the mountains. I only captured it at the end of the second week. Broke through to the snow, sent a scout hero on a gargoyle, he didn't take the Castle, there was a garrison, but he collected everything he could. Kyrre went to the mine, was level 8 on day 121, and then spent 5 days getting out of there. On day 127 I had high hopes, I needed to find money and 18 crystals for dragons. Managed to find them, but made a big mistake and didn't take the growth from the external dwelling = noticed a devil external dwelling at the end of the turn. On the third [week?] went into the treasury, there were three Dragon Utopias, shook the tree, 12 dragons fell out (the devil was buried under the harvest, since I took 6 unicorns, a devil and 5 Centaurs, without magic). Then gathering dragons, got 40 and went into the Dragon Utopias, took two, could have taken the third, but got distracted by an artifact and it almost cost me the whole game, because there was a Tome of Earth etc. in the Dragon Utopia, and I was attacked near it. Kyrre without external growth, no money to buy back, because I gilded and bought 7 gold dragons and other troops were running around near the capital.

Kyrre 23 26 27 22 (38 mana, expert Armorer, Air and Earth, +1 speed) 40 wyverns, 14 unicorns, 64 battle dwarves, 75 imps, 20 gogs, 23 dendroid soldiers, 86 grand elves – in general, troops for a Dragon Utopia, not for the final battle

Mephana 14 16 14 13 (+3+3 morale + also expert Leadership, Tactics, Earth, Wisdom and Intelligence, 195 mana) 5 angels, 250 halberdiers (native secondary rules), 24 wyverns, about 30 cavaliers, a hundred marksmen, nearly a hundred royal griffins.

Couldn't buy back, had zero money, wanted to at least deal some damage; the opponent had a powerful chain lightning, but thanks to the unicorn aura, resisted it about 4 times. In short, I defeated Mephana by a miracle, the battle probably lasted about an hour and a half.
Thanks for the game

As part of the tournament "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours"

Dreamcatcher (Rampart, Ivor) def Gamer-Kirill (Swamp, Bronych, Lacus) 1-3-7, 2sm4d(3)

A small selection of respawns; over two weeks I cultivated three secondary heroes at once, one of them native. The side passage to the opponent was visible from the first days, so I decided not to drag things out — against the Swamp it's not profitable. But there was very little money, so on the first week — only a citadel with horses and wooden puppets. On the second week I built a castle, started buying troops, capturing medusa nests, buying more, and never even got around to dragons. By the end of the third week I reached the blue castle. There, everything that could be bought over three weeks had been purchased, including hydras, and it was ready for defense. But Kirill decided not to wait for the weather by the sea while I brought another 30 elves, and attacked in the open field, hoping for tactics. However, the lack of Haste decided the battle in my favor. The grand heroes were surrounded by fat statics, and a peaceful demonstration was shot down.

Thanks for the game, gamer-killer :)

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Dreamcatcher (Rampart, Ivor) def Gamer-Kirill (Swamp, Bronych, Lacus) 1-3-7, 2sm4d(3)
Well, it happened... the rematch failed(
I played normally; the first day was the most productive.... Tazar, Lacus, and Gerfulf with a ballista arrived; Caitlin dragged herself in with 350 gold.
On the sixth day, I broke through to the Castle's secondary site by beating an army of gorgons with Lacus (Advanced Tactics in the early game is cool), and then, moving step by step across the respawn, I saw 2 Dragon Utopia on a neighboring treasury. They are standing right next to each other.... beauty!!
At the first one, I built up 1-6 in the Castle, deciding to hoard gorgons.
Everything would have been fine, but at the second one, I lost Lacus charging into an army of earth elementals and then stormed the wyvern tree with the remnants.
After that, I started using my brain and there were no more losses. Built hydras on 127.
Next week, I took the maximum dwarf mine, built a chain, and finished off the tree; then Red hops in....
Well, you know the rest. Despite being an expert in tactics and air, I had no haste, which is why I was defeated.
Indeed, it all resembled the massacre of a demonstration.
Well, I'll keep gaining experience in battles against humans.
Thanks to Dream for the game. It was interesting.

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def invisible (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), 2sm4d(3), 2.1.1.

The generator gave me my own secondary dwelling; it gave Sergey two of his own secondary dwellings.

On the first week - own secondary dwelling, Archer external dwelling, a couple of Crypts where I got +1 Speed. Horses at home in the Citadel. 1 Dragon Utopia was on the main respawn, another on the secondary one.

On the second week - 2 Medusa dwellings (6 and 4), Dwarf dwelling (20 each), and Naga-bank (2 each), thanks to which I placed Angels in the Castle.

On the third - at Serezha's secondary respawn, I stole the Speed Boots, took a minimum Conclave, stood in the far Dragon Utopia, waiting for population.

On the fourth - Dragon Utopia 2 (Orator's Hat, and nothing else useful), took the Cloak + 2 Speed, Cyclops dwelling.
Upgraded Angels, took Conclave-2 on Sergey's secondary respawn, took Sergey's secondary dwelling.
Returned to my own area, took Dragon Utopia 2 (Titan's Gladius, Water Book), which was half a move away from my Main Castle.

On 1.4.7. Tazar attacks Valeska in the Castle.
Explosion decided it.

Thanks to Sergey for the game!

forza (blue, Inferno, Hive) def Alexander (red, Tower, Aин, 2sm4d(3), 2.3.3.
The orator's hat from Utopia and 50 wyverns from the nests did their job... the game slowed down a bit due to the plague... but in the end, all the ifrits were replaced with wyverns.
Thanks for the game.

It was. I was surprised by the number of wyverns, but they were all found in the snake nests. Thanks for the game.

Pit - for the sake of LM (Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) def Denminator (Castle, Christian, Christian), 137. We agreed to play on an L map without a template, following the portal rules, with the exception that any heroes could be developed. The map turned out to be almost completely without monsters, with a lot of cities connected by fast roads. In the first week, I took three cities, and in the second, I captured a conservatory with 2 angels and, with them, swept across the map, capturing everything in my path, including the opponent's capital. At the end of the second week, I built angels there, took another conservatory with 2 angels, and captured all of the opponent's cities. Many thanks to him for the game.

Mizrael(red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Aldegir(Castle, Valeska, Orrin) 2sm4d(3) 134

A surface respawn spawned, Shakti with 3 slots, a crypt under the castle. Immediate Troglodyte upgrade and I broke it (dangerous to break on Necro land without upgrade), 5 Vampires. I break through a pack of Dendroid Guards and Basilisks to the grass secondary town, turned out to be Conflux (saw the stables, so didn't go the other way, and the native secondary was there, I captured it later). Week 1 result: at home Minotaurs with castle, secondary is a Tavern, Shakti level 6. Start of week 2 - buying all Troglodytes and Minotaurs (thanks to the grass and water mills) and breaking two Medusa dens, using the proceeds to build 1000 everywhere and upgrade with Harpy buyback. Shakti gets Logistics and captures the native secondary on day 126. Week 1 result: Shakti level 8, native secondary, and I chased away Valeska, who had come through an adjacent respawn, giving her army to a scout - the pope himself is sitting at the stables. I see a bypass to blue past ГО and from a completely different side, not where Valeska went. I didn't build up the secondary, but stashed 6k gold. On day 132, Shakti breaks into Valeska's respawn with all the power (except Medusas) and starts finishing off what wasn't killed yet (a couple of levels needed for Expert Earth). As luck would have it, Logistics was leveled, but that allowed me to reach the capital on day 134, there was almost no defense there and plenty of unbought meat. On his turn, the opponent surrendered. Thanks for the game.
First cavalry in the citadel + native secondary + citadel and Archers in it + Orrin level 8
In short, the situation was 60% winnable, and then this damn stupid mistake... didn't think Shakti was that fast
Thanks for the game

vitalic (blue, Castle, Valeska) def Sir RetroFM (red, Swamp, Bron) 2SM4D(3) 131
Archers are not built, but there's an external dwelling next to the base, so I decide to play. On day two, upgrade, crypt, and I break through along the road, prison, hero count 6, life is looking up.
On 114, I hit up to 99 Griffins, they are at max and get morale, it's all lost, but the opponent offers auto, okay we'll fight. On 117, I had Wyverns built with a Stronghold in a secondary town and horses at home. On the second, I took the external Wyvern dwelling and three Nagabanks with 20 Nagas each, Angels are built. On 131, the cans started falling. About 8 Angels, 20 Wyverns, horses, and everything else is bought out. Valeska with Logistics, Tactics, Offense, and Air magic. We chatted and decided that Valeska is cooler.
Thanks for the game



vitalic (blue, Castle, Valeska, Gunnar) def Sir RetroFM (red, Swamp, Bron) 2SM4D(3) 131
Archers are built from the start, dug up Gunnar. Life is looking up. First crypt was on 5 Vampires, took it not with Valeska and losses of 11 Troglodytes + a few Pikemen, very bad, then went in with Valeska and minimal losses (a bit too few). Little wood, because there were no piles at the mine, but I spread out in different directions and gathered enough for a Castle with horses. In prison, I freed Galthran, whose skeletons + Valeska's Leadership chopped excellently. On 121, Gunnar with a first-week army attacked 49 Demons and took with him one Harpy + Skeletons + Castle troops. As a result, anti-morale a couple of times on the archers, oh Harpy... Broke through with the loss of almost all Skeletons, Pikemen, then delivered Champions, broke through to 19 Death Knights, got into a Treasury and +10000 experience for up to 49 Diamond Golems. Gunnar had good secondary skills, Armorer, Offense, Earth magic, then in a hut learned Air magic. I take two Nagabanks with 20 Nagas each with an upgraded stack (without a spellbook). On 126, I got to the opponent, where in one day I ate a Nagabank, took a secondary town, bought a spellbook, with a level 1 hero took a Medusa dwelling with 40 Medusas, moral Medusas ate one Champion. And all this allowed, after exchanging resources at three markets, to drop Angels. On 131, I took the opponent's cans and he surrendered.
Thanks for the game