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vbn (red, Tower, Nila) def Nagan-4 (blue, Dungeon, Das).

1) Das casts Armageddon – all level 1 units of Nila die.
2) Nila casts Armageddon – all level 1 Black Dragons of Das die (Vulnerability Sphere).
3) Das casts Berserk and flies with dragons, casting Armageddon for 3000+ damage (in the stats window in Heroes 3, additional damage from the Fire and Magic Sphere is not displayed, so it showed 1770 damage there).
4) And now, Das has run out of mana – but the gremlins haven't yet. ;)
5) Blindness and slowness on the dragons, resurrection, clone, earth elementals, bless, shield, stone skin, haste... Well, that’s enough, I need to leave some mana… It didn’t come in handy anyway…

25,100 experience for 82 Black Dragons.

P.S. The Screening_jpg program was used to create screenshots on the battlefield: Screening_jpg.

vbn - Nagan-4. Two games, 1-1. The third game - Nagan-4 didn't show up.

In the first game, mirror match, Rampart vs. Rampart. He built artifacts for a mage, while I ended up with a classic warrior. Thanks to the Implosion and summoning Earth Elementals, I won the first game. In the second game, I made a rough mistake - I should have taken a stronger Warlock instead of the Warrior, with more Intelligence and extra stats for Mana and SP.
Predictably, I faced Black Dragons against Goblins in the arena.
With the very first move, I wiped out the Djinns and the mage unit with Implosion (my Implosion didn't damage my own units, even though vbn had the Sphere of Resolution). Here, I expected either Implosion or Expert Anti-Magic from my opponent. Implosion.
After that, I cast Berserk and started hitting with Implosion. I simply didn't have enough Mana. If I had taken a mage, I would have gotten a stronger Implosion with extra Mana, and there was a high probability that I would have also gotten Intelligence.
I tried it - it was enough to finish off the Goblins.
If my opponent had equipped an artifact against Berserk, then the combination of Expert Blindness + Elementals would have worked. I would have blinded the Goblins, then summoned Elementals, slowing down the Goblins. After that, I would have attacked the Goblins with Dragons without retaliation, and then the Elementals would have taken their turn - casting Blindness. And repeat.
If vbn had used Expert Anti-Magic instead of Implosion on the first turn in the arena, he would have simply taken out the main stack of Dragons one by one and skipped his turn. On the second turn, he would have waited with the Dragons. Teleporting with Goblins - there's nothing to attack. Let's assume Implosion. Then, Expert Dispel. On the third turn, Berserk again. Then, as described above.
In general, I deserved to lose the second arena. I couldn't play the third game due to a business trip. Thanks, it was interesting.

1. Alex_R (Dungeon) def Dirty_Player (Necropolis)
2. Dirty_Player (Tower) def Alex_R (Castle) exp=18500
3. Dirty_Player (random=Dungeon) def Alex_R (random=Castle) exp=25320

Victory with a score of 2:1. Thanks to Alex for the game!

Dirty_Player 2:1 Alex_R

Confirmed... Thanks - it was fun :smile54:

As part of the "Will and Reason" tournament:

3. Decontaminator vs Rhox 0:2

1st match: Rhox (blue, Inferno, Aiden) def. Decontaminator (Stronghold, Krag Hag) – experience gained: 25,480

2nd match: Rhox (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def. Decontaminator (Tower, Neela) – experience gained: 71,949

Thank you for the game. The second match was particularly exciting.

As part of the "Will and Reason" tournament:

3. Decontaminator vs Rhox 0:2

1st match: Rhox (blue, Inferno, Aiden) def. Decontaminator (Stronghold, Crag Hag) - experience gained: 25,480

2nd match: Rhox (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def. Decontaminator (Tower, Neela) - experience gained: 71,949

Thank you for the game. Especially in the second match, it was quite a challenge.

Great comeback!
Thank you for the game and the experience.

vbn (red, Fortress, Tazar) def RAPER (blue, Necropolis, Galtran).

01) The Ghost Dragon casts Aging on the Hydras.
02) Tazar casts Destroy Undead.
03) Galtran summons 68 Earth Elementals.
04) Tazar casts Berserk on the Vampires, and they eat the Earth Elementals.
05) Galtran casts Slow.
06) Tazar casts Haste.
07) The Hydras are slow and only attack the Dragons, not hitting the Vampires.
08) Tazar's turn - Slow.
09) Galtran's turn - Clone, but Tazar's Hydras are as tough as a rock and stubbornly don't want to die.
10) Berserk on the Vampires, after which the snake flies up and down, distracting the Vampires.
11) Haste, clone on the Hydras; fortunately, with Wait, the Vampires are destroyed.

P.S. When creating screenshots of the battlefield, the program Screening_jpg was used.

As part of the "Will and Mind" tournament: Rhox - Dirty_Player 2:1 1. Dirty_Player (red, Humans, Lord Haart) def. Rhox (Fortress, Thorgrim) 2. Rhox (Necropolis, Galtran) def. Dirty_Player (Stronghold, Gundula) - 35000 experience points for the battle. 3. Rhox (blue, Random, Necropolis, Charna) def. Dirty_Player (Stronghold, Shiva) - 35480 experience points for the battle. Thank you for the games. Interesting battles. Randomness decided everything. Giving me a race with a faster unit, and together with the blue color advantage, the ability to see the opponent's army before the battle, this gave a decisive advantage.

Rhox - Dirty_Player 2:1

1.Dirty_Player (red, Humans, Lord Haart) def Rhox (Fortress, Thorgrim)

2.Rhox (Necropolis, Galtran) def Dirty_Player (Stronghold, Gundula) experience for the battle 35000.

3. Rhox (blue, Random, Necropolis, Charna) def Dirty_Player (Stronghold, Shiva) experience for the battle 35480.

I confirm the victory. What a random thing. Gave the same castles as in the second game. The first move decided everything. It was simply necessary to technically implement it, which was brilliantly executed. The rematch failed.

I really liked the first battle! It evoked so many emotions in me. It's impossible to describe. I will definitely post a detailed description of it after the tournament is over.

Thank you, Rhox, for the game. I shake your hand and congratulate you on a well-deserved victory!

I've been knocked out of the tournament, so I can now detail all my won battles. If even one person reads this and learns something, I will be very pleased! So...
Description of won arena battles by Dirty Player.

Battle 1.
Dirty_Player (Fortress, Alkin) def Colorado (Fortress, Tazar)

Alkin (31-21-11-13)
5 Serpents
5 Serpents
5 Serpents
614 Mighty Gorgons

Tazar (20-23-5-7)
1 Serpent
1 Monarch Wyvern
1 Mighty Gorgon
704 Mighty Gorgons
1 Monarch Wyvern
1 Mighty Gorgon
1 Serpent

At the start of the battle, Tazar arranges his troops using tactics and the fight begins. First, Alkin casts Wave of Death and all of Tazar's "ones" die. Tazar hastens the Gorgons and attacks. On the next turn, Alkin blinds the Gorgons. A series of spells follows; a beam of destruction removes defense and in a few hits, Alkin's Gorgons take down Tazar's Gorgons. VICTORY! About 350 MG remaining.

Battle 2.
Dirty_Player (Inferno, Nymus) def Colorado (Castle, Sorsha)

Nymus (31-19-12-14)
2 Efreet Sultans
2 Efreet Sultans
2 Efreet Sultans
2 Efreet Sultans
2 Efreet Sultans
2 Efreet Sultans
74 Arch Devils

Sorsha (20-23-4-9)
1 Archangel
2 Champions
350 Crusaders
3418 Halberdiers
1 Royal Griffin
1 Angel
1 Archangel

I don't remember the exact formation. All of Sorsha's units ended up in a clump and were hit by Expert Berserker in the very first round!!! After that, Sorsha just watches events unfold. The Efreets distract the Halberdiers, while the Arch Devils kill them using wait. VICTORY! No losses!

Battle 3.
Dirty_Player (Rampart, Thorgrim) def invisible (Inferno, Marius)

Thorgrim (28-31-13-13)
1 Gold Dragon
1 Gold Dragon
1 Gold Dragon
5085 Centaurs
2 Gold Dragons
1 Gold Dragon
1 Pegasus

Marius (25-27-21-10)
1 Imp
40 Demons
1 Imp
1 Arch Devil
1 Imp
360 Efreets
1 Imp

Mariussa casts Armageddon; she is left with 6 Demons and a pack of Efreets, while Thorgrim has only centaurs. The Efreets attack and get hit back. Centaurs under Frenzy wipe out all the Efreets in one hit! Then Fire Elementals are summoned, but it doesn't help. VICTORY! About 3000 centaurs remaining.

Battle 4.
Dirty_Player (Dungeon, Dace) draw invisible (Tower, Neela)

Dace (31-32-11-13)
1 Scorpicore
1 Black Dragon
1 Black Dragon
1 Black Dragon
1 Black Dragon
89 Black Dragons
1 Scorpicore

Neela (26-29-14-13)
10031 Gremlin
5 Master Djinns
2 Titans
1 Titan
5 Master Djinns
34 Archmages
4 Titans

Dace casts Armageddon. Neela teleports the Gremlins. -10 BD. Dace kills all of Neela's "ones" and casts Berserker on the Gremlins. 1 BD distracts the gremlins by flying up and down. There is clearly not enough mana for a victory, nor enough "ones", and the match score of 1:0 gave me an advantage. Therefore, it was decided to make it a draw...

Battle 6.
Dirty_Player (Tower, Neela) def Alex_R (Castle, Loinis)

Neela (28-30-14-15)
1 Archmage
10018 Gremlins
1 Master Djinn
1 Master Djinn
1 Master Djinn
2 Master Djinns
8 Titans

Loinis (39-21-24-25)
1 Archangel
5 Archangels
1 Archangel
1 Archangel
1 Archangel
1 Archangel
62 Archangels

The Archangels wait. Neela casts Armageddon, the ones die. Loinis clones the Archangels; the clone resurrects the original. Neela's turn. Blindness!! Then the gremlins approach the archangels. Neela casts Frenzy and 59 Archangels die in one hit!!!! VICTORY! About 7000 gremlins remaining.

Battle 7.
Dirty_Player (Random=Dungeon, Dace) def Alex_R (Random=Castle, Christian)

Dace (32-30-16-15)
1 Black Dragon
1 Black Dragon
85 Black Dragons
1 Black Dragon
1 Black Dragon
1 Black Dragon

Christian (28-12-11-11)
1 Archangel
1 Marksman
1 Ballista
1 Halberdier
1 Marksman
1 Marksman
2453 Marksmen

Christian casts Force Field and covers the shooters. Dace kills the Archangel and "ones", puts berserker on the archers, and it seemed like that was all... However, something went wrong and his own "ones" blocked the Marksmen, allowing them to take a turn. Christian used Clone; the Marksmen slaughtered a one and the clone shot the BD painfully. After that, everything went smoothly. The clone and original split up in different directions, but there was no hope for morale since Dace took Spirit of Oppression! Armageddon! VICTORY! About 40 Blackies remaining!

Battle 8.
Dirty_Player (Castle, Lord Haart) def Rhox (Rampart, Thorgrim)

Lord Haart (39-26-15-17)
1766 Marksmen
20 Archangels
And that's it...

Thorgrim (30-31-20-23)
5 Gold Dragons
50 Silver Pegasi
1 Battle Unicorn
625 Dendroids
1 Battle Unicorn
1 Silver Pegasus
8 Green Dragons

My best arena battle! Lord Haart brought in about 16000 gold during the campaign, which is fun. I could have pumped attack to 42, but life is more precious, so I put a berserker charm around my neck. The land and terrain were specifically chosen for this battle. Everything is visible in the screenshot. On the snow, there is one cell with a deep three-cell external dwelling in the center that cannot be reached on foot!! Getting the first turn, Lord Haart teleports the Marksmen and flies in with Archangels. Rhoxy paused to think. I thought it would be an easy victory; my plan for the second turn was to cast anti-magic and calmly shoot them down. Then suddenly... REMOVAL OF OBSTACLES! AAAAAAAAA!!! Marksmen in the center, Archangels moving, basically total... Pegasus removes retaliation from the Marksmen, Greens attack and block them. Marksmen cut the Greens with knives. Unicorns attack, but blindness doesn't work... In the next round, force field in the corner. Archangels kill the golds. Dendroids don't reach the marksmen. Oh Miracle! Thorgrim casts blindness and RESIST triggers! WOW! Unicorns try to blind, but fail. New round! Teleport marksmen behind the force field. Archangels wait. Unicorns wait. Marksmen shoot 2 times and kill about 300 dendroids. Thorgrim teleports the dendroids and hits the archangels, but they don't kill everyone... Unicorns try to blind the Archangels, but fail. Archangels from wait kill a unicorn. And immediately the second one. Marksmen move in front of the dendroids. Clone!! 4 shots and 18 dendroids remain. Thorgrim out of desperation resurrects a unicorn, but in the next round all perished. VICTORY! 6 Archangels and 1622 Marksmen remaining!

Battle 11.
Dirty_Player (Rampart, Mephala) def vbn (Inferno, Marius)

Mephala (30-33-15-12)
10 Gold Dragons
1 Gold Dragon
2 Battle Unicorns
123 Green Dragons
1 Gold Dragon
57 Silver Pegasi
1 Gold Dragon

Marius (30-31-26-14)
1 Imp
1 Imp
1 Imp
1 Arch Devil
36 Horned Demons
36 Horned Demons
1054 Horned Demons

First turn for Inferno! Mariussa casts anti-magic on the demon legion. It cost Mephala nothing to kill the "ones" and use her own "ones" to pin the demon legion in a corner, from which the demons could no longer escape. Clone on the Greens, Frenzy on the clone, and after a couple of rounds, the demons were gone. VICTORY! No losses!

That's all! Let my esteemed opponents describe the lost battles. I liked the tournament, but the final disappointed me a bit... Although for the sake of the great battle on the snow between Lord Haart and Thorgrim, it was worth signing up for this tournament! Thanks to all opponents for these games and for the interesting communication! Sincerely, Dirty Player!

I think it’s time to start writing reports about TC3 battles. There’s no talk of any ranking here. This thread is intended for players to improve their combat skills by reading the reports. So that there are no empty arguments about who is stronger, Necropolis or Fortress.
I think we should take the format from similar online reports on our forum. That is, we write a header, the bonuses we took, and then the battle report.

Good luck to everyone in the TC3 battles!

Alright, let's get started ;)
Wlk777 (blue, random, Inferno, Barbarians) def. Gamer-Kirill (red, random, Fortress, Barbarians) TS3
I took +2 speed, water, air, defense skills, and minor bonuses like +4 magic skill, tactics, +2 life, and boots of resistance. My army consisted of 10 devils and bears, 20 ifrits, 40 pitlords and birds, 60 ogres, and 101 wolves. I had just enough money left over, about 15,000. My opponent had gold dragons, bears, cyclops, trees, ogres, uniques, and thunderbirds. Because the terrain and tactics allowed my opponent to protect his troops from the attacks of all my units, the battle was tough, and I was left with 43 ogres and some other minor units. Thanks for the game.

Wlk777 (blue, random, Inferno, Barbarian) def. Gamer-Kirill (red, random, Rampart, Barbarian) TS3
Took expert tactics, expert water magic, and expert armor. Plus 2 speed, a vial of blood, and forgetfulness (if the opponent takes ranged attack).
Decided that if I take expert tactics, I can wipe out his entire army with one stack of Cyclops. Part of the army was in defense.
As a result - defeat. Valentine had 43 ogres left.

Oelm (Tower, Necropolis) def. Wlk777 (Tower, Elves) TS3 We played randomly, and this was one of my first victories in the Tournament mode after about 11 losses! I managed to break the stalemate. For some reason, Necropolis was allowed without a Transformer, so without hesitation, I took 60,000 gold and bought everything I could. Also, almost without hesitation, I chose Offense, Defense, and Air, because if the opponent has those, it's great. And that's exactly what happened; they have Life Support and, apparently, Archers. I naturally have Titans, Nagas, Vampires, Skeletons, Warriors (~700), Djinns, Black Knights, and Dragons. On their side, there's no strategy (their troops are Dragons, Titans, Elves, Mages, a few Djinns, Dryads, and Pigmen, and they have problems with buying). Wait, wait, on their turn with the Pegasi, wait. Mass Haste! I'm thinking about how to attack in the best way, so as not to get hit by Immolation, I attack the Elves and Mages separately, and the Black Knights attack the Titans (-1), so they don't block them. There are 10 Elves and 30 Mages. On their side, there's Bless. My last attack is with Dragons with Haste, and Aging on the Mages! The Titans are protected by a Tent. The Skeletons are out of the game for now. Round 2, the Goldens attack the Titans (in SoD, this would definitely be a mistake, but in TE, you can attack with melee units, I think, and I only remembered this in the second round). The Titans deal about 2.5 times more damage. On the Black Knights' turn, they cast Destructive Ray on the Titans (this is great), they immediately take 30% more damage from the Black Knights, but the double attack doesn't go through again (and it stays that way until the end of the game). On the Djinns, there's Anti-Morale, by the way, for the second game in a row, Anti-Morale only works for me. Vampires attack the old Mages, there are 5 of them. On their side, there's Slow on the Skeletons (probably scary), but the Titans aren't healed. Dryads attack the Dragons, and in response, Aging! Well, it's not interesting anymore, in the next round, I break through the Tent, and after that, + Destructive Ray on the Titans, after which they become completely weak, in general, the Vampires remain almost untouched. Necropolis with a Transformer should be banned. Thanks for the battle.

Oelm (Tower, Necropolis) def Wlk777 (Tower, Elves) TS3

We played randomly, and this was one of the first victories in Team Clash after about 11 losses!! It got me out of a slump.

Yeah, that happened. Out of those 11 losses, about half were thanks to me :cool:. And then I got complacent, bought the wrong troops, and didn't conduct the battle as I should have. Oh well, next time there won't be such an easy victory ;)