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invisible (blue, Conflux, random, Ciel, Ciel) def scorp (red, Swamp, Bron, Crag Hack) 2sm4d(3) 146
One of the most unpredictable and interesting games I've ever played. I started day one by taking the maximum crypt with Ciel, who had 47 fairies, 3 air elementals, and 3 water elementals. I got out with 16 fairies, but at least I had money. The respawn was small, but there was plenty of gold. I broke through to the secondary castle, where I revealed 2 beehives, took the external dwelling of archers, upgraded them, bought them out, and cleared the respawn with Ciel, who was already wearing boots. Grindan tried to level Earth Magic to break through the hives' guards (green unicorns and manticores). I took a bunch of crypts. The birds were definitely going to be built on the first day, BUT: I messed up and didn't notice that I only had 5 ore on day 117, and I had already moved all my heroes, with 15k gold. Cursing, I built Mad Scientists in the Citadel. On the second week, Ciel got Earth Magic, learned Slow from a Scholar via Grindan, and Momma was ready, she just needed to level up. I broke through the entrance to a cave — it turned out to be a Treasury, so I turned around and went to replenish mana (there was no point in fighting there for money, since on the first day of week 2 I had still built the birds and bought them out). While Momma was trudging along to refill mana, scout heroes were earning money in a chain. I wanted to take the external dwelling of Monks and build them too, but I saw Crag breaking through the guard of an adjacent secondary town, which was right next to the GO and less than a day's travel away. Urgently, via complex chains, splitting troops, and buyouts, I took both hives (6+4), but due to a lack of time, I messed up and couldn't pass the troops to the main hero. At the last second, I bought everything out in the secondary town. I didn't build the castle, saving money. But Crag stopped not far from my castle and didn't move any further. Right then, I split Ciel's troops to the main hero, passed them on, and along the way took a Medusa dwelling with 30 units using a scout hero. Crag's stats were 14-2-2-2, Ciel's were 2-3-5-120. I had Slow, but Earth Magic was basic. By selling all my resources down to zero, I built the castle and practically bought nothing from the week 3 growth. Crag had meat from two native castles plus 2 external Wyvern dwellings: 28 Wyverns, 60 flies, and 70 Lizardmen. I had 5 birds, 26 Storm elementals, Mad Scientists, 10 Wyverns, and some remnants. I was about to surrender, but Crag was afraid to attack the castle. So I sat in the castle for a whole week, meanwhile killing each other's scout heroes. Crag stood near the castle the whole time in thought, looking at me and waving his axe menacingly. I even suggested Scorp accept my victory, but I still wanted to see the outcome and watch how I would be killed. On day 141, after buying out birds, Mad Scientists, water elementals, fire elementals, and a few Storm elementals, I ran around Crag and dashed at full speed along the road to where the Dragon Utopia was (meanwhile thinking: how can a mage with zero stats take it). Afraid that Crag would catch up (and he would have if he wanted to), I gave the troops to a pre-positioned scout hero. I kept one bird for myself to buy back in case and to buy out in the secondary town. Meanwhile, the scout heroes earned a little money. A zero-defense hero took a Shield +6 for about 50 Monks (lost one bird :(). On the next turn, Ciel broke through 70 Ice Elementals guarding the Black Market, and I bought an Axe +2. Crag moved towards me. I attacked the Dragon Utopia's guard — 90 Ice Elementals, crossed myself, and dove in. My stats were roughly 6-9, with 8 birds, 12 Mad Scientists, 30 water elementals, 17 fire elementals, 10 Wyverns, 40 pokemons, and one fairy. It turned out to be a level 3 one :smile07: I thought, that's it, we're done. In short, I got out with 1 Wyvern, 4 birds, and 11 Mad Scientists. Advanced Shield and Expert Cure helped. I was given +3 All Stats, +4 All Stats, and the Book of Fire!!! I immediately bought an Axe +3 and Armor +1 All Stats on the market. Crag didn't quite reach my secondary town. On my turn, I ran into it, passed the artifacts, and waited for the attack (blue color rules, since my mana would refill). It's a shame I didn't screenshot the final battle: the difference in meat was just ridiculous.
FF: Ciel 15-10-14-320 mana (how many times has Intelligence saved me), 4 birds, 11 Mad Scientists, 35 fairies, 13 Storm elementals, 72 gr. Marksmen, 5 air elementals, and 1 Wyvern :). Crag 14-2-5-20 mana, 100 Lizardmen, 9 gr. Minotaurs, 107 Gnolls, 30+30+30 flies, and 44 Wyverns.
Crag, using Tactics, sent everything forward. Hoping for a lack of Cure, I cast Berserk on the Wyverns, but on the flies' turn, they dispelled it. Then everything piled onto my poor troops so hard that the walls cracked at the seams. Scorp's mistake was that he didn't kill my birds immediately. After the attack, I had a few Marksmen left, 11 Mad Scientists, and 4 Phoenixes on wait. After waiting, the birds flew to the Lizardmen and killed a quarter of them. In round two, I cast Blind on the Wyverns and hit the Lizardmen with the birds, who killed one of my birds in retaliation. The Wyverns were dispelled again, the Lizardmen ran away, and no one reached the birds. In round three, I cast Armageddon, and [the enemy had] 30 Wyverns and 2 Lizardmen left. I killed the Lizardmen with the birds and positioned myself so that the Wyverns couldn't reach me after a Haste (which Crag had at basic level). Crag cast Haste and moved to the middle of the field. In round 4, I cast Blind on the Wyverns, then Slow, then summoned 3 stacks of Fire Elementals (28 each), which I used to surround the birds in case of a morale proc on the ducks. Scorp told me later that I made a mistake by casting Armageddon after this, since I could have just killed the Wyverns with the Fire Elementals using Blind. But I had thought about this myself and rejected the plan because I was afraid of running out of mana, and also killing 30 Wyverns manually with Fire Elementals isn't easy. Plus, I was hoping Crag wouldn't have enough money to res 20 Wyverns. In short, Crag resurrected them, and I went on the offensive with three birds toward my native castle, since the end of the week was approaching. On the way, I was met by a mage with 7 Earth Elementals, to whom Armageddon means nothing. But I killed 4 with Inferno, and the remaining 3 with the birds. After that, Crag himself attacked with 20 Wyverns, 7 Earth Elementals, 7 Fire Elementals, a few Minotaurs, and something else. Ciel still had the same 3 hardy Fire Birds. First, I cast Armageddon :), then Berserk on the Wyverns, who killed the Earth Elementals. The Hasted Wyverns did manage to kill one bird. But in the next round, I cast Blind on the Wyverns, the birds with a morale proc killed the Fire Elementals, and finished with another Armageddon:smile49:
Thank you for the most interesting game! I haven't had this much adrenaline in a long time!