Posts from Reports on victories and defeats in online games of Heroes of Might and Magic V.

Cosmoplast (Mage, Razazak) won against Twaryna (Mage, Orash) in the 2-2-1 tournament, best of the best.
As a result, they played a mirror match. From the start, Razazak and Jalebal were chosen. I decided to level up a Mage-Warrior from Razazak. I got lucky with logistics and received it around level 4, and the machines around level 3. I cleared the starting area, and by the second week, I was already finishing off the Nazir. In the second week, I moved to the adjacent area and, after entering the secondary area, found the Staff of the Underworld and a ring that reduces Spirit by -2. I leveled up until the third week and moved towards the treasury, buying the Cloak of Deadly Shadows and the Helmet of Chaos in the castle shop for assembled artifacts. Around the fourth week, my opponent appeared, and I caught up to him, losing 200 gremlins and some mages in the battle. My opponent fled. At the beginning of the second month, I jumped from the adjacent zone to the opponent's starting zone, where the final battle took place. There was roughly the same amount of troops, but my opponent had no chance.
Razazak, level 18, 9-6-13-12-2-3
Logistics - Expert - Pathfinding - Surprise Attack
Defense - Expert - Resistance
Summoning - Expert
Machines - Expert - Ballista - Tent
Education - Average
Thank you for the game!

I confirm. I was unlucky in every aspect, while my opponent got everything he needed (the staff with +20 to initiative in a zone with a secondary area is too much, in my opinion). The long absence of practice also had an effect; I made some mistakes in certain moments. Thank you for the game!

Tournament "Best of the Best" immortal (Red, Haven, Nuara) defeated Kill_And_Action (Blue, Haven, Vittorio) 3_1_7 Smile (medium with a metro). He started near the Cherkess - as a result, he got a mirrored Haven, which he didn't want at all. The starting layout was very bad - Ellaine + Laslo against Dugald and Vittorio on the opponent's side. In general, he decided to look for a light Chaos creature, and, fortunately, on the 2nd day in the tavern, he saw Nuara - he couldn't have wished for a better one... The map turned out to be large, with very weak guards, so the leveling was very slow. Since there were problems with wood and ore, he rushed to the zone with the city, where he found a metro of dwarves. He got stuck there for a long time because he had no logistics. He captured the city, the mines, and didn't even return on foot - it was too long, so he disbanded in the city. From the city, he ran to the treasury and even, to his surprise, got there earlier than his opponent, although he thought he was arriving very late. The leveling up to the treasury was generally terrible - they didn't offer the Frost Lord and ballistas at all, although Chaos took them on the 2nd or 3rd level. But when he broke through to the treasury, he immediately got both Frost and Death. There were no more problems there; he didn't encounter any difficult battles on the map at all. At the beginning of the 6th week, he met his opponent at the treasury, but since he had a larger army with him, he drove him out of there. He collected more cool artifacts (armor of the forgotten hero, skull of Markel, 3 dragon artifacts) and went to his opponent. At that time, the opponent was probably heading towards him through the resource zone. As a result, they missed each other, exchanged cities, but since I had a better training setup, the army advantage was very significant. As a result, the final battle was purely symbolic; the first battle was essentially the decisive one... Thank you for the game.

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I confirm immortal's report, but with some clarifications.

I arrived at the Treasury on the 3rd week. I gathered a lot of artifacts.

I lost twice to archers while trying to break through the short path to the opponent's city. The first time, I stepped on them without closing the path, and the second time, I forgot to pass on the tent because, before the game crashed, it was with Vitya (I forgot to pass on the tent with the cockroach)...

As a result, the game was significantly prolonged for 2 months... Logistics was given only at level 19.

Well, that's all, guys!

Tournament "Best of the Best" Smerti_Po (red, humans, Dugald) defeated Antonag07 (blue, elves, Ossir) 2-2-6 Smile (large, without metro). Thanks to the veteran difficulty, the game was easy and relaxed :). On the second turn, after wandering around the secondary zone and not deciding to capture it, he went to the snowy resource zone, where he spent the entire third week. On the fourth turn, there was a small skirmish for the treasure. Ossir, not having an advantage in troops, wisely retreated. This decided the outcome. After clearing the treasure, he became unbeatable :). Thank you for the game.

“Best of the Best” Tournament
Smerti_Po (red, Humans, Dugald) defeated Antonag07 (blue, Elves, Ossir) 2-2-6, with a big smile (no metro).
Thanks to the Veteran difficulty, the game was easy and relaxed :). In the second round, after exploring the secondary zone and deciding not to capture it, I moved to a snowy resource area and spent the entire third week there. In the fourth round, there was a small skirmish for the treasure. Ossir, not having an advantage in troops, wisely retreated. This decided the outcome. After clearing the treasure, I became unbeatable :).
Thank you for the game.

I confirm :). I'll add that the starting heroes were Dyrael and Ghilraen; starting to develop the former (even though it was weakened in the patch), on the 5th day, I freed Ossir from imprisonment and decided to make him the commander. Unfortunately, this decision cannot be considered fully justified - the prison was located in such a remote area that by the time I reached an operational area, my opponent was already actively developing. I decided to reduce the development gap (by a couple of levels) by breaking through to Utopia - but Dugald had already arrived there too...;. Thank you for the game!

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:

Primus (Necromancer, Naadir) def alex_nv (Barbarian, Haggeesh) - Smile, large without metro, 1-4-7

The beginning was difficult. I wasn't given logistics or education until level eight. Things started to improve in the third week. I learned Phoenix and Unholy Word in the treasure rooms. By this time, I had also upgraded Fire Warriors. Then I went into the Battle Tower, where I got the Tome of Dark Magic. My opponent was nearby, so he probably decided to eliminate me. He caught up in two turns. And then I didn't understand his decision - having almost his entire army, while I had 380 archers and four ghosts, he only deployed centaurs. I only had six level 1 units. I mind-controlled his centaurs and summoned a phoenix. My opponent had nothing left to do but surrender, as he no longer had anyone to fight with. Thanks for the game!

Naadir, level 21, 10 13 25 10
Expert Necromancy - Spiritual Bond
Expert Summoning Magic - Master of Charms - Fire Warriors
Expert Dark Magic
Expert Logistics - Finding the Way
Higher Education - Magic Attraction - Witch's Reward
Expert Enchantment

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament

Primus (Necromancer, Naadir) def alex_nv (Barbarian, Haggeesh) - Smile, large without metro, 1-4-7

Confirmed!

Cosmoplast (Necropolis, Orson) won against Igrok_v_geroev (Academy, Razzak) using the maze 2-1-2 template, best of the best.
The game went well with the Path of War and Boots of Swiftness, plus a ring with 20 initiative and a bow, but at the beginning of the second month, I received a message from my opponent that he had lost on neutral territory.
Orson, level 22, stats: 11-8-21-12
Summoning skill
Defense skills: Artificial Intelligence - Resilience - Stone Skin
Logistics: Artificial Intelligence up to Path of War
Education: Artificial Intelligence
Light skills: Artificial Intelligence - Blessing (took it at level 17 in the hut, as there was a scroll of Antimagic and I knew about Divine Might)
Thanks for the game!

Cosmoplast (Necropolis, Orson) won against Igrok_v_geroev (Academy, Razzak) using the spider map template, 2-1-2, best of best.
The game went well with the Path of War and Boots of Swiftness, but at the beginning of the second month, I received a message from my opponent that he had lost to neutrals.
Orson, level 22, stats: 11-8-21-12
Summoning skill
Defense skills: Artificial Intelligence - Resilience - Stone Skin
Logistics skill - Artificial Intelligence up to Path of War
Education skill - Artificial Intelligence
Light skill - Blessing (took it at level 17 in the hut; there was a scroll of Anti-Magic and I knew Divine Might)
Thanks for the game!

I confirm that I won't play as mages anymore; these guys almost never give Logistics or Chaos Magic. This time, I had to fight with just one Fireball!)))

Will (Vittorio's people) def Xodun (Nazir's mages) with a score of 2-1-2 (approximately) in the "best of the best" tournament. Vittorio is, well, Vittorio, although his opponent put up a good fight, capturing my castle, and ultimately I had to storm it in the final battle, which was successful. Thanks for the game.

Mister X (Mages, Nazir) def. Vip.rus (Elves, Ilfina) - Tournament: Best of the Best - Labyrinth, very large, no underground, 5 weeks. Thank you for the game.

Mister X (Mages, Nazir) def Vip.rus (Elves, Ilfina) - Best of the Best tournament - Labyrinth, very large map without an underground, 5 weeks

Thanks for the game.

I confirm, the opponent's skill + fatal bad luck = defeat:D

A.Matrix (blue, Dungeon, Sinithar) def NEREWAR (red, Elves, Wing) - tournament, best of the best - labyrinth, very large, without an underground. Took logistics, quickly leveled up the explosion skill, visited 2 utopias, as a result, easily broke through the guards at the teleporters, waited for the start of the turn, and on the next day, after breaking through the last guard at the exit of the portal, rested in the opponent's city. The opponent surrendered. Thanks for the game.

A.Matrix (blue, Dungeon, Sinithar) def NEREWAR (red, Elves, Wing) - best of the best tournament - labyrinth, very large, no underground.

Confirmed. Wing, level 26, lost to Sinithar, level 20 (approximately). Thank you for the game.

As part of the "To Each His Own" tournament, Final

Primus (Ranger, Elfina) def Mister X (Barbarian, Argat) - Spider, 2-1-6

From the start: Vinrael, Anwen, Elfina, and Talanar in prison. I started leveling several heroes and settled on a unicorn specialist. At the beginning of the first two weeks, there were no problems with wood since I was clearing several zones simultaneously. The factory helped a lot. I had bad luck with passages to other zones — either too many Death Knights, or a mix of many Djinns, Viziers, and a horde of Obsidian Golems, or too many Nightmares. IMHO, it's unrealistic to break through on the second week, or you could lose a significant amount of army. I didn't want to risk it, so I turned around and went to a zone where the passage was easier. By this time, my defense was decent, but I couldn't find any way to level up attack. After breaking through a portal, I ended up in a mine zone with a Dragon Utopia and an artifact shop. But I immediately realized that the opponent already knew this area. On 1-2-6, the first skirmish took place; I had to pay off for 7000. I was a bit upset by this fact, as I planned to quickly gain three levels and merge into the castle behind the portal. I decided to go through the Nightmares. And here I regretted not taking Darkness beforehand, as I later saw a Tome of Darkness magic. Then I got the armor of a forgotten hero from cyclopes (22 basic and 22 upgraded). After that, I went looking for BT and the Dragon Utopia, but the next portal led to a zone through which one could reach the opponent. Argat was preparing to merge into the castle at this time. So again, I had to run back several moves (the cockroach went in another direction) to hand over the army and merge. On the next move, specifically at the end of the fourth week, I broke my ГО and found a fort, which I was very happy about because I catastrophically lacked resources for upgrading trees and dragons. Even the factory and clearing other zones didn't help. I couldn't find any precious mines during the game; I only found one abandoned mine. On the first day of the fifth week, I bought all troops, a Tome of Light magic, upgraded higher creatures, and pushed toward the opponent's castle. I guessed that the opponent wasn't home because he hadn't broken his ГО. Therefore, I decided to be tricky and seize his castle in one move. I rushed at full speed, but same luck—I was two steps short. It then turned out that Mister didn't know or forgot that travel spells must be purchased. Because of this, he had no portal or summon reinforcements. The ransomed army could not be passed to the ГГ via a chain. Apparently, he didn't expect such a trick. Then I seized the castle, raised my level, and simply waited for the opponent. After 2-3 days, the finale took place. For those interested — download the replay. Thanks for the game!

Elfina level 23 8 24 9 13 1 4
Expert Avenger
Expert Light Magic (had Righteous Anger, but it wasn't given back after a crash)
Higher Education - Unraveling Secrets - Forest Cunning
Expert Logistics - Pathfinding - Way of War - Death's Tread
Constant Luck - Magic Resistance
Advanced Attack - Archery