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As part of the "Something for Everyone" tournament, Final

Primus (Ranger, Elf) def. Mister X (Barbarian, Arghat) - Spider, 2-1-6

I confirm that I lost.

Tournament "The Best..."

Vector1 (Mage, Razaz) def Smerti_Po (Barbarian, Arghat) - Labyrinth, week 5

The start was successful, with many chests. Everything was very close together, and only duals were found in week 2. I managed to hire Hagasha, which somewhat limited my opponent's centaurs. After taking the pyramid, Razaz learned Armageddon. Basically, that decided a lot.

In the final, both heroes were around level 20 in the middle of the game. But the combination of golems and Armageddon decided the outcome of the battle.

Thanks for the game, it was interesting and intriguing.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament

Primus (Ranger, Anwen) def Leolopus (Haven, Miv) - Labyrinth, huge without metro, 2-3-2

I don't want to play on maps of this size anymore. The zones are massive, you can barely find the Dragon Utopia, and monsters are scattered in such a way that you don't level up very quickly. Although by the end of the fourth week, I was already level 20. But since I wasn't given teleport, divine vengeance, or resurrection in the Castle, I went off to look for spells in treasuries and libraries, and didn't forget about the Dragon Utopia either. In the end, I couldn't learn anything except resurrection. The artifacts in the Dragon Utopia were a complete disaster; I haven't seen such junk in a long time. I found three artifact shops and there was nothing useful besides a tome of dark magic (that's when I remembered the start of the game when I rejected darkness). Consequently, on the sixth week, I moved toward my opponent via ГО and ran for 5 turns to the mentor with expert logistics (this is just insane). I lost another two turns trying to fish out darkness, but it didn't work. With the remaining money, I took leadership. Then I ran another two turns to the opponent's ГО. And the next day was the finale. Two mistakes at the start of the clash and the terrain decided the outcome of the battle in my favor. Honestly, Leo should have stayed in his castle. For those interested - pump your rep here. Thanks for the game!

Anwen level 23 11 26 8 11 8 7
expert avenger - enchanted arrow - arrow rain
expert defense - evasion - bdp
expert light mania - righteous wrath
higher education - magic attraction - sorcerer's reward - graduate
permanent luck
expert leadership

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament
Primus (Ranger, Anwen) def Leolopus (Haven, Myv) - Labyrinth, huge without a metro, 2-3-2

I confirm, it happened. They gave me Myv as a starting hero, and I found Iris in the tavern. I decided to develop Myv, but they didn't offer Logistics even up to level 12. After level 12, I didn't bother waiting anymore. Also, they never offered "Righteous Fury" for mass acceleration, which would have given +50% initiative to all warriors for 4 turns at level 20. Nevertheless, without Logistics and Education, I had the same stats as my opponent by the finale.
While going through the Gate of the Worlds, my opponent tried to surrender several times. Anyone who has played against Primus will understand:D. My heart softened, and I gathered an army and went to meet him - to save him:smile19:. As it turned out, it was in vain. The next day, he attacked me, but didn't engage. I had a chance to safely retreat to the city and wait behind the walls, but I decided to fight in the field. At the very beginning of the battle, I made two fatal mistakes: 1 - I attacked with the Royal Griffins led by Isabel against Ents, and they were entangled in roots and got stuck; 2 - I should have used the hero's ability and moved the archers forward on the initiative scale, thus ensuring they got the first turn and, as a result, destroyed the enemy archers. I could have also split the Royal Griffins in half, 23 in each stack, before the battle, but... in general, there's a lot to think about. Thanks to my opponent for the game!:)

A1coho1!c (human-dugal) def/lose MisterM (human-Axel) started approximately 2 months ago, map - Legacy of Deleb

He leveled up, reached level 20, gathered his forces, and was about to attack his opponent, but he kept getting disconnected from the game. After a short conversation, the opponent decided to surrender, seeing my advantage.

Experience in logistics
Experience in luck
Experience with machines - 3 ballistae - tent
Defense
Experience in attack - shooting - fire arrows
That's roughly it; I was just about to go to the mentor to re-learn skills.
Thanks for the game, clanmate!;)

A1coho1!c (human-dugal) def/lose MisterM (human-Axel) approximately 2 months ago, map - Legacy of Deleb

Thanks for the game, clanmate!;)

you're welcome))))))));) good game, everything was fine)
thanks:D
A1coho1!c CHAMPION!!:D :smile49:

Tournament "Best of the Best" legacy.0.1 (Warlock, Sinithar) lose Cir-Crazy (Necromancer, Naadir) - Smile, large without metro, 1-2-7 The beginning was not very good. For the first week, I ran around gathering troops. In the third week, I found a portal, and our paths crossed, so I went to him. I was level 19, and he was level 17. The outcome of the battle was decided by my fire guardians, which I summoned. Thanks for the game!

As part of the "Best of the Best" Tournaments
denden (red, dwarf, Karli) def immortal (blue, dark, Sinitar). Labyrinth.2-3-4.
Funny how I almost messed up by leaving myself dwarves and hells)
The map generated terribly for me. Both near sands plus the worst part is getting to ГО without logic... This was on a huge map without underground. In the end, experience barely dripped.
I managed to take heavy losses again on day 14 (all dwarves plus half of spears) - jumped into the dark and hit 40 alt-bashers(
But... regeneration was discovered in the 2nd sand)
Construction went well, built everything very quickly.
In such a situation, breaking through ГО was mandatory and early. I went for the 4th. These are actually the most interesting battles imho.
Dark Elf medley.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/8525420
And stupid human horses)
http://stream.ifolder.ru/8525427

I thought I could catch him off guard unnoticed... But there's a single portal there. And the sand tower scouted Sinitar at home... The point was gone. It turned out that from his tower he saw how I hit ГО and he broke) Strategists)

Magic is nonsense of course - Word and Vengeance. I went to the scouted Dragon Utopia. On the approach nearby, a Sinitar-rusher attacked. Took about 100 spears-dwarves.

In the treasury were 2 Dragon Utopias - plus Book of Light + ring +20. And in the Dragon Utopias it gave anti-shock chainmail, cloak -2-2, ring -2 morale) In the finale morale-luck were minus 2-1) And I finally stocked up on artifacts.

In the end, it turned out that he actually failed at ГО. So the finale was obvious. In the end, I was 22nd 11-17-21-9. Sinitar 20th 9-12-20-13. Could have gone into chaos too)

as part of the "best of the best" tournament
MaddenMax (Humans, Dugal, Red) lost to dwp1970 (Necropolis, Kaspar, Blue) on day 1, week 4, day 5

Since Necropolis can probably break the Gate of the Elements (GO) earlier than others, he set a goal to break it in the 3rd week, so he didn't go anywhere and cleared his zone. Fortunately, he had good experience. There were three gatherings, two gnome lairs, and one with furies.
As a result of clearing his zone, he reached level 15.
He broke the GO from his side on day 5 of the third week, and from the opponent's side, it happened a day later. The losses for the entire breakthrough were 25 zombies and 25 ghosts.
He specifically raised only skeletons.
Humans clearly didn't expect that. He took the city and waited for Dugal for a couple more days.
Based on the city's development, he knew that Dugal would most likely not win. Even the griffins weren't bought. He had about 650 archers and "a little more."

In the end, the final battle: Dugal, level 17; Kaspar, level 20
He didn't level up magic, only Education to the level of Master of the Dead
and he had a full set of machines and all native skills fully upgraded.

Thank you for the game.

as part of the "best of the best" tournament
MaddenMax (Humans, Dugal, Red) lost to dwp1970 (Necropolis, Kaspar, Blue) on day 1, week 4, and day 5

Thanks for the game.

That happened =) I didn't have much luck with the second week - it was a week of illness. So, I only had a third of the usual training time.

denden (red, dwarf, Karli) def immortal (blue, dark, Sinithar). Labyrinth. 2-3-4.

Confirmed. I really didn't want to drag it out, so when he broke through to my city, I went to break through his city (it was the 5th week). But I miscalculated my strength, only putting out hydras. The elven build quickly took care of them, and as a result, I lost 4 stacks (hunters, furies, hydras, witches). Then I tried to run to the treasury, but a dwarf popped up right in front of it. In general, there was no point in continuing the game after that...

Kolobokk (mages, orcs) defeated HeatEx (orcs, tilseck) 2-4-6 in the "Best of the Best" Tournament. The start was unsuccessful, the setup was bad, I gave up on Faiza and Nazir, and decided to try them next week. Choosing between Faiza or Nazir would mean immediately facing the corresponding anti-magic, so I opted for Orcs – I usually don't play with them. I moved slowly, fell behind in levels, and my magic wasn't growing. After a menteer, where I acquired Darkness, the situation with my magic improved somewhat. In short, the game was challenging, but having two native castles relatively close by helped. I trained spiders, which already had logistics and astral, ensuring I could move the army from castle to castle in one turn. At that point, it was impossible for the Orc to keep up. The final battle in my castle was advantageous; I destroyed the catapult, ballista, and archers, and generally, there was nothing to fear behind the wall. HeatEx assembled a gnome squad – a formidable force. I don't think there's much point in describing the armies – they were large after 7 weeks. Thank you for the game.

Kolobokk (mages, orcs) defeated HeatEx (orcs, tilsek) 2-4-6 in the "Best of the Best" Tournament.

Confirmed.
I didn't want to play as a machiner on the labyrinth map, so I would have taken Keegan, but I decided to go with a specialist castle focused on warmongers. By the 4th week, after exploring the resource map and one of the centers, I discovered an academic secondary town. I took the maximum utopia there, sacrificing some kents and shamans, and moved underground, where I came face to face with the Hive. The Hive was running away, trading 180 gremlins for 60 centaurs, and after that, not only did I practically escort the enemy's units to the castle, but I also took it back for them :o

The General was located underground, where both the starting town and, thanks to scouting, I saw the Hive breaking through. I had to retreat home because the week was also on a negative morale-luck for dark races, but the Hive retreated. Then I found a mentor, forgot about leadership in favor of anti-chaos, and finally emerged into the battlefield. From there, I went back to the same desert with the second magic castle, where the second encounter took place - the Hive, unexpectedly bursting out of the castle, crashed into Tilsek, causing almost no damage due to anti-chaos. This was a real chance to catch her; I had unequipped manacles, but I simply didn't expect her to appear from the castle at that moment.

After that, there were two weeks of tense play, with Tilsek having logistics and path of war but no marching spells, and the Hive with gates and a portal in the city. Towards the end, I almost cornered her again, but she managed to find a gap in the walls, so I had to return home and, through the General, drag her away. There was nowhere else to retreat to, as she was near two castles with a well-established transfer system using jumps.

Of course, I suspected that my opponent had not only chaos but also darkness at that stage, especially since the trained tricksters were actively using it. However, I didn't make it to the mentor. In the final, the four-barreled machine ballista with a ring didn't fire once; the cyclops and catapult only managed to hit the gates once, and it didn't break them. The second cast of the Hive, the goblins could no longer deflect, and the controlled cyclops basically won the entire final, because there was almost no damage from the dwarven mixed army of the Hive's troops, and she herself could only cast control and plague from darkness, and chaos was also useless. Well, and there wasn't much money for a bribe, otherwise I would have escaped to retrain immediately after the kents wiped out the gremlins.
Thank you for the game; I think if I hadn't been given the secondary town, everything would have ended differently.

Tilsek, level 28, almost everything is filled from machines, logistics, education, attack, and chaos suppression, absolute blood rage with a pendant.

Tournament "Best of the Best"

legacy.0.1 (Warlock, Sinithar) lose Cir-Crazy (Necromancer, Naadir) - Smile, large without metro, 1-2-7

The beginning was so-so. For the first week, I was running around gathering troops. In the third week, I found a portal, and our paths crossed, so I went to him. I was level 19, and he was level 17. The outcome of the battle was decided by my fire guardians, which I summoned. Thanks for the game!

thanks for the game, there's still more to come, good luck to everyone.

As part of the "best of the best" tournament:

Lok1978 (Dungeon faction) def. Antonag07 (Dungeon faction) - Lose - Maze template.

He played very cautiously; to be honest, I was tired of losing. I kept track of my opponent the whole time, and it turned out that I almost didn't lose sight of him. First, he appeared within the range of observation towers, then I took a silent hunter and revealed half of the map. At the beginning of the second month, I found a stronghold and rings of speed and immediately headed towards them. A couple of days before the artifacts appeared, my opponent appeared on the territory that I had already revealed and positioned himself exactly where the artifacts were located.
Then it was just a matter of technique: I took the artifacts, reinforced my army, and attacked with the stronghold.
That's how the game went. His stats were 7-17-19-11, which is pretty good for a gnome, plus the artifacts. He became quite a monster.)
Antonag07, thank you for the game.