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

Tournament "Best of the Best"
immortal (Orcs, Haggeesh, Red) defeated A.Matrix (Humans, Rutger, Blue), 2_1_7, Sun, very large map without a dungeon.
There were no problems with upgrading; in the second week, I only slightly relied on Mercury, but the Elemental Vaults solved this problem. I followed the path: Outpost -> Gold Mine -> Town. Then I wanted to go for Magic Town and Battle Tower, but when I was in the Town, Rutger attacked my Outpost. He disrupted my chain, and also killed my supply of Goblins and Centaurs (160 Goblins and about 15 Centaurs; I bought off the rest). In the Town area, a Utopia was generated – I took it, gave the army to my ally, and transformed the Outpost into a Town. I had to fight Rutger with what I had in the Town because the chain was broken, but his army wasn't very strong, so I won that battle. Then I immediately went to his Town. When there was only 1 turn left until his Town, Rutger rushed past me and ran towards my Town. I took his Town and went back to defend my own. The journey took 4 days, so I didn't lose any army with these maneuvers, and my army was much stronger than my opponent's, so he, in a rage, attacked the Seraphs that were guarding the passage to the Battle Tower from my area :).
Thanks for the game and good luck in the future.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:
HeatEx (Orcs, Keegan) def. dwp1970 (Elves, Ilfina) - Sun map, very large without a metro, 2-2-5

I took Keegan, intending to develop him to his super ability (he only needs level 23), although I didn't have much hope. Also, I remembered the bug with the Elven Hive, so a triple catapult would be very useful.
After exploring one zone, I gave it to Nazir to control, and I went to another - a resource zone, then to the gold zone, where I lost half of the Centaurs and almost all of the Wolf Riders in a maximum Utopia. But by that time, Keegan's cart and special ability were in full swing, plus Shakkaraqat on the shrines brought 60 Goblins.

On the 4th week, Ilfina broke through to the zone with Nazir, who by that time had Chaos up to Pyrokinesis, full Education, and Spellcraft, and managed to defeat her Fairies and Druids. Keegan had to return, but Ilfina also retreated, so Keegan went to the Treasury. While he was there, Nazir managed to run into Ilfina again, this time she lost some Dragons. Apparently, the opponent also had tricksters, but they didn't manage to reach Keegan.

Meanwhile, Keegan found a Mentor and finally got his Super Ability. After going through the opponent's Treasury, he reached his castle and quickly took Ilfina in the castle on the 6th week.
Keegan (25) - Pure Rage, Light Dampening (2)
Thanks for the game ;)

P.S. In both Treasuries, there was only one artifact - the Armor of the Forgotten Hero, but there were 10 in each - not even 5-7. Thanks to the Undead, they at least give some meaning to clearing the Treasury. The current relic generation is some kind of mockery :mad:

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>as part of the "Best of the Best" tournament
>NeatEx (Orcs, Keegan) def dwp1970 (Elves, Ilfina) - Sun, very >Large without metro, 2-2-5

And right away, I didn't have many chances,
and there was no regeneration or resurrection anywhere.
I wanted to surrender earlier, but out of respect for my opponent, I waited for Keegan personally :)

The opponent in the chat "suggested" playing a Barbarian vs. Barbarian mirror match.
I could have won it purely by chance, if the "good" heroes
had come to my side, but after thinking for a long time, I refused,
I need to learn to play a game that isn't just based on luck.

In the "Best of the Best" tournament:
denden (blue, Mage, Hafiz) defeated Cosmoplast (red, Elf, Ossir). Sun map, very large, without a metro. 1-4-2.
They left me with the Mage. They could have given me Necropolis or Human instead. I've almost forgotten how to play with them.
I developed Summoning and Light magic. Education, machines, but only with a tent, and in the adjacent area, 2 huts with logistics – that was a disaster.
But... I didn't build any magic structures; I just used summons and found a Sword Wall nearby.
In general, it turns out that almost everything can be broken through the Sword Wall. Here are a couple of portal breaches. On the 2nd, it's an Elven portal, on the 3rd, it's an Orcish portal.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/8623812
http://stream.ifolder.ru/8623822

After breaking through the Orcs, I quickly broke through 3 groups of 12 Alt-Wyverns. But from the same spawn point, the arrogant Ossir rushed towards my Castle. I didn't really believe in an Elf rush against a Mage. Well, I broke through with a left-flanking unit, so I repelled a few Major units, gave the left unit 250 Golems and 50 Gargoyles, and then it was destroyed.

In the Castle, I hired (besides Golem-Colossi), and summoned a Minotaur. And I accepted a desperate Elven attack. It was difficult, by the way. Ossir pleased me with a slowing ice spell and a vengeance scroll.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/8661651

After that, my opponent decided it was best to surrender. Respect for the game

As part of the "Best of the Best" Tournaments
Vector1 (Haven, Dugal) def. Primus (Sylvan, Ossir) Sun 2-1-4 pts.large without pdzm.

The start wasn't bad; I took Dugal. Successfully fought through the adjacent zone and captured the gold mine early, albeit with some archer losses. Then I moved to the secondary for 3 weeks. After that, I paid my way out and went to the town. I saw Primus's heroes near the neighboring zone. I broke through the entrance there. And Vittorio, who was already level 10 by then, headed that way. While Dugal was in the treasury. Only, for some reason, there wasn't a single artifact there—a shame. However, there was a Dragon Utopia. Dugal ended up being around level 23, with Education, War Machines, and Logistics. At the first encounter of the main heroes in the treasury, Ossir paid his way out. And somewhere around week 5, he surrendered.

Thanks for the game!!!

As part of the "Best of the Best" Tournaments
Vector1 (Haven, Dugal) def. Primus (Sylvan, Ossir) Sun 2-1-4 pts. large without pdzm.

The start wasn't bad; I took Dugal. Successfully fought through the adjacent zone and captured the gold mine early, albeit with some archer losses. Then I moved to the secondary for 3 weeks. After that, I paid my way out and went to the town. I saw Primus's heroes near the neighboring zone. I broke through the entrance there. And Vittorio, who was already level 10 by then, headed in. While Dugal went to the treasury. Only for some reason there wasn't a single artifact there—a shame. However, there was the Dragon Utopia. Dugal ended up being around level 23, with Education, War Machines, and Logistics. During the first encounter of the main heroes in the treasury, Ossir paid his way out. And somewhere around week 5, he surrendered.

Thanks for the game!!!

That's right. I didn't want to drag things out and surrendered. Throughout the whole game, it was a complete wash with the same-faction bonuses. No factories, no elemental towers, no thickets, no treasuries. Moreover, until level 17, I wasn't given either Logistics or Education. So I just ran around like a turtle with wasps and a triple ballista. There was no Regeneration or Resurrection in the guilds. In the treasury, I took a Tome of Dark Magic, but didn't catch it from the mentor. After paying my way out, I went up against a decent mix of 46 High Druids, 60-70 archers, 120 blades, and 40-50 unicorns. But I didn't get lucky here either, after which I just gave up and surrendered. Ossir was level 20. Thanks for the game!

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:
NEREWAR (blue, Sylvan, Anwen) def Atris (red, Haven, Vittorio) Sunday, 3-1-6, very large.

Atris, thank you for the game and good luck in the next ones.

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

MaddenMax (Dwarves, Karl) lost to alex_nv (Humans, Dugald) - Sun, huge without metro, 2-2-4

The description was lost with the previous post :(. Thank you for the game!

Dugald, level 21, 17 17 11 14
skilled counterattack - oversight, prayer, warlord
skilled light magic - righteous wrath, protection, fire protection
skilled machines - tent
developed attack - shooting, offense skill
average education
basic leadership

In the context of the best of the best
Will (Academy, blue wizard) def Vasya (Necropolis, red orc) template: Sun, 2 months, 2 weeks, 6 days
There were many undead, but they were no match for the fighters.
Thanks for the game.

tournament, best of the best
Dobryjdwarf (blue mage of Haven) def. Atris (red knight of Vittorio) 2nd round, Sun map, huge size, no metro, 2-2-7

Best of the best
Will (blue Nazir mage) def Vasya (red Necropolis Orson) template: Sun, 2 months, 2 weeks, 6 days
There were many undead, but they were no match.
Thanks for the game.

I confirm the defeat.
I reached the starting zone of my opponent relatively quickly. But I didn't attack, because the Nazir started "aggressively recruiting" in the tavern, and I only had skeletons, zombies, and wraiths. And by the time my army arrived, it was too late. The "Holy Word" spell, 3 "Lionheart" artillery units, the supporting minor artillery units of the mage faction, and, of course, the opponent's skill level decided the outcome...

Vlad, thank you for the game and the lesson!

:confused:

In the best of the best
Xodyn (Sylvan, Ossir, blue) def A1coho1!c (Academy, Nura, red) template Sun, month 1, week 2
A worthy opponent, an interesting game, thank you!

:eek:

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament.

Eruina (Haven, Knight) loses to KillAndAction (Orcs, Rogue) on a very large map without a metro, 1-3-6 (20 days).

From the start, Krag, in the tavern, Tilshek, and Argath in prison. I decided to develop Tilshek, and on the 1st day, he received logistics. He fought only against centaurs and skeleton shields... On the 2nd day, he broke through to the neighboring zone, leveled up to a machine gun, and on the 8th day, he broke through a detachment of light unicorns into the next adjacent zone. He received the Path of War on the 13th day after defeating 16 cyclops, then immediately after 21 turns, he received a tent and rushed into the neighboring zone, which, as it turned out, belonged to a worthy opponent. Where, on the same day, I was attacked. Well, I messed up, to be honest, starting to destroy a ballista; during this time, I lost almost all my centaurs. I surrendered, took what I had (I didn't build a capital on the 14th day for this), and on the 18th day, I attacked the main hero of the worthy opponent in the same zone... The Knight, in turn, bought himself out, and I attacked the city on the 20th day.

Level 17.
2 research - strength against magic - blood memory
3 machines - tent - machine gun
3 logistics to Path of War.

That's all, guys!
Thanks for the game!

:eek:

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament.

Eruina (Haven, Knight) loses to KillAndAction (Orcs, Tilshek) on Sun, very large map without metro, 1-3-6 (20 days).

Thanks for the game!

I confirm. I was incredibly unlucky that I was matched against him so early. I don't like such short games when opponents come in during the 2nd or 3rd week. I also didn't have good luck with leveling up; I didn't get the 3rd ballista, and I didn't get any skills from the war machines. And it's unclear where my opponent got the +20 speed ring:confused:
In general, I was just unlucky, as usual.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament.

Igror_v_geroev (Razak mage) won against Smerti_Po (Osyrian elf) 3-2-6 on the Sun map.

The game had fluctuating momentum; at first, I had the advantage, then my opponent did.

We agreed to have the final battle in my city. He attacked, even though he knew he wouldn't be able to escape due to the shackles, but he kept pushing. We were both running out of time, and neither of us wanted to lose. The Osyrian was powerful, but mages are always stronger when defending their city.

Thanks for the game.