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

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

Igror_v_geroev (Razak the Mage) won against Smerti_Po (Osir Elves) 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 Osir was powerful, but mages are always stronger when defending their city.

Thanks for the game.

It was an interesting game. I haven't played in a long time, about 3 months. We could have continued playing, but the time limit was up, so I had to attack :).
I could have taken the castle if that one single revenge attack hadn't been successful.
I enjoyed training the beetles; I trained about 5 of them to level 21-22 :).
Thank you for the game.

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

Kolobokk ( Dungeon, Lotus ) defeated denden ( Inga's Dwarves ) 2-2-3 Lotus template

We met on week 3, I found a castle for 4 weeks. And then I spent a long time passing, playing tricky, and running around in the gap before the Dragon Utopia, luckily I found it earlier. But nothing good was given there except genes.
It all ended with den deciding to attack my hero with 7 fights. He took 10 Jarls, 4 Fire ones, and well, bears. Here his battle didn't go through. He shouldn't have come out of the castle. On my turn, I attacked his castle.

Thanks for the game

I confirm. It was a mistake. I simply didn't have time to hire a hero afterward... It would have been harder to take me in the castle then... But on the other hand, it was also difficult for me to retreat and develop. Although, with 3-4 more hit-and-run units, I might have slowly made it to level 20. I was level 18 against Letos, who was level 20, but unlike him, I had almost no artifacts.

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

Lok1978 (Elves, Wynn) lost to twaryna (League, Letos) 2-1-2 Sun

Due to a computer breakdown, the game dragged on significantly. In the end, I had to play on an old computer, on which I will most likely finish the tournament. Oh well.

Letos came as the starting town, which I made into my main without hesitation. A pleasant surprise was also Ossir in the prison (or in the tavern, I don't remember). The game went smoothly; in the adjacent zone, in the mage's dwelling, I caught a Chain Lightning and ran... On 1-4-5 I rushed into the opponent's zone, killed a couple of tier-1 units, and took the castle. Wynn only returned on day 1 (the Oaks and Dracs hadn't been built in the castle), so he lost good meat (+ I also killed a Normal on the tier-1 units, + he missed a week of Green Dragon). As it turned out, he also lost half his army by jumping into a portal without looking. In terms of meat, I was significantly ahead overall. I broke through with a full set of magic, artifacts (Marcellus's skull was there and boots +50 to earth), meat, and charged the castle. In the end, the opponent surrendered.

Thanks for the game!

Team Tournament
immortal (Elves, Gilraen, Green) & Kolobokk (Dungeon, Erana, Yellow) defeated Will (Humans, Ellaina, Red) & Lok1978 (Dwarves, Inga, Blue), map Underground of Wonder (teams), week 6.
We had bad luck at the start - Ossir immediately appeared near Kolobokk, so we had trouble with archers... I built up to archers, got 7 of them, and went to attack the Phoenix. I made a mistake in the battle - I didn't notice that it would fly over immediately, and as a result, I lost all the fairies I had. Then I had to wait for reinforcements, because with 7 elves and about 20 archers, I couldn't break through the enemy army. Kolobokk wasn't having much trouble at this time, because there was a well near the mines, so he didn't have any mana problems. In general, we exchanged resources, built up, and cleared the mines. I had the Tome of Chaos in my zone, and Kolobokk had the Tome of Darkness, so I decided to capture the Tome of Darkness to surprise our opponents. I captured it with the last base. While I was clearing my zone and taking the Tome of Chaos, Kolobokk went through the portal to the islands on the surface, then reached the Mermaid and took it. At this time, Will broke through to the center and headed towards me. When he reached me, he turned back, because he had few forces, and I could buy out all my units. Then I also jumped into the portal and spent some time on my island. And then Will went to attack me again with his entire army. By this time, I didn't have the Tome of Darkness yet - it was in Kolobokk's zone, because he didn't have time to get it - he had to hold the center. In general, I decided to give up my city and go to the Dwarf city, after first taking the Tome of Darkness. I also gave Kolobokk my artifacts - Emerald Boots, Tome of Chaos, Dragon Shield, and Runic Armor. In the lower center, at the Dwarf city, Kolobokk also got the Runic Axe, thus collecting a set of native artifacts. Will took my city and went to Kolobokk's city on top (the map schematically represented a square, we and Kolobokk lived on top, the opponents lived on the bottom, and the centers of the sides of the square were connected through the center). I went to the Dwarf city, because I had no other choice - I wouldn't have had time to get anywhere else. In the battle with the Dwarf, I got lucky - the catapult quickly made a hole in the wall, he didn't have an Ossir, and he didn't have many troops (no fighters or priests). As a result, the archers and fighters, with vampirism, cut down everyone. I lost all the elves, all the fairies (about 50), and 2/3 of the druids. Kolobokk captured Will's city at this time, so everyone was left without their native cities. But we had an advantage, because there were two of us and we could move quickly (expert logistics, stables were on the map, plus I also had green boots). I went to liberate Kolobokk's city, and Will went to retake his, because there was no other way... After a long and difficult battle, Will fell under the walls of his native city, because it is quite difficult to take the Dungeon from there... Thank you to our opponents for the game.

Leolopus (Orcs, Argat) - lost; Cosmoplast (Dungeon, Letos) - won, Letos template, as part of the Best of the Best tournament.
From the start I got Garuna (as it turned out later, I should have leveled her - 1st upgrade - Education, 2nd upgrade - Machines), in the tavern I saw Argat and decided to make him my GG, counting on his speed and consequently the chance to find an opponent early in the game, but that's where all the good stuff ended ((I just had terrible luck with leveling, I only got Machines at level 16, and without them I couldn't count on rushing portals; in the second week I was forced to buy a Bow hoping to somehow compensate for the lack of Machines, I had to part with 12 thousand gold, which of course negatively affected city buildings; by level 20 I leveled up Machines and got a Tent, after which I went to break through a portal, which turned out to be in the BT. Breaking through the portal, I immediately found myself facing two Utopias, having 103 Centaurs and 150 Troglodytes in my army; I took the first one with tolerable losses, but I didn't have enough strength for the second one, it was a full one, and the current week of -2 to Morale and Luck for all dark races also played a cruel trick; overall, I was dissatisfied with the game from almost the very beginning, for obvious reasons there's no point in detailing Argat's stats at level 23 ))
I am forced to warn player Cosmoplast and advise you to keep your emotions to yourself; the report should be a report, according to the established format!

As part of the "best of the best" game:
Legacy.0.1 (Elves, Ossir) lose to HeatEx (Order, Rutger) - summer, large map without underground, 2-3-3.
Rutger arrived at the tavern on the second day and fundamentally refused to take the starting hero, Vitya, instead.
At the end of the 2nd week, he stumbled upon an observatory and discovered that the next week would be a week of sickness. But since it was the 7th day, he couldn't change it, and he didn't have enough money to buy back his army. However, he later used the observatory frequently, declaring either a week of monks or a week of peasants.
Again, in one of the centers, there were only Forgotten Hero artifacts, and the zone was very small. But the profit from selling them allowed him to easily transition into training knights.

On the 6th week, he entered a zone with Elven secondary artifacts, took only one, and Ossir appeared. Due to the Silent Hunter skill, he couldn't see the size of Ossir's army, but without waiting for reinforcements, he switched the Horseshoe of Luck for the Shackles of Binding and attacked. Fortunately, almost his entire army was with Rudy, and his Logistics and Path of War skills allowed him to cross the entire zone.
Thank you for the game.

Rutger (28):
Racial (2) - Overseer, Trainer
Logistics (3) - Finding the Path, Path of War, Native Lands
Defense (3) - Evasion, Endurance
Attack (3) - Ballistics, Retribution, Haste
Education (3)
Leadership (3) - Rally, Encouragement, Empathy

I agree. But the map wasn't in my favor, which is a shame. Thanks.

rayykonen (Dungeon, Iran) def Dobryjdwarf (Dungeon, Erin) best of 3 rounds
I was luckier with magic than my opponent. Thanks for the game.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament, Round 4: NEREWAR (Academy, Nura) def. Dobryjdwarf (Haven, Vittorio) Letos, large map, no underground, 2-3-1 From the start, I had an Oracle and in the tavern, I found Hafiz with Nura, so I chose Nura. I quickly got machines and could have also taken logistics in the witch's hut, but I ran out of slots. In the middle of the second month, the opponent appeared in my starting zone, and Nura was far away. So, I transferred the troops to the support hero and rushed to the tavern. Fortunately, the alt-golems and gargoyles were not bought in the city. We met for the first time on the 5th day of the second week, of the second month. Vittorio fled, killing about a hundred gremlins and about 20 djinn. He partially lost his royal griffins and knights. By the next meeting, the support hero with troops had time to arrive at the city. Nura, having gathered troops, settled in the city. Vittorio attacked her there. I had much more troops. Plus, I had magic, alt-golems... Nura, level 21, 6, 7, 16, 21 Specialization: Sorcery, Machines, Chaos, Master of Artifacts, Posthumous Luck, Higher Education. Thank you for the game.

I confirm raykkonena's report.

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I confirm NEREWARA's report.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament,
A.Matrix (red, demons, Deleb) lost to Vip.rus (blue, humans, Vittorio), Letos, huge, 2-2-?
The opponent allowed me to keep the demons, which is exactly what I took advantage of! He took the humans for himself! Both started with machinists. A game classic!!! Although same Deleb ran away from the start earlier, I leveled up very well and reached her adjacent zone first! Clearing was absolutely no problem. Around week 3, I think, I attacked Deleb and she basically ran away without losses. I followed her path and came out to the Castle on day 1 of the new week, which I immediately regretted. Deleb attacked with growth; I lost 80 shooters, she lost about 40 dogs. I paid off a couple of pieces only. I went in another direction from the castle, immediately took the Dragon Utopia, entered the treasure zone, leveled up great there with 80 archers, took 2 more Dragon Utopias, found armor, a +20 ring, and a -20 initiative staff!!! Gathered some artifacts, prepared to go home at level 25, and then into ГО! I just stepped away from the computer, returned, and Deleb was already circling around the castle! I must have been lucky; Sanya missed the city!:smile41: Although there was a decent army there, it's unlikely it would have helped me! Left the shooters at lasle, merged into the city. Gathered everyone, and things immediately started looking up. Deleb tried to slip away, but I had boots for range, so the escape failed! Caught up, and then as they say, no options left! The opponent clearly bled out on neutrals.
Thanks for the game, it turned out very interesting and not as simple as planned, not without a bit of luck:smile54:
Vittorio lvl 25
logistics up to sharp mind and path. way
light
machinists with tent and 3 shots
attack with shooting and OS
luck

I confirm. Thanks for the game.

within the framework of the "best of the best">
A.Matrix (red, demons, Deleb) lost to Vip.rus (blue, humans, Vittorio), Letos, huge, 2-2-?
The opponent allowed me to keep the demons, which is exactly what I took advantage of! For myself, humans! Both started with engineers. A game classic!!! Although same-start Deleb ran away earlier, I leveled up very well and reached her adjacent zone first! Clearing was absolutely no problem. Around week 3, I think, I attacked Deleb and she basically ran away without losses. I followed her path and came out to the Castle on day 1 of the new week, which I immediately regretted. Deleb attacked with growth; I lost 80 marksmen, she about 40 dogs. Bought my way out for just a couple of pieces. Went in another direction from the castle, took the Dragon Utopia right away, entered treasure zones, leveled up great there with 80 archers, took 2 more Dragon Utopias, found armor, a +20 ring and a -20 initiative staff!!! Gathered artifacts, headed home at level 25, and into ГО! Just stepped away from the computer, came back, and Deleb was already circling around the castle! I guess I got lucky, Sanya missed the city!:smile41: Although there was a decent army there, it's unlikely it would have helped me! Left the marksmen at lasle, merged into the city. Gathered everyone, things immediately started looking up. Deleb tried to slip away, but I had boots for range, so the escape failed! Caught up, and then as they say, no options left! The opponent clearly bled out on neutrals.
Thanks for the game, it turned out very interesting and not as simple as planned, not without a bit of luck:smile54:
Vittorio lvl 25
logistics up to keen mind and pathfinding
light
engineers with tent and 3 shots
attack with shooting and OS
luckI confirm. One of the few games where you could win by having one additional skill — and that is reconnaissance :) Let's just say, at the T-junction, I turned the wrong way.
VIP, it was an interesting game, I agree — real chess until the last week. Thanks for that :smile54:

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As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament, round 4.
KillAndAction (Haven, Rutger) lost to Primus (Haven, Dugald) on Leto, 1-4-6, very large map, no metro.

He seemed to be developing well, with logistics and education. In week 2, he captured 3 zones, and in week 3, he encountered the main hero of his opponent in adjacent zones. In the battle, he made a tactical mistake in the troop deployment (unlike his opponent's main hero), dividing the archers into 3 stacks... This basically decided the outcome of the game. After losing all 115 archers, he surrendered the city, hired all the remaining and newly available units, and went for the final battle, not really hoping for a favorable outcome...

And he was defeated...

Level 15.
3 racial traits - prayer, warlord, overseer
3 education
3 logistics up to the path of war
2 machines up to the gatling gun

Well, that's all, guys!
Thanks for the game!