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
Leolopus (Dungeon, Iranna) - won; NEREWAR (Dungeon, Letos) - lost, Chaos template, large map without metro 1-4-7
At the start, I had to choose between a mirror location on Dungeon and Humans; I took Dungeon. Iranna came as my starter, which was lucky, but the opponent got Letos, so there was something to think about immediately. Leveling went normally; it was a total washout with artifacts in adjacent zones, and a washout for good artifacts, though there were plenty of clovers and lion collars. From the very first upgrades, I decided to level Summoning, as the most painless and effective way to destroy even crowds of monsters is really only with Phoenixes. At the beginning of week 3, I made a severe mistake: for some reason, I thought my Summoning was already upgraded, and as soon as a phoenix appeared in the guild, I rushed into the Castle, where a brutal disappointment awaited me; I had to go storm two elemental towers, but on the next Summoning upgrade, I got screwed — an ambush). I went to look for someone else to offend, but time was already working against me; the opponent was already fully stirring in my adjacent zone and was breaking through the portal with "many" paladins. The portal clearly led to some free loot; watching this with sorrow (turn-based mode had already started), I suddenly saw that Letos vanished, but the paladins remained. The thought flashed that maybe that was it, but the opponent didn't let me dream and informed me that Letos was alive and well but left without an army after losing them in the Castle. Finally, I got expert Summoning, and gathering my crew, I went to finish off the already quite crippled paladins, having a phoenix and fire warriors in my external dwelling. On the other side of the portal, I smashed hordes of undead and found myself in wonderland, and even right in front of a Fort)), practically one day's walk in a straight line from my castle. The terrain was just right for an astral jump (I already had it), so I stopped worrying about my rear, and building upgrades in the castle were already threatening me; overall, luck turned its face toward me) While reflecting on all this, I received a message that the opponent lost at the Dragon Utopia, and this time together with Letos. Thanks for the game!

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:
Leolopus (Dungeon, Iranna) - won; NEREWAR (Dungeon, Lethos) - lost, Chaos map, large map without metro 1-4-7

Everything is correct.

The start couldn't have been better, Lethos + Vaishan. Lethos quickly got logistics and mana attraction. Neutrals were being cleared quickly. But then he decided to attack the paladins (there were about 35 of them)... He was one cast short of taking out the remaining 3+1 paladins, so he had to run to the city. There, he learned Earth Shock and Astral Gate. He bought hydras, furies, and harpies and went to Utopia for high-level dark creatures... 12 hydras couldn't withstand the dragons...

Lethos, level 18. 14, 5, 16, 8. Logistics, Chaos, Darkness, Education, Sorcery.
It's a pity that we didn't meet in the final. It would have been interesting to watch a duel between summoning and chaos :)
Thank you for the game.

>As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament.
Lok 1978 (Underground People, Inga) def dwp (Dungeon, Irbit) - 2-6-2, large map.

Confirmed.
I wanted to rush on the third week, but I missed twice with where to run and had a bit of bad luck with leveling up.
On the second miss, I broke through the treasury with some losses, gathered artifacts, but on the other side, when I broke through, I lost all my hunters and a lot of other things.
At the exit, I already saw the whole map (after the two misses).
I saw that the GG wouldn't be in the castle, so I decided to use the remaining troops to make a hit-and-run.
He had a huge amount of troops in his city.
I didn't think it would take long; there was no point in running away.
I would have had to chase him for a long time to catch up.

In the "Best of the Best" tournament, antonag07 (Necropolis, Kaspar, level 28) defeated Dart Erin (Sylvan, Wingael); 2 months, 2 weeks, 6 days (template - Letos, 256x256). At the start, Kaspar and Lucretia appeared – I started developing both, but Kaspar got Logistics first, which decided the issue of the main hero (Lucretia only got it on the 6th level). I quickly cleared 2 adjacent zones, but then I made a slight mistake in the third – as a result, I ended up in the second zone adjacent to the castle, where Lucia was clearing. I entered the center on the 4th week – from there, I broke through to another zone with a utopia, where elves had clearly been, but to my surprise, the utopia was not yet cleared – I took it as well. By this time, I had already summoned more than a thousand skeletons (together with the reinforcements from the outer dwellings), and there were quite a few zombies – before that, I activated the "Week of the Living Dead" ability. In general, when I already had a good idea of where the opponent's starting zone was, I received a message from my opponent about surrendering due to a clear advantage. Thank you for the game!

Skilled Necromancy - Banshee, Spirit Bond

[LIST=2] Skilled Logistics - Path of War [LIST=3] Skilled Darkness - Pain and Curse, Curse of the Earth
[/LIST] [LIST=4] Skilled Summoning - Power of Charm
[/LIST] [LIST=5] Higher Education - Unveiling the Secret
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Tournament "Best of the Best" immortal (Academy, Narhiz, red) defeated Legacy.0.1 (Elves, Wingael, Blue) chaos map, very large, no metro, 2_1_3 With his 3rd hero, he caught Jalib, boosted his luck on the way, and didn't have any money problems until the very end. Jalib cleared his own zone, and Narhiz went to the adjacent one. There, he leveled up to 15 and returned home for reinforcements and to create mini-artifacts. From his own zone, he jumped to the adjacent zone of the enemy, and from there, he came to him. He entered the city at 2_1_1. Apparently, the opponent had money problems, as the 6th and 7th level units were not purchased, and only part of the 5th level units were. At 2_1_3, he was defeated by me, who was entrenched in his city. Thanks for the game.

Tournament "Best of the Best" Kolobokk (Elves, Wing) defeated Vector1 (Mages, Narhiz) on a Chaos map, very large, without a metro, 1_4_6. On such a map, a successful start decides a lot. At the start, Wing and Oasis were available. He took Wing with archers and Oasis. Then things started to unfold. The Mage was not bad, but he couldn't move around much. Thank you for the game, it's just a game....

In the doubles tournament, Will (Humans, Rudger) and Lok (Dwarves, Sfeia) won against Vasya (Sylvan, Osir) and Player in Heroes (Mages, Nura).
We mostly played with one hero each, as I lost my hero at the end of the first week. As a result, Rudger played well and even managed to level up his Necromancer skills somewhere and acquire the "Subjugation" spell. In the fourth week, Rudger sailed to the center, destroyed around 20 archers belonging to Vasya, and captured the mines in the center, holding them until the end of the game, which ultimately determined the outcome.
Thank you for the game.

As part of the tournament, the best of the best
Will (Academy) def. Raykonen (Necropolis) 2 months, 2 weeks, Chaos map
The map was large, and by the end, there were plenty of resources and money. As a result, I created mini-artifacts and bought more artifacts in the shop until I had a complete set of gnome artifacts for evasion and stone skin. In the final, there was no chance for the opponent.
Thanks for the game.

In the "Best of the Best" tournament:
denden (Hell, Grol) def. HeatEx (Dark, Iran). On the 2nd attempt, he managed to get a mid-game with an underground base. 1-4-4.
I guess I did make a dangerous move after all. As I feared, on day 4, they came for me.
Didn't get Marbas or Deleb at the start, as planned... I focused on developing Grol, hoping Armageddon would serve as protection against pure hit-and-run tactics. Plus, I developed a 3rd-level town on a standard template.
At the start, the artifact shop generated... but it forgot to include the Shackles of Binding. I would have bought +3 magic attack boots and a ring for -2 morale... but it didn't happen.
From week 2, I practically played on autopilot, which is unusual for Hell. I also got Machinery and a tent and approached the Outposts, but they didn't give me anything.
Quickly built a 2nd-level town with an ice mine and developed cold magic.
With the 3rd-level town, Grok with Machinery went on autopilot, following the path of war and using Warlords. He helped with the money in the end.
In the 2nd-level town, I found a Succubus. Plus, I built everything in the 2nd-level town, except for the castle with Devils in the 3rd-level town.
But none of this would have helped me if the Dark player had full mana (he somehow managed to get 40, while he had around 250 Imps). Even so, I highly doubt I would have won if HeatEx hadn't forgotten to retreat. It was like playing until the 1st final with Shackles of Binding, but without magic... So yes, it was a close victory. I'm attaching the final replay.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/8892555
If it weren't for the mistake with the retreat, the Dark player would have had 5th-7th level units in his castle... But I also had Grok, the resource gatherer, and the artifact shop...
Thank you for the game!

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:
denden (Dungeon, Grol) def HeatEx (Dark, Irana). After 2 attempts, he finally managed to win with a mid-game strategy involving the Dungeon. 1-4-4.

Confirmed.
He could have joined on the 3rd week, but he was waiting for a brilliant strategy – but it wasn't quite enough... And he was also afraid of possible penalties, so he gathered all the unupgraded creatures except for the lizards on the 4th week and went after Grol. He caught up with him in terms of logistics and planned a dark ritual for the next turn, but Grol, with reinforcements, attacked first. It turned out that you can fight even without mana :)
And I can't explain it myself – did my hand tremble, or did the beer affect Irana's last move? :confused: At home, artifacts and a meteor were waiting, the levels were 19 for Irana against 14 for Grol, and without the demons, Denu would have had nothing to catch. It's a pity, of course, but what can you do now.
Thank you for the game and the final, good luck in the decisive rounds.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament, antonag07 (Necropolis, Kaspar, level 28) defeated Dart Erin (Sylvan, Wingael); 2 months, 2 weeks, 6 days.

I confirm. I was unlucky with the starting hero; I was waiting for Ossir, but he wasn't available. There were few archers, and I couldn't kill anyone. I had terrible luck; all the neutrals were archers, and I don't know how to play as Elves...:mad:

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As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament

KillAndAction (Haven, Iris) def. Antonag07 (Academy, Hafiz) Chaos, large map without a metro, 1-3-3

From the start, neither Viti nor Dugald appeared; Iris was born in the tavern of Myv. Since Iris immediately received machines, I started developing her.
By level 7, I had a machine gun and a first-aid kit. On day 7, I broke through the adjacent zone, and on day 12, the next zone, although I had to run for 3 days. On day 13, our interests clashed. When I saw a sand golem in the next zone, I decided to build a chain of cockroaches and give all my hero's possessions to him by the beginning of the 3rd week (except for 70 swordsmen – I didn't have enough money).
As a result, this zone turned out to be the home zone of the respected opponent's hero... On day 17, I attacked a city defended by
Nura (80 green tumblers, many gremlins)... I defeated him, stayed in the city, and on the same day, the opponent's hero attacked me.
The final battle took place in the opponent's city. All my machines were immediately disabled, so I only had about 120 archers, 108 peasants, 17 griffins, and 17 green tumblers.


Iris's build, level 13
3 racial traits – prayer, experienced commander
3 machines – machine gun, first-aid kit
1 education
3 luck – magic resistance, soldier's luck

Logistics was never given...

The opponent's hero was level 12, I think.

That's all, guys!

Thanks for the game.

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They still didn't give him Logistics...

The opponent's main hero was level 12, I think.

That's all, folks!

Thanks for the game.

Confirmed - level 12 ;) My hero also didn't have Logistics; the only mistake I made was when transferring troops from the city to the main hero - in the rush, I left 84 gargoyles at Nura, and they were mercilessly shot down by Iris's archers during the siege. Thanks for the game! P.S. Yesterday after lunch and today until the evening, it was impossible to access the site...:(

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament (Round 4):
Vasja. (Elves, Wingael) def. xodun (Orcs, Zoltan), map "Letos", large size, no metro, 6-3-3.
Wing – everything is clear here... The respected opponent also delayed advancing into neighboring zones. I think this played a major role.
Dim, thanks for the game!
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As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament (4th round):
Vasja (Elves, Wingael) def. xodun (Orcs, Zoltan), "Letos" map, large size, no metro, 6-3-3.
Wing - everything is clear here... The opponent was a bit slow in advancing into the neighboring zones. I think that played a major role.
Dim, thanks for the game!
:smile14:

Confirmed! Vasja, I also thank you!