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Nagan-4 (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Mizrael (red, Castle, Caitlin, Lacus), 226.
The game ended on Wednesday; as agreed with the judge, I'm posting the report after the last game in our group.
By day 7, the castle had elves and dendroids. 7 heroes were passing the army to each other and collecting resources.
On week 2, I break through to a powerful secondary zone, full of resources, and it turns out it's the Ramp secondary. On day 127, I take the town, only to discover that my opponent has had a second town – Castle – since week 1, which means a larger army than mine. On the next turn, the red main hero starts routing with Angels. So, the next turn, the whole Castle horde will be at my doorstep, and the final battle under such conditions is a loss.
The path is blocked by a stack of Champions guarding a chest; the army is passed to Kyrre, who breaks through the Champions, takes a Pandora's Box with experience, passes the army to a secondary hero, and he manages to reach Lacus with 2 Angels on the last hex – the enemy main hero buys himself out.
Week 3. Relieved that I managed to fend off the attack, I lead Kyrre to gather resources. On day 131, I take a tier 3 Griffin Conservatory and three beehives. Meanwhile, Lacus finally captures the Ramp secondary; the human army is larger than my elven one, especially with many shooters. However, fast Kyrre leveled up excellently, reaching level 17 by day 136.
On week 4, I get the Golden Bow, which, considering the upgraded elves, is more than cool. At the end of the week, I break a tier 3 Dragon Utopia – it gives a Sentinel's Shield, a Tome of Water, a Cape of +2 Speed, and... a Hat granting level 5 magic!
Week 5. A large territory is revealed, but only one Dragon Utopia has been found so far – it's quite far to run, but necessary. A tier 2 Dragon Utopia gives gloves, a shield of +4 to stats, and a Tome of Air. At another time, I'd be happy, but I already have Dimension Door, a shield too, and got nothing for stats. Both main heroes began covering vast distances across the map – Kyrre's case is clear, but Lacus, besides Fly and Dimension Door, had Expert Logistics, Boots of Speed, and buffs from a stable.
Week 6. I reclaim Rampart; there's a decent number of Dwarves in reserve. Using money from the Dragon Utopias, I buy out all combat-ready troops, getting a substantial horde. I capture both red Castles. There were only three Dragon Utopias on the map total; the opponent's main hero took only one, no more, so both mains had roughly comparable stats, except for Lacus's Spell Power – I didn't know what to do about his combat capability.
Lacus flees from the treasure zone; I decide to give battle. And here I get incredibly lucky – Lacus has almost no mana. Otherwise, with high Spell Power and the Sphere of Earth, he would have wrecked me with Implosion dealing 3500 damage.
Lacus – 24, 14, 27 - 16 mana points. Expert Slow and Haste, Sniper's assembled bow.
3 Angels, 67 Wyverns, 22 Cavaliers, 62 Fanatics, 74 Crusaders, 69 Griffins, 88 upgraded Archers.
Kyrre – 15, 19, 13 – 98 mana points. 12 Angels, 51 Wyverns, 11 War Unicorns, 42 upgraded Dendroids, 10 Silver Pegasi, 86 Grand Elves, 158 Battle Dwarves.
Golden Bow, Expert Prayer and Slow. Thanks to a Pendant and Cape, my units have +3 Speed. But I sorely lacked Expert Air for Mass Haste.
The battle was long and tense. My units couldn't block the shooters due to the Sniper's Bow bonuses, and they hit very hard until the red player ran out of mana. After that, I only had to carefully finish the battle.
Many thanks for the game.
Paladin@heroes.by
