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
Darth Erin (Dungeon, Vaishan) def Atris (Academy, Ora) 3rd month.

Yes, I confirm. The mini-artifacts I made to reduce spell damage didn't help at all, the magic mirror didn't work even once, but my spells reflected at least 6 times.
I lost again.
Thank you for the game.

As part of the Best of the Best tournament: Vector1 (Necropolis, Zoltan) defeated Leolopus (Dungeon, Sinithar) in week 3 (as far as I remember). Leolopus surrendered, saying that "the leveling didn't go well." Thank you for the game.

As part of the Best of the Best tournament,
Vector1 (Necropolis, Zoltan) defeated Leolopus (Dungeon, Sinithar) in the 3rd week (as far as I remember).
Leolopus surrendered, saying that "the build didn't work out."
Thanks for the game.

That's right, it didn't work out. From the start, Sinithar... well, I thought I should wait for trouble, and as I watched, this jerk rushed into attack at level 15. His attack was already 16!!!, but his spell power and knowledge were only 5:eek:. To clear the adjacent zones (not to be confused with neighboring ones) without problems, which I opened with the help of watchtowers and discovered many interesting things in them;), I had everything: astral gates, fire wars, and frenzy, but with such spell power and mana reserve (see education:mad:), there was nothing to do there. It would have taken time to correct the situation, and Zoltan would hardly wait, so he decided not to continue:smile33:.
P.S., Sinithar needs to be sterilized. He's let me down in tournament games three times now:smile18:.

O_O Is my forum actually working now?! As part of the "best of the best" tournament, the Shield template was used. A.Matrix - Dungeon (Wyshan) lost to A1coho1!c - Undead (Kaspar). We played for over 2 months. The start was good - logically, Kaspar started first. He initially went to the wrong portal and didn't have mines: no stone or wood, but he did find mercury))). He went to another portal and got lucky, finding mines and buying the "Subjugation" spell. There weren't any other useful spells. He found an Elven city, got to level 20, and merged back into his own city. He went to another portal and soon found himself in a strange place: the neutral creatures were Treasure Goblins, but there were no artifacts (they were just standing there in groups of 50, level 7 creatures, guarding resources and chests!!!!). He leveled up to 26, approached the mentor (by the way, he took 2 useful spells in the city: "Frenzy" and "Roar"), and retrained his skills properly. Immediately after that, the opponent appeared and almost effortlessly took his city with its bonus!!!!! I was shocked:eek: My army was with me: 500 skeletons, 100 ghosts, 177 zombies, and 30 master liches. I attacked the city and won without any problems, resurrecting 1200 HP creatures. "Frenzy" and "Roar" were very powerful (magic power 29). Well, that's it! =)
Kaspar
He completely forgot all about Necromancy at the mentor.
Mechanics expert - Triple Ballista - Tent
Black Magic expert - Pain Lord - Mind Lord
Summoning Magic expert - Sorcerer Lord - Life Lord
Enchantment expert - Distraction
Enlightenment expert - Uncover Secret))))) "They didn't offer anything better":D

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

KillAndAction (Barbarian, Krag) def. dwp1970 (Dwarves, Inga) M3, a large map without a metro, 1-4-5.

Shak Karukat was born in the Krag tavern. There were no other options for the best development of an Orc. He immediately received logistics and machines... For the first week, he crawled around his native zone, and then in the first 2 days of the second week, he cleared all the zones. He launched roaches to gather resources and gold (it helped a lot). He built his capital on the 14th day, and by the end of the third week, he had the castle and all the buildings except for the Cyclops and the 3rd-level guild. At the beginning of the 4th week, he found a treasure, collected 3 artifacts in total (-20 to the opponent's initiative, a Dwarven helmet, and boots), because on his side, a respectable opponent appeared, who took the Amulet of Mastery from the Cyclops squad, but in the process, he lost some of his troops, and then he attacked me... Well, there I won with 143 centaurs and 2 Harpies...

Krag, level 21: 19-7-1-13
3 racial traits: reinforcement, blood memory
3 attack skills: BB, stunning strike
3 machine skills: machine gun, first aid kit
3 logistics skills up to the path of war
3 luck (there was nothing else to take)

That's all, guys!

Thanks for the game...

>As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament.
KillAndAction (Barbarian, Krag) def. dwp1970 (Dungeon, Inga) M3, a huge map without a metro, 1-4-5.

I confirm.
The game was a complete failure.
Everything went wrong, very badly, and I predictably lost.

Thank you for the game.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament. Lok 1978 (Elf Osir) def. raykonen (Hordes of Hagesh) M3, a large map without a metro. The opponent surrendered. Both players developed according to standard strategies. Understanding that he had no chance in equal conditions, he decided to reveal as much of the map as possible to control the opponent's actions. By the end of the third week, he took Utopia (which wasn't very useful) and captured two Rings of Swiftness and Dragon's Claw nearby. He spotted a Staff in the training area, which was adjacent to his own territory. At the beginning of the 4th week, he decided to run to the Castle, which would take about 3 days, and then teleport to the training area. At that moment, Hagesh arrived, and the plans changed drastically. He broke through the guard of the nearest portal and ended up in the zone where his opponent was located, but a couple of days away from him. He took the Book of Darkness and rushed to find Raik's Castle. He found it very quickly, captured it, and declared a week of life, which determined the outcome... Raik saved the game!

Tournament: best of the best. immortal (Academy, Nura, Blue) **defeated** Leolopus (Sylvan, Wingael, Red) using the M3 1_3_7 map. A decent hero with a good start; Casper was also available in the tavern, so it was a pretty good start, although the opponent had an even better start – Osia + Wing. He immediately ran away from the city, so on the 3rd week, I had to return for mines. By that time, I had fire magic, logistics, education, and spellcasting. At the end of the third week, I went to break through the portal to the central zone; on one side, there were 40 lizards and 80 furies, and on the other, slightly more than 30 alt-brevens. Just as I broke through, I received a message from the opponent that he was surrendering – he had encountered a serious opponent... Thanks for the game.

Tournament, best of the best.
immortal (Academy, Nura, Blue) defeated Leolopus (Sylvan, Wingael, Red) using template M3 1_3_7.
A decent hero from the start; Casper was also available in the tavern, so it was a pretty good start, although my opponent had a fantastic start – Osia + Wing. I immediately moved away from the city, so I had to return for mines on the 3rd week. By that time, I had Fire Magic, Logistics, Education, and Sorcery. At the end of the third week, I went to break through the portal to the central zone; on one side, there were 40 Lizards and 80 Furies, and on the other, slightly more than 30 Alt Breeds. Just as I broke through, I received a message from my opponent that he was surrendering – he ran into someone tough... Thanks for the game.

I confirm, I ran into 50 Alt-Horse Demonic creatures; rather, I didn't run into them, but I went there myself, calculating that a Berserker would help, but, strangely, I completely forgot about him in the battle. Consequently, my 42 Archers, protected by 6 Butterflies, couldn't do much against the initiative of these creatures. That's what happened:smile33:

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament. Round 7. Alex_nv (Dwarves, Inga) defeated KillAndAction (Dark Elves, Sinithar) - spider 2-2-5 - huge without metro. The opponent lost a lot of units while breaking through the defenses and didn't have enough left for the final battle. Too bad :( Inga - level 16. 3-15-15-7 3 racial - upgraded and greatest runes 3 defense 3 education - scholar, keeper of secrets 3 light 2 leadership Thank you for the game!

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I confirm Alex_nv's report.

You could call this game "Kill Yourself!"

The first time, I lost a squad of Seraphs on the 3rd week (I completely lost it...), and as a result, I lost all the units of the 1st and 2nd levels...

Then, things seemed to go well... Chaos summoning, although I was waiting for Fire Warriors, but I never got a Chaos Lord...

In the guild, I had Finesse, traps, Slow, Fireball, Rain, Wall, and during the battles, I also found a Crystal of Secrets, elements, a Golem, Lightning, etc. Basically, almost everything from Chaos and Summoning, plus Armageddon...

Then, on the 5th week, I broke through my own stronghold and took out 40% of the enemy's stronghold with single units...

I bought myself out and ran again, waiting for the main hero of the respected opponent to come to his remaining stronghold on the 1st turn, but he ran away... And I, like an idiot, attacked with all my units... As a result, I lost all the Riders and Furies...

And I should have attacked again with single units, but what stopped me was the lack of mana after that battle..., but after it, I got a Secret Advantage...:mad:

And then they attacked my meager remnants... and defeated me...

In short, I killed myself...

Skills.

Sinistar, level 19. 13-1-19-8

3 Ritual - Arcane Wave

3 Education (gave various useless things, but not Attraction)

3 Sorcery - Secret Knowledge - Mana Increase

3 Chaos

3 Summoning

2 Luck

That's all, guys!

Thanks for the game!

P.S. Finesse was pretty good - 870 health (without a Chaos Lord), Fireball - 850 damage (without a Fire Lord), Slow - 900 damage (without an Ice Lord)

As part of the "Best of the Best" Tournaments.
Vasja (Elves, Wingahel) def immortal (Necros, Vlad and Caspar), "Shield", huge without metro. 3-1-2.
The struggle was serious. I knew that the opponent would attack first because once the elves have enough of their own meat, Necro meat cannot overcome them. Therefore, I didn't push forward too aggressively myself. I found a zone with Dragon Utopia and good resources. I lost half my army at the same time as it was only the beginning of the 3rd week. There was nothing left to clear the remaining artifacts in that zone... And then, right at the end of the week, Caspar marched on my Castle. I had to surrender without an army (bitterly leaving the initiative ring "untouched" there...), as I was very far away and without logistics, and the road home lay through sand and snow. I defended the castle using one growth of druids and horses that hadn't been bought out before. I managed not to put the archers into battle for economy. I held the castle, suffering losses of only 14 horses (Caspar cast berserk on the dragons). A week later, the esteemed opponent's main hero arrived at my castle — they were "high". He attacked with a spider — I saw he was without bracers. I played it tricky once with the main hero and a horde of archers — took out 300 skeles. Vlad used a strong arsenal in battle — berserk, heavenly shield, and vampirism. Thanks to BD, luck, and artificial chaos with rain, I held the castle, preserving, again, almost all archers, 35 druids, 12 logs, and 3 dragons. The esteemed opponent's hero didn't run away, and the Necros surrendered.
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P.S.: Stepan, thank you very much for the game! I didn't think you would come back so quickly and be so prepared after the first attack.

Vasja. (Elves, Wingael) def immortal (Necropolis, Vlad and Kaspar), "Shield", huge map without metro. 2_1_3.

I confirm, once again, my overconfidence let me down... I was sure of victory and relaxed towards the end, forgot to go to the shop for spells, and there was a spell for sale... I decided not to go back - I thought I could manage anyway, although I still had time to arrive by the 5th week. With that spell, the final would have been in 2-3 casts, but instead, it turned out completely the opposite - I couldn't even cast spells with an expert wizard, and my troops were melting... It will be a lesson for the future. Thank you for the game.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament. NEREWAR (Mages, Daedra) def. alex_nv (Necropolis, Daedra), Map 3, large, no metro, 1-4-5. The opponent resigned on the neutral ground while I was slowly developing my Mage and Daedra units. Thank you for the game.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament.
NEREWAR (Mages, Nura) def alex_nv (Necropolis, Daedra), Map 3, large, no metro, 1-4-5.

The opponent surrendered on the neutral territory while I was slowly developing Oru and Nura.
Thanks for the game.

Indeed. And thank you too.