Posts from [DUEL TOURNAMENT] Reports from the "Snowstorm" matches.

ZYbr (Haven) def Lu41k (Necropolis) 2:1 1st battle - my worst nightmare. I can't understand why I did what I did. As a result, my opponent completely destroyed my army. 2nd battle. I pulled myself together and followed the plan clearly (I won't say which one, because I still have one more Haven vs. Necropolis battle:D). In general, we can say that the victory came after three rounds. 3rd battle. Basically, a repeat of the 2nd. However, my opponent tried to rush me in the first round, but that's the advantage of the living - MORALE!:) Thanks for the games:) It wasn't possible to relax and calmly take the victory:)

ZYbr (Haven) def Lu41k (Necropolis) 2:1

We had a good match against Barbarians and Sylvan :) My opponent chose Haven, and I was deciding between Necropolis and Life... In the end, after some hesitation, I went with Necropolis)).

All 3 battles were relatively quick :).
In the first battle, my army was crushing everything :) Which made me very happy :D
But I knew that it would get harder later...
And so it happened, all my attacks were met with counterattacks.
In the end, 2-1 in favor of ZYbr :)
But it was interesting, Haven has become playable, which is a pleasant surprise!
Thanks for the battles! :)
Finally, I didn't lose completely :D

WisTrit (Nature) lose snaiper133 (Might) WisTrit (Nature) lose snaiper133 (Might) snaiper133 (Nature) def WisTrit (Chaos) snaiper133 (Nature) def WisTrit (Chaos) result: 4 - 0 in favor of snaiper133 in the second game, he used a very tactical move, forgot to drink the yellow potion :) and the tactic destroyed him in the very first turn.

WisTrit (Nature) lose snaiper133 (Might)
WisTrit (Nature) lose snaiper133 (Might)

snaiper133 (Nature) def WisTrit (Chaos)
snaiper133 (Nature) def WisTrit (Chaos)

result:
4 - 0 in favor of snaiper133

Yes, I confirm. The first battle, Nature vs. Might, was tough. My opponent actively used sand, summoned a lot of Hornet Nests, and had an archer. But in the end, the barbarian infantry managed to reach the opponent, and two barbarians decided the outcome. Thanks for the game! It was very interesting. Lord, we still need to play. Write to me here in a private message.

Lu41k (Nature) lose Dr Motor (Death)

I messed up Barbs and Order. Picked Nature, my opponent thought it over... He got scared of my zoo and decided that nothing could handle hordes of undead better than them...

1st battle. My eyes went wide from the abundance of creatures, in the end I took Phoenixes, tigers, fairies, griffins (then I got a bonus later), when it was my turn to pick monsters from the portal I thought it over... decided to take Water Elementals...
The fight didn't last long... I already felt uneasy just from the sight of that invasion of the dead... Devils, Bone Dragons, ghosts, Venom Spawns, and a ton of skeletons...
Before I could even take a proper turn, I got hit with a morale-lowering bottle... and that was basically the end of my turns...
I managed to cast Dragon Strength on the griffins, but the Necromancer quickly dispelled it all and killed my mage. The Water Elementals didn't even get a chance to squeak... In short, I flailed around a bit more and the battle was over.
Overall, I made quite a mess... but that was only the beginning.
In the 2nd battle, I made an even bigger mess right at the start. Out of frustration, I grabbed Bone Dragons for some reason... For some reason I thought they'd be better than the Phoenixes that folded their wings quickly in the first fight. I also took mantises and a bunch of griffins.
My opponent brought along 20 Bone Dragons and 2 stacks of skeletons with over 500 units each, plus some ghosts and Venom Spawns.
On my very first turn, I hit the ghosts with the dragons, didn't finish off 1... And then stupidly, it didn't occur to me to kill it with the elves. And that miserable single unit aged my griffins. I "praised" myself once again during that game.
My mage summoned Phoenixes, and they flew off to pound the Heroes. The Necromancer cast Vampire's Touch on the Bone Dragons. And I completely lost heart )) I summoned mantises for backup and started trying to take down his mage, torn between him and the Tactician... well, in the end I chose the mage... I almost killed him, I must say, but they hacked me up too. His dragons immediately lost interest in my heroes and flew off to save their master. He survived. Bottles lowering morale flew into my Phoenixes and mantises... and my turns came sparingly.
My Druid managed to cast Fortune on General, then got busy with summoning...
The opponent's Necromancer was stealing life from me and dispelled all my enchantments :)
In short, a bit more and the Druid died... After that, all that was left was to finish off my poor army. The Tactician went to avenge his fallen comrade but didn't make it, dying halfway.
Honestly, the outcome of the battle was already clear. It's hard to do anything against 20 Bone Dragons with Vampiric Touch.
But still, the second battle was more interesting than the first. :)
Result: I made a lot of stupid mistakes and played poorly, making thoughtless moves at times. But my opponent was at the top of his game! :)
Conclusion: no need to rush, you have to think!
There was no rematch, I'm back to zero again...
I'm waiting for a thrashing from Leshy :)
Thank you very much for the game :)

P.S. If I wrote something wrong, please correct me...

ZYbr (order) loses to Dr Motor (death) 0:2

In the first battle, I forgot one of Equi's features: the hero's resistance increases regardless of their level, so the magic damage from poison only dealt 220 damage to the death mage, leaving him alive. As a result, there was an exchange of mages. The opponent had a tactician left, and I had a lord – the rest is obvious.

In the second battle, I started strong, and the opponent was in deep thought for a while, but the terrain helped him. By hiding his heroes in a narrow corner, protected by rocks, the opponent shielded them with all possible dead bodies, sending only skeletons forward, of which there were more than 1,000 (divided into 2 squads). After that, it was largely a game of nerves and various tricks. I'll highlight two of my mistakes that, in my opinion, influenced the outcome of the battle.
1) I didn't raise all the dead giants as skeletons, so the opponent managed to raise 4 of them with the "Call of the Dead" spell, and they first slowed down my dragon golems and then actively blocked the passage with illusions.
2) I started worrying too early about the skeletons sacrificing themselves on the dragons. In fact, the skeletons turned out to be the only combat unit capable of engaging my heroes and mages in any way. As a result, sacrificing them at the beginning and in the middle of the battle would probably have been a better option now, because the dragons were still weak under the slow effect.

3) The biggest mistake. When the tactician had about 20 health left (he had been poisoned badly), instead of using his double cooldown ability, I clicked on auto-attack:( As a result, the computer cast a weak curse, and my tactician soon died, and without him, the dragon golems lost their power. Later, my mage also died.

But still, the battle was very cool:) It's nice to play at the maximum level of mental effort((c)):)

Thank you for the game!

Lu41k (Nature) loses to Dr Motor (Death) 0:2

Well, that was great, now I don't have to write much. Thanks.
Yeah, it all happened as my opponent described.
Yes, I was really afraid of the zoo, but it seems everything turned out alright.

Thanks for the game :).

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ZYbr (Order) loses to Dr Motor (Death) 0:2

That's how it all went. I'll just add that I didn't expect my opponent to use such tactics in the second battle. Therefore, it was very difficult, and I also got lucky with a secluded spot where my heroes were besieged for the entire battle. Luckily, I remembered about poison and plague in time, and almost his entire army quietly perished, because Order has nothing to heal with. And then we finished off the golems - that wasn't a problem when the enemy tactician was killed.
And golems against Death are a real nightmare, I tell you. When you realize that they're coming now and your heroes are doomed, and there's absolutely nothing you can do against them with Death - that really makes your brain work. It was just a wonderful battle.
Thanks for the match :).

P.S. I just didn't understand what could mean

...skeletons, which, by the way, were more than 1k...

snaiper133 (Death) def. Zezuk (Chaos) 2:0

Overall, it wasn't difficult to win. The only thing was that my tactician died early in the first game, and the game dragged on. Thanks for the game!

Zezuk (Nature) def. snaiper133 (Life) 2:1

This round was more interesting than the previous one. I was already preparing to lose badly to Nature, but unexpectedly, my resistance bore fruit. My main task was to eliminate the druid, and since he has no defense on the mini-map, I managed to do it. However, on the standard and large maps, with the druid having defense, it was more difficult to do, and in the end, my Life troops were simply annihilated. Lord, thanks for the game!

snaiper133 (Death) def. Zezuk (Chaos) 2:0, that's right.

Zezuk (Nature) def. snaiper133 (Life) 2:1

Zekuk(death) def. WisTrit (chaos) 2:0

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Zekuk(nature) def. WisTrit (order) 2:0

Zekuk(nature) def. WisTrit (order)2:0
Zekuk(death) def. WisTrit (chaos)2:0

Confirmed: :smile04:

Come on, Motor, all our hopes are on you :)

LordZezuk (Necropolis) def. CTPAHHuK (Sylvan) 2:0 I was actually planning to pick Nature myself. I didn't expect that! :) Thanks, it was fun! :)

STRANNiK (nature) lost to LordZezuk (death) 0:2

He quickly defeated me. Thanks for the game.

STRANNiK (life) lost to Snaiper133 (stronghold) 0:2

He beat me quickly. Thanks for the game. (c)

STRANNiK (life) lost to Snaiper133 (stronghold) 0:2

Yes, but at the beginning, in the first game on the mini-map, it was difficult. In the middle of the game, I realized that I was heading towards defeat. The opponent cleverly stalled the Thunderbirds, split up the Angels, constantly resurrected, stunned, and then lowered morale at the beginning of the battle, while the Barbarians just couldn't reach the Mage and the tactics. There was an interesting finale when the Mage did everything he could, ran out of mana, and naturally, one-on-one against a Barbarian, he lost. The second game ended much faster; I learned my lesson and, instead of Thunderbirds, took monsters that can't be slowed down, and these beasts killed 6 Angels in the very first turn!! - what do you say, animals)). In general, I went all-in on the heroes, and most importantly, I managed to interrupt the endless mutual resurrection of the Angels and the hero-mage. Thanks for the game! It was very interesting!