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invisible (blue, Necromancer, Gosha, Gosha) def Smoke_mk (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 142
We picked uber-castles and off we went. Roads are slow; for the entire first week I just walked along the road and farmed skeletons, took one Crypt for 5 Vampires from the income buildings, nothing else, but there was a decent amount of gold lying around at the respawn. Gosha got Log and Earth - good! Barely on 117 I take a secondary castle; in my home castle I have Stables and a Citadel. Near the castle there's a Dragon Utopia and a Griffin Conservatory for 2-4, I'm afraid to go in because I have neither Slow (never found it in 4 castles by the end of the game) nor Haste. I decide to first transport the Pokemon I got from the external dwelling on 117 + from the castle, while I myself farm a few more skeletons. I go blindly without scouting because all heroes are working for the chain, since the roads are extremely long. I find a Dwarf Dwelling for 100 and next to it a Conservatory, also for 2-4. I take the Dwelling, spend the night in the Conservatory. On 124 the skeletons and Haste just arrive, I take the Conservatory - a Three. I haven't played a dumber fight in all my practice :mad: . I had 300 skeletons and came out with 200 :smile35: The Griffins boxed me in so badly that I couldn't run anywhere: if I hit, a stack didn't die; if I wait, a damaged stack takes retaliation, and a full one joins in; if I finish off a Griffin stack at the start of the round, a fresh one arrives, hits the skeletons, takes retaliation, and the skeletons are blocked again. I was cursing like crazy, but couldn't do anything. Anyway, I calmed down a bit, split into a secondary hero, refilled mana, took the Conservatory for 2 Angels, split into the main hero, ran to the 3rd Conservatory, picking up a Nagabank for 20 along the way. The third Conservatory turned out to be a Two. There's absolutely no stat-boosting artifacts, so it's too early for the Dragon Utopia. I run to the Treasury, where I see a Dragon Utopia and a Hive behind 100+ Minotaurs guarding 2 Necromancy artifacts :), grabbing a Pandora's Box with 25 Swords along the way. On 133 I kill the Minotaurs, take the Hive for 8 Wyverns, stand on the last hex of the Dragon Utopia, and wait for meat (max-level Utopia). On 134 I brought all the Vampires, all the upgraded Zombies (took everything with me, including the Swords, since stats are only 5-8), grabbed a Ring of Health along the way, set up beautifully, thinking, analyzing... hit space and thought I'd lose consciousness because I forgot to turn off Quick Combat after taking the Hive :smile27: . Auto-combat lost all Vampires, all Zombies, all Wyverns, 2 Angels, and a couple of Swords))). I don't know if I could have done the fight better manually))). I got such incredibly crap loot that it's insane: a Purse of Gold, Boots of Resistance, Cloak of Reckoning, Helm of Knowledge, and a Book of Air for my Advanced Air Magic (at least some consolation). The same turn I take a second Dragon Utopia - a mini, which gave a Sword of the Turtle (cheered me up a bit), though I lost another Angel. The same turn I split into a secondary to refill mana. On 135 I take a 3rd Dragon Utopia by the secondary - also max-level - gave even worse loot than the previous ones combined: Red and Black Orbs, Captain's Hat, and a Crown of +4/4 Attack/Knowledge))) Just total madness. More than 100k gold, I build Bone Dragons for the first time in my life (wanted Archangels, but few resources, and I'm getting ready to visit Shakti already). On 137 I bring cavalry (a funny moment here, because I only have 6 of them, and I never bought them at all, though in the first castle I built a Citadel, and in the second I built a Castle; how there could be 6 of them by week 3, I still don't know to this day, and I'm too lazy to check the saves) I hit both GO: Firebirds and Bears, and take Shakti's main castle, where I auto-buy everything. On 141 I upgrade the dragons, bring everyone in, and go looking for Shakti, took a secondary, sat down to refill mana because the Mining Town castle had no Mage Guild, though the building was made on 137. On 142, using Air Scouting, I found the red flags, flew in using Fly, and landed right at Shakti. The Reds have little meat and half their troops fell after the teapot.
Thanks for the game.