Posts from Reports on victories and defeats in online games of Heroes of Might and Magic V.
The start was mediocre, but Will's stats suggest he had a great start. With a significant level advantage, Will dominated the game until around week 5. This period was challenging, and I received Logu very late.
Then, I seemed to catch up in terms of development by reaching a side treasury. But then, another setback occurred – Will found the complete Dragon set. This presented a dilemma: should I attack or play defensively and focus on leveling up? Attacking was still too early, as the artifacts weren't suitable. Then, I encountered Will again – luckily, he didn't have the Dragon Amulet. I decided to engage and fight, initially using some cunning tactics. Moreover, a large portion of the map was revealed, and the Dragon Amulet wasn't visible. At the same time, I continued to gather reinforcements from delvings.
It seems Will found a large number of various artifacts, and his Paladin training was in full swing. However, this came at the expense of not having Monks. I think that was a mistake.
There was an interesting situation when, during another encounter, I used the "Anti-Spell" spell, drawing on the experience from previous encounters, while he deployed his army, expecting me to use the same tactic again – it seemed to be around 80 Paladins. However, against a combination of Spectres and Black Dragons, it wasn't easy to prevail. Will bought his way out by paying 80,000 gold.
I wanted to collect the complete Dwarven set, but I was missing one item – I couldn't find it. During another attempt at a hit-and-run attack, Will decided to avoid it and attack my main castle.
He had his main stacks consisting of 55 Archangels and 175 Paladins, and 500 Archers – well, I decided to focus on eliminating the Archangels and Archers first. I managed to subdue the Paladins first, then the Archangels, and as a result, I reduced their numbers to 24 and 116, respectively, after further attacking them with Vampires.
After that, it was just a matter of technique – destroying the Archons and Archers at any cost, which I managed to do quite successfully. All three castle towers were still alive, along with the hero's attack, which replenished the necessary mana supply. From that point on, it was just a matter of time. When there were 22 Paladins left, Will surrendered.
Thank you for your patience in the final stage. It was the first time I had to take it slow in the final stage – Will was far ahead in development at the beginning, and the Dragon set was a real beast. Although, Necropolis isn't a walk in the park either.
Thank you for the game.
The battle took place on the "Greed" map. I bought Iranna only at the beginning of the second week. I decided to develop her. It's better than Sorgaal and Kifrah. Well, I ran around, cleared everything nearby. I gathered some Furies and a few Hydras. Then, at the end of the 4th week, I moved towards the opponent. I was 3 steps short of reaching the opponent's castle before the week ended. I skipped my turn. The opponent bought units and attacked.
I have Iranna, level 13, with skills in Luck, Sorcery, and Chaos.
Vesta has Jalib, level 11, with skills in Luck and Light Magic, I think.
Anyway, I'm attaching the replay. I barely won. This is my first time playing online on this map, so don't judge me too harshly:)
Vesta, don't be so upset:) thanks for the game:)
Lord Vampire (Negri, Iranna) def Vesta (Magi, Jalib)
The battle took place on the "Greed" map. I bought Iranna only at the beginning of the second week. I decided to develop her. This is better than Sorgaal and Kifrah. Well, I ran around, cleared everything nearby. I gathered some Furies and a few Hydras. Then, at the end of the 4th week, I moved towards the opponent. I was 3 steps short of reaching the opponent's castle before the week ended. I skipped my turn. The opponent bought units and attacked.
I have Iranna, level 13, with skills in Luck, Sorcery, and Chaos.
Vesta has Jalib, level 11, with skills in Luck and Light Magic.
In general, I'm attaching the replay. I won by a hair. This is the first time I've played on this map online. So, don't judge too harshly:)
Thanks for the game:)
Confirmed.
Thank you.
Леонардо Да Винчи

Что назад дорога нам закрыта.
В красной крови, будто бы в вине,
Сердце наше грешное разбито....
ord Vampire (Orcs, Garuna) lost to jason32 (Daleb, Inferno).
On the Outlands map, I played as Blue and started developing. I ran around aimlessly, but once I got a tent, the losses stopped. I cleared everything I could with one stack of demons, which were just standing in defense. Alastor and Marbas were supplying troops. I gathered 45 upgraded imps, 40 upgraded demons, 15 regular dogs, and 10 succubi. I had an artifact that gave +1 to spirit and boots of speed, and I was about to attack at the beginning of the 3rd week when I received the sad news that my opponent had died.
Daleb was level 11, with skills focused on machines, luck, and attack. He was playing on this map online for the first time; he must have gotten lucky with the hero. Machine lords are strong, that's for sure.
Thanks for the game.
It was tough at the beginning. I lost a lot of troops. I upgraded the machines, the ballista. And I saved up money for about 2 weeks to buy it. When I got it and the tent, things got easier, and my level went up from 9 to 18 in just one week. Then I encountered two groups of neutral vampires. I attacked one. It turned out to be a regular group of 30. I killed them without any problems. Then I attacked another group, and it turned out there were 100 of them. I didn't calculate that 30 vampires would defeat my 100 gremlins, and I lost them; the tent couldn't help there anymore. In general, I was left with 4 golems, and I ran around with them for the rest of the time. I saw the opponent on my half of the map and ran to the castle for troops. I bought everything at the beginning of the week and ran to attack. The levels are the same, 22 for both.
I upgraded:
Chaos Magic
Advanced Spellcasting
Advanced Machines
Here's the replay:
P.S. Jason, thanks for the game, the rematch was a success:)
Lord Vampire (Academy, Nazir) def jason32 (Necropolis, Zoltan) (Key to Victory, around week 5 or 6)
It was tough at the beginning. I lost a lot of troops. I upgraded the machines and the ballista. I saved up money for about 2 weeks to buy it. Once I got it and the tent, things got easier, and my level went up from 9 to 18 in just one week. Then I encountered two groups of neutral vampire units. I attacked one. It turned out to be a regular group of 30. I killed them without any problems. Then I attacked another group, and it turned out there were 100 of them. I miscalculated that 30 vampires would defeat my 100 gremlins, and I lost them; the tent couldn't help there. In the end, I was left with 4 golems, and I ran around with them for the rest of the time. I saw my opponent on my side of the map and ran to the castle for reinforcements. I bought everything at the beginning of the week and ran to attack. The levels are the same, 22 for both.
I upgraded:
Chaos Magic
Advanced Spellcasting
Advanced Machines
Here's the replay:
P.S. Jason, thanks for the game, the rematch was a success :)
I ran around and explored. I upgraded my troops and researched skills, and then visited my opponent's castle. Kaspar is level 12, Rutger is level 5.
Thanks for the game!
