Auto-translated
vitalic (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def vbn (red, Barbarian, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2SM4D(3) 215
It was a very tough final, and I barely managed to pull out a victory. At the beginning, I made a mistake by not restarting; I realized this towards the end of the week because there was only one road to the Guardian's Outpost, and the teleport led to a swamp and a desert treasure. I lost momentum. On the first day, I built horses in the Citadel and a Wyvern in the Citadel. Valeska is only level 5; she spent half the week as a collector. Then, mistakes started happening. I lost a Ballista to Earth Elementals (I didn't pay attention to their health). On day 124, I cast Phoenixes, placed 4 Ogres and 5 Wyverns next to them, and they were immediately defeated. The next turn, I cast Phoenixes again, and they took down one of the birds. On day 117, I reached the Wyvern lair. Valeska is an advanced logistics expert with gloves and boots; I build castles everywhere (in my main town, I added Griffins and Monks). On the third day, I took a resource node off-road, but it was a minimal one. There are no trees; there's one somewhere on the edge of the respawn area, and it's still far away, and the resource node is minimal. At the end of the third day, I bought the Pandora's Box for 70 gold. I shouldn't have given up on Wisdom earlier; I could have used it throughout the fifth day. I took a Utopia on day 142, a Utopia for 4 Gold Dragons, the Watchman's Shield, Titan Armor, and some junk, and set up near the Guardian's Outpost. The next turn, I took the capital and found 6 unbought Cyclops and Bears. I tried to take his secondary towns, captured the Dungeon, but couldn't take the Necropolis after three attempts with weaker heroes. There was a mage with 200 skeletons, 30 zombies, etc., stationed there, and I couldn't take it. Then, I transferred the entire army and, with the loss of two birds, managed to conquer it. On day 145, I could have caught up to my opponent and prevented him from taking the Utopia, but I missed with my Air Expertise and went to take a secondary town. After that, the game was in my opponent's hands. He easily took two Utopias, and his stats were already higher, becoming 2-3 times greater. The only thing that made me happy was that I had an army advantage in the tavern. On day 213, my opponent took his capital, teleporting from the swamp, and started to push. On day 214, he stood near my capital. I quickly retreated, although I should have attacked. After his turn, I sat and wondered if I would lose my swamp secondary town with unbought troops and the possibility of upgrading Wyverns, or not. I was ready to give up. On day 215, the final battle:
Valeska 19 13 19 4 (106 mana, Air Expertise, Armor Expertise, Tactics Expertise, Elixir of Life, Amulet of Courage) 21 Fanatics, 116 Halberdiers, 22 Wyverns, 34 Crusaders, 43 Royal Griffins, 16 Champions, 17 Firebirds
Gurnisson 42 18 18 15 (290 mana, Tactics Expertise, Earth Expertise, Advanced Magic Resistance, +3 Speed, and Golden Bow, all Fire magic) 1+36 Hobgoblins, 5 Gray Bears, 35 Wyverns (he lost a dozen Wyverns in previous battles), 34 Ogre Mages, and 6 Orcish Leaders
I was afraid that Gurnisson had Air Expertise, so I decided to speed up and attack first. The terrain didn't allow the Crusaders to attack in the first round. Then, I was slowed down, and they started to attack. The Ballista dealt 700 damage in two rounds. At the end, they even used Armageddon. MIRACULOUSLY, I MANAGED TO WIN
Thank you for the game
