Posts from "War by the Rules" - reports and logs

Reports and summaries of the "War by the Rules" tournament are located in this thread.

Quarter-final

Dmitrik - raykkonen
Moz - twaryna
immortal - Smerti_Po
Kolobokk - Willgeforz

immortal (Elves, Anwen, Red) **defeated** Lok1987 (Humans, Rutger, Blue) 2_2_7
At the start, I got Osya, and initially, I focused on leveling him up and rescuing Vlad from the dungeon. By the end of the first week, I unearthed Anwen and made her my main hero. Vlad went to one adjacent area, and Anwen to another. Although I cleared both zones simultaneously, I was severely lacking in wood, so I only managed to summon Ents in the 4th week... I also ventured into the darkness, and without spells, it was difficult to break through the portals. As a result, Rutger started to outpace me and found the treasure first. To bring him back, I went to the city through the Gate of the Month on the 6th week. The plan was to prevent him from getting too far away with Vlad, level 12, equipped with fire elements and mines, while I cleared the treasure ahead. However, the Gate of the Month was only one turn away from the opponent's city, so I immediately positioned myself there. Seeing this, the opponent surrendered. Thanks for the game.

immortal (Elves, Anwen, Red) defeated Lok1987 (Humans, Rutger, Blue) 2_2_7
From the start, Osia came out, and initially, I focused on leveling him up and rescuing Vlad from prison. By the end of the first week, I unearthed Anwen and made her my main hero. Vlad moved to one adjacent area, and Anwen to another. Although I cleared both zones simultaneously, I was severely lacking in wood, and I only managed to place Ents in the fourth week... I also ventured into the darkness, and without spells, it was difficult to break through the portals. As a result, Rutger overtook me and found the treasure first. To bring him back, I went to his town via a Guild of Heroes on the sixth week. The plan was to prevent him from getting too far away with Vlad, level 12, equipped with fire elementals and mines, while I cleared the treasure area ahead. However, the Guild of Heroes turned out to be only one turn away from the enemy's town, so I immediately moved there. Seeing this, the opponent surrendered. Thank you for the game.

I confirm. I had everything under control from the start. Rutger, with his archer, was only in the doval. I took the mines only on the fourth day (because I didn't need them earlier), and I immediately got machines, etc. On the sixth day, I unearthed a tower in an adjacent area, which gave me a good view of the opponent's starting area. He got so upset by this that he gave up. In the beginning of the fourth week, I decided to attack the fire horses with dogs and imps. I had about 64 horses, 250 imps, and 130 dogs, while I had 3 angels, 10 horses, and 120 archers. As a result, the horses burned all the angels because both sides were morale-boosted. There was no one to resurrect, and I was already thinking of surrendering, but then, like a cockroach, I carefully examined the entire area and found a dwarven artifact with 20 initiative and a staff, all in one. I had to wait for reinforcements. I sold all the artifacts, which included a heroic chainmail, a ring of machines, and some other items. I trained almost 30 horses, declaring a week of monk training. I ran to the training grounds, building a chain, but the elf came, and no matter how I tried to dissuade him, he captured the castle. What can I say, he was a skunk. Thank you for the game.

Leolopus (Humans, Rutger, blue) **defeated** Saruman665 (Elves, Dyraell, red) 1-3-7. Well, "defeated" might be an overstatement; it seems the opponent was playing with this build for the first time. Although I warned him about the "ambushes" on the portals, he unfortunately lost on the portal and then surrendered. By the way, the choice of Dyraell surprised me, because at the start, the opponent got Gilraen, although maybe I just don't know enough about the heroes yet. Thanks for the game, Druha!

drunk (Kragg Barbarian) defeated denden (Helmar Dwarf).
It was a very tense game. At the start, Kragg and Letos were chosen, but Letos didn't really fight, just wasted money on him. Logu was given only in the 4th week. After the first Hitran, Den stunned me, and he almost wiped out my entire army except for the Warmongers. Den kept using Hitran until I reached the Mentor and swapped Darkness and Logu for Light and Chaos. Then came the week of Cyclops, and I went for the Castle. Everything ended there.
Thank you for the game.

I confirm... it was a fun battle.

Helmar quickly took Chaos as his second faction, instead of Light.
But things didn't work out with the Necropolis. There was no regeneration or resurrection, so I decided not to invest much in the Treasury. There was also no Armageddon.

I decided not to take the Dungeon faction at all. As a result, opening portals to replenish my forces resulted in constant losses... I couldn't accumulate enough bears. Here's an example from 2-3 weeks.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/12503798
As a result, I got some good major artifacts and cleared out various creatures. I visited about 4 Sanctuaries, but they didn't have Necropolis units.

And respect to my opponent, I underestimated him. I casually entered the Grand Order on the 6th week. Here's approximately what the defense looked like at that time.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/12503953

I didn't bring Berserkers and Draconians, and I also didn't have time to transfer a couple of important artifacts.

There were 5-6 battles with varying success. Here's an example of the first one.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/12503859

In general, I thought that Word of Light and Wall of Fire with Ice Block would give me an advantage... It seemed that way.
The Mentor was mediocre... and retraining in Light and Chaos ultimately defeated me.
By the way, the fact that I had a second hero, Letos, was decisive, in my opinion. I didn't bother with a second hero, and as a result, I couldn't hire everyone and retrain them, even if I wanted to. Plus, Letos managed to escape with almost all of his Berserkers once, instead of a shameful defeat. He kind of stood up for them.

And the week with Cyclops was just the final point. I would have surrendered earlier if I had seen Anti-Magic, but I decided to make one last stand... but it was already obvious.
http://stream.ifolder.ru/12503924

In the end, Helmar was in Light with a mass-score bonus, Chaos (Fire, Ice, Chaos magic - no Pyromancy); Education; Luck with Soldier skill, and Defense up to Blood Dragon Power. It was a remarkably interesting game.

I confirm, I failed the guard test due to not knowing the pattern.

moz (red, dwarves, Ingvar) defeated dwp (blue, humans, Laslo) week 5

Interesting game, I experimented and went for a summoning build with dwarves, which paid off completely (all neutral creatures just rushed towards me like puppets). I learned about mines and the wall of swords on the map. By the beginning of the third week, I broke through to my resource area and was gathering resources and elementals there. In the middle of the fourth week, our paths crossed, and I saw dwp's Laslo in the mini-center through a passage. My opponent was probably defending against major creatures and leveling up. I finished gathering resources from the Grove (ate about 5 Groves during the fourth week, with a total loss of 2 priests - 1 stack of blue elves moved earlier than everyone else). At the beginning of the fifth week, I wanted to move into the same mini-center (there was a library and an arena nearby), but my opponent prevented me - I had to retreat to my Castle, and then a knight (as dwp later said, he decided that I had already cleared the Treasure Chamber, i.e., the place where he ended up with the Groves, and it seemed like a Treasure Chamber to him) chased me back to my base. The final battle took place near the teleport from my zone to the industrial zone. It was a pretty good Laslo, although my opponent didn't train, but I think I could have defeated 60 monks, it would just have taken longer.

Thanks for the game.
I leveled up like this: first defense, then summoning up to the Shield skill, then attack with Ballistics and Mass Score, light magic, and finally, education.

Here are some of my battles if anyone is interested:
http://heroesleague.ru/public/homm5/132_elementalnik_max.sav - taking the maximum level elemental on the 2nd week without artifacts))
http://heroesleague.ru/public/homm5/136_rosha_max.sav - killing the Grove on the 3rd week or so
http://heroesleague.ru/public/homm5/draka_s_dwp.sav - the final battle with dwp.

moz (red, dwarves, Ingvar) defeated dwp (blue, humans, Laslo) week 5. Confirmed.

Bradiaga (blue, dwarves, Fortress) defeated Alex_nv (red, elves, Haven).

He rushed to the opponent's city, we fought a little, and the opponent surrendered due to a lack of decent units.
Thanks for the game.

Bradiaga (blue, dwarves, Haven) defeated Alex_nv (red, elves, Haven).

He rushed to the opponent's city, we fought a bit, and the opponent surrendered due to a lack of decent castles.
Thanks for the game.

I agree with the verdict.

drunk2 (Sylvan) defeated saruman665 (Barbarian)
opponent surrendered

Confirm

twaryna (blue, Orcs, Krag) defeated drunk (red, Elves, Anwen) week 5

The game was quick, easy, and relaxed :) On level 3, I got some machines, then a log, and started running. Everything went smoothly, and by week 3, I broke through to the treasure room, ate a utopia there, and grabbed a couple of good artifacts (I had a staff, a cloak of death, and in the utopia, I got a ring with +20 initiative). After that, I ate two more utopias in adjacent zones. In the mentor, I exchanged the machines and the log for luck, defense, education, and leadership. As a result, I got a super-Krag, level 27, 27-21-9-9, with BDP (it's a pity I didn't get empathy). At the beginning of week 5, I ran home, gathered all my resources, and came through the Gate of Oblivion to my opponent. Drunk didn't have a portal, and the home chain wasn't built. As a result, he surrendered. Thanks for the game!

twaryna (blue, Orcs, Krag) defeated drunk (red, Elves, Anwen)

That's how it went.
Thanks for the game.