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Once you've invested in stables, it's too late to switch to griffons. Everyone is good at giving advice in hindsight.

Once you've invested in stables, it's too late to switch to griffins. But everyone is good at hindsight.

Why is it too late? Just replace the horses with 117 griffins. Sure, they won't have a bastion, but what can you do? This is a standard solution when you don't have enough wood; I've done it myself many times. On day 121, you'll have at least 21 griffins. They can also come with heroes, and something might have survived from week 1, so you can easily have around 25 of them. So, in terms of hit points, it's like having 6 horses (but with less defense), and the damage is a bit lower, about one and a half to two times less (but what can you do?), and the speed is good. The battle tactics in those kinds of confrontations are the same; the lack of damage is compensated by the multi-attack.

SpiriTT(red,inferno,Pir,Pir) def Loi(blue,necropolis,Thant,Thant) 2sm4d(3), 126
Took all restarts. Large respawn spawned, plenty of gold thrown around. External dwelling of dogs behind gog lizards and external dwelling of pits. But blocked by 20+ gr vampires guarding 2 artifacts. Built 1-6 in the stronghold. Secondary hero is a barbarian. On the second day bought everything, took the conf and external dwelling of air elementals, bought Ciele, upgraded the dogs. Then on the secondary Castle the blues came out and took it. Wiped with Pirca and positioned on efreets in front of the guard of that weed — 20+ elves and as many beholders. Next turn broke through and reached Thant. 18 air elementals, 20 cerberi, 7 pits, 5 efreets, 12 gogs and 9 demons vs 7 liches and 192 skeletons and a bunch of pokemon.
Thanks for the fight.

Group A, respect! They finished all their games ahead of schedule! I've added the results to the table.

SpiriTT(red,inferno,Pir,Pir) def Loi(blue,necropolis,Thant,Thant) 2sm4d(3), 126

It happened. After all that, I respawned in the Dungeon, without Mana Vortex — one path leads to ГО, the other is behind double shooter guards; at the respawn there is one structure — an Imp dwelling — behind 44 Steel Golems, which I barely took on the first week. Both adjacent zones are without roads, and what can you do — the scouting revealed that in my secondary town there is an Inferno block. I just crawled out, and immediately got cornered :)
Thanks for the game!
P.S. seems like Thant for Necropolis is not my thing, at this historic moment :))

Ah, Valera, why didn't you choose your favorite Rampart? I'm 100% sure the result would have been better.

Ah, Valera-Valera, why didn't you take your favorite Rampart? I'm 100% sure the result would have been better....

Not necessarily... Having 2 strong players in the group, I consciously went for introducing a greater element of randomness by taking Necropolis – because the card draw could have gone well. Basically, I decided to try my luck fishing in the murky waters of necromancy. Didn't catch anything). But I'm hoping for Cobra, who should restore the "good name of Necropolis";)

Not necessarily... Having two strong players in the group, I consciously went for introducing a greater element of randomness by taking a Necropolis – it could have worked out well with the hero selection. Basically, I decided to try my luck in the murky waters of necromancy. Didn't catch anything). But I'm hoping for Cobra, who should restore the "good name of the Necropolis";)

That's strange; as far as I know, the groups were formed by the organizers after the participants announced their preferences for the tournament. Secondly, for every Cobra with Necropolis, there will be a Forrest with a Swamp =). And besides, anything can happen; maybe some noob like Vlk777 with Dungeon will come up with something :D

Kebazavr (red, conf, pass, moner) def AYMAN (blue, dungeon, rampart, rampart) 2sm4d(3) 131

I don't remember the exact rests, but the generation was pretty good, air wasn't built up. There's an external dwelling of air, fire, earth in the zone... also a Dragon Utopia with 2 double spots. On the first week I broke through to the swamp with a Fortress, drove a Cyclops on 1 Marauder with archery, he didn't upgrade the creatures because the lizard bastard with the Marauder was sitting in the swamp. Apparently, he collected whatever he could and was fired. Also broke through to the Fortress on impassable terrain with Dungeon, took it on week 1, day 17. There's a metro above in my own zone, which I never got to break through by the end of the game; the blues did that. I didn't insert the Bird, 1-6 in the Citadel. 122+6 ducks, 123+4 ducks, 124 at the Fortress dungeon +6 ducks, 125 +6 ducks in the same place. Revealed 2 metros. Broke through the first one, and there's an exit to the blues, just like in my zone. Opened a lookout there and the plan became clear. 131 the blues decided not to continue the game due to lack of gold, but on that day the capital turned red. Thank you.

Kebazavr (red, conflux, pacis, moner) def AYMAN (blue, dungeon, shakhti, shakhti) 2sm4d(3) 131

Well, it was a native secondary, but the respawn was poor, don't even get me started. Hence the result.

Thanks for the game !!!!!!!!!!

Kluka (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Medium_HP (red, Conflux, random = Aenain, Fjur) 2sm4d(3) 132

Double build for everyone and bolt for gold. + I got 3 external dwellings of Troglodytes, I barely found the gold for recruitment and upgrade :)
At 132 Fjur hits with ГО and takes my capital (with a Citadel). I take a Dragon Utopia-2 (Book of Air and Shield of the Sentinel), Dimension Door to my capital and hit Fjur so quickly that he didn't even have time to replenish his mana.
I played the final fight terribly and foolishly, but 22 Wyverns, high defensive skill, and my opponent's lack of mana outweighed my stupidity.

Thanks for the game!

Kluka (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Medium_HP (red, Conflux, random = Aenain, Fiur) 2sm4d(3) 132

Each of us had a double build and a bolt of cash. + I had 3 external troglodyte dwellings, I barely found the money for the buyout and upgrade :)
On turn 132 Fiur hits GO and takes my capital (with the Stronghold). I take the Dragon Utopia-2 (Book of Air and Sentinel's Shield), Dimension Door to the capital and hit Fiur so fast that he didn't even have time to replenish his mana.
I played the finale terribly and stupidly, but 22 sprites, high defense skill, and my opponent's lack of mana turned out to outweigh my stupidity.

Thanks for the game!

We were indeed strapped for cash, I never built the griffins, the treasure zone was far away, GO was right next to home, I was afraid that Shakti would break through first, and there was a fair amount of meat at home that I couldn't buy out quickly, so before heading to the treasure zone I decided to pay a visit, especially since the scouts showed that Shakti probably couldn't reach home immediately. I spent the night in the dungeon with 12 mana, but Shakti was given Dimension Door in the Dragon Utopia, so I didn't have time to replenish. In the battle, I didn't take advantage of my opponent's mistake, I rushed to kill his angels, but I should have been blocking the storm elementals, maybe things would have turned out better.
Thanks for the game.

Added 17 hours 1 minute later
Medium_HP (red, Conflux, random - Ciele, Mephala) def numOne (blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack), 2sm4(d)3, 122

The setup was almost ideal for a rush, only the roads were slow. On turn 112 I reached the fork leading to the mud terrain through the marksmen and into the basement, there were no other roads, i.e., GO was off-road. The scout on turn 111 had already revealed part of blue's spawn with a road leading towards the adjacent mud, with a hivelings dwelling and a pandora's box right on that road. My level 2 wasn't built, but I had an external air dwelling and an external fire dwelling, near the fork there was a stable and a Griffin Conservatory, which I checked on turn 113 - it was a double, deeper in the spawn there were three crypts. I decided to start on turn 121 from the Griffin Conservatory, going through the stable onto the mud. On turn 114 I picked up a necromancer secondary hero in the basement, on turn 115 there was a dwarf dwelling with 15 dwarves in the same place, I sent the army home to the crypts, they turned out to be 12k in total. Mephala, on her own turn, reaches the Griffin Conservatory on turn 117 and boosts with the birds. On turn 121 +2 angels with birds and berserkers, since the idiot with air elementals was still clearing chests near the crypts, we kicked one berserker due to morale. Through the marksmen onto the mud, a passage to the rocky terrain was visible. On turn 122 I brought up storm elementals and fire elementals, the hivelings dwelling was a tier 8 on the rocks, didn't reach the pandora's box. On his turn, Crag Hack takes the pandora's box (10k gold) and attacks. Crag Hack's total battle stats were one point higher due to the Sword +3, he had mass haste and tactics, 12 tier 7 birds, but not much else to strike with.
Thanks for the game.

Games counted:
bRitvo4kA (red, necropolis, Tamika, Tamika) def Hermit (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar), Balance, 135
Дубровин Павел (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def AYMAN (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar), 2sm4d(3), 1.4.5.
loi(red,necr,Tant,Tant) draw Van(blue,confl,Fure,Gunnar) 2sm4d(3) 215
Тяжелый случай (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Kebazavr (Red, confl, Edramon, Gunnar), 2sm4d(3), 117
PReDS (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Galtran) def Slav4eg (Red, Tower, Torrosar, Torrosar), 2sm4d(3), 117.
bRitvo4kA (blue, necropolis, Tamika, Tamika) def Mizrael (red, castle, Kaitlin, Gundula), Panic, 143
Forrest (blue rampart Kyrre,kyrre) def Van (red, conflux, Monere, Monere) 1-1-6, 2sm4d(3)
scorp (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Psyche_7 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Gervulf) 3см4д(3), 213
SpiriTT(red,inferno,Pir,Pir) def loi(blue,necropolis,Thant,Thant) 2sm4d(3), 126
Kebazavr (red,confl,Pasis,Moner) def AYMAN (blue,dungeon,Shakti,Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 131
Kluka (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Medium_HP (red, conflux, random = Aenain, Fure) 2sm4d(3) 132

Game Medium_HP (red, conflux, random - Ciele, Mephala) def numOne (blue, Stronghold, Crag), 2см4(д)3, 122 is not yet confirmed. Who's the main hero for numOne? Included in the stats.

Total, 43 games. More than half of the group stage passed.

Factions:
Dungeon: +10-5=2
Rampart: +12-6
Conflux: +9-7=2
Stronghold: +3-2
Necropolis: +2-5=2
Inferno: +2-5
Swamp: +1-3
Castle: +1-4
Tower: +0-3

Templates: 2sm4d(3) - 32 games, 8mm6 - 4, Panic - 4, balance - 2, Jebus - 1.

Group A, respect!!!! All games played ahead of schedule! Results entered into the table ;)

Forrest and Javdet confirmed the strength of Rampart (or their own skill?). In the direct confrontation, Ivor proved stronger. SpiriTT - 2 wins for Inferno! Happy to see loi's return, we really missed you on the forum. It was nice to see Van among the tournament participants, a prize winner of the "Новичок" tournament.

Statistics for the other 35 participants. Games played (points earned in brackets):
- all 4 group stage games - Hermit (1),
- 3 games each - SEM_56 (2), PReDS (2,5), Дубровин Павел (1), Keba (2), Тяжелый случай (2), Alessandro (1), Kluka (2), scorp (2), Деконтаминатор (1), Medium_HP (2), numOne (1),
- 2 games each - vbn (1), Alone (0), AliaSmehova (2), Captain (0), AYMAN (0), Mizrael (1), Piterius (2), Kash (0), bRitvo4kA (2), Pysche_7 (0), ~no1_knows_me~ (2),
- 1 game each - Wlk777 (1), Pit for LM (1), Fluffy24 (0), KobRa_RR (0,5), Dirty_Player (0), Slav4eG (0), Aldegir (1).
No results yet from Ta Kotoraya... (how are things?), КостяN (already making arrangements), Oelm (when will you start?), LeBron (poker?), Everlast (sent a PM on the forum and on ICQ - no reply, last seen on HeroesWorld and HP forums - August 28. Does anyone know anything?).

The match between Medium_HP (red, Conflux, random - Ciel, Mephala) and numOne (blue, Stronghold, Kreg), 2cm4(d)3, 122 is not yet confirmed. Who is the main player for numOne?

By default, it's Kreg.

...Oelm (when are you starting?)...

At least with me, it started on Saturday. We postponed it to round 122 at my request.