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Xodyn (red, Inferno, Nimus) lost to dmitrik (blue, Inferno, Deleb) in week 4

Another mirror match, I'm so lucky)

Deleb and Marbas at the start. Marbas is definitely preferable here, but I didn't like the neutrals, so I went with Deleb. She's a decisive girl, so there were no problems with the neutrals. In the third week, I broke through the castles (I already had 23) and ran to the center, where the enemy emerged a few days later. I brought up the army in a chain and attacked; my opponent didn't try to buy his way out.

Thanks for the game.

Confirmed.

The game was fast and intense. There was no point in buying my way out; I had 3 knights in the castle. Development was slow, resources were scarce, and machines came late... it was a tough game.
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Leolopus (Dungeon, Sinithar, Red) lost to dwp (Winrael, Elves, Blue) on week 7. Overall, the game didn't go as planned, although it was interesting, which is a shame. I was hoping for a mega-final with a super Chaos Lord against a powerful Elf, but it all ended in a loss due to a clever tactic. From the start, I had Dira and Winrael. I didn't really want to focus on Winrael because of education; I had other plans for leveling up. But in the end, he started leveling up so quickly that by day 14, he was level 18. I decided to continue leveling him up, and the others started leveling up as Forest Generals (I managed to create four generals, so by the final, I would have had over 300 units). By day 132, he was level 20. Overall, there were mistakes. I lost 7 blue units at the beginning, then 19. During Magic Week, I forgot about the Daughters of Heaven, and 158 Daughters of Heaven wiped out 40 of my blue units. I managed to recover, but I only lost 19. I planned for Light with fire resistance, defense in Battle Magic, +10% to sworn enemies in Education, and resistance in Luck. And, of course, I needed to find armor and bracers. But in the end, I had bad luck with leveling up. I only managed to get Light, and even that was not ideal. I didn't get Mass Acceleration, and I got resistance from Luck as the last level-up. I somehow managed to get Mass Acceleration from Attack, just when I was already surrounded and it was my last chance to take them. And, of course, no armor, no bracers, and no Battle Magic. I had a lot of money, so I didn't upgrade anything. I built the Workshop and the Castle completely. On the second week, and since I "suddenly" got level 20 on day 132, I started building the fifth tower, thinking I could break through the Guardian Order with un-upgraded troops, but then I reconsidered. In the end, I spent three days near the Guardian Order, waiting for upgrades. On day 141, I attacked and managed to break through, but the battles were long, so I only attacked the second guard the next day. I thought everything was going well, and I started looking for a treasure, but I ran out of mana in the treasure and there was no mana well nearby. Without mana, the battles became long, and I started losing units due to mana conservation. I lost two, then another four, and then I gave up and fled to the neighboring zone for mana. And lo and behold, Sinithar appeared two turns away from my castle. I rushed home and upgraded what I had. I gathered the generals and troops. Sinithar was with the Rogues, so I knew he was going for a clever tactic. But four generals with 7 Dryads and some other units drove him back! Then he returned again with the Rogues. In the end, there were about 10 monotonous battles with my Tarakans, Dryads, and some other units. I was lucky that Sinithar didn't have Battle Magic. In the end, my Tarakans probably killed about 50 Rogues. Sinithar and the city remained. It was clear that there were few Rogues left, but he still took the risk and attacked. The final was painfully simple. There were 6 Rogues. 3 Rogues killed the towers. 1 Rogue was taken out by Crystal Dragons. 1 Rogue was shot down by blue units. And the last Rogue was taken out by Druids with thorns while invisible. That's how it was. Thank you for the game. It's a shame that my opponent didn't have the patience to wait for the mega-final
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Leolopus (Dungeon, Sinister, Red) lost to dwp (Wynraell, Elves, Blue) on week 7. Overall, the game didn't go as planned, although it was interesting, which is a shame. I was hoping for a mega-final with a super Chaos against a powerful Elf, but it all ended in a loss due to a cunning strategy. From the start, it was Dungeon and Wynraell, but I didn't really want to focus on Wynraell due to education; I had other plans for development. But in the end, once he started developing, by day 14, he was already level 18. I decided to continue developing him, and the others started developing into forest generals (in the end, I managed to create four generals, so there would have been more than 300 units in the final battle). On day 132, he was level 20. Overall, there were mistakes; I lost some units, first 7, then 19. During Magic Week, I forgot about the Daughters of the Sky, and 158 of them wiped out 40 of my blue units. I managed to regenerate, but only lost 19. I planned for a light build with fire resistance and defense in the Battle of the Day (BoD). In education, I took +10% to sworn enemies, and in luck, I wanted resistance. And of course, I needed to find armor and bracers. But in the end, there was a lot of bad luck with development. I only managed to get the light build, and even that was flawed. Without mass acceleration, I got resistance as the last level-up skill. I somehow managed to get mass acceleration from attack, just when I was already surrounded and it was my last chance to take them. And of course, no armor, no bracers, no BoD. I had a lot of money, but I didn't upgrade anything. I built the outpost and the Castle completely. On the second one, and since on day 132, I "suddenly" reached level 20, I started building the fifth tower for some reason, thinking I could break through the Gate of the Worlds (GoW) with un-upgraded troops, but then I looked and changed my mind. In the end, I spent three days near the GoW, waiting for upgrades. On day 141, I attacked, and somehow broke through. The battles were long, so I only attacked the second guard the next day. I thought everything was going well, and I started looking for a place to retreat, but then I realized that all the mana was gone in the treasury, and there was no mana well nearby. And without mana, not only were the battles long due to mana conservation, but I also started losing units. Two, then four more, then I gave up and retreated to the neighboring zone for mana. And lo and behold, Sinister appeared two turns away from the Castle. I quickly went home and upgraded what I had. The generals gathered their troops. Sinister was with the Rogues, so he was clearly going for a cunning attack. But four generals with 7 Dryads and some units repelled him!!! The enemy's main hero then returned again, and again with the Rogues. In the end, there were about 10 monotonous battles with my Cockatrices and Dryads and some Rogue units. I was lucky that Dungeon didn't have a BoD. In the end, my Cockatrices managed to kill about 50 Rogues. Sinister and the city remained. It was clear that there were few Rogues left, but he still took the risk and attacked. The final battle was painfully simple. There were 6 Rogue units. 3 units were killed by the towers. 1 unit was taken out by the Crystal Dragons. 1 unit was shot down by the Blue Stack. And the last unit was cut down by the Druids in invisibility with thorns. That's how it was. Thank you for the game. It's a shame that my opponent didn't have the patience to wait for the mega-final.
I confirm that I lacked the patience, as I predicted. My opponent developed a lot of Cockatrices, as a result of which 99% of his turns were spent pushing and pushing. As soon as he reached me, he decided to use a cunning strategy. Fortunately, Blue is good at magic. He had 42 magic power + Emerald Boots and Rain with Shock, with 4500 shock and almost 3000 damage from the rain. But it wasn't meant to be. He decided to take a risk and lost on a cunning attack. That's what happened. It's a shame about the final battle; I would have liked to see how Chaos works. :eek: Thank you for the game!
"Шанс есть всегда, но не везде." ;)
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Lavageth (Priest, Ingvar, red) defeated Gastello (Elf, Ossir, blue) on day 38, 3-2-2
Ingvar wasn't given a log for a long time, and when he finally got one, there were fewer problems.
In the beginning, he sped up on turn 6 and, with his full army, moved towards the enemy. Unfortunately, a couple of turns before the encounter, he was defeated by neutrals, and the final battle didn't go as planned.
I'm discovering new aspects of the Dwarves - teleporting warriors under the Battle Cry rune - it's simply devastating, like a cheat in a convent. By the way, I took the teleport from the log and went all-in.
Thanks to Gastello - something wasn't working for him, and in the end, it saved him. I, on the other hand, had no problems; dragons, priests, and warriors under Battle Banner and Claw were cutting everything down on autopilot.
I'm sorry that I can't continue the tournament further - the time zone is simply killing me. Good luck and victories to everyone.
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Saruman665 (Information, Deleb, Red) lost to Adv (Dungeon, Letos, Blue) 2-4-4. Overall, the game didn't go well from the start, i.e., from the map generation. Starting zone: 50% completely empty Dungeon lands with resource bonuses and 2 mines. 50% swamps with mills, mines, etc. I had to stall without Logistics until level 12, but even when I got it, the random generator simply forgot about it and stubbornly didn't offer me to upgrade it. It got worse... I got higher education at level 13... but Mana Attraction still wasn't given... stats didn't go into Knowledge at all... as a result, Letos was slow, poor, without mana, and very angry at the random generator... which stubbornly continued to believe that without Navigation, I absolutely couldn't manage on this map!!!:mad:... all this nonsense continued until level 28. And yet... before Deleb arrived at my Castle, I managed to: destroy about 10 treasure rooms of mages (learned all the Chaos and Darkness spells), several Entanglements, a Utopia, visited 4 universities, acquired strong artifacts, and by that time I was already killing everything without discrimination... 280 Water Elementals, 270 Archmages, etc. Letos, level 28, 31-15-50-33 (5 Dragon artifacts, Marquel's Skull, Sar-Iss's Staff) 3 Racial: Arcane Wave, Dark Ritual (got it at level 28, standing opposite a Well, Knowledge was 29.... the random generator was even humorous: D) 3 Chaos - up to Deadly Cold, Lord of Storms (thanks to the random generator: mad:) 3 Darkness: Lord of the Mind, Lord of Pain + Cursed Lands (I wanted something else) 3 Sorcery: Secret Knowledge (miraculously got it in a Hut: smile03:), Shifting Mana, Replenish Mana 3 Education: Uncover Secret (Hut), Scholar. 3 Logistics: empty... didn't want to take Navigation: smile35: In the end, 2-4-4, Deleb stands opposite my city, I jump into the Castle, not reaching 2 squares to the next university... and I offer my opponent to give me a turn to leave the Castle and fight in the field... after thinking, he refuses and attacks the Castle... it ended badly for him, despite the "Silann's Cloak" and "Dragon Tongue". Here's the finale... http://ifolder.ru/14149682 The opponent fled... and didn't continue further. Thank you for the game, Saruman665... at least I had a good time on the neutral creatures:). P.S. I wouldn't wish such a "boost" in leveling to anyone... good luck to everyone.
"Да, человек смертен, но это было бы еще пол беды. Плохо то, что он иногда внезапно смертен, вот в чем фокус". БУЛГАКОВ М.А.
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Lavageth (Priest, Ingvar, red) defeated Gastello (Elf, Ossir, blue) on day 38, 3-2-2
Ingvar didn't get a log for a long time, and when he did, there were fewer problems.
In the beginning, he sped up on turn 6 and, with his full army, moved towards the enemy. Unfortunately, a couple of turns before the encounter, he was defeated by neutrals, and the final battle didn't go as planned.
I'm discovering new aspects of the Dwarves - teleporting warriors under the Battle Cry rune - it's simply devastating, and by the way, I took the teleport from the log and went all-in.
Thanks to Gastello - something wasn't working for him, and in the end, it saved him; I had no problems - dragons, priests, and warriors under Battle Banner and Claw were cutting everything down on autopilot.
I'm sorry that I can't continue the tournament further - the time zone is simply killing me; good luck and victories to everyone.
confirmed, it didn't work out.
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Confirmed, the artwork wasn't very good.
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Raykkonen (Dungeon, Letos, Sinistar) defeated Barma (Haven, Vitya, Myth) 2-1-6. From the start, Letos, Sinistar, and Iran. Letos and Sinistar, with the Log, were leveling up very quickly. By the second month, they were level 26 and 28 respectively. But Sinistar killed all the Hydras and Night Stalkers in Barma's castle.
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Raykkonen (Dungeon, Lethos, Sinithar) defeated Barma (Haven, Vitya, Myth) 2-1-6
From the start, Lethos, Sinithar, and Iran.
Lethos and Sinithar, with the Log spell, leveled up very quickly. By the second month, they were level 26 and 28, respectively. But Sinithar killed all the Hydras and Night Stalkers in Barma's castle.
I confirm - several thousand damage is a lot - more than 4k))
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FLASH_RUS (Red, Fortress, Ingvar) lose Xodyn (Blue, Dungeon, Vaishan) 3-2-5

The game was quite long, but also interesting.
At the start, Vaishan was chosen, and that's who I developed. In the first week, I got logistics, and things started to roll. Education, sharp mind, arcane mastery, magic chaos, and lucky sorcerer – I managed to level up everything I had planned. I explored almost the entire map before I found the opponent's castle.
I found it, captured the castle, and killed the unspawned reinforcements in one week. The opponent's main hero arrived two days later. I risked staying in his castle, not with my entire purchased army, and I lost many units along the way. But the opponent didn't think it was necessary to attack the castle and went to look for mine, capturing a neutral one along the way. After wandering for about 2 more weeks, we met in a battle on neutral territory.
Vaishan (29-20-39-21) won.

Thank you for the interesting game!
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Vip.rus (Temple, Vittorio) defeated Lok1978 (Temple, Rutger) week 6

First I went into some kind of desert zone, ended up wasting 2 weeks and was only level 8. Went into another adjacent zone, there were lots of artifacts, a shop, solved the money problem. Once I built archangels, everything went smoothly, everything fell. But I thought I was way behind, because the game offered Logistics at the end of week 4, I didn't take it, took Luck as the 5th skill instead. In the zone adjacent to the adjacent one, I saw a Ring of the Magi under very strong guard, portaled there on week 4, hurray, it turned out to be a treasure zone!!! I barely won the Ring, over 200 wyverns and a bunch of other chaff, and then everything went almost on autopilot, I leveled up to 29 there, got decked out in artifacts, then I saw the ore mine pop in the GO, portaled home. The ore mine popped on my side and ran headfirst into my fully prepared army) In the end we fought in the GO, thanks to the opponent for not hiding in the town, since he was training monks and I was training cavalry. In the end, 60+ cavalry decided almost everything in one go. Thanks for the game, Lok!
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FLASH_RUS (Red, Fortress, Ingvar) lose Xodyn (Blue, Dungeon, Vaishan) 3-2-5

The game was quite long, but also interesting.
At the start, Vaishan was chosen, and that's who I developed. In the first week, I got logistics, and that's how it started. Education, sharp mind, arcane mastery, magic chaos, and lucky sorcerer – I managed to level up everything I had planned. I explored almost the entire map before finding the opponent's castle.
I found it, captured the castle, and killed the unspawned units in one week. The opponent's main hero arrived two days later. I risked staying in his castle, not with my entire purchased army, and I lost many units along the way. But the opponent didn't think it was necessary to attack the castle and went to look for mine, capturing a neutral one along the way. After wandering for about 2 more weeks, we met in battle on neutral territory.
Vaishan (29-20-39-21) won.

Thank you for the interesting game!



I agree, I made a mistake, which decided the outcome of the game.
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lady revan (red, undead, Orson) defeated Flash_RUS (blue, elves, Anven) day 3, week 3, month 2.
Started with Zoltan, in the tavern, Orson. Decided to develop Orson. Had relatively good luck with leveling up, reached level 20, as usual, went to the city for spells, and continued traveling. The only thing was that I couldn't find the spell I needed, "unholy word," anywhere. I thought it was better not to look for treasures and decided not to waste time. I decided to surprise my opponent and attack their city. At the Gate of Oblivion portal, I killed 135 messengers, killed all the neutral creatures in that area, gained a level, and went to attack the opponent's city. On the way, I met Talanar and decided to kill him too. Then, I sent Ravenna to scout (to find out where the city was) and attacked him in the same turn. I captured the city, and after 4 days, Anven came to me. I was standing near the portal. Anven was well-leveled, and my liches were immediately defeated. Then, Anven started resurrecting troops and casting a general speed-up spell. In response, I cast "subjugation" on the emeralds. Anven tried to remove it. If the subjugation had been removed on the first turn, I would have probably lost; the dragons were doing a lot of damage. I had to position the dragons on the corpses so that the opponent couldn't resurrect them.
But I got lucky. Here is the replay of the battle. Flash_RUS, thank you very much for the interesting game!
Orson, level 28, 5-19-36-27
3 races
3 Logistics - pathfinding
3 Education - mana attraction, decipher secret, arcane reward
3 Sorcery - arcane knowledge, arcane advantage, wisdom
3 Dark Magic - master of pain, master of mind
3 Defense - resilience, deafening defense, reflection.
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Vip.rus (mages, Faiz) defeated BOLIVAR (mages, Ora, Nyura) week 5

From the start, Faiz and Jalib; I gave up and started leveling Faiz. Developed slowly, didn't have enough resources this time. I see my opponent is lagging in development, so I wasn't in a rush. From week 4, Titans with regeneration came online, everything went almost like clockwork. Dropped into the resource zone briefly, found Resurrection in my magic schools (was also leveling Light), a few artifacts, and headed to the opponent through ГО to take advantage of their development lag. Got word that the opponent conceded on ГО, so that was it. Was also leveling Learning and Attack; Defense stubbornly wouldn't appear. Thanks for the game, BOLIVAR.
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Vip.rus (mages, Faiz) defeated BOLIVAR (mages, Ora, Nyura) week 5

From the start, Faiz and Jalib; I gave up and started leveling Faiz. Gradually developed, didn't have quite enough resources this time. Saw that my opponent was lagging in development, so I wasn't in too much of a hurry. From week 4, titans with regeneration were up, everything went almost like clockwork. Popped into the resource zone briefly, found resurrection in my magic skills (was also leveling Light), a few artifacts, and headed toward my opponent through the Guard Outpost to take advantage of their developmental lag. News came that my opponent had resigned at the Guard Outpost, and that was it. Also leveled Learning and Attack; Defense stubbornly refused to appear. Thanks for the game, BOLIVAR.

I confirm.
In week 1, I took a risk and entered one of the gargoyle storages (which, as it turned out, was fully stocked, unlike the other storages). I really needed ore. The risk didn't pay off — I lost my hero. Naturally, I started falling behind in development. When I figured out by indirect signs that my opponent was heading to the Guard Outpost, I decided to also grind at my own Guard Outpost guard — especially since the guard was blocking an artifact (Cloak of Silana) that could have been very useful against an opponent specializing in Dark magic. The battle against the neutrals went poorly. I apologized to my opponent for such a quick demise.

P.S. A pity, of course. I had good plans for the mages in this tournament. ))

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