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Group D is also pretty clear, but not many games have been played yet – join in. StickyFingaz

Piterius (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Slav4eG (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 212

One of the few games on small/medium where Kyrre, thanks to her Logistics, pulled me out of a complete mess. And the Boots with the Gloves turned her into Super Mario too :)
We played in several sessions; I remember we rerolled for a long time, and in the end, having run out of rerolls, I got a start with two vertical brown road-intestines going up and down, one of which led to the ГО. But thank God, 15 elves from the start and I see a tree, which gives hope. Slightly below the castle is a Griffin Conservatory, slightly above is an external dwelling of wood (never took it until the end of the game). I quickly ran to the Castle secondary hero, near her another Conservatory and a Naga Bank, and that's basically it, then chains back and forth across rough terrain. In short, no tempo; on one day I was 500 gold short of inserting Pegasi, what a bummer - okay, if it were crystals(( Result: first week 1-6 in the Citadel, in the secondary hero a thousand.
On the second week, I take Conservatory 1, Naga Bank 4 - the moral Nagas killed 5 Archers and only 20 remained, so I didn't go for Conservatory 2-4, but dove into the subway near the ГО. There, to the left is the opponent's secondary hero - also Dungeon, to the right is the treasure zone. I headed there.
On day 131, I shipped the army home - Damacon took Conservatory (2) and Kyrre with three Angels and support from Fiona started breaking trees. I hung out in the underground treasure zone, collected a total of 16 Wyverns - all beehives from mines, took 3 Manticore external dwellings :), a Gold Mine, found Boots and Flight, and emerged from the subway right next to my own secondary hero!
I see Shakti at the end of the third week heading into the treasure zone from the underground onto the dirt, an exit to which I don't have! Urgently, I build a Guild and run to the cliffs, preparing to fly over them slightly above where the Blues are presumably hanging out! Along the way I found a Collar +3/+3 Spellpower (very handy!), a Well (70 mana), and a Cyclops pen with 4 each.
On day 141, having gathered some resources and picked up Gloves, I fly into the treasure zone. I take 2 Pandora's Boxes behind Bone Dragons - 5k experience and the entire fourth floor, good thing I already had Wisdom and Earth! On the same turn, I find a Dragon Utopia - a minimal one (Hat +6 to all stats, Sword +2/+2, and some other junk).
Day 142, I have mana left for either Flight or Town Portal. I cast Town Portal to the secondary hero and run again through the Well to the walls, this time a bit higher, and mana is already 130.
Shakti is not there, so I calmly clear the top of the treasure zone, and from home I build a chain to the Blues' underground secondary hero. After several skirmishes with weaklings, I manage to push through a ranged army led by Damacon (expert Offense and Archery), but not to the secondary hero - I set the main town as the target! Mom [Kyrre] has already grown considerably - she collected 55 ducks, all slots are upgraded, there's money for buying an army. I really want to quadruple mana in the Blues' castle on day 211:) But Damacon doesn't reach a few tiles and only on day 212 runs into the empty Blue capital, next to which stands Shakti:confused:
Mom barely has enough mana for just 1 Town Portal left, but the recalled Fiona is hired and a Well is nearby, she checks Shakti and decides to attack!
Kyrre level 23, 21-23-18-15 (276) - 3 Angels, 55 Wyverns, 14 Unicorns, 12 Scorpicores, 33 Pegasi, 55 Elves, 60+ Dwarves.
Shakti level 19, 13-20-20-5 (320) - 1 Angel, 16 Manticores, 47 Medusas, 49 Evil Eyes, nearly 500 regular Troglodytes and 30 basic ones, 73 Harpies.
The battle.
Deployment with Tactics in the top corner - Medusas and Evil Eyes are blocked. First thought is to cast Mass Curse on the ~700 troops, but there's a Cloak of Resistance:( No choice - I cast Mass Slow and approach with everything right next to them, the Angels take out 30 basic Troglodytes. In return, I get Mass Haste, and in the second turn all stacks of the underground horde hit the Wyverns, with an Angel removing the retaliation, and the Troglodytes kill almost all Elves. I attack the shooters, and they fire back from the Bow of the Sniper:o
On the third turn, I cast Cure on the Wyverns, and they smash the Troglodytes. Then it's a slugfest and bolts. The Wyverns killed the Troglodytes, and the rest dealt with the shooters. Victory!:smile19:

Thanks for the game!

P.S. - Everlast remained, but no reply or hello from him since the very start of the tournament!

SEM_56 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def Alessandro (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) balance 143

there is absolutely NO BALANCE in the BALANCE

Kash (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Slav4eG (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre), 2sm4d(3), 142

We played with a long break, I remember vaguely until 126
117 Rampart secondary, there are elves in the castle )) , home has eyes in the Citadel with mushrooms and a portal, external dwelling of trogs, no more to be seen, but generally there are few of them
126 Loaded the save, I see - Rampart's Griffin Conservatory-stronghold is not taken, whether I checked or not I don't remember, Shakti on 2 angels, wax runs to take Castle, and there is also a Necro-secondary, from it in the treasure zone there are chests and somewhat far away 2 Dragon Fly Hives
127 Shakti breaks into Ramp, the army takes Castle and returns, Shakti with angels deflects the shield +2 on units and stands before the Griffin Conservatory. The tavern shows that I have more troops, which is strange but pleasant. However, in stats we are behind
131 Maximus, he must have checked and was afraid, amusing. Trogs and Grand Elves wipe without magic and losses. We kill into Necro and run on 6 angels into the treasure zone
132 Chest for level 4
133 Chest for the whole map :)
Then tediously gather Wyverns and various small things, don't waste mana, a couple of scouts crawl around the swamp treasure zone - looking for a closer Dragon Utopia (found it when it was no longer needed). Really wanted to hit GO on 137 and take the red capital, but Earth magic just wouldn't expertize to Town Portal home, and when I did expertize it - I saw a shield +4 on everything... Didn't make it..
137 Ber takes that shield and the nearby Dragon Fly Hive (almost all small) - became 33 Wyverns, Town Portal to Rampart, home doubling structure
141 We take Grand Elves, Town Portal home, hit GO with
50 Grand Elves, 33 Wyverns, 6 angels, 40 Harpies, 200+ Trogs
Shakti level 19, 12-12-14-180, Wisdom, Earth, Ballista
142 The reds attack, stats a bit higher, troops a bit fewer, Grand Elves also exactly 50 :) My angels have higher speed, I cast.
They try to cast Berserk on me - the morale icon prevents it.
They block the Grand Elves, on my turn I pour a Rain of 450 there and the reds surrender

Thanks to Slava for the game

The castle selection portal works even on an advanced map.

Erdam (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) loses to Voland (Red, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Crag Hack), 2sm4d(3), 146

Fast roads, one road to ГО, the second to the native secondary, I decide to play. But later I realized the respawns are poor and without hidden caches. Somehow I placed buildings 12356 in the citadel, in the secondary there are vives in the fort with a market. The opponent also has a native secondary. At the start of week 2, I take a minimal cons, break through to the snow treasure zone, check the beehive – horde, few gnolls, I don't risk it. The lack of money is just oppressive… I take a minimal medusa dwelling, a pre-max crypt, build a town hall and a castle at home (didn't have enough money for the vases). :smile45: On week 3, Tazar with lizards gathered 60 vives, but there's no one to fight: not a single(!) stat artifact or Dragon Utopia is visible. I don't even have money to buy dragonflies, let alone upgrade gorgons. :smile30: On 142, Crag takes the capital through ГО, I take the tree and break into the secondary, Crag doesn't attack. I run to the grass treasure zone, take the beehive, break through the golden golems for a Dragon Shield, but I'm 1 hex short of picking it up.(( Tazar's army (50+ lizard warriors, 4+4 dragonflies, 12 gorgons, 92 wyverns, 35 gargoyles (from pandora), 1 angel). Crag chases with wings, closes in the orcs with tactics, we exchange mass slows, I move forward, the wyverns hit hard, but there's no haste to counter the slow, I had to heal. In the end, I never managed to reach the orcs. The opponent had 9 birds, 3 angels, orcs, and a crowd of dragonflies left. Thanks for the game! :)

KostyaN(Blue, Castle, Valka, Valka) def DENCHELSEA(Red, Fortress, Tazik, Tazik), balance(according to HeroesWorld rules), 134.

Dear Erdem, I'm writing here because we still haven't found the time to play. Let me know when you're available. Because in the past 2 months, you've declined all my proposals and agreements to play. (for a valid reason, but still)