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Lider1 (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Spirit(red, Conflux, random, Grindan) 8MM6 137

General, I was playing the template only for the third time, made a lot of mistakes.

On the first week, Griffins in the citadel, secondary hero Conflux.

On the second week, killed two computers, also Ramparts, which decided the future, also took an external dwelling of wood elves.

On the third week, by trial and error, I finally found where the opponent lives, and on 136 I took the Castle.

And actually on 137, the surrender.


I didn't take the Utopia, the Griffin Conservatories were scattered one by one - there was no time, I saw the Utopia, but couldn't reach it, I only took one tree for 8 wisdom.


Thank you for the game, I won purely by chance.

Yes, right. Sorry it took so long. Can't push through against 3 Ramparts :) Lately I've been losing because I can't choose the starting hero... Thanks for the game.

numOne (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre), 2smd4(3), 147

Excellent start. Spawned in the Underground, Shakti with 2 stacks, fast roads, 4 directions. On the first week, I painted the Barbarian and Inferno, took a mini Dwarf Cottage. A treasure zone is visible in the Underground near Inferno. Went out onto the surface - there's a Griffin Conservatory 2-4. End of the week - cats without Minotaurs in the Castle.
Scout hero paints the Castle at the start of the second week. I bring troops from the capital and the Miner takes the three Griffin Conservatories (took them without magic, on the surface, so I had to sacrifice cats and eyes). I take 2 Naga Banks (4+3), break into Inferno, buy a spell book there, go to the treasure zone. I get the Necklace 3/3 for Necro horses, another Naga Bank, Ring +1 to Speed for Greater Medusas, Sword +6 for Greater Harpies. I run through the treasure zone - absolutely nothing interesting. On 127, I break into the capital and with doubled mana go to another treasure zone. At home, I built Dragons. Shakti finally got Logistics, already Expert Offense, Tactics, Air, Resist, and Advanced Pathfinding.
On 131, I upgrade the Dragons, buy the remaining Troglodytes with the leftover gold, and enter the maximum Dragon Utopia, came out of there with 3 Black Dragons :), but Titan's Plate, Necklace +3 to All, Wings, and Artificer's Ring! I buy all troops from the capital + leftovers from secondary towns and break 2 more Dragon Utopias - in the first, nothing special, in the second, they gave Arm of the Immortal, Hourglass of the Evil Hour, and Boots of Resistance. In parallel, I build up the Castle.
At the start of the fourth week, I jump to the Barbarian secondary town, there's a Griffin Conservatory 3. Pasha broke through the Griffin Conservatory and holed up in the empty capital. I run through the Barbarian territory, double my mana, break 2 Naga Banks, 1 maximum Cyclops Stockpile (need resources for Archangels). Stats are already all around 30. Kyrre is also fairly leveled and, as it turned out, has control, but spell power is only 15. On 147, Pasha uses Dimension Door to take my Castle with a built Angel and returns back to guard my capital. I buy the cheap troops from the Barbarian and through Town Portal and Dimension Door attack Kyrre in the Castle. In terms of troops, I was outnumbered several times, but 3 Archangels and a Chain Lightning for 1300 did the trick. In the end, I came out with 1 Dragon. Victory! :)

Thanks for the game! It was interesting.

numOne (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr), 2smd4(3), 147


Thanks for the game! It was interesting.

It was!

There was 1 secondary hero, but it was a native one! Also, there was Nyczka ZD (on the native hero) and Drov (on the secondary hero). There was no money, though.

My mistakes in the second week - I lost 3 Experts to 2 Cons-Doubles (with and without Griffins). At least one Expert could have been saved in the second Cons, but I attacked with them when they had 7 lives, and the counterattack with 4 Griffins took one down.

In the third week - in the Sunken City-Double, I got a Crown of Opportunity and Boots. In the Treasury, I got 20,000 experience for 3 Rust Monsters, it was hard without Tactics, 15,000 gold, and all 4 Magic skills.

In the fourth week - in another Treasury, I lost about 50 Elves to about 50 White Dragons (for the Sword-Cleaver and Hive), for only 70 Griffins. With Djinns, I got the entire Fifth Level. I passed the Gate of Opportunity (20-49 Red and White creatures), and it was a pity to lose all the Gnomes on them (who could have helped in the Finale), I took the Main Castle of Andrey.

In the Finale, I didn't manage to reach the Black Dragons of Andrey (there was no Mass Haste). I couldn't kill the last of Andrey's 3 Black Dragons, Andrey's Magic Power was twice as high as mine, and that ultimately decided the outcome.

Thanks to Andrey for the interesting game!

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Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Kash (Blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr), 2sm4d(3), 1.3.3.

In the first week - I took Boots of Swiftness for under 19 Ice Elementals, a native secondary hero, we are playing without rests. Nyczka Troglov.

In the second week - a Gnome hero, for under 19 Orcish Birds +1 to Speed, 20 Gnome hero, another native secondary hero, 4 Naked Bank, almost maxed Hive.

In the third week - Vitya is attacking on my secondary hero, I am frantically looking for something good in the Treasury, but I only found 35 Rags in Pandor, I retreat home to defend the siege. There is no Mass Magic, I am hoping for the Castle.

Vitya bravely attacks, but the Castle walls are strong, and 18 Experts don't even enter the battle... The walls decided the outcome...

Thanks to Vitya for the game!

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Kash (Blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr), 2sm4d(3), 1.3.3.

It happened. I won't write about how I defeated the neutrals :)
You can play more interestingly with a sneaky horse rush..
I liked that I stole Pasha's consul on the secondary town, it's a pity about the minimum...
Then it was a shame that I didn't go in the right direction, giving the red player another 2 days to prepare)
Well, and in the end, attacking was obviously a bad idea, as in a field battle, the chances were slim

Thanks for the game.

Lanser (red, Castle, Kaitlin, Mephala) def. Psyche_7 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2smd4(3), 215

Confirmed. I didn't find any slowdown anywhere on the expert map. 11 Archangels in Mephala's hands turned out to be the deciding factor.

Pradromalo (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Inferno, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4d(3) 122

The opponent had a bad starting position, so I decided not to continue.
Thanks for the game!

Pradromalo (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Inferno, Valiska, Valiska) 2SM4d(3) 122

The opponent had a bad starting position, so I decided not to continue.
Thanks for the game!

As often happens with me, while waiting for something better, I ended up with something worse.

I couldn't get out of the starting area because of, as it turned out, about 40 Guards.

In the first week, there were only Griffins in the Castle, so I decided not to bother...

Thanks for the game!

numOne (red, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Gunnar) def Kluka (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Vokial), 2smd4(3), 135

The respawn gave a large one, with a stable, an external dwelling of birds, 2 external dwellings of wolves, 1 of orcs and 1 of goblins, a Griffin Conservatory next to the castle, and enough gold. 3 roads, but the guards were elves, so I decided not to rush but to farm the respawn first. Gunnar came - immediately sent him to the folders. Took the Dwarf Cottage on day 1, captured all external dwellings, scout heroes actively farm gold. End of week: bears in the castle, Gunnar got Earth magic.
On the second week - I take the Medusa dwelling on day 2, clear the swamp, also take a mini Naga Bank there. Buy a spellbook, on home turf there's another Naga Bank, have Mass Slow, break the Griffin Conservatory - level 2. In a Pandora's Box guarded by Crusaders, they give 35 Gold Dragons! Hire a secondary Necro hero (in the Dungeon) and a Conflux hero. Near Conflux, pick up Chain Mail +4 and a 3/3 necklace. The main hero with Expert Defense, Logistics, Tactics, Earth Magic, and Advanced Air Magic breaks through and goes into the underground treasure zone next to the swamp. There's no treasure zone, but some tiny two-by-two cellar, but in a Pandora's Box, guarded by Greater Liches, they gave a Faerie Dragon!
I split my forces and stand at a speed point not far from the GO (Angels), but Pavel beat me to it - the Angels fall, and I was already afraid I wouldn't be able to escape, but I got lucky, I bought my way out using Tactics. Next turn, I transfer troops, buy everything down to zero, and attack. Having: 24 Greater Birds, 1 Faerie Dragon, 2 Angels, 5 Bears, under 100 Greater Wolves, 100+ Greater Goblins, and a few Orcs, I manage to win easily.

Thanks for the game!

numOne (red, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Gunnar) def Kluka (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Vokial), 2smd4(3), 135

Confirmed.

I apologize that the finale didn't work out, as I wasted half of my army at GO. (presence of a gr. stack = Archangels (it would be prudent to verify!), angel morale +2 against my -3).

When the Necromancer appeared in the tavern, I decided to learn to fight on two fronts. Vokial took a chest for 1500 experience, after the first battle mastered Necromancy, and went upward to gather skeletons. The army shuttled back and forth from Vokial to the left border of the territory and on 114 took a Conflux, near which I freed Nimbus.
After that, I gathered skeletons with two Necromancers, sometimes losing about 50 due to incorrect positioning and other foolishness (there was very little time, even using the vbn program): 100 by the end of the first week, 250 by the end of the second, and 400 by the middle of the third.
On 117 I took an external dwelling of archers, on 121 - angels.
In the second week, a Griffin Conservatory for 2 angels, on 126 and 127 for 6 Vivi each.
I found a scroll of Armageddon - just in time for the Conflux.

But then I got a bit tired of the constant rush, I needed to take the Dragon Utopia, maybe build some birds, but instead I went to get myself killed at GO, GO couldn't handle it, the opponent helped.

Thank you for the game!

Wlk777 (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Ciel) def. Temofey (red, ramp, Ivor, Ivor) 2smd4 (3) 127. After all the respawns, the map was a mess; there was one stack of troglodytes underground, totaling 80 creatures. The roads were slow, there were many ranged blockers, and there was little money, making it seem like giving up was the only option. But then, on turn 112, I found a mini-resource (although there were 2 groups of magogs on the way to it). I barely managed to take it, and I was left with 25 troglodytes. I cleared a path to the surface with 46 elves from a large stack, plus 20 storm elementals. There, I found a secondary Inferno stronghold, and behind a group of hellish, unupgraded dogs, I freed Ciel, a level 5 prisoner with experience in water magic. Soon after, I found a cloak +2/2 to attack and knowledge, and most importantly, a path through the wilderness to the main resource of my opponent (or to the treasury, which was less likely). At the end of the week, on the edge of the map, I found a stash of cats, but I didn't have time to get to it. The result of the week: the cats are in the fort in the capital. At the beginning of the second week, I take that stash, develop Ciel, and on turn 127, with 1 angel, 8 large cat stacks, and a ranged unit with 150 attack + experience in healing, I managed to besiege my opponent in the capital (Citadel). There was a lot of mana, and I won, although only 2 cats survived. Thank you for the game.

Van (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Hermit (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), panic, 1.3.6.
Started very well considering panic was played on 160%, and not much gold was given; at the end of the first week there were 8 heroes, on 112 I broke into a Dwarf Cottage for 15, plus I beat the tight guard — a Level 6 Miner, with Logistics))), overall the more I play Shakti, the more I like him; on the first week also a couple of crypts, boots, in the Castle 1-5 in the Citadel, a secondary hero, the external market helped a lot since ore was very far away, a Trophy Griffin Conservatory; on 121 I attack with 140 Troglodytes and 7 Griminoses and consumption — there are 200 griffins, obviously a loss, I could have taken 150 but not 200; we take auto, later it also gave, so it's in the calculation; on the second week 3 villages, a couple of Dwarf Cottages, Medusa Cottages, crypts, Chain +4, Shield +3; on 131 the Miner is well-fed, I take 4 Angels without problems and go to the opponent; we met — a total superiority of the Miner, both in meat and in parameters, plus mass magic; in short, I ran over Tazar like a tank.
Thank you for the game.

Van (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Hermit (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), panic, 1.3.6.

That's how it was. I didn't have any restarts, and the resources were distributed very poorly. There were no monetary artifacts, except for the Medusa artifact behind a group of archers deep in the spawn area. In the first one, I cleared a group of harpies on the way to the Necropolis spawn. I used up absolutely all my healing and lost some lizards. I didn't have any money, and even wyverns were questionable, but by the end of the week, I had 1-4, 5 in the Citadel. The weakest guard on the passage was 49 vampires with a large stack on the ground. I cleared it, but the snake stack couldn't hold and they reached the lizards - as a result, I lost 3 wyverns. There's literally nothing on this spawn either, except for the Pandora artifact behind many knights and the Mage Crown with a +2 Knowledge and Spell Power cloak behind a group of archers and many mages... I was already ready to give up, but Tazar took the Pandora artifact for 5000 experience and immediately learned Expert Earth! Then he lost the last 2 wyverns while defending the Mage Crown, but all the lizards are intact, and there's a slow in the guild on the Necropolis spawn. In the third one, with Expert Slow, I cleared two more passages with strong guards, captured villages, and was about to go to the Treasury, but then Shakti captured my village and went to the Treasury himself. I didn't know he had Expert Logistics and Boots, and when he went far into the Treasury, I took the village back and went to his capital. I just forgot to transfer the remaining troops from my capital. If I had known he had Boots and Logistics, I would have definitely gone to the Treasury. But Shakti, boosted by angels, traveled a huge distance from the Treasury and reached Tazar. :( :( :( Well, then everyone was slowed down, and I couldn't counter 4 angels and 12 wyverns. :( I bought my way out and surrendered.
Thank you for the game.

bRitvo4kA (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Van (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), Panic, 136

In the final, he cast Bless on the angels twice, which was amusing :D

Thanks to Ivan for the game!

bRitvo4kA (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Van (blue, castle, Valeska, Valeska), Panic, 136
It happened, but I messed up – I rushed. If I had taken a little more time, just a bit, Tazar with defense + leather + shield would have been a tank. I think everything will be fine soon. Thank you for the game, and as for blessing the angels – I was hungover and hadn't slept well :D

Temofey(red, rampart, mefala) def StickyFingas(blue, castle, valeska, das) 2smd4(3) 144
after everyone ran out of restarts, the respawn turned out poorly — almost no mountains around the gold, 2 roads, a crowd of gr. elves on the secondary, ГО almost nearby on the second, had to clear the respawn, beat off the ham of centaurs and dendroids, then on 116-117 took a couple of crypts, built a Citadel with uniques, on 121 buy everything and head to the secondary, the secondary is a swamp, thank god I got logistics, didn't go anywhere else and headed into the treasure zone on 124, there was only 1 conflux and that one with 2 angels, 1 Hive and that one in the middle of nowhere, in the treasure zone I take a Pandora's +5000 exp, train expert air, and see a Dragon Utopia, train 2 bibles +2 to everything and another Pandora's with 20 sharpshooters in it)) on 132 I take the Dragon Utopia +4 shield to everything, Golden Bow +4 to attack and junk(the Dragon Utopia is at 1) in the end stats are 15-20... I upgrade everything, buy the leftovers and head to ГО, there on 135 I kill liches without problems, take all of blue's castles and wait a week — he surrendered...