Posts from Post-match analysis.

Managed to secure the consul in 4 out of 8 attempts. With my current morale, I focused on defense. Remaining units: marksmen, an angel, and either 1-3 horses (depending on the number of morale boosts for the griffins) or 20 pikemen. Twice, the griffins attacked the marksmen in the first round, resulting in a loss. Once, the griffins thawed and devoured everything. And in one instance, I probably targeted the wrong stacks, lost the angel, and lost.

Took it 5-5. I don't take crosses, but I bring my friends in for a push, and I take it the next day. In general, it would have been right to stand on the Angel for the consulate, and then take it the next day. In the first round, the Angel attacks the white Griffons, the Knights attack them as well, we defend with the Angel and Marks, and then we react to the situation. In principle, it's okay, the maximum loss is 9 Marks, 20 Pikemen and the remaining Marks survived. In general, morale shouldn't be ignored.

If there is one large pack of Griffons left, and only Marks and Spears are alive, then we engage with the Marks, and then we run away, finishing off the Griffons from a distance.

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What's the point of attacking Griffins with an Angel? It will take down 3 of them, but in return, it will receive over -50 damage. It's not a Tier 2 unit after all...

The idea is that this unit is the most dangerous to attack, as it's not beneficial to target it, since the marksmen attack after it has already struck. So, after the attack from angels (10% chance) and knights, it gets weakened, and then it starts slowly chipping away at the copies, and the old stack of griffins will also attack them, only the third one will attack the angels and knights. If you don't attack it, there's a risk of losing morale in the Great Siege, after which, with the death of the pikemen, there's a high chance of a game-over. But as it is, it's reliable, and most importantly, you don't have to waste a shot on them. There are scenarios where you can sacrifice an angel and still guarantee a victory in the battle. If there was a haste ability, then attacking the angels and griffins wouldn't be necessary.

1. I took it on 5-5.
I don't take crosses, but I bring my friends in for a push, and I take it the next day.
2. It was actually better to stand on the angel for the consult, and then take it the next day.

1. Indeed, if the griffins don't hit the marks in the first round in any way, you can get out of there, in the worst case with the loss of an angel and horses.
2. Well, firstly, I was a little distracted, and secondly, I still planned to lose all the "pokemons" and possibly the cruisers, so the loss of speed is small, considering the speed boost of 6-7 and the fact that there were still a few moves left. The option with the friends is less reliable (it's better to give up the cruisers but get more guarantees), and the morale is worse.
I didn't hit anyone with the angels, but the cruisers did a good job of halving the griffon stack.

1. Actually, if the griffins don't attack the Marksmen in the first round, it's possible to get out of that situation, at worst with the loss of an Angel and some Knights.

That's not quite right. There's no way to "somehow" get out of it. At the very least, a morale drop on a full stack always makes things difficult. Crusaders can be taken, but I would prefer to save them instead of getting an extra 4% morale. What's your success rate, by the way? For example, out of 5 attempts.

Isn't it because

making them tough

that

preferred to keep them

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There's a delicate balance between reliability and saving troops; personally, knowing for sure that I wouldn't get an auto-win in this case, I preferred reliability ;)

Regarding crusaders, it's probably not a good habit to take them. Especially here, the chance for a maximum of 25%. And even so, you can reliably get it without crosses, even if sometimes it results in losing an angel. And 18 crosses is a good stack for level 131. Although, there's also merit in a different approach. Where do you place them, by the way?

Even without crosses, you can reliably take it, although sometimes with the loss of an angel. And on turn 131, 18 crosses is a good stack.

5 angels is also a good stack compared to 4 ;) In this game, for example, on turn 141, they became Archangels. Maybe you can argue whether 1 angel is better than 10 Crusaders, but regarding the Archangel, I think it's undeniable :)

Where do you put them, by the way?

In the first stack.

And what about the overall arrangement? And still, tell me the stats too. Otherwise, maybe you got it through connections?

What about the overall setup? And still, tell me the stats. Maybe you just got lucky?

The setup is the same as in the save, but I switch the positions of the large group of griffins and the knights. The stats are as I said, if the griffins don't hit the marksmen in the first round, I win 100%, although if the griffins' morale is low, the losses are significant. Once, I ended up with 30+ marksmen and 10 spearmen. In an online battle, I managed to surround the support units with incomplete stacks of enemy griffins (the full stacks were being targeted, so their morale wasn't a problem) + I also managed to damage the griffin stack quite a bit by circling it with the cruisers (I started shooting at it from the third or fourth round).

I managed to win on the first try, with 14 coins, an angel, and all the marks remaining. The arrangement was standard, meaning it was the same as in the saved game. Morale: once for a full stack, but a distant one, and a couple of times for already heavily damaged stacks; we received morale once for a single griffin, and that's it :D. I didn't expect to do even that well :rolleyes:. P.S. Why couldn't I increase the level in the skill tree before the console? - This is just a noob question :o, well, maybe I could also bring some friends along for the feast...

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Second attempt: the arrangement was the same, except I swapped the positions of the horses and griffins. This time, I didn't attack anyone with the white units in the first round. A couple of morale boosts for large stacks and one for a mark - but it didn't really matter, as I was attacking a distant full stack anyway :). Four horses, 23 creatures, and the angel with the marks survived. I made the pocket so that I could only attack the creatures with a maximum of one stack, which is why so many of them remained.

P.S. And why couldn't you increase your level in the skill tree before accessing the console? - This is a rather noobish question:o, but maybe you could also bring some friends along for the ride...

Regarding the skill tree, it's clear that it's not the right path, and it's better to approach it with a higher level. As for bringing friends, I don't understand why this question arose (not just from you) - what's the point of bringing them if they die from a single hit with a full stack of griffins? You could just as easily replace them with one of your own griffins.

Instead of attacking pikemen, crossbowmen, and marksmen, they target Kentaur griffin riders. What's the point of that? One griffin won't help here.

3rd control match: D: The griffins were acting like crazy dogs and behaving very strangely, except they didn't attack with marks in the 1st round. They jointly attacked with 2 large stacks on the angel - and naturally killed him, but for the first 3-4 rounds, they didn't touch the Pokémon; we didn't get any morale boosts, except for one griffon and on the Pokémon, and also on the horses that were always standing in defense. 3 horses, 35 Pokémon, and marks survived. I can't understand - is this just luck, or am I really doing almost as well as the offline players who posted here? :confused: ?