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Alex_R (blue, Heaven Dugald (27)) lost to Kolobokk (red, Elves of Anven) 2.1.2
The starting area was very small, with mines and hiding spots, and the Guardian of Order was located halfway around the castle... one portal was close, the other further away. He rushed with upgrading and building the castle, and as a result, on the 5th day, he lost Dugald, level 6, with 48 archers, 10 pikemen, and peasants. He wanted to surrender immediately... but thought that wouldn't be a true semi-final... there was also Axel, and on day 121, Vittorio arrived... while he was deciding which of them to develop, he dug up his Dugald and decided to develop him after all, as there were already wasps, but he couldn't catch the machines for a very long time... then he thought for a long time whether to get Darkness or Light... as a result of these deliberations, he lost again... he attacked the Cave Lords and lost 72 red archers and half of the gremlins from Hafiz... he miscalculated their number, thinking there were 5-8, but there were 16, they formed three stacks and in 2 rounds of casting Fireball, they destroyed all his useful troops...
Dugald on the 2nd week without archers (-100 killed) looked quite bleak, but he didn't want to surrender...
In general, he finally got Darkness, and on day 137, he was given a basic one in front of the tree, and immediately took an advanced Darkness in the tree. The buildings provided Blindness, Dispel, and Slow + in the future, Vampirism, but on day 212, he saw that the Portal in the Guardian of Order suddenly became free on the other side. He decided to gather all his forces and fight in the open field, although there would have been more chances in the castle, but it still wouldn't have saved him. His opponent had significantly more developed magic, higher parameters, and apparently, stronger artifacts (he definitely had the Armor of the Forgotten)... In general, he reflected my Blindness, and he himself cast a mass speed-up and resurrection, and at the end, he also cast Divine Retribution...
And so, in the first two rounds, I almost destroyed all his knights, almost all the archers, half of the druids, and all the fairies and dancers... in short, only 7 of his dragons and 16 ents remained, but BDP + resurrection worked more effectively, especially when my archers, ballista, and almost all the knights fell.
P.S. If only I had been given a Berserk or had managed to upgrade Darkness to Artificial + Mind Lord, I might have won.
Thank you for the game.