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A peculiar duel with the castles offered by Pasha...
OUTLAW (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre), 2SM4d(3), 1-2-3
Start in the underground, with fast roads, the Miner has only 2 stacks, and in the tavern — a specialist in Harpies, the second — a Necro. Next to the capital is a Griffin Conservatory, I immediately dive into it (1).
On d1d2 scouts reveal: one — an external dwelling of Minotaurs on the native secondary, the second — a block on Pavel's adjacent zone, I immediately break through this block with a scout, the Miner rushes to the native secondary on an Angel, I hire Gurni, who blindly attacks a crowd of Halflings with the Angel for the lookout post and junk —
and there are 5 stacks of 20+ there, accordingly, I lose the Angel, Pasha gives auto.
d1d3 — I capture the native secondary, a scout on Pavel's adjacent zone finds another Griffin Conservatory and a Hive nearby.
d1d4 — Shield +4, external dwelling of Minotaurs, Summoning Portal in the secondary, I light up the lookout post in front of the capital — I see 2 Dwarf Cottages and a Metro with GO, the scout reaches Necropolis.
d1d5 — maneuvers
d1d6 — Dwarf Cottages (maxi+mini)
d1d7 — Shakti with expert Attack, Tactics, and Logistics camps in front of the Griffin Conservatory (2-4), in the capital 1-3 with a Citadel and Summoning Portal, in the secondary 1-3 with a Summoning Portal and Mushrooms, 9K gold for ransom
d2d1 — reinforcements arrive, I break through the Hive (8) and the Griffin Conservatory (2), I head to the Arena near Necropolis
d2d2 — I visit the Arena, I deliberately do not capture Necropolis, since Pasha already has 3 towns, reinforcements are brought from 2 towns and I camp in front of the Metro to Pasha
d2d3 — Miner lvl 11 (added expert Defense) 7-12-1-3
with 3 Angels, 8 Wyverns, 18 Minotaurs, 90+ Troglodytes, 1+16 Harpies, 31 Evil Eyes lands in Rampart, Pasha capitulates. Thank you for the game!!
OUTLAW (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Dubrovin Pavel (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), 2SM4d(3), 2-1-6
Start with fast roads, without built Archers, but I managed to gather 34 of them, immediately on d1d1 an external dwelling of Angels is revealed.
Managed to spread out, although the road to the presumed GO was blocked by Cyclops Kings behind the Angel dwelling, a Witch Hut and resources...:smile35:
Broke through to the grass towards Conflux and to the rocks towards Stronghold. By the end of the week I captured both secondaries, Dwarf Cottage (15), home — Cavaliers with Citadel + external dwelling of Pokémon, in Stronghold — Birds in a Fort. Scouts spotted a Griffin Conservatory on the native respawn and a Metro with a Teleport into the treasure zone.
Then I hesitated a bit, heading to a Pandora's Box, losing 2 days and getting only 5k experience from the Pandora's Box, then Griffin Conservatory (2), Dwarf Cottage with a Crypt, home — 1-6 with a Castle, Angels didn't spawn, breaking the external dwelling without Tactics is also risky.
On d3d1 I break the Cyclops Kings, who got low morale and took out almost 30 Archers(((, I capture the dwelling, head to the treasure zone in the basement (second treasure zone in the Swamps) — there is a Library, Sword +3, Cape of Velocity +2, Boots of Levitation, an empty Chest without the Wisdom skill for Valeska, which was finally given by the end of the week...
There I revealed the outlines of a Dragon Utopia behind the wall, scouts revealed a Metro to it on the 4th respawn. On d3d7 — GG camps on an Angel in the capital, where I placed the Angels, a scout with power on the Stable near the 4th secondary of Conflux.
d4d1 — I capture Conflux, Valeska camps on Angels at the Metro to the treasure zone with the Dragon Utopia. d4d2 — I bring power as much gold allowed and dive into the basement, there is a Hive (4) and I camp a few steps from the Dragon Utopia.... On her turn, Taz attacks Valya:
Valya lvl 18 (12-14-7/96) +2 to speed, 7 Angels, 8 Champions, 5 Thunderbirds, 10 Royal Griffins, 14 Swordsmen, 9 Zealots, 44 Archers
Tazar lvl 18 (4-17-7/7) with 1 Angel, 2 Crystal Dragons, 41 Wyverns, 24 Greater Basilisks, 20 Mighty Gorgons, 63 Greater Lizards, 90+ Greater Gnolls
Both have expert Offense with Defense.
Pasha has expert Tactics, with which he hides the Lizards, I cast Mass Bless, Pasha casts Mass Slow. Further, it's a bit hard to remember the order of the battle, but the point came down to me slowing down Tazar's attacking stacks and Pasha's attempts to finish off the remaining Angel stack (Tazar's specialty ruled!!)
Both had Morale and Luck bonuses, but they more often favored Pasha, with whose help he left me with only 1 Angel :eek: On the brink of failure, I flew around with one Angel with less than 50 health from corner to corner and shot a missile for 150 HP until I ran out of mana. I retreat (no money for ransom) with one Angel, Pasha had 19 Gorgons and 2 Wyverns left, but the main thing is, you can't go into the Dragon Utopia with them anymore :D .....
I ransom in Stronghold, double my mana and run to the Hives, from the unbought troops I gathered: 1 Angel, 3 Thunderbirds, 4 Champions, 8 Swordsmen, 72 Pokémon, 6 Zealots, 19 Archers, 14 Royal Griffins + 4 Wyverns from the scout
Then 2 Hives (8+8), a scout on the 4th secondary spotted a Griffin Conservatory, I set off there, but I guessed wrong about the intended path to the Griffin Conservatory and lost a day detouring. I take the Griffin Conservatory (3), Hive (6), planning to run to the Dragon Utopia from which I was driven away, but Pasha beat me to it...
The Dragon Utopia turned out to be max with deadly bonuses: +8 all stats and a Cap of 5th level magic, a Book of Fire...
I beat a retreat to the Swamp treasure zone towards the revealed Hives and Dragon Utopia, but only managed to take one Hive (4), Pasha jumps over the GO and heads towards the capital.
I absolutely cannot give up the capital with Angels and the dwelling, so I abandon the trip to the Dragon Utopia and set off for home...
FF:
Valya lvl 19 (14-14-9/214) 8 Angels, 8 Champions, 30 Wyverns, 29 Royal Griffins, 187 Greater Pokémon, 12 Zealots, 52 Archers
Taz lvl 20 (15-26-13/160) 25 Gorgons in Tomato, 15 Wyverns, 1+1+1+18 Greater Basilisks, 18 Greater Lizards, 1 Basilisk
Pasha hides the Gorgons with Tactics and starts throwing Implosions, each of which practically wiped out one of my unit stacks, but this time my Morale and Luck were working in overdrive))) and the ranged stacks did their job, and in the last round, the Zealot and Archer stacks, getting low morale, but with Luck, kill the remaining Gorgons,
not letting Pasha ransom. Valya is left with 4 Champions, 11 Royal Griffins, 20 Pokémon, 12 Zealots and 52 Archers....
Thank you for the great battle, Pavel!!!!