Posts from Counter-heroes in duel mode (3.1). Auto-translated

Another match – Razazak versus Nimue on the Abyss map. True, the opponent is quite weak. I also wanted to place single mage units, but then I changed my mind. Karla versus Nimue. You can try to replicate this, but it won't work out. A curious match: my Razazak versus AVTOLEDY's Ogre. The opponent's newbie gameplay completely threw me off, and I started making equally absurd moves. I would be grateful if someone could enlighten me on how to play this matchup. I think I played it for the first time on the anniversary map:smile32:. Nevertheless, the ending turned out to be amusing. And finally, a serious opponent and an interesting matchup: Deirdre versus Dyraell. I think the starting lineup decided everything.

Today, I had an interesting match. Nimus versus Ayri. It was quite a nerve-wracking game for Ayri, and also challenging for Nimus. My opponent made many mistakes; for example, he didn't destroy the stack of phantom horses. I also feel like I made some mistakes, but they were minor.
Here's another replay: How I lost to Andrei. I guess I wasn't playing correctly; I was a bit tipsy. I didn't set the overall speed increase, and the vampire spell was too late. But overall, Andrei played really well, and I just lost. I learned my lesson.

I'm posting a few more replays. While the game isn't consistently good, some of the mistakes are quite revealing.

I'm posting a very short battle with an unexpected ending. It does happen! :)

Yes, it’s difficult to play against Sinister Dire. Luckily, the minions were cursed, and then they had resistance against the unique units.
I’m posting two replays with Jalib. One is against Ravenna – both I and erazial made mistakes; it was late, but it was still interesting to see how Jalib fought until the very end and ultimately won. Of course, the decisive mistake was when Ravenna allowed Rakshasas to be summoned at the end.
The second replay is against Ossir – Jalib actually has pretty good chances against him. By the way, I think it’s better to use Jalib against Ossir lovers on the server now, instead of Airu; the Airu-Ossir pair has become incredibly tiresome.

Yes, the Jallib-Ossir pair is different from the Ossir-Air pair. But Ossir consistently performs well only with Air, and perhaps with Helmar.
As for Ossir-Jallib, this is a pair for those who like it; that is, it is very interesting to play with Jallib here, of course, but Ossir is stronger... much stronger.

I agree. While morality and luck are key in a match between Ossir and Airya, for Jalib, the starting lineup is crucial, and it's important that the resistance of Ossir's troops doesn't trigger too often, and ideally, the arena should be such that the unique units and dryads can't reach the enemy on the first turn. It requires too much at once. Unfortunately. That said, Ossir is strong, and it's somewhat comforting that a certain level of skill is still required to play him effectively.

I'm posting an interesting battle between Deidra-Axel and Tork Hand. And a question: wouldn't it have been better for me to cast Haste instead of Plague, followed by Critical Strike, Shriek, and Vampirism?

There were mistakes playing as Deirdre, but against an Axel who isn't playing well, you can still win.
Mistakes playing as Deirdre: casting Mass Plague 4 times, Mass Haste, Scream, Vampires (if the Adepts are dead; if they're alive, finish them off with a direct attack). Berserk is a mistake in 90% of cases. Never approach within direct firing range of the crossbowmen while there are many of them (even 40 in a direct firing position can kill 2-3 dragons with divine power); gradually move all troops forward, including the archers (use them to step on the corpses of paladins or archons).
The mistakes playing as Axel are more significant. Positioning (the correct positioning is shown in the replay of my battle with Ildarik in this thread). General spellcasting (remove enchantments with single casts on paladins). Use dispel on the Adepts as well, instead of Castigate (cast Castigate with the red angels). Archons didn't use Resurrection in time (resurrect archers or paladins). Apply Slow on paladins and then on the armored units. If angels are going forward, only do so with the support of paladins (see our battle again). In general, it's something like that.

Cast spells: Plague 4 times, Mass Acceleration, Shriek, Vampires (if the Adepts are dead; if they are alive, finish them off with a direct attack). Berserk is a mistake in 90% of cases. Under no circumstances should you approach the crossbowmen within direct firing range while there are many of them (even 40 in a direct firing line can kill 2-3 dragons with divine power); gradually move all troops forward, including the archers (they need to step on the corpses of paladins or archers).

After four Plagues, there won't be enough mana for Mass Acceleration and Vampires. And in general, you need to be more careful with Plagues. Regarding Berserk, I still think it's useful, at least in the provided replay, it could have been used. And the positioning behind Axel is questionable; with that positioning, Berserk against the crossbowmen could be useful.

Indeed, I miscalculated. 3 times mass plague (36), mass haste (8), vampirism (10) = 54 mana, plus enough for a single plague spell. Axel's Paladins should be positioned to heal the archers and archmages. And knights nearby for melee combat and as the strongest defense. Placing 2 squads of monks next to them, or separately from the other smaller units, doesn't seem that important to me.
Here's a funny anecdote. I was surprised to see that there are still players who can play Ossir THAT well. Especially since marciniusBIG used to play only as Ossir for a long time; he could have mastered the most common unit combinations:confused:

That's just the nature of the genre. If Ossir is available, people will play him a lot. But I'll post replays:
1. Helm-Anwen, from a game where chain lightning was needed.
2. Axel-Raven, a bit unlucky at the end.
3. Marbas-Carli, the only decent replay - I don't even know who was stronger in this match.

I think you've heard about the player Steklovata (180 Archmages with Jalib and so on – it's his doing). It's no surprise that people don't want to play with him. So, yesterday (I don't know if it was just me), he pulled a dirty trick: he created a game with the name vova_123, a player who was at that time at his anniversary party. I, in my naivety, joined and only realized what was happening during the battle (Nimous vs. Orson). By the way, he left in the middle of the battle:eek:.

I think you've heard of the player Steklovata (180 Archmages with the Jalib faction, etc. - it's all his doing). It's not surprising that people don't want to play with him. So, yesterday (I don't know if it was just me), he pulled a dirty trick: he created a game with the name vova_123, a player who was at the anniversary event at that time. I, in my naivety, joined and only realized it during the battle (Nimous vs. Orson). By the way, he left in the middle of the battle:eek:.

An old trick. I remember a player named Officer_Henrih used to do the same thing, creating games under another player's name without dynamic battles (back then, almost everyone played without dynamic battles). And then, if the situation wasn't in his favor, he would just abandon the game. That's how he got a rating of over 6000. By the way, I saw a player on the server yesterday with the name Celine12345 and a rating of over 9000; these are all problems with the rating system. When a player, having two computers and two network passwords, simply accumulates a rating.

New replays.
We played Carli against Nimues twice with Kalmaris, and both times I was Carli. The first time, I lost (I grouped all the archers together, and their cave mages shot them down), and the second time, I won. The second match seemed more interesting to me, probably because I won :) Psychology, huh...
Shak against Carli. We played in a random match. nik591989 really doesn't like to lose, and he didn't want to play pairs like Iris - Ossir, Helmar - Ossir, Jalib - Dyra, so I put Shak against Carli. Apparently, he didn't know this pairing.
And Axel defeats Iris, practically without my participation; I made a mistake (the battle griffons attacked Axel's 5 squads), but there's no need to talk about Iris's mistakes - she made a mistake every turn. I haven't won this pairing against strong players as Axel.