Posts from [Photo Report] Deriel_Linch – Satyr. Final of the upper bracket of the “Novichok-2009. Winter” tournament.

Yes, he clearly messed up with the Utopia, but he's been playing for years, how could he miscalculate like that?!

I couldn't get it. My best result: 4 gold, 1 black, and 2 green resources left. With a shield and leather, it would have definitely dropped.
By the way, if anyone has any constructive criticism or questions about my gameplay, I'd be very interested to hear it, and I'd be grateful for any advice.

Well, let me briefly write my impressions too, yesterday I was somehow not up to it

1. It wasn't too smart of Deriel to scribble. You shouldn't give Conflux against a fairly strong player on Swamp, even if he has only played it a couple of times. The town itself gives a lot of chances

2. Restart 113 was taken rather riskily, but they forgave it, gave a layout that was, frankly speaking, good

3. 111-116 was played decently, at a good level. He went where he needed to. Not all directions were scouted, but the main areas were taken. At 117, he doesn't take the Minotaur external dwellings (+portal - that's 18-24 units on week 3, which is a nightmare for that Dragon Utopia), and the maxi-tomb is not done very well.. After that, the path to the opponent through the sword +2+2 was clearly visible, although there were quite a few nomads there, but it's fightable. I probably would have gone, but the option is debatable to be honest

4. On the second, the main thing probably is that Shield wasn't learned in the dungeon, and the game became slower, Tazar barely ramps up. Although the overall impression is quite decent

5. Climbing into a maxi-Dragon Utopia without checking it with such an army and no magic is suicide. It seems to me Deriel got tired and overestimated Tazar.
I recently played with him — he took a level 3 hut on the second week, but there was a good stack of Wyverns and magic

6. He tried to salvage an already essentially lost game — huge respect for that

That's just how it is... This is not out of malice, I scolded him with love. Deriel will understand :)

Winner is not judged.
Yesterday I only watched briefly, and the first week seemed unconvincing. Now I looked at the saves — Satyr did everything, imho, reasonably and correctly. I already criticized a bit yesterday, well, that's enough. A worthy victory, well done. :)

Couldn't take the Dragon Utopia with what I had... 2 gold, 1 black, and 3 red left...((...then just for fun, I upgraded the cows and picked up that scroll... wtf))) you could have just gone in with the cows alone)))))))... got КВ, a necklace +3 all, sandals +2 all, and a medal of vulnerability... got good control + Tazar's speed!!!

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1. Not too wise of Deriel to cross things out. You still shouldn't give Conflux against Fortress to a fairly strong player, even if he's only played it a couple of times. Castle itself gives a lot of chances.

Why is it not too wise?? Conflux only has hope for magic... try to beat Fortress of Tazar in melee combat!!! If you have questions, we can play)))))):rolleyes:

Congratulations to the players! Vashe-Kesh came up with a great idea, respect – it's very interesting, both during the game and in the post-game analysis (which, in my opinion, is just as important).

Why is that not too smart?? Conflux only has hope in magic... try to overcome the Tazar bog-dwellers in melee combat!!! If you have questions, we can play)))))):rolleyes:

Hmm.. I don't mind taking Conflux against bog :) I won't claim I'll win, you need to play precisely and a bit of luck wouldn't hurt, but I'm definitely not afraid of a bog-dweller :) I'm ready, let's play

Oh, and by the way, thanks to the spectators too, for your decent behavior and interest.
You barely bothered me on ICQ, and I hope you didn't bother my opponents :)
Actually, you bothered me the most :D You still managed to tell me your impressions and ask what's going on in the thread :)

Awesome =));) Satyr, congratulations on the victory!

I brought a scroll of Haste from Fiona; basically, in an online game I wouldn't have ventured into such a Dragon Utopia, unless I had ensured a shield or stone skin and still upgraded either the ducks or the calves... but as it is...
Took the Dragon Utopia, 9 minors and 16 ducks remain.

I got a Haste scroll from Fiona; basically, in an online game I wouldn't have rushed into such a Dragon Utopia, unless I had ensured a shield or stone skin and still upgraded either the ducks or the bulls... but as it is...
Took the utopia, 9 minors and 16 ducks left.

Damn, the scroll didn't really help me much. Can you provide the battle tactics step-by-step?

Wait, there wasn't that much army there.:confused:

Minotaurs, Cows, and Wyverns placed in the back stacks — 1st, 3rd, and 6th stacks respectively. Not sure how it affects things, I've only taken a Dragon Utopia once — but from experience it seems the back stacks hit less. Put the Angels and Lizards up front to be sacrificed to the Green and Red Dragons....

Now about the battle itself... as soon as I saw in the description that there were Minotaurs — immediately thought about Bless, 12-20 damage after all!!!
In the first round, the Black and Gold ones jumped on the Serpents, the Reds on the Lizards, and the Greens dealt 185 damage to the Angels... I throw everything at the Red Dragons, removing the retaliation with the Lizards — which died in the first round along with the Serpents.
In the second round, the Gold ones kill the Angel, the rest take out the Basilisks. For tactical reasons — I need to remove the retaliation with the Cows (they're now retaliating) and kill the Green Dragons — but the setup is such that I had to do this with the Gold Dragons.
Result after 2 rounds:
I have 16 Gorgons, 20 Wyverns, and 18 Minotaurs.
In the Dragon Utopia: 8 Greens, 2 Reds, 5 Blacks, 3 Golds.
In the third round, I also couldn't pile on the Green, but I killed the Gold Dragons and 1 Red.
Left: 8 Cows, 20 Wyverns, and 18 Minotaurs vs. 8 Greens, 5 Blacks, and 1 Red.
In the fourth round, I remove the retaliation from the Greens with 2 Cows and pile on with Minotaurs and Wyverns.
In the fifth round, the Minotaurs (they retaliate, and the Black Dragons hit them) but I remove the retaliation with the Wyverns — since the Minotaurs' damage relative to their health is slightly higher than the Wyverns'... in the end, what's left is what's in the screenshot.
Bless in the first round on the Minotaurs.
Bless in the second round on the Wyverns.
Bloodlust in the 3rd round on the Minotaurs, and that's it!
There's no army on the left side, just Fiona, when she was carrying the Bless scroll, brought 9 Basilisks, 17 Serpents, and 14 Lizards from the Swamp Castle. But I left 51 Gnolls with the scout hero, although maybe 51 Gnolls could have been there instead of the Lizards, Serpents, or even the Basilisks.
P.S. It was fought on the same day as the save... without extra artifacts or parameters