Posts from The Great Confrontation – reports and summaries.

kontr (anwen) defeated raikonnen (kilgan) spiral around the start of week 5, I think.

The start was great — level 2-3 creature generators, a market in the starting zone... in short, there was no particular rush. The passage to the treasures was guarded by archmages, which slightly spoiled the picture. At the beginning of week 2 I went into the adjacent zone — there was sand, no logistics until level 10, from there again bad exits, hundreds of fire elementals and a horde of my own blue archers on another teleport... I had to grind to level 15 in the desert, and while leveling up I probably fell about 20 stat points behind the opponent in total. ) But then over 3-4 days I caught up and was about to march on the enemy when he himself came into my treasure zone — there, in the field, an orc without cheers and anti-light got what he deserved )

ekzekutor (blue, Ingvar, Gnomes) defeated kontr (red, Dugal, Humans) 1.3.1
The starting map (although they promised otherwise)) turned out to be poor, so I had to immediately break through with Gnomes and wander around the desert for a week, thankfully they gave me a log. By the third week, I finally got going, with Thanes and regeneration, as my opponent wrote about surrendering due to constantly losing troops. Thanks for the game.

Yeah, the game is really slow... I hate it. They can't do anything without machines, and I didn't even take any – I thought I wouldn't need them in the endgame... In the end, I realized that I need to reach level 15 (from level 10) with Elementals and Dwarves in the snow, without a Ranger... Well, I managed to do it a little bit.

fil0sof (Blue, Dwarves, Ingvar) lost to dmitrik (Red, Orcs, Garuna) - smile, it was around the third week. Basically, the same as with the Executioner - the opponent is significantly better in terms of gameplay, and the outcome was clear by the third week (although it was clear even before the game started). Thanks to the opponent for the game and the valuable experience!

Will, using blue Gnomes and Brand, defeated Dracula, using red Inferno and Jezebel, in the 5th week of the Labyrinth.
He reached the treasure on the 4th turn, but after checking his opponent's stats in the tavern, he retreated and passed through the Gate, capturing his opponent's Castle.

fil0sof(Blue, Dwarves, Ingvar) lost to dmitrik(Red, Orcs, Garuna) - smile, it was around the third week.

Confirming, I was playing simultaneously on two paths, Garuna through the city, Kaspar through the resource paths, but my opponent's game didn't go well.

Thanks for the game.

Drakula (red, dwarves, Helmar) lost to Adv(blue, mages, Narhiz) Labyrinth, 3-2-2

Narhiz at the start, but the starting zone was just terrible, completely empty; I decided not to restart because there was an external dwelling with gremlins and mages..
Broke through on the 1st week into the adjacent lava area, wandered there all the 2nd week, maxed out machines and after getting attack, upgraded shooting and wasps.
They wouldn't let me into the log at all, so I decided to bypass the swamp resource zone... and on the 3rd week broke through a portal to the center; it was huge, damn it, spent another week or even two there))
Then found the grass zone with native secondary dwellings, picked up a claw, boots, and a quiver there.
Broke into the town, bought a bow in the shop, and went to break through the ГО, the zone was a swamp; ran around there for a couple of days and wanted to jump home, but as it turned out, I jumped into a secondary dwelling :D
Trudged back to the center to look for the treasure zone; when I found it, it turned out the opponent had broken through there a day earlier, but Narhiz was meaner and Helmar ran away from there :)
Feasted plenty there; the hero from "normal" darkness only had slow and blind, but mages and gremlins were hitting very decently by then.
Here is the replay of one of the battles: http://slil.ru/28843678 Took almost everything on auto, including the max Dragon Utopia.
Found a dwarven collection and after visiting the mentor, teleported home.

Here is how the build turned out:
Narhiz 32 lvl 19-18-25-52
3race - sign, mini absorption
3machines - machine gun, first aid kit
3attack - bb, shooting+wasps
3darkness - mind, curses+dark restoration
3luck - deflection, soldier+misfortune
3education - attraction + reward

Cranked out some minis and went to the enemy, broke through the portal of the opponent's ГО; there were 249 Jarls on his side, but I took them down on auto too :)
The finale took place at the dwarf town, where despite the -20 staff, armor of the forgotten, and mass evasion, the mage won.

Thanks to the opponent for the game!

kontr (anwen) defeated raikonnen (kilgan) on the spiral map around the start of week 5.

The start was great — growth buildings at level 2-3, a marketplace in the starting zone... all in all, there was no particular rush. The passage to the treasures was guarded by archmages, which spoiled the picture a bit. I went into the adjacent zone early in week 2 — there was sand, no logistics until level 10, and from there more unlucky exits, hundreds of fire elementals and a horde of my own blue archers on another teleporter... I had to grind in the desert to reach level 15, and while grinding I fell behind the opponent by about 20 points in total stats, I guess. ) but then over the course of 3-4 days I caught up and was about to head toward the enemy, when he came into my treasure zone himself, and there on the field an orc without shouts and without anti-light got what was coming to him )

I confirm, anti-light waited and waited but never got there, and out of frustration he even forgot to learn shouts.

ip0203 (red, dwarves, Ingvar, level 24) lost to Lok1978 (blue, Inferno, Grol) who won, Maze, 6-3-2. What can I say, the machines gave me an advantage at the beginning, but I only got the tent at level 16. I got the ballista with the starting logo at level 11 – I chose the logo, but didn't see the ballista again. The next upgrade was: Expert Runes – Updated Expert Defense – Resilience, Evasion, Impregnable Defense Expert Logo – Pathfinding Expert Light – Protective Aura, Fire Protection Expert Attack Expert Machines – Tent I lost a couple of times, and my opponent kindly uploaded the save. 1) Once, I had 250 Grand Order and 190 Riders. 2) Another time, I had 190 Treasure Goblins and Witches. In the guild, I had Revenge, but I couldn't find any resurrections anywhere. Regeneration and the Rune of Resurrection didn't help much. In the end, the final battle had 7 Draconians, 20 Jarls, and about 100 Warriors (losses). And the rest. My opponent had roughly the same, but with more units and no Devils. In the end, he had about 30 Succubi and 6 Imps left. My Revenge spell dealt 17 damage to the horses and 6 to the Imps, but I simply didn't have enough health and mana. The nuance is that my opponent didn't use any magic during the battle, but he probably had Dark Magic and Regeneration – I would have had no chance against them. Lok1978, thank you for the game!

Will, blue Gnomes, Brand, defeated Dracula, red Inferno, Jezebeth, Labyrinth, 5th week
On the 4th, he broke through to the Treasury, but after checking his opponent's stats in the tavern, he turned around and went through the Gate of the Gods, capturing his opponent's Castle.

Confirmed:) The stats clearly left much to be desired; before level 18, he didn't get Ballista, before level 19, he didn't get Darkness, and at level 21, the Log remained at the "basic" level:eek: although he got it at level 5. Jazebeth started, which is a good option in principle, but unfortunately, a high-level Dweller wasn't generated in the starting Castle. In principle, I knew that my opponent was heading towards me, but on the day I needed to teleport to the Castle, after a battle, I discovered that my mana reserve was 17 - Hellfire helped)) Then my opponent appeared in my starting Castle, offered to wait for me, but I didn't see much point, the result was obvious: a level 27 Gnome on artifacts against a level 21 empty Demon:) Thank you for the game.

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Drakula (red, Gnomes, Helmar) lost to Adv (blue, Mages, Narhiz), Labyrinth, 3-2-2
The final battle took place near the Gnome town, where, despite the -20 initiative staff and the Armor of the Forgotten, the Mage won. Thank you to my opponent for the game!

Confirmed, overall the game was interesting, both were without logs, but my opponent was still faster due to the boots. In principle, I had almost all the runes, even level 3. I took the second one in the second Castle, but there was no Resurrection spell:( I had to retreat from the Treasury when the Mage appeared; the forces were too unequal, so I managed to grab the armor and clear the Temple-minimum. In short, we met in the field like Dmitry Donskoy and Mamai)) Initiative was 100% on the Mage's side; almost all of his stacks went first. Adv said about the Gnome collection, but he didn't mention that he also had the Archer's Dream. I think everyone understands what a level 32 Mage with good combat stats, 52 education, mini-artifacts, the Gnome collection, and the Archer's Dream is like:smile20: And yet, the second half of the final battle was not as predictable as the first, when the Mage with arrows immediately destroyed 30% of my army. In the end, I lost, and my opponent had only about 60 Golems left:(
And of course, it wasn't worth mentioning that I had the -20% initiative staff; it was there, but it wasn't used in the final battle. Moreover, due to the acute shortage of artifacts, I had to wear the Orcish collection for the final battle, which is another -10% initiative for me. Overall, I'm happy with the game and the final battle; my opponent, having a colossal advantage in initiative and great artifacts, won with a minimal advantage;)

drunk2 (Alastor, Demon) defeated MakStar30 (Argat, Barbarian) in round 3.
He decided to go into Chaos: he got the Lord of Cold for 20, caught a log at the end of round 4, and didn't get the Lord of Mind at all. He was behind in stats by about 2 times. In round 5, he found a treasure. It turned out to be huge; 3 spiders didn't run around it for a week. Everything was there, but he didn't have time to capture it; an Argat arrived. He jumped into the castle, and the opponent didn't attack; he jumped for growth. The final battle took place a couple of days later.
Thank you for the game.

drunk2 (Alastor, Demon) defeated MakStar30 (Argath, Barbarian) in 3 moves.
He decided to go to Chaos: he got the Lord of Cold for 20, caught the Log at the end of turn 4, and didn't get the Lord of Mind at all. He was behind in stats by about 2 times. On turn 5, he found a treasure. It turned out to be huge; 3 spiders didn't run around it for a week. Everything was there, but he didn't have time to capture it; the Argath arrived. He jumped into the castle, and the opponent didn't attack – he jumped for growth. The final battle took place a couple of days later.
Thank you for the game.
Confirmed.
I didn't find the main treasure (that's what the opponent said). GG – Argath, level 27 (21-24-23-13). I maxed out everything: Log 3, Machines 3, Anti-Magic 3, and all perks, Defense 3, Attack 2, all native perks. Initiative was +30 (2 rings). Really, I just lacked experience – it was my first game in the tournament.
Thank you for the game.

Y11 (League, Kifrah) defeated Drakula82 (League, Iranna) 2-3-3. The game unfolded strangely; it was my first time playing on this new map. I jumped to 1-3-1 via the portal and found 130 Hellhounds there. I gave up 10 Hydras and 2 Gargoyles. I didn't even try the other side (there were 130 Mages, 200 Pikemen, and 100+ Bears on 2-1-1; I would have lost if I had jumped there). Nothing else interesting happened, except that I didn't get the Education skill until level 18. At level 18, I found a building that granted Education. At level 24, I was offered the Persuasion skill, but I never saw the Scholar skill. I cleared the Guardian with 62 Alt Cyclops on one side and a bunch of weak units on the other. I looked for a mentor but couldn't find one. I went looking for the Treasury and a mentor. In the Treasury, I met Iranna, but she didn't attack me. I learned Armageddon in a ruined library and attacked. Iranna went first and reduced my stacks with Rain, leaving me with two stacks of 5 Gargoyles each. Then, 21 Gargoyles attacked, killing one more stack, leaving me with 5 Gargoyles. I cast Armageddon, and everyone was killed. My hero appeared in the tavern with all the artifacts (mine + Drakula's). If I had cast Armageddon on Drakula, I would have lost. Thanks for the game

Igrok (people of Iris) defeated ip0203 (people of Vittorio) using the Maze 2.2.4 map.

He approached the opponent's city, proposed a battle in the field, and ultimately won. It was a tough and interesting fight.
Thank you for the game.

Igrok (Iris faction) defeated ip0203 (Vittorio faction) using the Maze 2.2.4 map.

He approached the opponent's city, proposed a battle in the field, and ultimately won. It was a tough and interesting fight.
Thanks for the game.

I confirm, it's possible that if he had stayed in his castle, the outcome would have been different. Thanks for the game.