Posts from "Newcomer-2011. Winter"

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Group D
Everything is great here again, you are close to 13v. Only two games left, which will determine who will advance to the playoffs. I also congratulate Sevan on finishing the tournament and thank him for the games. Honestly, I didn't expect that...

As a promotional request, could someone post a demonstration video on how to take the Dragon Utopia with Barbarians? (preferably on the minimum possible week...)

Kreg will likely have 15-5 rather than 10-10;) ... "Native troops" is a flexible concept: what specifically is meant (for example, 3 simple bears or 5 grey ones - the difference is colossal!)?:confused: Let's say 1 external dwelling of birds, a couple of external dwellings of thugs, bears without a castle on the 1st - how much will that be in total on 131 off the top of my head? 4 bears, 20-25 thunderbirds and some one-hitters (better not take wolves - they get eaten immediately, same as tested...) - it'll be tough to take Dragon Utopia higher than two, IMHO... quite a few birds will be spotted, and maybe the bears will get hit too, only thing is with Kreg's adjustment - then who knows... a lot also depends on magic - whether there's some kind of mass shield or not, that's two very different things... I'm not exactly an expert on Barbarians - and this is 90% theoretical reasoning, I'd like to hear specifics from practitioners:) . And in general, where there are Dragon Utopia, 2-3 hives will definitely be found too, so no need for "native troops" here:p !

well actually a nest of birds when building bears in castle is 3+7+7+9=26 birds
it's unclear where 15 wood elves came from in the native army :)
in three such a creg will have all his eater burned for sure, only thunders and bears will remain) and also vague doubts gnaw at me about bringing bears into castle as a standard, you might build them, but how on day 121 to tempo-buy and transport all folders to the treasure zone is quite an interesting question :)

generally to take a Dragon Utopia you need to fulfill 2 simple conditions
-having a strike stack with 700+ damage
-having an eater that can survive at least 3 rounds

obviously mass shield and stone skin make the task much easier, there is a subtle point here, to cast spells before the greens and reds move it is highly desirable to have something with speed 11+ (even a single one!)
also an interesting observation:
- if on the 1st move our stack of angels (or say monks) hits greens or reds, then both will peck exactly it in the same round
- casting shield or stone skin on a unit sharply increases the chance it won't be touched
- dragons terribly love to peck nagas, hydras, crushers, horses, and dendroids (conclusions depend on each specific situation :) )
and also the classic way to take a Dragon Utopia with 7 singles of anything and a hero with SP 10+ and summon elementals — when 1 green remains, if there is no ex recursor we simply run away and finish off the unfortunate dragon with a scout hero :)

Disgrace damn!!!
1 nest of birds — 23 by the 3rd week
Bears in nambuk, standard!!!
Creg 15 11 5 4 5 simple bears, 23 thunderbirds, 120 goblins (2 nests), 15 ogres, 20 orcs and 15 wood elves, everything!!!
Utopia with 3 gold lies down calmly and without losses, if bears are placed in 6 stacks!!! Taken on day 131 damn!!!

Be more tolerant of people... Especially since you are wrong. And what's the point of mentioning Myth in Heroes VI?