Posts from Heroes of Might and Magic IV “King of the Hill” Duel Tournament

There's more to come!)))
I was going to wish Keks good luck in the rest of the game, but then I remembered that this game is against me...:o:D

Substitution in the second group!

Instead of Pandora, Shnurov enters the competition.

Substitution in the second group!

Instead of Pandora, Shnurov joins the competition.

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Could you please share his ICQ number?

It's in the profile, though.

CTPAHHuK def Havr 3-0

Essentially, the first battle decided everything. I had a feeling it was crucial, and the winner would take the game.

CTPAHHuK (Death) def Havr (Nature)
Havr, with his very first move, used his Tactician's ability "5555" to kill three of my Devils with "Hand of Death" (!!!). His entire army, along with summoned Mantises, formed a square. Twelve Phoenixes protected their backs. I didn't know what to do. Havr, choosing a defensive strategy (presumably fearing the "Hand of Death" from my Necromancer, who didn't have it), forced me into a game of restrained attack. The Ice Elementals summoned by my Devils started to break through the opponent's defensive lines. The Necromancer, after removing all the good spells from the opponent, began to raise undead. He raised everyone in a row. Ghosts aged the opponent's Mantis packs. The Tactician, using a bow, applied slow to everyone in turn. After an hour and a half, the Devils and Ice Elementals finally managed to break through the Tigers protecting Havr's Tactician. Three raised Devils immediately teleported to the empty space. Havr attacked with Phoenixes and summoned Griffons, summoning additional monsters for defense. My Necromancer held back the attack with Terror and raising Mantises. In the second hour of the battle, after using all of the Necromancer's magic, I managed to kill all of Havr's heroes and monsters except for 10 Phoenixes and 10 Mantises. The remaining forces were defeated by 7 Venom and 3 Mantises. Under the Tactician, they defeated the enemy monsters with aging and other spells.

Special thanks for this long and very interesting battle. After the Tactician's "Hand of Death," I didn't believe in victory.

CTPAHHuK (Might) def Havr (Order)
The battle lasted about two hours less than the previous one. In the first move, Birds with Harpies kill the Djinns. Mass dispel. In the second move, Berserkers and Birds kill the heroes. That's all.

CTPAHHuK (Chaos) def Havr (Life)
We start over. In the battle, Black Dragons attack the backs of Pikemen and block the view of the enemy Druid who went into Chaos. Ifrits kill the Tactician, and the Sorcerer suffocates him after the Immolate spell triggers. The second pack of Black Dragons stands on the corpse, and the corpse is burned by my Tactician. Havr decided not to continue.

Thank you for the games. Good luck with Zubr :)

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I just beat Havr, and now Shnurov is here :smile11:

Kekc lose Zybr 1-2

Kekc (Chaos) lose Zybr (Nature)
Both had wild setups. I had a Death Mage Guild with a spellbook, and a tactician with a guardian's robe. I took the standard phoenixes, beetles (4+2), griffins, and tigers. Against me were a Firestriker with a ring of health and Deza in the book, and an assassin with a hand of death and a ring of constancy. However, I didn't find this out right away.
First, I rushed in with phoenixes and wanted to use the beetles (the 2-cost binds Charge of Death, the 4-cost engages the chaos unit). But the phoenixes charged in, and I couldn't trigger mass cancel. Failure. In the end, the battle turned out very hard-fought. You need to watch this rather than read about it :) In the end, 15 griffins were left under Vampire's Touch. GG.

Kekc (Order) def Zybr (Death)
Here I was given a tome of life. But I decided not to spoil my morale and to train life through an Order mage. Failure, it was only offered at level 7. In the end, an Order and life Mage Guild. Still decent overall. And I took a tactician because I was given a legendary axe and a sturdy shield. I hunkered down in a square formation. In the fight, I just needed to take out the opponent's tactician from under wait and breathe a sigh of deep relief. But no. I forgot to use immortality. And I didn't even realize I'd forgotten! As a result, Kekc kills my tactician, I round my eyes and go into a state of shock. My army gets wiped out. GG.

The fun continues!

Kekc (Death) lose Zybr (Life)
I was given a tome of Chaos, dragon armor, a staff of the dead. In the guild—sledges. We're playing according to a seemingly well-practiced plan. But again, not without adventures. Both made mistakes; in the end, I got luckier. But I could have been punished for, firstly, not closing my troops in a square formation (with sledges against Death, when both heroes have fire resistance, this is a must); secondly, due to the desire to fully lock in with sledges, hiding both heroes, I left a gap open for a fairly long period. Kekc should have, of course, rushed in, blocked, and pinned me down with devils and ice spells (especially since he has a tactician, and I don't have season), but he used wait and allowed me to close up. Then the Armageddon bombardment began. In return, my Firestriker immediately got pummeled. The angels cover. Then tactical maneuvers; Kekc finally starts moving his troops forward. Mass misfortune. The Firestriker gets pummeled again. The angels cover one last time :D Enough. Scorching the devils. Then the most epic chain lightning! :D :D :D -3 devils, -some archers, crusaders, and it even hit the Firestriker)))) In the end, I was still pressed, but the crusaders cut through pretty well even without tactics, and another volley of Armageddon cleared a direct path for volleys at the heroes and venoms. In the end, victory was still mine. Hurray!

Many thanks to Kekc for the games and for participating overall. He acquitted himself very well. He didn't let anyone beat him easily :) Well done! :)

1) I was very lucky with the artifacts; the Ring of Constancy, Lesser Ring, and Ring of Health – maybe I got too excited and relaxed :D
As a result, I lost, and my morale is at zero...
2) The magic was a complete mess, and the artifacts weren't great either (the setup was terrible), but I didn't restart because, due to my inattentiveness, I didn't know about such a wonderful opportunity, and I ended up not regretting it when I saw that Zybr forgot to give his heroes IMMO. So, the easy win I got doesn't really count:o
3) The battle kept me very tense, which is why I'll highlight it as the most challenging and exciting one I had in the tournament. Besides my main mistake with the devils when I didn't block the hole for Zybr's hero with them, there were other small flaws and a couple of unlucky moments. In the end, the stronger player won in a hard-fought battle!:smile20:

Thank you, Zybr, for our battles in particular and for organizing an excellent tournament. That's why I'm participating! Good luck to everyone in the groups and in the final; I'll be watching:rolleyes:

CTPAHHuK def Havr 3-0

Essentially, the first battle decided everything. I had a feeling it was crucial, and the winner would take the game.

CTPAHHuK (Death) def Havr (Nature)
Havr, on his very first turn, used his Tactician's 5555 ability to kill three of my Devils with Death Touch (!!!). His entire army, along with the summoned Manticores, formed a square. Twelve Phoenixes protected their backs. I didn't know what to do. Havr, choosing a defensive strategy (presumably fearing Death Touch from my Necromancer, who didn't have it), forced me into a game of restrained attack. The Ice Golems summoned by my Devils began to break through the opponent's defensive lines. The Necromancer, removing all the good spells from the opponent, began to raise undead. He raised everyone in a row. Ghosts aged the opponent's Mantis packs. The Tactician, using a bow, applied slow to everyone in turn. After an hour and a half, the Devils and Ice Golems finally managed to break through the Tigers protecting Havr's Tactician. Three raised Devils immediately teleported to the empty space. Havr attacked with Phoenixes and summoned Griffons, summoning additional monsters for defense. My Necromancer held back the attack with Terror and raising Manticores. In the second hour of the battle, after using up all the Necromancer's magic, I managed to kill all of Havr's heroes and monsters except for 10 Phoenixes and 10 Manticores. The remaining forces were defeated by 7 Venom and 3 Manticores. Under the Tactician, they defeated the enemy monsters with aging and other spells.

A special thank you for this long and very interesting battle. After the Death Touch from the Tactician, I didn't believe in victory.

CTPAHHuK (Order) def Havr (Order)
The battle lasted about two hours less than the previous one. On the first turn, Birds with Harpies kill the Djinns. Mass dispel. On the second turn, Berserkers and Birds kill the heroes. That's all.

CTPAHHuK (Chaos) def Havr (Life)
We start over. In the battle, the Black Dragons attack the backs of the Pikemen and block the view of the enemy Druid who went into Chaos. Ifrits kill the Tactician, and the Sorceress suffocates him after the Immolation spell triggers. The second pack of Black Dragons stands on the corpse, and the corpse is burned by my Tactician. Havr decided not to continue.

Thank you for the games. Good luck with Zubr :)

That's what happened. I should have won the first one, of course. A small inaccuracy, and the Tactician died before the second use of Death Touch (from the Staff of the Dead). The chances were still good after that, but it didn't work out.
In the two subsequent battles, it was simply my victory. In the last battle, I restarted in a great position (Sleigh, Ring of Permanence). I made a Crusader and messed up when leveling him up - I didn't get to Grand Master (I was sure I had). The subsequent situation was not very good, and it didn't really matter in the end.

Thank you for the games.

Maahir (nature) loses to Shnurov (order) 0-1
It seemed like choosing a wizard and a mage, especially with the Book of Order, would be a good strategy. But as soon as the battle started, I clearly had bad luck. The opponent went first, and it seems they also had the Book of Order. They teleported a nag into my army and started attacking. Also, their titans simply killed my mage. I was doomed without him.
Maahir (death) loses to Shnurov (life) 0-2
Yes, and again I was unlucky with the artifacts. The opponent got excellent life magic spells, which saved them, including the Sanctuary spell. At the beginning, I used devils to take down the life hero of the opponent. And then he resurrected him with an angel, and after that, the tactics took over, which I clearly wasn't as good at as my opponent.
I forfeited the third match.

Maahir (Nature) - Shnurov (Order) 0-1 A book of level 4, armor, a chaos staff, and Walter's crossbow dropped. I didn't find any decent magic in Life and Death. There's no charm or dispel. I leveled up two Order mages, took one to the remaining mage in the rat race, and the other to tactics. Nature turned out to have a mind shield!!! and a book of Order. I could have extinguished the light if the opponent had come out with Immolation. Titans destroyed a "lawful" mage standing in the first row with a shot, teleported a nag to the second mage of the opponent. After destroying him, I finished off the helpless meat. )) Maahir (Death) - Shnurov (Life) 0-2 A ring of permanence and a book of level 4 dropped. I went into battle without Immolation (forgot). The opponent also didn't. (apparently, he wasn't aware) I leveled up a Grand Life with Tactics and a Grand Order. In the first round, the devils took down the Tactics mage, and 1 angel restored him. Then I shot a little, then went into Sanctuary... In general, I won. The opponent refused the third match.

that’s exactly how it was))

Norwin def Shnurov 2-1
1. Strength is order. First turn - harpies remove the immobility effect, cyclops kill the Grand Life creature. Berserk didn't work on the birds. Loss.
2. Corpses for life.
As planned. Managed to pull it off with hypnosis.
3. Chaos - nature.
Everything would have been fine if, instead of obviously sending the sleigh, the life mage had gone for a walk. But a childish mistake decided everything. Ifrits messed up and killed the nature mage with phoenixes.
A stupid defeat. But a deserved one. ;)

That's exactly what happened. 1. Good harpies, Haven's blessing on birds, Cyclops thump-thump. 2. Death versus life. Well, what can I say – after getting hypnosis on devils, I couldn't do anything anymore. 3. Won due to the opponent's mistake. PS. By the way, I'm playing in this tournament instead of Horwood. I think the host will post an update today.

Substitution in the second group!

Instead of Hoorvud, Norwin will join the competition.