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

There, the garrison and the passage to the Castle are blocked on the second day.

Only one week left!

Replacement
Vanger will play instead of Draniki

Interesting. As far as I remember, it was the other way around :) I often won more by using Death than by using Life.

It depends on who you ask))) I only lost to Haven in my life. The only thing is, I might have posted the stats too early, because they might disqualify me in the semi-finals)))) By the way, I was surprised that Nature has such a low win rate, second to last. Even though it has a strong army and many tactics in terms of magic.

Norwin vs AVS Hunter 0-3
They played life-or-death, order-chaos, chaos-nature.
There's not much to describe; I just got lucky with morale in every game, and my units moved at a more opportune moment. Many thanks to my opponent for offering a rematch for the second game, where I hesitated and didn't manage to cross the bridge before the end of the day.

Norwin vs AVS Hunter 0-3
We played life vs. death, order vs. chaos, chaos vs. nature.
There's not much to describe; I just got lucky with morale, and my units moved at more opportune moments. Thank you to my opponent for offering a rematch for the second battle, where I hesitated and didn't make it across the bridge before the end of the day.

I confirm. In the first two games, there was still some chance to compete. But in the third game, the griffins and phoenixes quickly demoralized me, killing the main hero in the first round.

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Norwin vs Vanger 3-0
1) Order vs. Might
Some strange ogres and monsters from the opponent. Quick victory.
2) Life vs. Chaos
Hypnosis and the Robe of the Magi are just overpowered.
3) Might vs. Nature
The battle turned out to be quite interesting. If the opponent's tactician had known at least some magic, things might have turned out differently.

Please replace me!

Did Maahir become Stratosphere?

Tomorrow, after 10 PM, I will close the group stage. I will calculate the players' scores based on the games played. So, hurry up if you want to qualify for the Playoffs.

And what’s up with Zubr’s avatar? :confused:

A time of great change (c) I. Shostakovskaya

Vanger vs AVS Hunter 0.5 - 2.5
The last match was full of troubles. First, a connection error occurred, and both players lost control over their monsters, although the chat was working. Then, the opponent mentioned a bug (he was missing several spells in the guild of mages), and they decided to agree on a draw.

It's time to conclude the group stage of the tournament. It's a pity that not everyone managed to achieve their goals, but we need to move forward. The playoff bracket is posted in the first post of the thread.
Matches are played until two victories.
We are increasing the turn time to 10 minutes!
I'm giving 1 week for the semifinals, until March 11th.
And one week for the final.
Thus, the deadline for the tournament is no later than March 18th.
Good luck to everyone!

Zybr def Norvin 3-0

1) Zybr(Might) def Norvin(Death) 1-0
Shield against Nature, tankard, golden armor. I played a full tactics build (without leadership) + an Order and Life mage in armor. I took Berserkers, Nomads, Cyclops, 2 stacks of Thunderbirds, and went to kill the opponent. I was a little afraid of mass spellcasting. But there were two Death Masters there. Against tactically trained Barbarians in that situation, it was difficult to counter.
1-0

2) Zybr(Nature) def Norvin(Life) 2-0
We restarted and then got the Staff of the Dead, Fire Wand, and some other junk. But at least there's a Disenchant in the castle. I wanted to play a Chaos Grand Master with Disenchant + full tactics with the staff (i.e., Hand of Death). But I messed up when leveling up the Chaos creature, gave it Warfare too early, and ended up with an armored Chaos Grand Master. I gave him the staff to maintain the element of surprise. And as a second hero, I still had to level up a Chaos creature. This one became a Grand Master. I took Tigers, Griffins (I could have taken Unicorns, but Griffins turned out to be better), Dryads (2+10), and 48 Elves. A purely magical army, basically. I was VERY afraid of a full tactics build, enhanced with artifacts. The artifacts were there in the end, but the tactics weren't scary. The opponent fielded an Order Grand Master (Hypnosis) and a Life Grand Master (Book of Life), 6+6 Angels, and all ranged units (crossbows, ballistas, and monks). As soon as the Life Grand Master's turn came, Norvin went into Sanctuary:rolleyes:. Then he hypnotized the Griffins, for which he immediately received a couple of lightning bolts. I had to pull one stack of Angels out of Sanctuary and resurrect the hero. But soon, more spells hit the Order Grand Master, and my Chaos Grand Master successfully poured acid on the dead body so that it wouldn't be resurrected. After that, despite the charms and resistances, I destroyed the opponent's army with magic.
GG.
The opponent agreed to a third game, which is nice:)

3) Zybr(Life) def Norvin(Order) 3-0
Order Grand Master with the Book of Life on the third level + full tactics, leveled up from an Order mage (so they gave a lot of leadership and almost no armor) (they gave a Ring of Speed +2), in the army 6+6 Angels, Crusaders, Ballistas, and Crossbows. There's no tactics again, two Order Grand Masters, Titans, Djinns, Mages, Gnomes, and Dryads, so there's an immediate rush on my side. Two Hypnosis spells were cast on both Angels. This only helps me, in general. Mass Dispel, and one Order Grand Master dies first, and soon the other one too. An attempt to focus and kill at least one stack of Angels leads to nothing. GG.

Thanks for the games:)
And good luck in the fight for third place:)