Posts from M-200% No. 7

06/28/13 Vinceras (red, Stronghold, Saurug) def RoninHW (blue, Dungeon, Lorelei, Deemer) 132, Balance

The setup included 2 cons on the secondary heroes, 1 and 3. I took the first one on the second turn, and checked the other, but it wasn't useful. I put Saurug in the main hero slot because there was no one else, plus he got a land with attack. Then I broke through to another zone, went through it to the sand, where I met the opponent on turn 131. He offered a bribe, and I took it. I attacked his castle, where Deemer defended with 300 mana and a 180-damage bolt, but he didn't have enough health.
Thanks for the game!

25.06.2013 Diabler (red, random Inferno, random Ayden, Ciele) def The_ (blue, random Castle, random Ingham, Kyrre) 2sm2l 141
We used a couple of restarts and started playing. On 111 Ciele shows up right away, I decide to take her to the main area; there's a lot of gold around the town. However, I choose the wrong direction with Ciele and waste 3 days with her. On 115 I pick up a secondary hero — Conflux — and scout 2 Griffin Conservatories under him, plus a camp. I decide to run to the camp, there are pegasi there. Checked the Conservatories — both are large. Ciele gets Logging, then Earth Magic; I decide to level up Slow and go for the Conservatories. Ciele runs to the treasure zone, picks up boots, moves at 3k movement points. But the opponent had already visited the treasure zone. I see that you can pick up spell power on the opponent's zone; I run there. Almost captured a secondary hero; didn't have enough movement. The response in the form of Lightning Bolt strikes from the Lich didn't take long. Ciele captures the town, masters Earth Magic, and gets wiped out. I decide to go for the Conservatory with Expert Slow. The first Conservatory is maxed out — if it weren't for Ciele's Archery, I probably wouldn't have made it out. I run to the second Conservatory; it's also maxed out, but dealing with 4 Angels is much easier. In the meantime, the opponent captured my native Inferno. I decide to delve into the treasure zone and take 2 Pandora's Boxes for 20-49 bone dragons; I feed all the slow meat to the Lich; Ciele runs to the Pandoras. When breaking through 100 orcs, I accidentally lost an Angel :( The Pandoras turned out to have 10k experience and 15 Vampire Lords. Ciele gets Sorcery and Armorer. I decide to attack Kyrre in the town, which was a small mistake on my part, but Ciele's 270 Archery and 360 Lightning Bolt helped win the battle, leaving a small chunk of meat for me. Thanks for the game.

28.06.2013 BlooDy)DriVeR (blue, Castle, Cuthbert, Elshar) def Grizvald (red, Stronghold, Gretchin, Terek) skirmish 212
Captured all the castles in the treasury zones, but there was almost nothing in the zones themselves, which led to a tough positional fight in 2 small passages; all the meat was sacrificed to break through the opponent's birds and behemoths with magic. Played very aggressively, buying up meat levels 1-4 in Castle and 1-2 in secondary towns. As a result, I maintained the positional advantage, managed to take the resource mines and the opponent's nearest secondary town. A lot of resources had been spent on trade before that, but after gaining control of the map, I accumulated a lot of gold and resources for Mage Guild level 5 in the secondary town and for buying up absolutely all unsold meat, resulting in 5-6 fairly large stacks, meteor shower, and resurrection, which secured the Final Battle. I should note that during the game I wanted to type GG and surrender more than once; there was no army until the very end of the game, but I fought to the last.
Thank you to the opponent for a tough game!

Write to me on ICQ; you're always offline, and I can't send you messages for some reason. On Sunday, I was at home from 6 PM Moscow time, but I didn't see you online.

I'd like to ask our next opponent, Mr. Frolov, to let me know when it's convenient for him to play, or to send me a message on ICQ. It would be good to play on Sunday...

28.06.13. Pit for LM (red, random Castle, random Cuthbert, Loynis) def Lem (blue, random Dungeon, random Jager, Calh), 2sm2c, 125.
I had to take both restarts - first I got Inferno with one path to the GO a few hexes from the castle, then a poor Castle against Dungeon with Shakti. Opp also restarted one Castle for me, and in the end the same town appeared.
111 - I reveal the overview. The layout is excellent. Lots of money, a stable near the castle, a Griffin Conservatory visible, Loynis is there. Very few troops, though. 4 heroes, among them Damacon.
112 - already 7 heroes, and Loynis immediately picks up water magic. The secondary hero is on snow, but at least it's native. Another Griffin Conservatory appears.
113 - I take the native secondary, troops (archers) are carted off for upgrade. Müllich also arrived, but I didn't get to use him.
114 - I take 15 dwarves on snow, killing the timer to zero. I captured a morale artifact.
115 - I reveal the overview, see a nearby passage to the treasure zone, where behind basilisks there's an external dwelling of griffins and gauntlets.
116 - I reach both the gauntlets and the external dwelling. I leveled expert water magic, have blessing.
117 - in the treasure zone there's a convenient stable where I stay overnight. The chain is for delivering growth. Building - horsemen in fort.
121 - I deliver growth, beat demons for Pandora's Box - 5k experience. Got earth magic. I was 1 hex short of reaching the prison, without speed boost.
122 - I fight my way back to my respawn, prepare to take the Conservatories. In the prison - Orrin level 5, nice, +spearmen and archers.
123 - I moved the army for upgrade, but for some reason forgot to upgrade the spearmen... First Conservatory - minimum, second - tier 2, took a bit of morale damage.
124 - splitting into secondary hero, I broke through the GO from my side of the portal - 50 gr. basilisks. On the other side - 20+ wizards. I sit, replenish mana, placed GM2 just in case with ice bolt.
125 - easily kill the wizards with mass prayer, take the village and the opponent's capital. Calh shows up.
126 - I can't reach him, move closer.
127 - I attack. His stats are decent (10, 4, 6, 4), 100 troglodytes, 38 Evil Eyes, a dozen gogs.
My stats - (4, 3, 7, 6), 3 angels, 4 champions, 40 archers, 70 spearmen, 8 crusaders, 20 griffins.
No chance in the fight, even mass prayer wasn't needed, the ice bolt for 210 did its job.
Overall, the opponent's layout was significantly worse, it was almost impossible to win.
Thanks for the game.

A one-sided battle; even mass prayer wasn't needed. The ice bolt dealing 210 damage did the trick.
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Wouldn't it be possible to use the prayer against the opponent without 4 Might?*

27.06.13 Lem (Red, random Rampart, Torgrim, Clavius) def wariator (Blue, random Castle, Rion, Grindan), balance, 142.

I took 112, a couple of tech rests, opponent 111. Almost every time I got Rampart, seems like fate.

111. Got Torgrim with Necro Amulet, waiting for Necro. No Elves. Quite a lot of gold, some wood.
112. Took a village, gathering gold.
113. Bought Alagar and elves, took a crypt, and then Clavius arrives:cool: I break through the shooters with Clavius and immediately take another crypt
114. Upgrading elves. Took a pandora for snakes (5k experience), level up necromancy, weapon, and take archery (a bow dropped from the crypt). Capture a secondary.
115. Retake a mine (crystals), rushing to necro.
116. Refill mana and build Pegasi. 6 heroes, everything is fine.
117. Build a Citadel and stand before the Magog.
121. Exit to the center. 97 skeletons, no opponent in sight, although castles are equal.
122. Take a crypt, well, stable, and rush to capture the central town
123. Took the town, opponent not visible. I have 8 heroes, rushing to the treasure zone, see a quest artifact and a Dragon Fly Hive behind Cyclopes.
124. Took the quest artifact (35 Fire Elementals), took the Dragon Fly Hive (4 Wyverns), took Log and Earth at the university, preparing to break through the entrance to the treasure zone (guards)

In the treasure zone took 4 Dragon Fly Hives and a pandora for 15 Storm Elementals and a quest artifact. Result: 33 ducks, split up on 132 and rush to turn in the artifact (15k experience) Rushing to the ГО, but the opponent enters the center from the other side. I catch up to him (>2500 MP and pathfinding), he immediately buys out 3 angels. Afterwards a chase begins and finally in the final battle: Clavius (5 6 8 5) 33 ducks, 39 elves, 10 unicorns, about 20 pegasus, some wood. Has expert weapon, archery, earth, and advanced air. Opponent has Grindan (4 1 9 8) 3 angels, 33 marksmen, 84 halberdiers, skills: expert tactics, wisdom, and earth.

Thanks for the game!

what to do if the opponent (Grisha) doesn't respond, there's only 1 day left for the game, and he's not online.