Posts from “Summer 2013” experimental season. Online ranked games (reports, discussions).

23.07.2013 The_ (red, dungeon, Shakti) def Pyre (blue, rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) JC 134.

Confirmed. The bugged layout just killed it.

24.07.2013 shameonyou (red, Citadel, Crag Hack) draw Mizrael (blue, Conflux, Inteus, Luna) Jebus Cross 124

We had a shootout + I took a restart due to a misclick on d111 :D (thanks to the opponent for the opportunity). Six squares from the castle there was a block of 20+ wood stacks for 2 KV artifacts. I visit a lookout tower and see that behind this block there is plenty of tasty stuff - Griffin Conservatory, external dwelling of monsters, external dwelling of ogres, a good box for 5-9 champions. On d111 I took a red dragon from a camp, later used it to break through the snake stacks for the external dwelling of birds, checked the number of dendroids with a loser - I thought there were 40+, turned out to be only 25. On d114 I broke through easily, took the external dwelling of monsters. I had big problems with gold, but an external market turned up and it got a bit easier. On d121 Brissa recaptures the artifact merchant that had been found a day earlier (for 49 diamonds). I scrape together as much gold as I can, break a naga bank, still not enough to upgrade the monsters. It's d123 and I notice Crag Hack is running around with expert earth without the tome :D. The GO is not an easy one - gold + giants or angels + white bears. I plan to get broken and hit the GO, first taking the home Dragon Utopia and 2 more hives, but the opponent surrenders in the treasure zone. Thanks for the game and for the restart :p

24.07.2013 shameonyou (red, Citadel, Crag Hack) draw Mizrael (blue, Conflux, Inteus, Luna) Jebus Cross 124

That was a game. Luna managed to level up from a zero respawn and with 12 spell power broke through 44 dread knights without any issues. In the sands, she took a castle, scouts scouted the surroundings and the opponent's ГО, still untouched. A plan emerged to quickly gather hives in the area with the help of prisons; the key was breaking into the first prison with a horde of green unicorns, where I overcomplicated things — I charged into a corner with birds, and the horses got thoroughly mixed up with walls of fire :) As it turned out later, they could actually fight if you placed the birds in the center and filled with walls in two layers with maneuvering :) The prisons held Bron and Tazar with pathfinding... Thanks for the game.

07/24/2013 Tovariщ (Red, Dungeon, Shafts, Shafts) def darkello (Blue, Necropolis, Charna, Galtran) 2sm4d (3) 231. I don't have the strength to describe it; it was epic! I've played enough for the next two weeks. My opponent messed around on Facebook and lost. Thanks for the game!

24.07.2013
Iamsamstan (blue, ramp, Ivor) lose dom2 (red, castle, Valeska, Mullich) 2sm4d(3) 126

Took 112, opp 111 started. Ivor on 9 elves, external dwelling of unicorns, but not enough gold, there's a Dwarf Cottage, but level 30, I didn't go for it harshly. Later a Griffin Conservatory level 1, thought and thought, eventually decided to refuse, on 117 barely took the horses, broke through a triple ГО diamonds + a hundred Centaurs + regen gargoyles on snow. There I miraculously snatched a pile and a chest and placed the unicorns in the fort and bought them from the external dwelling, also lit up 2 more Griffin Conservatories. Opp has more heroes and towns visible, and also 2 necros, kinda scary) but I play. Broke level 1 at 121, then through the chain to Ivor, he levels up Tactics, breaks a block of 31 fanatics and goes into the Griffin Conservatory level 2, lost a few elves. Then we go into the underground with scouts, check a sword +6 behind the birds. At 124 we go into the 3rd Griffin Conservatory, it's level 3, we come out with the loss of one angel out of 3 and all the rest, so the army became 5 angels, 4 unicorns. Then opp arrives, grabs the capital, only Solmyr can reach him. I take a risk, and there's a lightning for 200, well and that's about it, thanks for the game)))

Iamsamstan (blue, ramp, Ivor) lose dom2 (red, castle, Valeska, Mullich) 2sm4d(3) 126

In the first round, I placed a unit in the castle and set up an ambush with a pikeman. At the beginning of the second round, I took the green dragon unit on the secondary battlefield and, in the treasury, acquired 20+ griffins for 17,000 gold. I have an air expert, but in two grandmasters, there are neither acceleration nor slowdown, but I did find air vision. The treasury is a bit empty; I see a cluster of blue flags on the snowy secondary battlefield, and I'm going for a rush through the adjacent secondary battlefield. My opponent is attacking their rampart with a zero-level Solmyr; I immediately cast a lightning spell for exactly 200 damage on the angels. Thanks for the game.

24.07.2013
RaiseTheDead (blue, necropolis, random, Nagash, Vokial) def Nestor86 (red, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti/Thant/Aislinn) 2sm4d(3) 127

We did a full restart. As a result, I end up in a large corner zone at the top. Good things on the first day - an external dwelling of liches and a conservatory; bad things - 4 heroes and not even enough gold to buy skeletons. But there's a Dwarf Cottage not far from the castle, and along the path to it there's experience and +1 to attack. Hoping for a mini or pre-mini Dwarf Cottage, I head there. Turns out it's a single unit, and I break it easily with 70 skeletons. Next, I went on a necro-rampage and took the external dwelling of liches with Lakus, who has expert tactics. It turned out sloppy. Due to a lack of time, I didn't position correctly and risked getting hit hard, but got away with losing 3 air elementals. Along the way, I see another external dwelling of liches - more work for Lakus again. But too much of a good thing. The passage to the inferno secondary hero below is guarded by magogs, and there's no gold and I can't buy the horses. I had to turn Vokial around and put him on a level 2 conservatory, leaving the capture of the castle to a scout hero. I only had enough mana for one Haste, in terms of army - 190 skeletons, 9 liches, and 16 zombies for fattening. The zombies turned out to be not tasty, and the griffins took a liking to 4 liches. I also had to leave 50 skeletons behind because I had stupidly wasted mana earlier.
In the second week, I take another level 1 conservatory and try to scrape together at least some gold. On the inferno secondary hero, I see a nice hat +4 to knowledge and a golden bow behind a stack of psychos. By the middle of the second week, Vokial replenishes mana with the hat and heads to the treasure zone, picking up the bow along the way. I barely have time to settle into the treasure zone when the opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game!

24/07/2013.злой_романтик (Red,Necro,Gosha,Gosha)def dom2 (Blue,Castle,Valya,Gundula) Jebus Cross 124
Very long roads, never saw a single secondary hero till the end of the game :D First week took 4 Griffin Conservatories, 3 Dragon external dwellings, Mulich and Co successfully hit beehives, Gosha Earth and Air magic expertise, have Slow but no Haste, in the end ran to the GO on day 122 with 300 Skeletons, 30 Liches, 11 Angels. GO - Unicorns, fell without losses, ran further. Day 123 - took a Dragon Utopia 2 with the loss of 1 Dragon and 20 Skeletons - useful loot: Water Magic Book for Ice Elemental. Day 124 - saw movement from above through scouting and ran there, broke through 65 Efreet Sultans with Shield All (bastards, killed 3 Griffins - 8 left :mad: ) along the way freed a level 20 hero on a horse, and he scouted Gundula.. 7 Angels, 96 Marksmen, 30 Cavaliers, parameters weaker by about 2 times each. FB - a formality, got Blind on the Angels and then Slow, could have dispelled, but why? just stood on my own side and cast Arrow at 390, which decided the outcome
Thanks for the game

07/24/2013. zloy_romantik (Red, Necropolis, Gosha, Gosha) def dom2 (Blue, Castle, Valya, Gundula) Jeb 124

I gathered everything I had: 2 Respe-2 swords, 2 Mini-uliks, 2 Cons, no Drowns, and got 60 bows in Pandora. I took Archery for this, and reached level 123. Then they came, with uber stats and a powerful army, and I had no chance. I squeezed out everything I could, but it was clearly not enough, and my opponent executed the strategy perfectly. Thanks for the game.

07/24/2013
RaiseTheDead (blue, Necropolis, random, Nagash, Vokial) def Nestor86 (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti/Thant/Aislinn) 2sm4d(3) 127

I leveled up 2 Necromancers and a Barbarian with the "fur coat" (referring to a specific artifact or skill) with 10% Necro bonus.
In the second game, I went for the treasure. The fast mana drain and morale loss in an important battle led to my defeat. =)
Thanks for the game!

15/07/13.zloi_romantik (Blue, Necropolis, Gosh, Gosh) def Grisha=) (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) Jebus Cross 116
Took 2 Dwarf Cottages 1 and 2, Pandora's Box with 50 Greyskin Zombies, external dwelling of Dragons, Boots of Speed, revealed 2 Griffin Conservatories, checked - 1st is Throne of Might, 2nd is Two, took the Two, with Expert Earth Magic decided to already hit the 2nd, but my opponent's situation was even worse and he surrendered
Thanks for the time

thanks for the game

07/22/2013. kalababa (red, Castle, Valeska, Claudius) def Player_ (blue, Dungeon, Gunnar), 8mm6a, 117.
He dealt 170 damage with skeletons, discovered a bugged passage to the opponent's computer, planned to take the castle on 121 (my home territory), but the opponent noticed all this and wanted to replay the match, and attacked me with a Moon spell. But 117 and the middle paths didn't work. After that, he acknowledged his defeat. Turns out he didn't have enough power.

Confirmed.
Thank you for the game.

24.07.2013 Tovariщ(Red,Dungeon,Shakhti,Shakhti) def darkello(Blue,Necropolis,Charna,Galtran) 2sm4d(3) 231.

I have no strength to describe it, it was epic) Played enough for two weeks ahead. The opp messed up in FB and lost.

Thanks for the game!

I didn't mess up anything, just before FB on 227 or 226 some scout hero gave me a ballista which I hadn't seen the whole game, and when the opp only had the striking Wyvern stack left blinded, the ballista woke it up, even though it could have been killed by meteor rain, I didn't even see it, ! I didn't forget but didn't see it

24.07.13. Call_of_Fun (blue, Necro, Galtran) def Simon5760 (red, Conflux, random, Monere), JC, 126.
In the final, advantage in stats and in mana + Cloak of Negation.
I win and opp writes GG

Roger-ua (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Nitro43 (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3). 131.
On 111 2 Griffin Conservatories, one large, the second I take 1 plus the arena. Shakti arrived with 2 stacks, but all the heroes freed from prisons were native. On 112 I freed Dimer (+40 troglodytes). Then a native secondary hero. I freed Lorelei level 10. First time I see an exit to a treasure zone not downward but upward. Almost ran past it. On 121 Shakti takes a Griffin Conservatory (with Blessings) - pity only 3. Had the thought to take the home Dragon Utopia. I banish these thoughts - I run to the scouted treasure zone. As it turned out, the Dragon Utopia was 1 and was taken without significant losses (minus 1 angel), KZ came. In the treasure zone I take an external dwelling of devils and portal back to my castles. I start clearing the treasure zone, when suddenly Ivor appeared. I don't make it and step back a bit - the goal is another external dwelling of devils and a beehive in front of it. Ivor leaves the treasure zone (as I thought). Shakti clears the treasure zone and stays on a speed stack of 1 devil. It turned out the opponent had 2 entrances to this treasure zone and his scout reaches Shakti. I buy him back. The opponent's scout leaves my field of view, I decide not to pursue him with my scouts with an army. Good thing I'm blue, I buy back Shakti on day 127. On 131 the opponent's scout with an army attacks Dimer and stays in place. Shakti reaches the scout. GG follows.
Thanks for the game!