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

20.08.13 Psyche_7 (red, Conflux, random Thunar, Krellion) def Amiloo (blue, Inferno, Marius, Marius), Jebus Cross, 142

Exit to the center on 124 due to a hard blunder with mana refill (forgot to pass the helmet). Krellion 9-1(!), 9 birds, 3 angels, 26 Wyverns, magic skill got leveled up just before the ГО (I hit Scorpicores through rough terrain, didn't feel like Archons :)).
125 - I see the opponent, holed up in the central Inferno (up to 20 Sultans, up to 10 angels, up to 20 Wyverns, but stats significantly higher). The only chance to close the stat gap is the Dragon Utopia standing between us. I take it in front of Marius and my spirits immediately lift - 3 parts of Gladius without the helmet (!), wings lying nearby, I can't grab them in time (but the opponent can, on his turn). I hope the stats will scare him, because 16 mana and no strike magic, 2 angels, 6 birds... - at best a trade. Red decided not to rush, ran off to do his own business (to take Utopias, as it turned out). Well, I take the wings and sit Krellion in the kindly vacated Inferno "to refill mana" :). I await the attack (stats roughly equal, he has 6 angels, 12 Sultans, 11 Efreets - the thieves from the camp helped a lot all game :)).
Clash 1: outcome roughly as follows - after Armageddon, Resist triggered (!) on the ducks, I traded some Wyverns and angels for single Sultans, but drove the opponent away.
127 - I take a Pandora's Box with 5 Devils + an external dwelling nearby - next to the castle, if Marius had taken it instead of the Utopia - ГГ guaranteed.

131 - I assemble Gladius (expert Air + Sphere of Home), fly to clear the center.
133 - I relaxed, left myself exposed in the center, didn't equip the boots for +15% :(, although Marius is already sitting in the castle with 30 of those nasty Sultans. Explosion + Armageddon quickly bring me to my senses and now I'm driven out of the center (20 Sultans sold their lives dearly). I gather reserves from Fire Elementals and Magma Elementals and run back. I meet Deemer from the prison - the 10 Magma Elementals were gone for nothing :(.
136 - I sit in the central swamp, drive Marius off with single Sultans without losses (Resist!!). We, like boxers, have gone to different corners, thoroughly battered, waiting for growth to finally crush him with meat+resist (found another cloak +10%). I build snakes to upgrade on 137 in case there's a chance to attack.
137 - I take Pandora's Boxes behind angels with single Dragonflies (magic skill+Thunder of Titan), the opponent didn't touch them and good - 15 Pit Lords won't hurt.

141 - almost did a damned red-rush, I run with growth after Marius, who loses a day checking the Utopia I took (:p ).
142 - Michael's morale leaves him and he sits in the castle (apparently without growth). I attack. The farewell Armageddon - Air Elementals gone. ГГ.

Thanks for the interesting game!

30.08.13 Juristis (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def =Stinger= (blue, Necropolis, Galthran, Mephala) Jebus 117
There was an excellent first capture with 3 stacks, a Dragon Fly Hive and an external dwelling of Minotaurs, but an eclipse happened and I entered the Dragon Fly Hive without checking it; it turned out to be a max, they ate me. Then 2 rests from the opponent and then I got a lucky break: 187 Troglodytes from the start, an external dwelling of Dragons under the Castle behind a horde of Zombies, 8 heroes on 111.
112 - took the Dragon, set up a portal.
113 - 10k experience, Expert Wisdom, Logistics. Used Scouting, no road to one of the secondary towns; respawn is large but somewhat empty. Broke a group of Griffin Horses for the Griffin Conservatory. Used 7 Evil Eyes to break the second road, found another Griffin Conservatory there, an external dwelling of Dragons, a Dragon Fly Hive and an external dwelling of Cats.
114 - double Griffin Conservatory.
115 - took a secondary Dungeon with Grindan, built a Mage Guild there. Near the secondary town, there's another external dwelling of Cats and a Dragon Fly Hive. Das takes the second external dwelling of Dragons, a Dragon Fly Hive at 8 and a gold mine.
116 - use Das to break a Pandora's Box for Roc birds; Shakti does a double mana in the secondary town, gets broken and runs to ГО (horde of Efreeti).
117 - Grindan takes the external dwelling of Cats near the secondary town and a Dragon Fly Hive at 8. Shakti accelerations on the Griffin Conservatory before ГО, basic Earth; the army takes the second external dwelling of Cats. In the Pandora's Box for Roc birds: 20 gr Medusas. At home: Cats in the fort; in the secondary town, there's a portal with a Dragon.
On his 117, Blue failed to handle his double ГО. Thanks for the game!

08/30/2013 Vinceras (blue, Stronghold, Crag) def aka.Ward3n (red, Castle, Caitlin, Fafnir) JC 135
Thanks for the game.

08/31/13 Psyche_7 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Akella (red, Castle, Valeska, Damakon), 8xm12a, 212

Night of Minotaurs, a lot of Dungeons, control, collected elixir, and AOTD – all of this is good, but 18 Archons are powerful. If the opponent had slightly better magic, the game could have lasted longer. Thanks for the game.

08/31/13 Grizvald (red, Castle, Katya, Klava) def Lexmaster (blue, Dungeon, Shakti), 8mm6a, 226

31.08.13 Grizvald (red, castle, Katya, Klava) def Lexmaster (blue, dungeon, Shakti), 8mm6a, 226
We played double vs double; there were three castles on the map in total. On the second week, I pushed the opponent out of the center and we started grinding; as a result, Klava was leveled up properly, pulled AA from two Dragon Utopias, had an elixir, found КЗ in the Dragon Utopia on the third week, then more grinding, grinding, and finally FB stood no chance.
Thanks for the game!