Posts from "King of the Hill"
12.10.2013 theShevanesian (blue, Swamp, Tazar) def Redwhait HP (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Luna) 8XM12A 143
At the start, the heroes repaid debts for previous non-farts — 2 external dwellings of Gnolls, one Gorgon, three Dragon Fly Hives, and a hut with a Loga on the road. Took a Pandora's Box with 30 Dragon Flies behind the boar horde — ended up with 117 kills by week 1, day 8. The roads in between turned out to be long, but by day 1, week 2, month 6 I already saw red and a Dragon Utopia. At the start of week 3, I took the Dragon Utopia — a one-stack with Sea Captain's Hat))) Then we ran around a bit; my opponent's army wasn't doing great, but I almost threw the game myself when I stupidly charged with Monere level 9 with the whole army and artifacts to take red's castle — and there was Luna with Efreeti, Armageddon, and Imp. The +15 percent boots didn't trigger once out of 10 possible times, but my opponent simply didn't have enough gold for hit-and-runs. In the end, the meat advantage and expert Haste outweighed it. Thanks for the game!
I ended up broke and without prospects, which led to tilt and poor play.
I could have retreated after a hit-and-run, leaving behind a couple of Angels, 40 Dragon Flies, and a couple of Minotaurs, but I decided it wasn't worth dragging out and took a risk. Alas, the risk didn't pay off.
Thanks for the game!
So, is hit-and-run prohibited or not?
Spring 2014
Chose all resists and ended up with Bron without Basilisks, the second hero also only has Gnolls. Everything is grim, but there's Dessa, there are 2 Griffin Conservatories at the respawn and a fat Pandora's Box for a heap of Wood. On week 1 took a Conflux neutral, it built 1000, there's also a Stable there. Dessa got Air Magic, Tactics, Armorer.
On week 1 built Wyverns and Basilisks in the Castle along with the Capitol and Artifact +3 Basilisks. There are 2 central Town Portals, a passage to my own village in the Sands.
On day 121 I'm collecting money for troop赎回 - max Crypt, Dwarf Cottage at 20, on day 122 I take the Pandora's Box for the Wood, there are 20 Basilisks. I'm running to the far Griffin Conservatory.
I take the Conservatory for 3 Angels, the second one is taken by a scout hero (also 3).
I break through both Town Portals, near one of them I see Blue's movement.
Dessa runs to the other one, because there's a Library, a Dragon Fly Hive, and a Dragon Utopia.
On day 131 I take the mini Dragon Utopia, got +12 Breastplate. The scout heroes claim the Boots.
I took the Conflux town, there's another Dragon Fly Hive and a mini-Griffin Conservatory there.
On day 132 I defeat Dessa in the Conflux, visit the Stable and run to the second Town Portal, where the exit leads to the opponent. Kyrre gets the Shackles.
I have Air View. I decide at the start of the week not to force things and not to rush straight to Rampart, but to take a Conflux neutral, because it has a Capitol, and money is needed for troop赎回, since I also built Hive Guardians on week 2.
The Conflux neutral built level 2, I build levels 3 and 4 there - get Town Portal.
On day 137 I managed in one turn to take 2 towns from Blue, including the main one with level 4 built.
Dima surrenders.
Thanks for the game!
20.10.2013 =Stinger=(red, Fortress, Bron, Dessa) def TheShevanesian(blue, Rampart, Kyrre) 8MM6a 137
Confirmed! The external dwelling of unics and wood spawned, but very little gold. On 121–122 I take three Dragon Fly Hives, scout a Dragon Utopia in the center, which I break on 131 — turned out to be a pre-max (gave crappy loot — only a Shield of the Damned and useless КО), 24 wyverns remained, and then Dessa showed up with 5 angels, 30+ crusaders, and spell power 16. I bought off against the computer, built tier 4 — again fire. Tried to find luck in the sandy corner treasure zone, but nothing. Thanks for the game!
On day 111, 2 Pandora's Boxes (one with a pack of Grand Elves and one with several Behemoths), a Dragon Fly Hive and an external Griffin dwelling.
I build a chain toward the Refugee Camp, Marius gets Offense, and Bronhild gets Logistics, but I decide to level Marius anyway.
On day 112, I get an Archangel in the Refugee Camp ))
Things got more fun from there - a mini Dragon Fly Hive, then another Dragon Fly Hive, in the Panda with bears [were] 25 Griffins, in the second Refugee Camp 2 Horses, I found 2 Griffin Conservatories and in the Panda with Grand Elves I got 30 Monks. I built Angels with Griffins, took the external Griffin dwelling.
On day 121, a scout hero takes the third-tier Griffin Conservatory [or "a Conservatory with rank 3"], transfers the army to Marius, the second Conservatory is also for 3 Angels.
I don't have money for the upgrade, I run to the GO.
122 - the GO [Guardian Object?] from a front of Thunderbirds falls with a loss of the [dwelling that provides] Ogre Magi? / "отжора" dwelling?
Marius runs along the path and sees a Utopia within reach.
It gave Boots +2 to All, Boots with 15% Resistance, which he put on just in case.
And then Galhtran came running and surprised me with Implosion. Minus 4 Angels...
I buy back [the Angels] and on my turn run back to the center, hoping he doesn't have scouts nearby to reach the border between my spawn and the center.
Because Marius was standing there off the road and was running to the center through rough terrain, where a scout hero spotted an Angel's wings.
On his turn BISHOP hopped away somewhere and essentially gave away the win, because I still had a stack of Monks (34), 4 Archangels. Marius with Expert Logistics also intercepted Boots and gathered an army from Pandora's Boxes and ate up the entire center.
On day 127 BISHOP makes a knight's move - through a secondary hero he tries to take my main, but I already have a full [army] by that point.
Constant Armageddon trades, but by the endgame I already had a stack of 63 Wyverns, which aren't so easy to kill, and an Armageddon [caster] with 1755 HP.
Thanks for the game!
I had 1 rest left. It gave a very weak starting army (3 air elementals from 2 heroes and ~50 pixies) and unupgraded air elementals, but apparently quite a lot of money, 2 crypts + Dessa shows up. By week 1 day 12 I already had 8 heroes (1 from prison), Dessa entered the max crypt with 9 air elementals, 40 pixies and 6 archers, bless helped a lot, I only lost 2 air elementals. I run to the next zone and find a passage to the computer, at the same time from the scout's vision boots for 50-99 lizardmen light up in the same zone, class. I fight my way to the computer, capture it on day 15, slowly return to the boots to take them with the birds. Total by day 17: birds in the fort, boots taken, a Dragon Fly Hive revealed at the captured barbarian computer, a Dragon Fly Hive in an adjacent zone (never took it), a Dragon Fly Hive at my home, a Griffin Conservatory at a neighboring grass respawn and a +5 club with a scroll for 100+ ground dwellers, Dessa has expert Logistics and Earth (after that her skill gain was terrible: First Aid, Sorcery, Resistance).
On day 21 I decided to attack those ground dwellers and of course there were some fails, I lost a bird and 2 psychos. I split Dessa to double mana at the fountain near the barbarian castle and back to the Dragon Fly Hive and Griffin Conservatory. Dragon Fly Hive 6, Griffin Conservatory tier 3. Didn't find anything else after that, left a scout there, split Dessa to go home to those 2 Dragon Fly Hives and 2 Griffin Conservatories revealed at the barbarian respawn. Then I see the opponent's scout coming out of a neighboring underground passage with a small army. (the underground passage was located across the mountains in another zone, but it was so close to the one in my zone that I was almost certain they connected underground; and so it was). At that time Dessa was standing where she needed to be and managed to catch up to this scout. Killed all the Grand Elves and 10 Fire Elementals, a surrender follows. I run further, see Kyrre running away, leaving me a Griffin Conservatory (2) and a computer Conflux castle. Then began a long chase, I took the starting Rampart, was ready to take another Conflux with built birds + finally built a Grail building with Town Portal at my home, but then comes a surrender: the army there was smaller, and no more goodies were found. Thanks for the game.
29.10.2013 Yostairs (Blue, Conflux, Labeta, Dessa) def =Stinger= (Red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 6lm10a, 136
I had 1 rest left. The spawn gave a very weak starting army (3 Air Elementals from 2 heroes and ~50 Pixies) and unbuilt Air Elementals, but apparently quite a lot of gold, 2 crypts + Dessa spawns in. By turn 112 I already have 8 heroes (1 from a prison), with Dessa I dive into the max crypt with 9 Air Elementals, 40 Pixies and 6 Archers, Bless helped a lot, only lost 2 Air Elementals. I run to the next zone and find a passage to the computer, at the same time the overview shows Boots of Speed for 50-99 Wyverns in the same zone, awesome. I push through to the computer, take it on turn 115, slowly head back to the Boots to take them with the Birds. So by turn 117: Birds in the fort, Boots taken, a Dragon Fly Hive revealed at the captured Barbarian computer, a Dragon Fly Hive in an adjacent zone (never took it), a Dragon Fly Hive at home, a Griffin Conservatory on a nearby grass respawn, and a Mace +5 with a scroll for 100+ Gnolls, Dessa has Expert Logistics and Earth Magic (her leveling afterwards was terrible: First Aid, Sorcery, Resistance).
On turn 121 I decided to attack those Gnolls and of course there were some fails, lost a Bird and 2 Psychos. I beat Dessa to double mana at the fountain near the Barbarian castle and then back to the Dragon Fly Hive and Griffin Conservatory. Dragon Fly Hive is level 6, Griffin Conservatory level 3. Didn't find anything else, left a scout here, sent Dessa back home to go to those 2 Dragon Fly Hives and 2 Griffin Conservatories revealed at the Barbarian respawn. Then I see an opponent scout coming out of an adjacent underground passage with a small army. (The underground passage was located across the mountains in another zone, but it was so close to the one in my zone that I was almost certain they connected underground; and so it was). Dessa was standing in the right spot at the time and managed to reach that scout. Killed all Grand Elves and 10 Fire Elementals, a surrender comes. I keep running, see a fleeing Kyrre leaving me a Griffin Conservatory (level 2) and a Flux castle computer one. Then began a long chase, I took the starting Rampart, was ready to take another Flux with built Birds + finally built a M4 with Town Portal at home, but then comes the forfeit: the army was smaller there anyway, and no more goodies were found. Thanks for the game.
I picked 2 rests by blocks, ended up with a respawn with no gold, in short it wasn't a game but a torment. I wandered through dead ends and wondered how far Dessa could run.
Thanks for the game.
28.10.13 =Stinger=(red, Castle, Valeska, Marius) def BISHOP(blue, Necropolis, Galhtran) JC 134
On day 111, 2 pandora's boxes (for a horde of grand elites and for several behemoths), a Dragon Fly Hive and an external dwelling of griffins.
I build a chain to the refuge, Marius got Offense, and Bronhild got Logistics, but I decide to level Marius anyway.
On day 112, I get an Archangel in the refuge ))
Things got more interesting from there - a mini Dragon Fly Hive, then another Dragon Fly Hive, in the pandora with bears 25 griffins, in the second refuge 2 horses, I found 2 Griffin Conservatories and in the pandora with grand elites I took 30 monks. I built angels with griffins, took the external griffin dwelling.
On day 121, with a scout hero I take a level 3 Griffin Conservatory, transfer the army to Marius, the second conservatory also for 3 angels.
No money for upgrade, I run to GO.
122 - GO from front of thunderbirds falls with loss of the tank.
Marius runs along the path and sees a utopia, which he can reach.
Got Boots +2 to All, Boots with 15% resistance, which I put on just in case.
And then Galhtran came running and surprised me with implosion. Minus 4 angels...
I buy back and on my turn run to the center again, hoping he doesn't have scouts nearby to reach the border of my respawn with the center.
Because Marius stood off the road there and ran to the center through the rough terrain, where the scout hero spotted the angel's wings.
On his turn, Bishop jumped away somewhere and essentially gave away the win, because I had a stack of monks (34), 4 archangels left. Marius with expert Logistics also intercepted the boots and gathered an army from the pandoras and gobbled up the entire center.
On day 127, Bishop makes a surprise move - tries to take my main through a secondary hero, but I already have a full army by that point.
Constant trades with Armageddon, but by the Finale I already had a stack of 63 Wyverns, which aren't so easy to kill, and an Armageddon with 1755 HP.
Thanks for the game!
That's how it was, gave away the win out of stupidity. Didn't pursue Stinger on his respawn, thought where would he go, and he slipped into the bottleneck, collected 3 books of parameters and meat from the goodies. And Armageddoned in the end :D
Thanks for the game!
We used all our restarts, and as a result, it turned out chocolately for both of us. I have Luna, built Air Elementals, and in the depths of the respawn there are 3 Griffin Conservatories. I wasn't in a hurry, ran along rough terrain and collected money, built birds in the Citadel. At the beginning of week 2, I cleared various treasure zones (Dwarf Cottage, 2 Medusa Banks, Naga Bank), while building up the Mage Guild. On day 123 I take a level-3 Conservatory, on day 124 I fight my way home; at home, in MG4, there is Resurrection and Berserk. I take another level-3 Conservatory and run to an unknown GO and another Conservatory. The GO is an unpleasant 10-19 Fire Birds, but not for me. On day 127 I take a level-2 Conservatory, break the GO with meat loss (8 Water Elementals), break into the treasure zone, where the opponent was already roaming freely. I found Tazar, and Luna attacks him.
FB:
Luna (8-2-8-6 (35)) 8 Angels, 5 Birds, 5 Psychos, 6 Fish, 1+1+15 Air Elementals. Expert Earth, Fire, Offense (by the way, a divine Luna with Offense, Logistics, and Earth — rare to see that)
Tazar (5-11-4-3 (30)) 4 Angels, 24 Greater Basilisks, 23 Wyverns, 1+1+1+1 Greater Wasps. (Expert Earth, don't know the rest)
In round 1 we exchanged oil, the opponent blocked the Basilisks. In round 2 I cast Mass Berserk on the ducks, Basilisks, and Angels, but only a single Wasp, 2 ducks, 16 Basilisks fall, and the Angels took 195 damage. The opponent casts Haste on the Angels. In round 3 the opponent casts Anti-Magic (o_O) on the ducks, hits my Angels with his. I Speed my Angels, use the birds to negate the retaliation from the Wyverns, and hit them with the Angels. We fought a bit more; the opponent bought back with 4 ducks, I had 2 birds, 6 Angels, Psychos, and a few Air Elementals left.
On day 131 Tazar, with growth, wants to start the final battle; I also bring in my growth, and after first attacking with Ciele and Brissa (-1 duck, -12 Basilisks, -2 single Wasps), I attack with Luna: I throw oil, after the birds and Angels strike, only 1 Wyvern remains, GG. Thanks for the game.