Posts from "only XL-2"

Sometimes, it's Berserk + Haste, then running around the battlefield and using combat spells. If the first initiative is high, the enemy might not even get a turn. That's what happened to me with the bears – the opponent couldn't hide one of the snakes, the bears killed it, and then immediately took damage, giving me a turn and the opportunity to retreat.

With Blind, the most effective strategy is to cast Blind, summon elementals using all available mana (leaving 3-5 mana for repeated Blinds), then use Wait with all elementals (mandatory), and attack with all of them in reverse turn order. The trick is that the elementals under Blind are also considered to have "waited," so they don't get a turn immediately after the Blind wears off, but wait until all the elementals have had their turn. On the last elemental, cast Blind again so they don't get a chance. Repeat in the next round. No troops are needed; just enough mana and speed (and high initiative).

If you have troops and they are faster than the enemy stack (or you can make them so), do the opposite – cast Blind and Haste on the enemy and your desired stacks, then attack in direct turn order. On the last fast stack, cast Blind again.

A multi-turn "hit-and-run" strategy with Blind is also possible. For example, if you have 10 angels, divide them into 1-1-1-1-1-4-1. Use the first angel to absorb the retaliation, then attack with all of them. On the last angel's turn, cast Blind. Repeat until the single angels are gone, then finish with a combat spell and retreat. If you have enough mana, you can also reduce the enemy's defense with Disrupt beforehand. In total, you sacrifice 5 angels out of 10, dealing a total of 8+7+6+5+4 = 30 hits from the angels + a combat spell. This is used when you don't have the opportunity to hit-and-run multiple times and only have one chance.

An exotic strategy is "drink-and-run": attack with high initiative and 6 units of Witch Covens, cast Blind, drain all their mana, and retreat.

In general, it's not worth taking risks, and even if all your combat power is concentrated in one stack, it's best to add 6 more stacks of "meat" just to prevent these tricks from working.

Sometimes, it's Berserk + Haste, then running around the battlefield and attacking. If the first speed is present, the enemy might not even get a turn. That's what happened to me with the bears – the opponent couldn't hide one of the snakes, the bears killed it, and then immediately got stunned, giving me a turn and the opportunity to retreat.

As for Blindness, the most brutal option is to cast Blindness, summon all available elementals using all your mana (leaving enough for 3-5 more Blindness spells), then use Wait on all elementals (mandatory), and attack in reverse turn order. The trick is that elementals under Blindness, after using Wait, are also considered to have acted, so they don't get a turn immediately after the Blindness wears off, but wait until all the elementals have had their turn. On the last elemental, cast Blindness again so they don't get a chance. Repeat in the next round. No troops are needed at all; just enough mana and spell points (and first speed).

If you have troops and they are faster than the enemy stack (or you can make them so), then do the opposite – cast Blindness and Haste on the opponent, and Haste/Bless on your desired stacks. Then attack in normal turn order, and cast Blindness again on the last fast stack.

A multi-turn "hit-and-run" strategy with Blindness is also possible. For example, if you have 10 angels, divide them into 1-1-1-1-1-4-1. Use the first angel to remove retaliation, then attack with all of them, and cast Blindness on the last turn. Repeat until the single angels are gone, then deliver the final blow with a powerful attack and retreat. If you have enough mana, you can also reduce the enemy's defense with Disrupt beforehand. In total, you sacrifice 5 angels out of 10, dealing a total of 8+7+6+5+4 = 30 hits from the angels + a powerful attack. This is used when you don't have the opportunity to hit-and-run several times and only have one chance.

An exotic strategy is "drink-and-run" – attack with first speed and 6 units of Witch Covens, cast Blindness, drain all their mana, and retreat.

In general, it's not worth taking risks, and even if all your combat power is concentrated in one stack, it's advisable to add 6 more stacks of "meat" just to prevent the aforementioned tricks from working.

Summoned 200 demons + 20 ducks, 3 angels, and 5 sultans. My opponent only had 11 angels in their army, and no red dragon. My stats were higher (in Utopia, I got +6 to all stats and +5 to all stats). The opponent surrendered. Thanks for the game.

Well, I guess I was lucky; I didn't encounter any of the issues mentioned above. My poker intuition, so to speak, told me that the outcome would be positive. In the future, I'll try not to make similar mistakes. :smile02:

surrendered, fooled around too much with restarts.
apologies for the time (there was also a meeting restart at 115)

Without КЗ and КВЗ against 1.5k skeletons and with КЗ and КВЗ there were no outs. Thanks for the game

Horses in Castle on week 1, fast village, but the main exit to the map turned out to be through a one-way monolith... At the start of week 2, Griffin Conservatory, a two-hero team, and a run to the portal, where there is a network of roads and several broken metros and portals. One of the scouts reached the red player, and there was Charna with a ton of skeletons and a full loadout. Kyrre avoids contact and charges blindly into a side teleport, finds an opponent's Tower and a Griffin Conservatory, and lays low. I continue to scout as much as possible, while the main hero runs the long way around to a Dragon Utopia near my first village. The opponent doesn't force the issue, so I manage to clear the contact zone and reveal all entrances and exits. The opponent decides to attack after all, takes the Tower. Kyrre escapes into another one-way monolith and finds a treasure zone with 3 Dragon Utopias. Finally found KZ, before that there were three sets of Dimension Door/fly, but Town Portal stubbornly wouldn't drop. I leveled Aenain for Jump and Clavius, this whole crew didn't let the opponent live in peace, taking away towns. At some point, Charna got caught in a village near her former capital; I decided to check her power, stats, speed, and capes/ orbs. Attacked with Clavius, after removing all his gear beforehand to avoid losing the necro artifacts and boots if there were bracers. There were +2 speed, +1 HP, 1880 skeletons, no bracers, also no magic limiters + AoTD. I actually saw how the AoTD was acquired; I was honestly surprised when Charna rushed into a corner of a small desert treasure zone, ignoring a ring of +1 HP and a prison (she beat it and ran past). During the attack with Clavius, I cast some minor spell on the monks and bought him back; people in chat said it was a cheat, but we were playing with the HeroesWorld mod, so I didn't worry about rule violations, but Clavius really did escape on the first round after casting — looks like a bug. Just in case, I hid him far away and didn't use him for the rest of the game to avoid any unnecessary disputes. Kyrre + Aenain took all towns from the opponent; only a Conflux village remained, over which, essentially a single jump away, Kyrra would camp every turn with archangel stats and a lot of mana. Attacking Charna in the village was risky, and in the castle she herself wasn't eager to attack, since archangels give first strike and destroying the catapult is a piece of cake. Kyrre waited for growth of archangels and gold dragons, raiding goodies (Griffin Conservatories, Dragon Fly Hives, libraries) every day and returning to the archangel castle. The opponent decided not to drag it out and surrendered. Thanks for the game.