Posts from Игры HoMM3 for fun

Djdied (Blue, Rampart, Kirr, Gunnar) lost to StekAttack (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Kreg)

Gathered a stack of ducks. Had oil, but no haste. Miscalculated and attacked a town with 14 Titans. Could have taken it, as there were still cons left on the reserve.

07,04,2017 funka Korovka1987 (red, random, Fortress, Crag Hack) def Izhevsk(blue, random, Inferno, Nagash) 2sm4d 144

We started right away, without restarts. Plenty of resources on the respawn, but as for artifacts, Legs of Legion, Helm +2 Knowledge and a Shield +2 Defense were given to the hero. At the start of the second week, I captured Tower, where I leveled up the guild to level 4. I never left the respawn after that; at the start of the 4th week, the opponent came with Skeletons, Demons, Gog, and Pit Fiends. He stopped a few steps from the main castle. I wore him down with bloaters, Meteor Shower, and archers. In the Castle sat a secondary hero with Gnolls, Marksmen, Dragon Flies, a few Troglodytes and Air Elementals from secondary heroes. The opponent attacked, counting on magic, but lacked troops, was shot down by the archers from the towers, didn't manage to escape, and then conceded defeat.
Thanks for the game!

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08.04.2017 funka Izhevsk(red, random, Inferno, Orrion) def Korovka1987 (blue, random, Stronghold, Christian) 2sm4d 211

Again, no restarts. Resources were sufficient; I built Behemoths in the first week, helped by the external market where I traded everything for gold and crystals. Nothing interesting in artifacts, one Griffon Conservatory in the corner of the respawn and one road out of it. I had to go off-road into the treasure zone, but I got bogged down. The opponent on 147 broke through, 5-9 Titans, and almost reached my castle. Try as I might, on 147 I couldn't return the army and hero home, the chain wasn't set up; I was one day's travel away. On 211, the opponent took an empty castle and came towards me. I had to attack. I had 6 upgraded Behemoths, 9 Thunderbirds, 25 Wyverns, 28 Ogre Magi, 6 Cyclopes, and 50 Orc Chieftains. The opponent had 3 Angels, 12 Efreet Sultans, 30 Wyverns, 16 Pit Lords with whips, and 80 Demons + more mana and better hero stats. The Demons decided everything. The opponent took revenge.
Thanks for the game!

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10.04.2017 funka Izhevsk(red, random, Rampart, Kyrre) lose Korovka1987 (blue, random, Stronghold, Yog) 2sm4d 144

And again, no restarts. A large respawn; I built Behemoths in the first week again, upgraded them in the second, Cyclopes in the third, helped by the external market again. I wanted to level another hero, but took Yog with a dice for 5000 experience. As for artifacts, I found the Torso of Legion, 2 Aires of Luck, Boots of Speed, and a Shield +4 Defense. One Griffon Conservatory was a level 2 on my respawn and 2 in the adjacent zone (a level 1 and a level 3). The opponent on 142 broke through, came with Unicorns and Marksmen. I had 3 full growths (only 6 Cyclopes) + 6 Angels. The opponent scouted a bit and ran away with the main hero, sending a bloater. I killed it with Yog and 21 Thunderbirds, thereby making a mistake and exposing myself. If the opponent had had Shackles of War, I could have lost. Kyrre attacked with 2 Dragons, 11 Unicorns, 65 Marksmen, and 30 Silver Pegasi. Yog bought himself off, losing 9 birds, and on the same day counterattacked with the main army. No chance there, 7 Behemoths and 6 Angels did their job.
Thanks for the game!

04/13/17 Ahivog (Red, Rampart, Meph) def De_Luxe (Blue, Rampart, Ivory)
Hota, h3dm1 117
unlucky loss... thanks for the game

17.04.17 Andorith (Blue, Wharf, Cassiopeia) def Barracuda (Red, Tower, Solmyr, Gervulf) 6Lm10a 226
Terrible start. Unlucky respawn blocked by mountains. Lost quite a few workshops, decided to play through giants. In the second week, the computer harried me in the castle, killing 2 giants with magic. The first Dragon Utopia fell only at the start of week 4. Used it to turn things around. Gathered an army and 2 Dragon Utopias for stats plus KZ. Army advantage did its job.
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16.04.2017 ViLco (Red, Inferno, Marius, Marius) def Madmaxio (Blue, Tower, Neela, Neela), Jebus Cross, 126
Bought Inferno for 1600 :) and color for 500.
Turned out not bad, right next to the castle I immediately found a lone Griffin Conservatory (jumping ahead I'll say that was the last Griffin Conservatory on this respawn),
the meat situation was meh, I was missing some Gog from the native scout hero. I immediately found another Dragon Fly Hive, decent roads, started to play even though there was still 1 rest.

Found Pao Pearls, on day 114 I ate the lone Griffin Conservatory with all the meat,
gathered a bunch of Dragon Fly Hives already with an Angel, Mary leveled up like a real momma (Logistics, Offense, Earth-Air, the works).
Took a very long time to find Slow, searched 95% of the scrolls on the respawn and only found it in a 3rd Grail Map, because of that I lost half a day of tempo.
The Guarded Object looked close from the tavern but turned out to be very far (a long corridor with no exit to the road).
In the end I only came out on day 124, even though the tempo was very high. But I came out after a Bible with Double Mana, with Slow and a half-stack of Birds.
Found nothing interesting in the center except a bunch of Dragon Fly Hives, opened a prison, picked up another couple of Dragon Fly Hives, and a day later I was sieging the castle.
Found a couple of boxes for Dragons, on day 126 after scouting the opponent at the Guarded Object, I went to crush him with numbers (over 70 Birds),
comparable stats, 90 mana vs 25, my opponent didn't bother finishing the final fight.

Thanks for the game.

04/18/2017 Fill-ua(Blue, Ramp, Kyrre, Mirlanda) def Botorezka(Red, Flax, Luna, Luna) Jebus Cross 124, trade +3.7
I was running around the map with 40k gold, collecting many crypts and other gold-generating resources. I decided to build a GM-5 at level 121. In the Tazar prison (I took 2 Hives at level 117, 4+6=10 Viv), I built levels 1-4 with GM-5. In GM-4, I placed a watering hole and a town portal. In GM-5, I took flight. I summoned about 5 Cyclops, 1 Drake, and 5 Vivs to level up Mirlanda with Flax, using the doubled mana bonus at level 122 (a very convenient position for leveling up - many obstacles). There, I maxed out the Estate, 16x5=90 Vampire Lords. I exited with experience in air, and finished leveling up Earth on the next experience farm (3). Mirlanda shows 1 2 14 12, 240 mana. I cleared what was in the center - another Drake in the Golem Pyramid. Then I finished leveling up, I think, Defense and Expert Leadership. 9 Wizards were interfering, using Fire Enhancement. They were coming from the respawn point to the Golem (to watch). That's why I definitely chose Mirlanda because of the large amount of mana and flight. (Kyrre also had Oil, by the way...) but I didn't find a single Pandora anywhere. In the final, I expected what happened - Luna with two stacks of 27 Ducks and 3 Phoenixes (-500) remained, and he had only 20 Ducks left. Apparently, he didn't have enough money to buy his way out. I used the remaining 12k gold and 1 Giant to attack. He had 22 mana for the final. He cast two Haste spells and, I think, a Ring of Cold - for 1 mana. With -1 morale, Mirlanda managed to hold out. I had a lot of mana there, about 170.
Thanks for the game

21.04.2017 WAYD(Red, Stronghold, Gretchin, Moner) def Korovka1987(Blue, Inferno, Kalth, Luna), Jebus Cross, 133
Inferno-Stronghold matchup came up.
The opponent bought the Citadel for 5000 and the red color for 500.
On the first day, I saw 3 Dragon Fly Hives and 2 Griffin Conservatories. Among the artifacts near the Castle, there was a Sphere of Air and a Breastplate +3 to Spell Power. Decided to play. By that time, the opponent had used 3 rests.
On the second day, I saw a Fire Elemental external dwelling. Nearby there was a Pendant +3 to Luck and Morale, so the guards were about a hundred hounds, and I managed to take it on the second week.
Basically, I didn't see any more artifacts. I found 2 more Dragon Fly Hives on the respawn, and that was it...
On the third day, I took the secondary skills of the Stronghold, and I placed Bear Riders on the first week. I planned to upgrade them on the second week, take Efreeti, gather Swarms and Angels, and go to the center.
I leveled Luna since there wasn't much of a choice for heroes.
At the start of the second week, I had a gold shortage. The Dwarf Cottages, Harpy Hovels, and Medusa Shrines were all small; I couldn't get anything from them, and I didn't upgrade the Bears.
The Conservatories and Dragon Fly Hives also turned out to be bad. I gathered 3 Angels and 24 Swarms from five Dragon Fly Hives.
On day 124, I saw the opponent in front of my GO. He had already gone out to clear the center, while I still didn't have Expert Earth Magic to break through the 50-99 Swarms.
I decided to build a Guild and go to the center.
The Guild gave me Chain Lightning, Clone, and Sacrifice.
On day 127, I got Expert Earth Magic. On day 131, I broke through the 99 Swarms and went to the center with stats 4 5 11 10.
The Chain Lightning with the Air Sphere and Expert Air Magic dealt 810 damage. After breaking through the GO, I had 73 mana left.
My army consisted of 13 Efreet Sultans, 3 Bears, 8 Roc, 2 Angels, 23 Swarms, 60 Gog, and 13 Pit Fiends.
By that time, the opponent had 5 Angels, 50 Swarms, and 16 upgraded Bears!!! His hero's skills were naturally better than mine. By that point, he had taken 3 Dragon Utopias.
Even without mana, he noscoped me.
All things considered, I didn't have many chances, since on the opponent's respawn there were 2 Bear external dwellings, more Dragon Fly Hives, and better Conservatories.
Thanks for the game!!!