GoTWiC [AoH] S2R8 House Targeryan

Greetings ladies and gentlemen. After the successful afternoon match in which Stanko and his team won second place, it was time for the second match to be played in the evening. As in the last match, Stanko's team was not complete and had to look for new players.

Given that the HHH player, exhausted from the match, could not play another match, Stanko started looking for a new player. Most of the players already had their own teams and it was difficult to find a good warrior. Then DemonQ suggested to Stanko that they take in Amissor, a player from DemonQ's alliance, who would have the same role as malimiki, which is to send troops to rallies and attack Altars. Stanko agreed with that, and for the first time in a long time, they waited for the beginning of the fight without fear for the complete team. They entered the Arena. This time representing House Targeryan.

Right at the beginning, he saw, a familiar name to Stanko, Dopehop. A very strong player, with whom they have already met in the Arena.

Besides him, house Stark was made up of players from the powerful GjS alliance leaded by Thepata, as the first favorites in this battle,

while house Baratheon was made up of the NAY alliance, which will certainly be able to surprise, because players from the same alliance were always among the favorites, due to their coordination and familiarity among themselves.

Although this season Stanko with this team achieved first place only once, in the first match of the season, the goal did not change. Try to win first place and Glory and collect as many Glory coins as possible in order to take valuable prizes in the shop such as the Source of Honor for the golden dragon, battle diamonds or fragments for Tyrion's weapons.

The match has started. Everyone sent their troops to the Strongholds so that we could finish them as soon as possible and get points. We decided on a mix of Cavalry camps and trading posts because we had a Cavalry player in Clan Castle.

The first Altar was opened and we immediately went into action. We didn't want to take any risks, but after the capture we sent additional troops to the Altar in order to strengthen it better and get a buff that increases the attack of player troops by 120%. If we were to win 2 more such attack would increase by 400%.

The other Altars were also opened. Stanko immediately attacked us Maiden, whose conquest would bring an increase in points. In the meantime, the attack on the Tower from the Clan Castle began. House Tyrell managed to capture it before us and thus score 4k points for the first Tower conquest. However, it was important to beat them and thus take over the Tower, which would bring 200 points every minute. However, our troops are defeated in the Tower, which means changing the camps to trading posts once again. This will certainly take a lot of time and points, but we had no other choice, because the attacks would be unsuccessful.

It was necessary to preserve the buildings until then. Stanko was the only one with a complete army and a solo attack managed to defeat the Thepata's strong cavalry and throw him out of the Altar.

One Maiden was not enough, they had to find more to increase the points because they already started to falter.

Stanko took one from House Tyrell. But it was risky to stay alone, because the opponents will certainly attack. Time passed, no one attacked yet, but no one sent an army to help Stanko. And then, a few seconds before the Altar was captured, the attack from House Tyrell began. Seeing this, Stanko once again sounded the alarm so that someone would hear and come to help. At the last moment, DemonQ heard the call and quickly sent several spearmen to help defend. Shortly before the opponent's attack, help arrived and Stanko managed to defend himself and win another Maiden. Fortunately, it was not a strong blow, and Stanko would have defended himself alone in the castle.

Stanko continued to forcefully conquer important buildings. With a solo attack, he managed to knock out the Thepate again from the Dragonpit.

This time more warriors came to his call. A couple of opponents tried to take the Dragonpit with solo attacks, but the well-fortified defense managed to defend easily and save another important building.

Stanko did not have much time to rest, because immediately after returning to the castle, he sent his strongest troops to defend Maiden. This was an easy win against bow players where he managed to earn solid elimination points as well.

While Stanko was busy with other builds, Git sent an attack on Glory held by Dopehop. Stanko sent all his infantry. Although Git will counter him, Stanko knew that it would not be an easy victory and he prepared DemonaQ for a new attack. Luckily Git managed to win in a tight match and knock Dopehop out of Glory.

With many losses, Git was an easy target and is quickly taken out by a solo attack from Thepata. With 20 minutes left in the match, we were 3rd, but Glory was holding Dopehop again. This time DemonQ was the first to attack. With over 5m army, a third of which was t5, DemonQ was unable to defeat Dopehop who had even 1m more army in the castle.

It took a quick reaction from Git with his infantry, but this time he must have far more troops if he wants to defeat Dopehop. He started all-or-nothing Git. The attack will hit for a few seconds until the balloon is placed, which would put the Tyrell house in first place. Again the attack was less than 4m. We expected that someone else would attack Glory before us and thus reduce the number of warriors that were in Glory. However, Git hits full defense. Although he had over 2m less army, Git manages to beat Dopehop much easier and thus kick him out of Glory and save us in the fight for first place.

We quickly set about recovering the army and sending a new one to Glory. Time was ticking, we entered in the last 30 seconds. Dopehop from the south was the first to go.

With a much larger army than before, Git expected victory, but it would not be easy. And so it was. Git managed to defend himself, but lost 1 m of infantry. There was no time to recover because an attack was coming from the north from the strong Thepata who had thrown us out last time as well.

With 7 seconds to go, he won and once again kick us out of the castle. We were so close to conquering our goals, but it was difficult to defend against such a strong opponent. 

But we haven't given up yet. There was enough time to start from the beginning. Dopehop once again captured Glory. This time, DemonQ was the first to attack, but he had no chance against Dopehop this time either. This was the call for Git to start a rally, which seemed to enter the fight relaxed, encouraged by the previous two victories against the same opponent. He didn't wait for everyone to send their infantry, but he started to attack. Although Git was a strong enough player, against a fighter like Dopehop you have to with maximum focus even if you attack with infantry. Git learned this the hard way and was defeated by a much larger opponent.

Every second counted now. Stanko ordered the troops quickly withdrawn, healing and sending in another infantry attack. This was seriously appreciated by all the players, especially Git, who waited for all the infantry and started the attack. There is still little time left for the attack. Stanko helped Git find a shortcut to Glory and thus shorten the marching time. There are about 30 seconds left. Git's army was approaching the castle. We had to win this if we wanted to stay in the game for first place.

It seemed that the castle was not full of troops, because from the direction of the Tyrell house, an army was staring at Glory in case it arrived before our attack and thus made the fight even more difficult for us. Git saw this and ordered the rush towards the castle. The infantry quickly rushed towards Glory and attacked the far more numerous spearmen, who were better equipped than our infantry.

Our army, which was far more motivated, managed to defeat the enemy's army once again and thus throw him out of the castle. Now it was necessary to send the already tired army to recover and send new troops to protect Glory. However, Thepata was once again fatal for us, with whose victory the chance to win Glory and first place was lost.

Too focused on Glory, we also lost second place to house Stark who was focused on Mine Shafts and thus overtook us and we finished the match in 3rd position.

This was another excellent match for Stanko and his team. In one day, they played two tough matches and achieved excellent results, and Stanko finished this match in a high 15th position, while his teammates Rale and Git took the first 2 places in the general ranking.

Now it was necessary to rest and prepare for the next matches and we hope for excellent results.