GoTWiC [AoH] S2R13 House Lannister

Greetings ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 13th round of the Arena of Honor. After the great last match, where Stanko finally managed to win the first place with his team, the team couldn't wait for the new match and to prove that the result from the last round was not a coincidence. However, they had problems right before the start of the match. The leader of our infantry, Git, was not allowed to enter the Arena, and Stanko had to urgently find a new player, preferably an infantryman. However, there was not enough time to find a quality player, so Stanko accepted the cavalry players and went to the Arena with cavalry and spearmen.

This time they will represent House Lannister, however, Stanko had reason to worry.

In addition to the fact that he will not have a infantry in his team, opponents will be much more difficult than in the last match. The toughest will be the Baratheon house, which will be led by Wallace 1st and Waretime.

However, in the Greyjoy house were Stanko's former players, who left the alliance a few months ago. This was not the first meeting between them. In the last fight, Stanko's team managed to be better than them, although they were focused only on us the whole match and made the fight difficult for us. There were also other alliances that will certainly go for victory, as well as Stanko. 

The match started and we all sent an army to the Strongholds to get points as soon as possible.

We decided on trading posts because they bring the most points. And the other houses had the same thinking, except for the Baratheon house, which made spear camps to attack the Towers and Catapults, which bring 4k and 5k respectively for the first conquests.

The first Altar was opened and DemonQ immediately sent his spearmen to conquer it while the others sent their troops to protect it from enemy attacks. We did the same at House Baratheon, where Adijjj sent his spearmen. It was necessary to send enough spearmen to two places at the same time, which was really difficult, luckily we played with only two types, so Stanko had enough spearmen to send Adijjj as well.

It was quiet in both Altars until, with 30 seconds to go, Waretime attacked the Altars. It was a powerful blow from the strongest player in the Arena led by Cassana.

However, well-fortified Adijjj managed to defend itself with significant losses. Several new attacks headed for the castle again. It was too late to send in new troops and we could only wait and hope that we would be able to defend ourselves against the heavy attacks that were coming. It was an infantry attack, and just a few seconds before the conquest,

Waretime attacked again, which we managed to defeat again.

Unexpectedly, we managed to win the first two Altars, however, the Maidens came, which were much more important to us because they bring an additional % increase in points.

The goal was to win 3 Maidens and bring us 50% extra points. DemonQ and Adijj again took the Altars first while the others were tasked with sending additional spearmen. Two strong infantry attacks attacked Adijjj,

however, and this time he managed to defend himself, maybe if the opponent had all 5 commanders in battle he could have won.

On the other hand, DemonQ fought a strong battle against the spear players, who managed to inflict heavy losses on him from a few solo shots.

And then Waretime appeared and attacked DemonQ with a solo attack. Fortunately, a balloon was placed and we managed at the last second to avoid an attack that would probably have been a defeat.

While Adijj and DemonQ were tasked with conquering Altars, Stanko defended Altar. A strong cavalry player captured our Altar, which was the signal for Stanko to send his strongest spearmen. Stanko managed to defeat twice as many troops who had the support of his teammates.

After half an hour of play, we were close to 2nd place, while house Baratheon had the biggest difference because they won the Towers and got 12k points. Our focus was on the Maidens that we held 3 and the conquest of the Dragonpit which brings us 40 points per minute, as well as the possibility of adding a dragon to the troops from the Clan Castle.

DemonQ managed to capture the Dragonpit, but we didn't want to risk it, so we sent him an additional army, which helped DemonQ defend against a strong T5 archer and thus win the first Dragonpit.

However, Stanko wanted more, with a solo attack he attacked the Dragonpit of the Targeryan house. He immediately called for additional troops who arrived at the same time.

House Tyrell, which was the last, managed to take Towers and catapults from House Baratheon, which will affect the slower progress of House Baratheon, and we saw this as our chance for first place. However, it was necessary not to allow anyone to win Glory. Adiijj and DemonQ were responsible for him, while Stanko managed to beat the Dragonpit with a solo attack, which he won even though the opponent was infantry.

It was difficult to manage to save Glory because there were a lot of strong players of different types, so our goal was just that no one takes it and we don't lose points and the chance for the first place. We entered the last 10 minutes of the match in which the difference compared to House Baratheon was only 2k points. This will be an uncertain ending and they tried to take away as many buildings as possible from us by sending t1.

We entered a crazy finish, even though there were 8 minutes left, it seemed like an eternity. We did not believe that we would have a chance for the first place after the convincing leadership of the Baratheon house, but with the loss of the tower and the catapult, we managed to catch up with them. Stanko tried to take another Dragonpit. He solo attacked the t5 spearmen led by Daena. Luckily, the opponent had less army and Stanko managed to conquer the Dragonpit.

He immediately called others to send him troops so that he could defend himself from the enemy's attacks, however, most of them were focused on Glory and Stanko was left without more support. It didn't take long for House Tyrell to attack Stanko with a strong infantry attack. Without enough support, Stanko had no chance against an opponent led by Jon Snow. The chance for extra points was lost, but there were still 5 minutes left to defend all the Altars that were being attacked by House Baratheon. What was most important was that we managed to overtake them and become the first place.

Stanko expected that the other teammates would join in Altar's defense, but it seems that he had to do it all by himself. There were so many castles to defend that he did not have time to send scouts and immediately sent the strongest army. It was really tiring to send them without rest, but there was no choice. He kept calling out to others to help him, but no one seemed to hear him. House Baratheon attacked our Altars non-stop, although Stanko got them without problems, it was difficult to defend them all. He looked at the priorities and those he loses first. Defending Altare without scouting the castle, Stanko launched a solo attack against a strong infantry opponent led by Daeron. This was a big blow for Stanko. The already worn and tired army had no chance against the infantry.

However, there was no time to relax, Stanko quickly withdrew the rest of the army and sent new troops to the other Altars. There was still a minute to go, when the Tyrell house suddenly overtook us. Stanko was amazed. Preoccupied with House Baratheon and the defense of Altar, he did not notice House Tyrell, which with the help of Tower and Catapult managed to climb from last place to first.

There is little time left to do anything. Stanko quickly tried to see if he could take away some points from the Tyrell house, but the buildings that were attacked by the Baratheon house had to be defended as well. It was a really difficult situation for Stanko. At 28 seconds, we managed to overtake them. There is still a little time left. House Baratheon continued to attack our Altars, but there was only one more Altar left that they could conquer by the end of the fight. By defending him, we could only wait for the end of the fight and see if we would manage to win in this uncertain ending. With 20 seconds to go, we had an advantage of 1k points. The other teammates also returned to the base waiting for the end of the match. However, with 16 seconds to go, Tyrell still managed to overtake us and make an even bigger difference by the end of the match.

In the end, unfortunately, Stanko and the team took the second position in this uncertain match.

Although before the start Stanko was satisfied with the 3rd position considering the quality of the opponent and the fact that they played without an infantry player, the bitter taste will remain due to the loss of first place in the last seconds. Stanko fought bravely and took a high 5th place in elimination points, one below immediately DemonQ.

Perhaps the key was not winning Dragonpit from House Tyrell due to not enough spearmen being sent to Stanko, which would have made the situation with points different. This was certainly an excellent match and now we need to rest and prepare for new fights.