GoTWiC [AoH] S2R12 Hause Baratheon

Greetings ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to another Arena. After a couple of bad matches, we finally took a high second place in the last round and were close to winning the Arena. Having gained a lot of experience, Stanko and his friends were preparing for a new round.

However, due to the recovery from previous events, they had a problem finding someone to replace Hector. It was desirable to find cavalry or infantry players, because we had a lot of spearmen. Stanko tried to find one from his alliance, but most of the warriors had played their match or had teams. Time passed and Stanko came to terms with the fact that he would find the last player at the entrance to the Arena, without prior assessment and communication. When Ches 2 appears in the last hour. A strong cavalry player from PLQ, whom DemonQ managed to find in the last hour.

It was ideal for us as a team, because we finally had a strong cavalry leader. With him, now winning first place and Glory Castle were much more realistic.

However, in order to achieve these goals, Stanko and his friends will have to beat some very strong players. The strongest among them was Dopehop, whom we all remember very well and this will be our 3rd meeting with him.

The current score is 1-1, and we were all very motivated to beat him. Also next to him were several FVG players who represented House Stark,

as well as GEU who were in House Tyrell.

Stanko and the team were in the Targeryan house this time and they are fighting for the first place and the most Glory Coins, in order to buy fragments for Tyrion's weapons, Battle Diamonds or Source of Honor for the golden dragon.

The match has started. Everyone headed for the Strongholds, so that we could finish them as soon as possible and get as many points as possible. We decided on Trading posts because they give the most points.

But in order to get points, it is necessary to hold certain Altars, about which more will be said later.

First up was the Altar of Stranger which DemonQ captured while the rest of us sent in additional spearmen to fortify the castle. The enemy immediately tried to conquer DemonQ with a solo attack, but his cavalry was defeated without many losses on our side.

By conquering Stranger, it gave us an increase in trading points by 15%, which will mean a lot to us moving forward. It was necessary to win 2 more Maidens that were just opened in order to have a 50% increase in points. Once again it was a task for DemonQ, who attacked first and waited for the others to join him. Ches 2 was tasked with capturing the Lannister Maiden, while Git attacked the Altar of Warrior. It was difficult to see off all the attacks and send enough troops for everyone, but these were important castles and it was necessary to conquer as many Altars as possible.

Although we were all ready for opponents attacks on the Altars, it didn't happen, and we easily managed to capture the other two Maidens. The only attacks happened on the Warrior, but with solo attacks they had no chance against Git, who led our infantry.

Now it was Stanko's turn, who was in charge of defending Altar, which the opponents attacked. Stanko immediately sent his scouts and prepared spearmen for action. They were mostly attacks with a small army, so Stanko ordered other players to send an army, while he focused on stronger opponents, which Stanko easily defeated. Seeing that he had managed to defend himself against all of them, he wanted to leave the main army in one of the Maidens, in order to recover them from several attacks that required a quick reaction. At that moment, he was suddenly attacked by numerous spearmen. Stanko, not expecting the attack, was quite surprised. Fortunately, it was a stray army, which had no leader, and Stanko easily managed to defend himself and defeat them, while winning a lot of elimination points.

Scared of some new attacks, and of the enemy's attacks on other Altars, Stanko withdrew his troops and prepared them for a new attack. Having seen the report in which all the cavalry were, Stanko hastened to attack them as soon as possible, in case someone would overtake him. It was a strong attack, where Stanko managed to completely overcome the opponent and thus defend another Altar.

Half an hour into the game, we were holding a high second place, but the Baratheon house had a big difference and was hard to catch, because they had Towers and Catapults that brought them big points. Meanwhile, Git attacked Glory held by none other than Dopehop with his spearmen. We knew this would be a tough fight, so we sent all the infantry we had. However, even though it was a numerically equal fight, Git was unable to overcome his opponent.

Stanko knew that just one attack would not be enough, so he immediately ordered a new attack to be launched with a double rally led by Git and DemonQ. Stanko sent his t4 spearmen, while saving the strongest for defending the castle. Git went first, in order to take out a lot of Dopehop's troops with the infantry, so DemonQ would have an easy attack with his spearmen. However, another shock followed for all of us. Even though we were outnumbered, especially in the DemonQ attack, Dopehop took another victory and stayed in the castle.

With only about 20 seconds left to win Glory, we didn't have time for new attacks. Then, quite suddenly, an attack on Glory came from the south. That was our last chance. We didn't know what troops he was attacking with, but we had to believe that Dopehop would finally be defeated. Fortunately, it was a strong infantry attack, which very easily managed to defeat the already weakened Dopehop's army and thus throw them out of Glory in the last seconds.

Stanko left nothing to chance and immediately ordered to Git and DemonQ to start the rally on Glory. The first to go was DemonQ who easily managed to defeat the opponent, who after the attack on Dopehop had no support.

Now it was necessary to quickly send DemonQ support as we did during the attack on the Altars. Now it was a difficult situation for Stanko, whether to send his strongest spearmen and thus be without the possibility to defend the Altars or go to safety and send t4. Given that several attacks went to Glory, Stanko decided to send the strongest troops and in the next 2 minutes try to secure Glory.

There were several attacks in the last minute before the victory of Glory, so it will be difficult for us to send new troops between the opponent's attacks. However, right at the first attack, DemonQ is defeated, by a strong infantryman, who is soon defeated.

The leaders in Glory started to change, which suited us because we were still in 2nd position, but still over 10k points less than House Baratheon, which lost Towers and Catapults from House Stark.

Stanko had no time to waste, and immediately attacked Dragonpit, which will bring them 40 points every minute. He immediately asked for help from his teammates to help him defend the Dragonpit. However, being quite preoccupied with Glory, no one sent the army, and Stanko was condemned to defend himself. And then came the lightning attack from House Lannister. Stanko didn't have time to check his opponent, so he hoped that he would be strong enough to defend himself and stay for a few more seconds as needed to capture the Dragonpit. Fortunately, it was a cavalry player, whom Stanko managed to beat easily.

In the meantime, there were fights in Glory. Once again Git was defeated by Dopehop, although he again had far more troops than Dopehop. Immediately after him, DemonQ attacked, however, as in the previous situation, he was defeated. There is still a little left until Mine Shaft, which gives 2k points each, which gave us a great chance to take the first place, because the difference compared to house Baratheon decreased to only 7k points. But it was also necessary to save important castles that bring a lot of points. Having scouted the Maiden, which was captured by a strong spearman reinforced by teammates, Stanko had no choice but to attack solo, as the others were returning from their attack on Glory. Stanko quickly prepared his strongest troops and sent them into battle. It was a tough battle with heavy losses on both sides, in which Stanko still managed to win and defend Altar.

The Mine Shafts were coming soon, and Stanko had to act fast. He managed to recover part of the army and was ready for a quick attack on Shafts. We needed a few Shafts to overtake House Baratheon. With the quick reaction of our house, we managed to occupy even 5 Minas and by sending an additional army, we managed to fortify them. Although we expected attacks on them, it did not happen. It seems that the others were concentrated on Glory and thus by winning 10k points we managed to overtake House Baratheon. However still had about 10 minutes to go. And it was necessary to preserve the point advantage. No one should be allowed to win Glory and DemonQ once again attacked Dopehop in Glory.

It was hard to expect that he would succeed in defeating him, but it seems as if he made it easier for House Greyjoy, who managed to win Glory after DemonQ.

It was easier now, because Dopehop will have another chance for Glory, but the most important thing is that we still had first place. It was necessary to defend all the castles, for which Stanko was in charge. He couldn't ask for help from the others because he knew that Git and DemonQ had prepared rallies and were waiting for Dopehop to take Glory to activate them. Strangely, he didn't attack anymore. It seems that he was aware that he would not be able to win Glory and first place. With 4 minutes to go, they fell to 4th place, while our only opponent was the Starks by 4k points. It was a big difference, but they had enough time to catch up to us because they were holding all the Towers and Catapults. They tried to take our castles and thus reduce our points, but now with the help of other players, it was easier for Stanko to defend them. The last attempt was by a strong spear player led by Danny. This was an excellent opportunity for Stanko to test himself against such a strong and more numerous opponent, and he sent his troops to attack. Although the opponent was more numerous, Stanko managed to defeat him and thus put an end to the possible attempt to win the first place of the Stark house.

In the end, we managed to win even 95k points, which was an excellent result considering that we did not win Glory, while Stanko took a high 6th place.

Finally, Stanko managed to achieve his goal. After a long season, the first place was won. With good coordination and cooperation with the players, it was much easier to achieve your goal. Stanko proved to be a real leader and is looking forward to new fights and adventures in the Arena.