Barbarossa Zeroed Nachu: 150 Million Cavalry Lost in KvK

Barbarossa was not originally on K186. He went there because a friend needed help.

On Saturday, Obito contacted him with a problem. His lord had been captured by a player named BelladonaX, and he wanted Barbarossa to rescue it.

“Okay, I will help. Make sure BelladonaX activates fresh fervor, then I will come,” Barbarossa replied.

Not long afterward, Obito sent another message.

“Fresh fervor! There is a castle burning. It looks like BelladonaX attacked it.”

Barbarossa jumped and blockaded BelladonaX, ready to attack, but there was a small problem...BelladonaX bubbled, lol 😂

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It was a false alarm. And that was how Barbarossa ended up in K186.

With the monthly War of the Kingdoms, also known as KvK, coming on the next day, Barbarossa decided to stay. He was curious about the opponent K186 would face. Playing KvK in his home kingdom usually means facing maxed accounts, so a different kingdom might offer a different experience.

On Sunday, October 4, the KvK started.

Barbarossa began with a plan: stay hidden.

He changed his name to Nefelita and hid his castle in the woods. 

Rather than immediately announcing his presence through attacks, he wanted the enemy to become comfortable. If they believed there was no serious threat waiting for them, someone might eventually drop their guard.

An enemy named Akubi appeared without a bubble.

Barbarossa could have attacked, but doing so would reveal him for a target he considered too small. He let someone else take that opportunity. There were bigger fish to wait for.

Of course, waiting for a bigger fish sounds much easier when it does not involve hours of watching the map. Six hours and thirty minutes later, his patience finally paid off.

A wild Nachu has appeared!

This was no ordinary target. Nachu was one of the strongest cavalry players in Westeros and the strongest player on the opposing kingdom’s side. Not so long ago we saw a report circulating that Nachu was capable to winning against Light Yagami’s cavalry, who is a maxed account, one of the strongest players in Westeros. 

So Barbarossa knew all too well, that Nachu is by no mean an easy target.

Nachu dropped his bubble and occupied King’s Landing with his troops.

Barbarossa sent a scout using his alt to check the Great City.

Nachu was holding it alone. His lord march was inside King’s Landing, while his personal castle remained vulnerable to attack.

For most players, that would be a dangerous position. Nachu, however, had the strength to support such a decision. Anyone considering an attack would have to deal with an insanely powerful cavalry setup.

But, Nachu miscalculated one thing. There was another exceptionally powerful player hiding in K186.

Barbarossa was one of the strongest spearmen players in Westeros, and spearmen were the natural counter to Nachu’s cavalry.

The opportunity he had waited for was finally in front of him. Still, knowing that he had a favorable matchup did not make the attack feel comfortable.

His heart was racing.

Nachu was strong enough that this remained a high-risk fight. Barbarossa believed he could defeat Nachu’s march in King’s Landing, but he was not completely certain he would capture Nachu’s lord. Winning the battle was one thing. Getting the result needed to follow up against the castle was another thing.

Barbarossa used a 75% army size, activated all his active dragon skills, and finally launched his spearmen attack to King's Landing, bringing Baelish to counter Nachu’s female commander lineup.

Baelish’s Disharmony could make enemy commanders attack their own lineup when using active skills. Against powerful active skills, that effect could turn part of the enemy’s strength against them.

The attack landed! Boom!

Barbarossa lost 180,000 troops, with another 340,000 wounded. Meanwhile Nachu suffered one million deaths and one million wounded. And Nachu’s lord was captured.

Now Barbarossa had to move quickly!

Nachu’s castle was still unbubbled, but that opportunity would not remain open forever. If Nachu noticed what had happened and activated his bubble, the attacks would stop there.

Barbarossa immediately began striking Nachu’s castle. One attack followed another. He attacked eleven times, trying to finish before Nachu reacted.

This was the part that really sent his adrenaline climbing. He had already won at King’s Landing, but he could not relax and enjoy the report yet. Every moment spent celebrating was another moment in which Nachu might bubble.

Barbarossa kept going until the castle was zeroed.

Nachu was finally reduced to 2,1 billion power. Meaning he just lost 1,4 billion worth of troops.

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Let’s take a look at the reports! The reports revealed something interesting about Nachu’s preparations.

His lord march in King’s Landing consisted of:

Daenerys - Senelle - Brienne - Cersei - Salma.

Wait, Salma?!

Salma stood out. She was a first-generation commander, while the stronger second-generation Cassana would normally be the expected choice for that position.

So where was Cassana?

The city defense reports provided the answer. Nachu’s city wall lineup was:

Leila - Cassana - Annie - Margaery - Melisandre.

Apparently

Nachu split his strength between two teams. His main march occupied King’s Landing, while another lineup led by Leila and Cassana remained on the wall to defend his personal city.

That arrangement implied that he had considered the danger of being attacked while his lord was elsewhere. His castle was open, but it was not simply left without a defensive plan.

Cassana’s presence on the wall also helped explain Salma’s place in the King’s Landing march. Nachu had committed strength to both positions rather than putting everything into one lineup.

It was a sensible precaution. A very good plan! However, unfortunately for Nachu, the opponent who emerged from the woods was Barbarossa.

The King’s Landing march fell, the lord was captured. And without the lord, the wall lineup could not stop the attacks that followed.

In total, Barbarossa suffered around 1.5 million troop deaths. Nachu lost 150 million cavalry: three million T5, thirty million T4, one million T3, and 116 million T1.

Those were deaths, not a combined total of dead and wounded troops. Nachu had one million wounded from the King’s Landing battle, but his hospital capacity was full afterward. The subsequent losses were deaths.

After the attacks, Nachu blockaded Barbarossa.

Barbarossa prepared himself. Perhaps the enemy was organizing a rally against him. After taking down their strongest player, he had reason to expect a response.

Fifteen minutes passed.

No attack came.

Then Nachu activated his bubble.

The hunt had ended, and Barbarossa could finally take a breath.

His attacks contributed 790 million points to the kingdom’s score. K186 finished KvK with a 3.9 billion to 1.9 billion victory, with Barbarossa as its MVP.

What began as a failed rescue had turned into a six hour wait and an adrenaline rush against the enemy kingdom’s strongest player.

Letting Akubi go had kept Barbarossa hidden. When Nachu finally appeared, that patience gave him the opportunity he wanted. Then, once the lord was captured, patience gave way to speed.

The bigger fish had arrived.

And Barbarossa was ready.

Thanks for reading!