Game #521 Tournament game#27 | Round 2 : 2017 PBEM Duel Tournament #27
chiveicrook
vs
Imperium
Match Details
| Played: | 2017-04-26 |
| Rating | 2 - Nice Game |
| Amount of Humans: | 2 |
| Kind of Report: | 2017 PBEM Duel Tournament |
| Kind of game: | PBEM |
| Game-value: | 37 |
| Result | Player | Classes | Races | Team | Points | Extra Points | Missed Points | Quitter | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chiveicrook | Necromancer | Elves | 1 | 25 | 12 | 0 | here | |
| 2 | Imperium | Rogue | Goblins | 2 | 0 | 0 | -25 | here |
Written by Imperium
Confirmed by chiveicrook
Confirmed by chiveicrook
Necro is my strongest class but I think it's true it's somewhat op. It also suffers from "feast or famine" - you either stomp everything or fail miserably. This time I didn't even have whispers of the fallen (at all), managed to cast a single undead plague very late into the game (only 1 independent city on my half of the map) but the sites were favourably populated which allowed me to get lvl 13 leader in reasonable time (best time I ever managed)
Militarily we were close but I pulled ahead just before the main battle (and managed to regroup).
Knowledge-wise I was vastly ahead (even without WotF) but that was my plan (+ elvish bonus).
My domain was rather small in contrast:
Confirmed by Imperium
Written by Hiliadan
If you play Rogue and you don't take specs to deal with units resistant to Blight, you need to have a backup plan to deal with Blight resistant units. Specs are a kind of insurance, you don't know what your opponent will play but you can try to take specs that make sure you have a tool against any type of opponents. In my game vs Melciar where I chose Rogue, I took Water Adept for Rot, because of Necro. Of course I didn't know if he would play it (he didn't) but I considered it necessary as I didn't really have other tools at my disposal (as I played Frostling).
Written by Imperium
Yet with a Rogue vs Necromancer victory rate of 16% (1 from 6 ), the site meta statistics seem to confirm an inbalance of the two classes, actually the second worst such inbalance after Sorcerer vs... Necromancer (12%). And in order to choose anti-necro stuff like like Water or Grey Guard we would need to know the opponent's class beforehand.
Written by Hiliadan
Rogue has the best scout and you could have scouted very early to find out the class of your opponent. Then you can adapt your strategy based on this. You also have concealment options, which means you can trick your opponent into attacking a bait while you strike in his back.
You can also take specs that will give you other damage channel, like Fire. Or anti-Necro stuff like Water or Grey Guard.
Necro vs Rogue is not a match up that is stacked in the favour of any of the 2 classes, it really depends on your strategic choices. The bigger issue though is that Necro is (still) too strong overall.
Confirmed by Imperium
521 | Age of Wonders 3
Well done Chive and good luck for the next turn(s), without the Necro as an option !
GG! 1 good ambush to rule them all ;-)
System notification
Round 2 : 2017 PBEM Duel Tournament #27
In order to avoid advantaging one team or the other, for each match, the team who will host the match was randomly selected. The first team in the "turn order" above (who is also the team on top in the tree here must host the game.
Any of the players in the team can host. The host must play in #2 position in the turn order (please check rules for more details).
Tournament Game #27 Round 2 !
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Imperium, you were able to download it? It's on the Dropbox folder where I put all the versions if needed.
Also, you can play in 1st position, no need to be 2nd, but have less importance!
Good luck both of you.
We are waiting for class and race from Chive. Can you please send to me, Hiliadan and Fistandtilus?
Chive, you are the host for this match. You can find the rules here: https://www.the-battlefield.c... />
Thanks in advance.