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| 0s | hello everyone and welcome back today |
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| 2s | we're going to show you a mirror match |
| 4s | between two quitale this is an amazing |
| 6s | game we have lined up it goes deep into |
| 8s | the late game and we see everything from |
| 11s | cloaks and bombers to markets and nights |
| 13s | let's get into it my name is fster |
| 16s | joined today by my co-c I know funny |
| 19s | we're both pros and we're here to break |
| 21s | down this polium game between jasc |
| 23s | Poland and Arthur polium is the official |
| 26s | monthly tournament format run by the |
| 27s | creators of the game if you want to |
| 29s | participate links to everything are down |
| 32s | below all right so spawning here in the |
| 34s | west side this is jask Polland and |
| 38s | spawning in the East this is Arthur so |
| 41s | right off the bat jich has pretty good |
| 44s | resource rates he's got five fruit in |
| 46s | his Capital that's going to allow him to |
| 47s | get his first two upgrades with just a |
| 50s | single Tech that's going to be a nice |
| 51s | economic Advantage for |
| 53s | him and if we turn our attention over to |
| 55s | Arthur not quite as good four fruits not |
| 58s | enough for that level three City that |
| 60s | that J's going to have and if we turn |
| 62s | our attention to that Village on the |
| 63s | shoreline it's not enough to even |
| 65s | upgrade that City over there but let's |
| 67s | see what the players do of |
| 71s | this starting off both of them going |
| 73s | with a warrior |
| 81s | first Jas of course going with fruit |
| 84s | yeah so he can get those first two |
| 88s | upgrades Arthur I was well going for |
| 90s | organization although again not quite as |
| 92s | good for him he takes and then explore |
| 95s | instead of a |
| 97s | workshop see what this Explorer finds it |
| 100s | back and forths an awful lot in the |
| 102s | middle of the map uh kind of avoiding |
| 104s | going too deep into jx's territory |
| 106s | that's kind of rough for Arthur but he |
| 108s | definitely has all the vision that he |
| 109s | needs at least in the short term jasc |
| 112s | also going for an Explorer |
| 116s | first getting much better information |
| 119s | seeing all of Arthur's cities including |
| 121s | his |
| 123s | Capital really important here because he |
| 126s | was able to move one turn earlier as |
| 128s | host his Defender is actually going to |
| 130s | reach that Village in the far south |
| 132s | before Arthur |
| 136s | does yeah Arthur's going to see that so |
| 138s | he's not even going to go for that |
| 139s | Village just going to go send his |
| 141s | Defender over to the |
| 146s | ruin got this tight compact of City set |
| 149s | up but jx's going to try to attack with |
| 152s | everything through this little |
| 154s | bottleneck |
| 156s | there a veteran swordsman's great for |
| 158s | defending so jasc picks up archery gives |
| 161s | all of his units these Forest defense |
| 163s | bonuses as well as these nice archers |
| 166s | which we're going to see in a few turns |
| 169s | probably going to see that a lot sooner |
| 171s | Arthur already has his first Archer up |
| 173s | jasc following suit making two of his |
| 175s | own capturing his fourth city in the |
| 177s | back and getting a workshop |
| 184s | and Arthur's population capped on the |
| 186s | city up here so he's going to have to it |
| 188s | get ready to un Siege on the next turn |
| 191s | which is delaying his attack over there |
| 194s | down |
| 195s | Southwest yeah I don't know how much I |
| 197s | even love the decision of jich to Siege |
| 199s | this city with this Defender um he could |
| 202s | have taken out this Warrior which had |
| 203s | one HP when he moved this |
| 205s | on so that might have been a slightly |
| 208s | better use cuz you know killing one |
| 209s | Warrior there was like two stars of |
| 211s | inconvenience for Arthur whereas denying |
| 213s | income from this base was only |
| 215s | one but it's an interesting choice maybe |
| 217s | he felt like it wasn't worth killing it |
| 219s | because keeping that Warrior alive might |
| 221s | have been uh preventing him from being |
| 222s | able to make another unit due to that |
| 224s | population cap that you |
| 228s | mentioned Arthur is finally able to |
| 230s | advance with some of his units here |
| 232s | pushing his swordsman down into that |
| 234s | Village in the southwest getting ready |
| 235s | to |
| 237s | Siege oh yeah Arthur is implying a lot |
| 239s | of pressure here um all Jay can really |
| 242s | do from this base even is just Spam out |
| 244s | Defenders over and |
| 248s | over go that's a really nice but yeah I |
| 251s | don't see any way for jask to break |
| 255s | that or for using forestry to finally |
| 258s | get that one city to level |
| 264s | two oh and |
| 266s | diplomacy that's an interesting choice |
| 272s | you The Archers are already applying a |
| 274s | ton of pressure right now but he's |
| 277s | trying to increase you know add some gas |
| 279s | to the fire with cloaks to support later |
| 283s | on yeah Arthur's got a nice concave over |
| 286s | here he doesn't have a lot of units |
| 288s | right now and there are a lot of archers |
| 290s | for jasik so if jasik is able to push |
| 292s | his way forward and actually get that |
| 294s | cloak to land especially on some of |
| 296s | these larger |
| 297s | bases that with the forest defense bonus |
| 299s | is going to make a lot of daggers that |
| 301s | are going to be really really difficult |
| 302s | to kill so Arthur is really going to |
| 304s | have to make a really really tight |
| 306s | defense |
| 307s | here especially as Jas adds even more |
| 310s | going climbing so that he can push his |
| 312s | archers in even deeper to archers |
| 313s | territory we're seeing a lot of |
| 315s | Defenders from Archer he's just trying |
| 317s | to survive this position right |
| 327s | now JC now he's going to go head his |
| 331s | killer Monument down both players are |
| 333s | getting ready for Giants looks like but |
| 335s | it looks like J's the one who actually |
| 337s | has the resources to pulling off Jason |
| 339s | could have taken a giant this last mind |
| 341s | with that |
| 342s | Lighthouse yeah that Lighthouse arer is |
| 345s | actually going to be able to do it |
| 350s | first yeah first giant out on the field |
| 352s | drops the monument for that level three |
| 354s | to get those additional resources j6 |
| 356s | discovering another Village up in the |
| 359s | north so it looks like he might be able |
| 361s | to get more established in that area |
| 362s | first and he goes for fishing to take to |
| 364s | the |
| 369s | water those cloaks were trained a long |
| 372s | time ago but it's taken them a while to |
| 373s | get across the map and by the time it |
| 375s | looks like they're about to be hitting |
| 377s | they're going to be attacking these |
| 378s | higher level cities where arur has been |
| 380s | producing Giants |
| 382s | from so a lot of foresight was required |
| 385s | in that call but it looks like it'll be |
| 387s | paying |
| 388s | off I'm impressed that far with how well |
| 390s | Arthur is holding here but I mean he has |
| 393s | this nice concave around here whereas j6 |
| 396s | units are all trying to push through |
| 397s | this narrow choke so he's making really |
| 399s | good use of his defensive terrain just |
| 402s | the way the map generated is kind of |
| 404s | giving him a hand here and making this |
| 407s | hold going to see a nice Lighthouse to |
| 410s | give him his first |
| 411s | [Music] |
| 413s | giant he's setting up a space for that |
| 416s | cloak to go through into Arthur's |
| 418s | capital |
| 422s | the dagger infiltration you got last |
| 423s | turn maybe not the best with |
| 426s | um only on a level two City only two |
| 429s | daggers yeah Arthur sees that there's |
| 432s | another cloak here the only tile that it |
| 433s | can be based on the other units that he |
| 435s | has he knows the cloak is here so he has |
| 437s | to find a way to be able to reach it he |
| 441s | chops a tree to build a road so he can |
| 443s | actually get his Warrior to move there |
| 445s | to reveal kills the cloak and then uses |
| 447s | that same Warrior to uh take out another |
| 449s | Archer sure he's getting really units |
| 456s | yeah another cloak made up in the north |
| 459s | too jx's planning to try to take this |
| 461s | last base up |
| 463s | here Arthur gets expore so he's going to |
| 466s | see it ahead of time also gets a |
| 468s | lighthouse the Explorers have been |
| 469s | pretty good about actually getting the |
| 471s | lighthouses in this game jx's picking up |
| 472s | two on one explorer was |
| 477s | nuts absolutely |
| 480s | how densely packed all of Arthur's units |
| 482s | are these cloaks are seeming it's really |
| 485s | hard for them to make any way here |
| 487s | except on the |
| 489s | water yeah I want to turn our attention |
| 491s | to this North Area really quick Jas like |
| 494s | Arthur saw that J's cloak was here and |
| 497s | then sees it vanish so he knows it can |
| 498s | only move two it would have had to be in |
| 500s | one of these tiles if it was moving |
| 502s | closer to this base so with there only |
| 504s | being two possible tiles for the cloak |
| 506s | to be on since this one's occupied by |
| 507s | the warrior Arthur is going to find a |
| 510s | way to un siege that he moves these |
| 511s | units here to check to find out if it's |
| 513s | here moves in there and sees this eye |
| 516s | icon so he knows it has to be here he's |
| 517s | going to move his rider there which is |
| 519s | going to reveal and then pull |
| 522s | back so really good job mind sweeping |
| 524s | that |
| 526s | cloak and Arthur's just going to keep |
| 528s | building up units up there to try to uh |
| 531s | hold on to his control of the north |
| 533s | solidify it if he's able |
| 538s | to Chase makes an interesting move here |
| 541s | which is moving the cloak straight |
| 543s | through the warrior to the other side |
| 545s | Arthur's going to be able to see that I |
| 547s | Ion on two of his units but that's only |
| 549s | going to narrow it down to three spaces |
| 551s | so he's still going to have to mind |
| 552s | sweep to find that |
| 555s | one resources from a ruin pretty nice |
| 558s | he's able to find that cloak right away |
| 560s | reveal it and kill it off and he |
| 562s | continues to macro up this this top base |
| 565s | he's now got like four units up here to |
| 567s | j62 so Arthur is getting |
| 570s | uh he's kind of made himself a bit safer |
| 572s | up in the north than he |
| 575s | was absolutely he's still fighting for |
| 577s | his life it's a struggle but he's kind |
| 581s | of almost thriving even with the way |
| 583s | he's able to deal with these cloaks get |
| 585s | so many of his own Giants and ping down |
| 587s | these archers J's attack doesn't stop |
| 589s | though because now he's using those |
| 591s | ports he made earlier to continue into |
| 593s | the water which is another place that |
| 596s | Arthur is weak |
| 598s | from yeah Arthur still does even have |
| 600s | fishing he has no presence on the water |
| 603s | um and since he sees that uh Jason's |
| 605s | been going for that he's just going to |
| 607s | level up his face further up north get a |
| 609s | giant up there just so that he can kind |
| 611s | of make himself a bit safer um he's not |
| 614s | really under that much threat over there |
| 616s | but that is creating a nice juicy Target |
| 618s | for one of these |
| 620s | cloaks |
| 623s | [Music] |
| 625s | absolutely I don't know the economic |
| 627s | Advantage is swinging towards arth |
| 630s | though he's up to 28 Stars per turn |
| 632s | whereas j6 only got |
| 634s | 22 um they're trading a lot of units |
| 636s | here in the center but no one's really |
| 638s | making too much directional progress |
| 639s | although Arthur is starting to push back |
| 642s | of course now Arthur is going to have to |
| 644s | contend with this same choke that's only |
| 645s | two tiles wide for both of these spaces |
| 648s | it's going to be |
| 650s | tough it's going to be hard for abely |
| 653s | huge here is that he's taking |
| 655s | advantage oh yeah no go ahead he's |
| 657s | taking advantage of those roads he |
| 658s | bought earlier to buy markets further |
| 661s | cementing his economic |
| 664s | lead jic has always been wanting to |
| 667s | attack but now if he doesn't attack |
| 669s | Arthur is just going to keep getting |
| 670s | more and more and more stars until he |
| 675s | wins this is an interesting defense that |
| 677s | we're making up in the north So based on |
| 680s | the ions that we see on these two units |
| 682s | uh Arthur knows that the cloak is here |
| 684s | but there's nothing he can do to find it |
| 686s | because he hasn't been in the water he |
| 687s | doesn't have any units in range that can |
| 689s | reach that and since he didn't border |
| 690s | grow the city he can't even like drop a |
| 692s | port to walk in so what he's trying to |
| 695s | do is just seal off the like a wall here |
| 699s | so that the cloak won't be able to reach |
| 701s | cuz the cloak would have to hit this |
| 703s | base from the water it would have to |
| 705s | reach back here otherwise it would have |
| 707s | to land and then infiltrate on a second |
| 709s | turn so he's just trying to block |
| 711s | everything so that the cloak won't be |
| 713s | able to get to this one tile that it |
| 715s | would need to be able to reach to |
| 717s | hit so it's a pretty good defense |
| 720s | meanwhile just macroing up further |
| 721s | getting these markets he's got nearly |
| 724s | double j6 economy |
| 729s | now j6 response requires some Precision |
| 733s | but with the bomber Scout and Juggernaut |
| 735s | he can clear it just like |
| 737s | this this was a great attack by Jas the |
| 739s | infiltration goes |
| 742s | through like I thought that he was going |
| 744s | to use this bomber to help clear but he |
| 745s | instead used all of his other units so |
| 747s | that he could keep this bomber freed up |
| 749s | Splash and then the Juggernaut Splash |
| 752s | that he was able to infiltrate that was |
| 753s | a really really clean uh attack up |
| 756s | north and uh Arthur's definitely in a |
| 759s | little bit of trouble up there although |
| 761s | a little bit of trouble down here for |
| 762s | jask because we've got he he's out of |
| 765s | Giants on the ground and Arthur's |
| 767s | closing in on this base in the center of |
| 769s | the |
| 771s | map meanwhile just another upgrade and |
| 774s | another small Market coming down for |
| 776s | Arthur he's way ahead economically |
| 781s | he went from |
| 782s | struggling uh trying to fighting for |
| 785s | surviving to almost surviving here on |
| 788s | the |
| 790s | land yeah I'm definitely starting to |
| 792s | like Arthur's position um having much |
| 796s | economy yeah yeah Arthur really needs to |
| 800s | get out onto the water but instead he |
| 802s | decides to go for free spirit and |
| 804s | chivalry burn this base to the |
| 807s | ground um |
| 810s | and start making Knights I actually want |
| 811s | to like just pause really quick and and |
| 813s | take a look what do you think in know |
| 815s | about this decision uh to burn this base |
| 817s | down because actually just this turn |
| 820s | Arthur got the rest of his Road |
| 822s | Connections and he connected all five |
| 824s | bases to his Capital so he actually has |
| 827s | a monument available he could un Siege |
| 829s | this Base by popping a giant with just |
| 831s | taking two fish and dropping the |
| 832s | monument in that empty space um what do |
| 835s | you think about his choice to instead |
| 837s | Burn the City down what definitely seems |
| 840s | like he's going all in on Knights he |
| 843s | sees that he's weak on the water but he |
| 845s | recognizes his opponent has a weakness |
| 847s | on the land look at all of those archers |
| 850s | a single Knight that he can push through |
| 852s | there means that that center city is |
| 854s | going to be lost and he can push all the |
| 856s | way to his Capital even I don't think |
| 858s | Arthur has a lot of faith in his ability |
| 860s | to push on the water here although maybe |
| 863s | it would have been a little bit better |
| 864s | he would have lost a monument but giant |
| 867s | push on that City And Delay his uh |
| 870s | sabotage attempt up there by just one |
| 873s | turn yeah I think he might have been |
| 876s | able to delay for up to two uh I think |
| 878s | jask has a uh another bomber in the fog |
| 882s | maybe so maybe that's why he decides to |
| 885s | just Burn the City to the ground but if |
| 887s | he had thrown down the monument and then |
| 889s | later burn down the monument he would |
| 890s | have put that City so deep into the red |
| 892s | uh jasc wouldn't be able to pull a |
| 894s | profit on that City oh no yeah there |
| 896s | wasn't even another bomber in there so |
| 898s | he could have he uh popping a giant up |
| 900s | there definitely would have held for two |
| 901s | extra turns but maybe maybe Arthur just |
| 904s | thought that it wasn't worth it like he |
| 906s | didn't see this base as |
| 909s | defensible uh just because of the |
| 911s | control that jasik has over the |
| 920s | water Arthur's rear archers are doing a |
| 922s | nice job clearing out daggers that hit |
| 924s | on this base the economy like on paper |
| 928s | is strongly in favor of Arthur but j6 |
| 931s | cloaks are landing often enough that |
| 933s | every time it if you know if it pulls |
| 935s | six stars from one base and drops it off |
| 937s | on the other it it's actually his cloaks |
| 939s | are kind of evening up the economic |
| 941s | disparity here even though he doesn't |
| 942s | have nearly as much spt on |
| 947s | paper another cloak entering the water |
| 954s | absolutely J has to be a little scared |
| 957s | about these uh this night but he's |
| 961s | splitting up all of his |
| 963s | archers not splitting them up well |
| 965s | enough five kills from one night coming |
| 968s | through clears out all these units |
| 970s | around the front and five units is |
| 972s | actually that's as many units as Jason |
| 975s | can make in a turn so um he loses |
| 978s | anything else this turn then his army |
| 979s | just got a little bit |
| 982s | smaller ability to defend on the land |
| 985s | much |
| 988s | worse yeah and there's not enough of |
| 991s | these cloaks getting the defense bonus |
| 993s | he's got three bombers uh in the water |
| 996s | though now if he starts creeping those |
| 998s | bombers forward and Arthur isn't a he's |
| 1001s | able to deny Arthur the ability to get a |
| 1004s | foothold in the water it might be very |
| 1006s | very difficult for |
| 1008s | Arthur like these Knights are doing |
| 1010s | amazing work at clearing out these |
| 1011s | cloaks but unless he's able to find some |
| 1014s | way of pushing forward either by sea or |
| 1017s | land um Jas is just going to be able to |
| 1019s | build up a stronger Navy and eventually |
| 1021s | take |
| 1022s | over interestingly though Arthur's |
| 1025s | taking control of this small Lake in the |
| 1028s | South um jask doesn't have any way of |
| 1030s | getting into the water here he can't |
| 1032s | border growth his his remaining cities |
| 1034s | um and the one water tile he has access |
| 1036s | to isn't actually safe so even though |
| 1039s | jask has had water control for the |
| 1041s | entire game he doesn't have a way of |
| 1043s | getting it in this South Lake |
| 1054s | Arthur really pushing forward a lot |
| 1057s | here bomber's doing tons of Splash |
| 1059s | damage he's able to this but there's |
| 1062s | still a 36 Juggernaut um right next to |
| 1066s | that base |
| 1067s | waiting and jasik doesn't have quite |
| 1069s | enough units he might have just enough |
| 1071s | units to un Siege between the bombas and |
| 1074s | The Archers but his archers get taken |
| 1076s | out by a knight the Giant sieges |
| 1080s | and jik resigns the |
| 1082s | game Arthur's gamble pushing on land |
| 1085s | Over the Sea ended up working winning in |
| 1087s | the game or maybe it was because of his |
| 1089s | attack from the second Lake I guess they |
| 1091s | don't call it Lakes for no reason either |
| 1094s | way congratulations on a well earned |
| 1097s | Victory thank you all so much for |
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