riddler-castles/castle-solutions-3: 909
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rowid | Castle 1 | Castle 2 | Castle 3 | Castle 4 | Castle 5 | Castle 6 | Castle 7 | Castle 8 | Castle 9 | Castle 10 | Why did you choose your troop deployment? |
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909 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 34 | 26 | Looking at the last two top deployments and data breakdowns, the top deployments were throwing the bank at 9 and slightly less for 10. My strategy is top-heavy; it is very dependent on winning the top end and all but sacrificing the lower end (one soldier per castle for the bottom five will claim undefended territories and nothing else). The focus was on beating the winning strategies from the last cycle. 34 for castle 9 and 26 for castle 10 beats the top four cleanly, for a cost of 60 soldiers. Castle 7 gets some value play, too, so 15 goes there, and 10 each for castles 6 and 8. This leaves five soldiers to pick off anything undefended; our strategy is to win all or nearly all of the top 5, and then anything below is gravy. Weaknesses are if they can claim the 6-8 and not sacrifice the bottom to do so; a tie or better on one of those three and winning 9 and 10 should bring victory. |