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On paper, K18 was doomed. K14 had DragonLeague (ATD); they were unstoppable with nobody to challenge their might. RedDevil (ReD) moving into K18 just before KvK was not enough to challenge ATD.

The beginning

Initially, it seemed as though K14 would have a landslide victory. ATD went on a rampage, taking an early lead for their kingdom by capturing almost all the major castles of K18. Anyone who stood in front of them and forgot to apply truce were decimated. They were smiling their way to the diamond mines on sight.

While they were doing that, their weakness started to unravel: they were fighting alone. DragonLeague was lonely and not many from K14 were supporting them.

According to Connel of ATD:

Well, K14 got out of the blocks quickly, building up quite a large lead while there are plenty of targets to burn. But as the number of targets [dwindle] and gathering points [kicked] in, K14 could not keep up. There was some friendly fire from 100Kings (1KS). Only 30 minutes into the event they were bragging about hitting ATD nodes and sharing reports on [world] chat. I believe they were also taking empty ATD keeps too. The majority of them (1KS) refused to participate, in retaliation to [the then] current war between them. [You will] see that around only [three-fourths] of them made it into the top 100. Though this [does not] matter since being [on] K14, they have always performed poorly during [War of the Kingdoms] and with K14’s lack of [participants], the outcome was decided before it began.

According to andy pandy from NORDMANN (NDM), “ReD engaged in fights, most of them. They fought a few times at [King’s Landing against] ATD, but ATD is very powerful. I think [it is] very hard for any other alliance to win against them in direct fights.”

The midpoint

K14’s internal bickering did them in. The internal war raging on K14 had spilled over into the ongoing event. K18 slowly started gaining lost ground to make up for the early losses. Their strategy was simple: do not engage ATD directly and work together.

K18 alliances put away their differences and went on full rampage on K14. As the day progressed, K14 not only managed to close the gap but also started to gain rapidly and were marching towards their victory.

It (War of the Kingdoms) was straightforward. We won through gathering. ATD being super strong, they held most of the castles for most of the time. They tried to provoke… K18 to engage in fights, but they did not succeed. [K18] worked nicely together… even though there was not much that could be done [against] ATD except gathering. I held [Winterfell on] K14 for over 12 hours with 100 [bowmen]. Some lost over 50,000 diamonds worth of speedups trying to chase my 100 troops, [but they] did not succeed [in catching] them. Was fun. Well, that was the only fun I could have, [to be honest]. I did not attack even one [Lord or Lady], K14 was deserted and I [was] there from the [first] minute.” andy pandy

The endgame

As the day was coming to its end, it was clear that K14 did not have in them to fight back. They gave in rather meekly. The gap became so wide to the extent that K14 seemed to have given up hours before the end of the event. They just did not have the energy to fight back or even come together.

As per Connel. “K18 had a nice bit of teamwork at the start. ReD and NDM both [rallied-recalled] at the same time, with NDM’s rally hitting and killing [more than 2.1 million] troops at once.”

The conclusion

[For] me, [War of the Kingdoms] was disappointing because I (was) really looking forward to level up [my] lord. But [I] understand that [it is] because of the opponent (ATD and K14). [Glad] we won, farmed some diamond mines, and collected the rewards. Nothing special. andy pandy

Nothing special.

It is not enough to be one of the most feared alliances across the realm, especially in a big event like War of the Kingdoms. For 29 days in a month, one can be selfish and think only of their own interests as a castle owner or member of a guild. But there is one day when a kingdom scorned and ignored can fight back.

The kingdom can fight along with or go against you in that one day – it depends on how you behaved in those 29 other days. For K14, it is a long road ahead. Will they repeat their performance next month without learning any lesson here? After all, this was not the first time they lost because of infighting.

What are your thoughts and opinions on October’s premier War of the Kingdoms match? Let us know.

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