Human is dead

He learned when Mountain King should enter, when Paladin should arrive, when Staff should be held for a wounded core unit, and when Water Elemental was not for damage but for space control. He also relearned how to survive a base attack. Not every practice match went well. Some nights his Gold Mine got broken, his towers fell, his Rifleman and Sorceress were forced back, his Priest line was wiped, and his economy barely reached Upkeep before collapsing. But he no longer panicked. Whether it was a late Town Portal, a Staff save, or the decision to pull workers into repair, he kept refining the sequence until the motions became reflex. A week before the qualifier, Nathan gave a short interview.