The 19th Siege War in Lineage Classic has concluded. Looking solely at the number of castles held on major servers, this week showed almost no change from last week. However, just because the numbers remained static doesn't mean the battles were quiet. On some servers, castle owners changed multiple times, and on one server, the two coalitions even ended up swapping castles with each other.
On Maphr, The K Alliance breached the east gate of Kent Castle to capture it, but the No Tong-su Alliance immediately seized Windawood Castle, resulting in the two alliances trading castles. On Astair, despite being outnumbered, The K Alliance managed to imprint Kent Castle, keeping the No Tong-su Alliance on edge until the very end, though they ultimately failed to break the three-castle unification.
On Eva, an open-field war of attrition raged in front of Kent Castle for an entire hour, with the No Tong-su Alliance focusing on defense to hold the castle. On Decon, by contrast, the No Tong-su Alliance hammered away at Windawood Castle all day. After a chaotic brawl with castle ownership changing several times, the final imprint belonged to The K Alliance.
Swapping Kent and Windawood - Maphr
Maphr ended this siege with the same structure as before: the No Tong-su Alliance holding two castles and The K Alliance holding one. The battle began as usual with The K Alliance launching a heavy assault on Kent Castle. The No Tong-su Alliance deployed the Jeontu Myeongga Clan as an interception squad outside Kent to keep The K attack squad in check, while the Gangcheol Clan blocked the area in front of the castle gate.
Although the Kent defense line shook significantly early on, the No Tong-su Alliance weathered the crisis by replenishing their forces, surrounding The K's attack unit, and wiping them out. The K Alliance pivoted to clearing out Jeontu Myeongga on the outskirts first, but the open-field battle around Kent Castle continued as a back-and-forth trade without any major breakthroughs.
A breach occurred after the 30-minute mark. Catching their breath, The K Alliance pushed forward once more, fully breaking through the east gate of Kent Castle, surrounding the Tower of Protection, and successfully imprinting Kent Castle. With their formation shattered, the No Tong-su Alliance immediately launched an offensive to recapture it, but The K Alliance quickly established a defense line to hold off the incoming forces. There were moments when the barricade at the front gate of Kent Castle wavered, but The K Alliance ultimately repelled the No Tong-su Alliance.
As capturing Kent proved difficult, the No Tong-su Alliance pivoted their strategy. Using a small force to continuously pound Kent Castle's front gate, they pinned down The K Alliance's defensive forces while sending their strike unit, centered on the Myeongga Clan, toward Windawood Castle. This maneuver paid off. Around the 45-minute mark, Windawood Castle's gate opened completely, and the Sasin Clan of the No Tong-su Alliance successfully imprinted the castle. The K Alliance immediately launched a counterattack, but was surrounded and wiped out by the No Tong-su Alliance. Though they regrouped and tested Windawood Castle again, they could not overcome the numerical disadvantage. Afterward, the No Tong-su Alliance transferred castle ownership of Windawood from Sasin to Jeontu Myeongga to bolster their defenses even further.
With both alliances having swapped castles, a battle for the Orc Fortress broke out in the final few minutes. Here, the Sasin Clan of the No Tong-su Alliance successfully imprinted and defended the Orc Fortress until the end of the siege. The result was No Tong-su Alliance 2, The K Alliance 1. While the numbers were identical to last week, the owners of the main castles were swapped, with The K Alliance taking Kent Castle and the No Tong-su Alliance holding Windawood Castle and the Orc Fortress.
The K's Challenge Keeps Everyone on Edge Until the End - Astair
Astair entered this siege under the No Tong-su Alliance's three-castle unification system. Despite a massive gap in force numbers on this server, The K Alliance refuses to give up every week, putting on quite a show through their persistent challenges.
Once again, The K Alliance shifted between Windawood Castle and Kent Castle in search of an opening. However, the No Tong-su Alliance sent interception squads all the way out to Windawood Castle's flag line and swiftly repositioned defensive units according to The K Alliance's movements, quickly wiping out attack groups. Heavily outnumbered, The K Alliance found it nearly impossible to create an opening.
Nevertheless, their relentless assault produced its first result after about 20 minutes: a successful breach of Kent Castle's east gate. Naturally, holding a gate opened so early with few troops was impossible. However, having confirmed the possibility, The K Alliance pulled back, reorganized, and accelerated their assault pace even further. Feints and feigned movements between Kent Castle and Windawood Castle continued, but the No Tong-su Alliance shut them down with clean defensive play.
Then, around the 50-minute mark, The K Alliance breached Kent Castle once again. Pressing their attack all the way to the Tower of Protection, The K Alliance ultimately succeeded in imprinting Kent Castle. With just over 10 minutes remaining, every second was filled with suspense.
The No Tong-su Alliance's counteroffensive was fierce. A brutal battle ensued to breach Kent Castle once again, and The K Alliance held firm at the castle gate, defending well for a while. However, around the 55-minute mark, the gate defense line was finally broken, prompting The K Alliance to switch to a barricade around the Tower of Protection for a last stand. They held out for about another minute, but the No Tong-su Alliance eventually succeeded in imprinting, reclaiming Kent Castle.
The K Alliance mounted another attack right before the siege ended, but was unable to achieve further results and was forced to turn back empty-handed. The result was No Tong-su Alliance 3, The K Alliance 0. Although the three-castle unification held for another week, The K Alliance's persistent push continues to build anticipation for future matches.
An Hour-Long War of Attrition in Front of Kent Castle - Eva
Compared to other servers, Eva featured fewer notable moments. Right as the siege began, The K Alliance safely completed a change of castle ownership for Windawood Castle before setting out to attack Kent Castle.
The K Alliance launched continuous attacks, shifting between the east gate and the main gate. However, the No Tong-su Alliance, which poured all its resources into defense, held firm. The east gate attack was stopped as its flank was severed by the No Tong-su Alliance's interception squad, and assaults on the main gate were repelled time and again. Though intense offensives occasionally pushed the defense line back slightly, it resulted in no further gains.
In the end, an open-field war of attrition in front of Kent Castle dragged on for an entire hour before the siege concluded. Given that a No Tong-su Alliance stream mentioned prioritizing defense over offense at this stage, battles on the Eva server are expected to continue, though no major changes in castle ownership are anticipated until the 3rd server transfer.
Breached and Re-Breached at Windawood, Final Imprint to The K - Decon
While The K Alliance was on the offensive all day on Eva, Decon saw the exact opposite, with the No Tong-su Alliance pouring on attacks all day long. The battleground was Windawood Castle, held by The K Alliance.
The No Tong-su Alliance launched an attack on Windawood Castle right at the start, but struggled to make headway on the outer perimeters initially. Shifting their assault from the east gate to the main gate, they unleashed a ferocious blitz, and cracks began to show in The K Alliance's defense line about 10 minutes into the siege. Although The K Alliance halted this attack by reinforcing their forces, the No Tong-su Alliance did not stop. Ultimately, around the 24-minute mark, the No Tong-su Alliance breached Windawood Castle and completed the imprint.
From there, a chaotic brawl unfolded. Before the No Tong-su Alliance could even establish a proper defense line, The K Alliance reclaimed the castle within a single minute. Then, just a minute or so later, the No Tong-su Alliance breached the interior once more, sparking a frantic back-and-forth cycle of breaches and retakings.
The K Alliance was the first to regain stability. Pouring their forces back into Windawood Castle, The K Alliance established a barricade line to block the No Tong-su Alliance's entry.
The chaos erupted again around the 35-minute mark. The No Tong-su Alliance broke through the defense line once more and pressed past the Tower of Protection to re-imprint, but The K Alliance immediately re-imprinted to reclaim Windawood Castle. This dynamic persisted until the final stages of the siege. Searching for a final opportunity, the No Tong-su Alliance breached Windawood Castle once more, and frantic shifts in castle ownership continued past the 55-minute mark.
In the end, The K Alliance had the last laugh. After securing the final imprint, The K Alliance held out until the end of the siege to defend Windawood Castle. Despite the No Tong-su Alliance's relentless offensive, Decon's Windawood Castle remained in the hands of The K Alliance for another week.
