[alexti]

I got replay and took a look at it. In 2.12 Vanheim expertly takes out Pythium's mage who carried Staff of Storms with a blade wind in a first round (he must have practiced right from the birth...). After that Vanheim's flying tramplers wreak havoc amongst Pythium's fodder, in the end Pythium route. In 2.14 Staff of Storms carrier remains alive and with fliers neutralized Pythium mages have little troubles slaughtering Vanheim's army.

Well, yet another reason not to trust Staff of Storms to weaklings...