Greater Wizard At The Gold I Leagues ~ Splinterlands X Social Media Challenge
Hello, splinter-cells of Hive. I hope you all are doing well.
Today, I will share a battle that I played in the last season and completely dominated my opposition with the amazing monster lineup in a battle where the rules were in favour of the summoner with the higher stats.
Without further ado, let's begin!
Battle Conditions
The mana cap is 59, and there are 5 summoners available: Fire, Water, Life, Death, and Dragon.
Battle Rules:-
- Rise of the commons: Only rare and common units can be summoned.
- Odd ones out: Only units with odd mana costs can be used.
- Melee Mayhem: Units can use melee attacks from any position.
Keeping the mana cap, available summoners, and battle rules in mind, I chose the summoner with the highest level that also had high-level monsters in his arsenal. It is the death summoner, Thaddius Brood.
Battle Details
Let's start the deck deconstruction from my side:
Summoner: Thaddius Brood(Ability: Decrease in HP and Magic damage by 1 for all enemy units)(Level 5)
Tank: Queen of Crows(Ability: Close Range).
Melee Attackers: Disintegrator(Ability: Demoralize, Trample), Possessed Puppet(Ability: Double Strike), Silent Sha-vi(Ability: Sneak, Cripple), Night Ghoul(Ability: Taunt).
Ranged Attacker: Dhampir Stalker(Ability: Aim True, Deathblow).
My strategy was to divert all the incoming damage to my Ghoul while having the rest of the attackers slice through from the front. I chose 1 sneak attacker to hit him from the back, assuming the low HP units or healers would be kept there. I used a unit with the demoralize ability that would significantly reduce the incoming damage. Lastly, I made sure to use my most damage-causing units since my best ones were banned.
My overall damage per round is 22.
Now for the opposition's turn:
Summoner: Thaddius Brood(Ability: Decrease in HP and Magic damage by 1 for all enemy units)(Level 3)
Tank: Disintegrator(Ability: Demoralize).
Melee Attackers: Carrion Shade(Ability: Flying), Silent Sha-vi(Ability: Sneak).
Magic Attacker: Life Sapper(Ability: Life Leech*).
Ranged Attackers: Soul Strangler(No Ability), Dhampir Stalker(Ability: Aim True).
His strategy was extremely similar to mine. He aimed to reduce the incoming melee attacks, focus attacking from the front, and used 1 sneak attacker to target the back of my deck. The only difference here is that he used a magic attacker that would leech HP from its targets and a ranged attacker with no ability.
His overall damage per round is 13.
Major Events
The first monster to fall was his Disintegrator. That way, my original attacking power was restored while his was still reduced.
Near the end of the round, his flying monster fell, making it a swift 6 v 4 with my advantage.
At the end of the round, his last melee attacker fell, making it a 3 v 6. It was a dire situation for him.
At the start of the round, his Stalker fell, thanks to my Sha-vi.
At the end of the round, his ranged attacker with no ability fell easily.
Results
The fact that his summoner level was a bit lower than mine instantly proved that the monsters he used were weaker than mine. Renting out higher-level monsters wouldn't cost that much if you try to find them at the right time. Thankfully, I got them at the right time. This time, I tried out this new attacker that proved to be extremely useful, the possessed doll. With 6 damage, it completely bombarded their frontlines.
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