Splinterlands: Wiping out my opponent with Captain Katie's magic snipe damage

Splinterlands is a complex game and it allows for various different cards and strategies. Each fight is different as there are various different rulesets applied and this can give specific cards an advantage depending on how you use them. In this post, I talk about a great battle where I won because I used the right cards under the right ruleset.

Featured cards

Captain Katie is a life splinter that costs 5 mana. It starts off with the snipe and bloodlust ability. It learns divine shield at level 10. I have this card at level 4 so it has 4 magic damage and its a strong damage dealer once that bloodlust starts to stack.

Rule set, Battle and Plan

The ruleset this time is Ferocity and Briar Patch. This means that all monsters start off with the fury and thorns ability. There is also 21 mana and I can choose fire, life, or dragon splinter.

Splinter	Mana Cost	Position	Reason
Franz Ruffmane	6	Summoner	+1 armor and gladiator
Pelacor Conjurer	2	1st	Flying and Magic Reflect
Captain Katie	7	2nd	Snipe and Bloodlust
Dax Paragon	2	3rd	Amplify
Venari Crystalsmith	4	4th	Tank Heal
Total Mana:	21

I use Franz Ruffmane as my summoner for the +1 armor and access to a gladiator. The ruleset is against melee monsters so I use Pelacor Conjurer as my tank with flying and magic reflect. Then I have Captain Katie as my backup tank but more as a damage dealer. I have Dax to amplify the thorns damage and Venari Crystalsmith for tank heal.

Round 1

At first glance, I think that this match is my win because my opponent will have to go through my tank first. So this means that I will be able to take out the damage dealers in the back without issue.

Round 2

My opponent is down 2 monsters and I didn't take any damage. There is no way for my opponent win because Captain Katie will remove the strongest damage dealer and my opponent won't be able to kill any monsters due to my healer.

I ended up winning this match a few turns later like I expected

Conclusion

The battle this time did not play out as expected. Captain Katie demolished my opponent and it was unstoppable once that bloodlust started to stack. I had a great tank and healer so there were no issues on my end. I did have amplify for melee damage, but my opponent didn't use many melee monsters so I felt that was wasted. However, it was there incase it happened to be safe. I did have the level advantage so I doubt there was much my opponent could do and my opponent missed quite a few attacks against my Conjurer. The gladiators can be useful cards in your deck depending on the ruleset and mana cap. So I would consider them as possible options in your lineup.

You can see my entire match here.

What did you think of my match? Was there anything you would have done differently? I think it is quite interesting to see how different players use the same card.

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