BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Weekly Challenge! || FIVE ALIVE Ruleset
FIVE ALIVE
"Up to Five Units can be used."
FIVE ALIVE is one of the newest rulesets introduced by SPLINTERLANDS this year. FIVE ALIVE is the same ruleset as FABFOUR. They both focus on limiting the number of units brought into a battle arena. If FABFOUR only allows us to get 4 monster units, in FIVE ALIVE, we are allowed to use up to 5 monster units in the battle arena.
Because it is the same as FABFOUR, there is no specific way to overcome this FIVE ALIVE ruleset. It all depends on the other restrictions present in a battle, such as the number of Manacap available, the elements available, and the other rulesets that come with it.
RULESET & FORMATION
In addition to FIVE ALIVE, the Rulesets in this battle are...
BORN AGAIN
BORN AGAIN is one of the rulesets that gives additional abilities in the form of REBIRTH 
to all monsters in the battle arena. REBIRTH is an ability that can revive the owner of this ability 1 time in each game.
REBIRTH has a similar ability, RESURRECT 
. But the difference is, this RESURRECT ability can only be used once in each battle for other monsters that are defeated by the opponent's monsters.
RISE OF THE COMMONS
RISE OF THE COMMONS is one of the rulesets that limits the use of monsters in a battle. The restriction that occurs in the RISE OF THE COMMONS ruleset is that we are only allowed to use monsters with Common and Rare Rarity.
However, the restrictions in the RISE OF THE COMMONS ruleset only apply to monsters and we can still use Summoners with Epic or Legendary Rarity.
My Line-Up
| Cards | Ability | Reason |
|---|---|---|
 | - Give an additional 1 ARMOR to All Allies -Give additionals abilities (VOID ARMOR  and AMPLIFY  ) to All Allies | The main reason I use Grandmaster Rathe is that I want to use the VOID ARMOR ability he has to be given to all my monsters, especially monsters that have a lot of ARMOR. Later, this VOID ARMOR will be useful when facing opponents who use Magic monsters. Because we know, magic monsters will immediately reduce Health points even though they have a lot of ARMOR. But if the monster has VOID ARMOR ability, then the attack from the opponent's Magic monster will reduce ARMOR first. |
 | MAGIC REFLECT + BLIND | One unit that benefits from the VOID ARMOR ability is the Blinding Reflector. The Blinding Reflector has a lot of ARMOR as well as he has the MAGIC REFLECT  ability which can be used to counterattack when he takes damage from the opponent's monster magic attack.The MAGIC REFLECT ability was reinforced by the AMPLIFY ability he also received from Grandmaster Rathe, making his counterattack increase by 1 point. |
 | SLOW + RUST | I used Time Mage to anticipate if the opponent also used Grandmaster Rathe to outsmart the attacks from magic monsters. With the RUST  ability, the opponent's ARMOR count will be reduced by 2 pieces. It can eliminate the buffs they (the opponent's monsters) receive from Grandmaster Rathe or monsters that have the PROTECT  ability. |
 | TANK HEAL + DISPEL | Venari Crystalsmith is useful for helping monsters in the first position to survive longer by healing some of their Health points. In addition, Venari Crystalsmith has the DISPEL  ability which can be used to remove all buffs (those from other monsters, the effect of BLOODLUST  , and the effect of MARTYR  ability) received by the opponent's first-position monster. |
 | SCATTER SHOT + SNARE | I chose Portal Spinner because it is one of the Ranged attack monsters that have ARMOR (which will be added buff from VOID ARMOR ability). It also has the SCATTER SHOT  ability that can avoid the effects of the TAUNT  ability and the SNARE  ability that can remove the effects of the FLYING  ability. |
 | FLYING + SHATTER | I used War Pegasus in case the RUST  ability possessed by Time Mage could not remove the ARMOR of the opponent's monster in the first position. SHATTER ability can easily remove all ARMOR from the target even if it has a lot of ARMOR. |
BATTLE START !!!
The opponent uses Obsidian which focuses on magic monsters but only brings 1 magic monster. He also brought 2 monsters that have FLYING ability and it was very favorable for me because I brought Portal Spinner that has SNARE ability.
In the first round, Time Mage, Venari Crystalsmith, War Pegasus, and Blinding Reflector attacked Pelacor Mercenary. However, the attack from Venari Crystalsmith failed to hit Pelacor Mercenary, and Blinding Reflector received a counterattack from him and was defeated for the first time. Meanwhile, Portal Spinner targeted its attack at Mycelic Morphoid and defeated it for the first time.
Before being defeated by Pelacor Mercenary, Blinding Reflector had received attacks from Venari Seedsmith and Regal Peryton. The attack from Regal Peryton was then returned to him using the MAGIC REFLECT ability. When he was resurrected, Blinding Reflector received an attack from Goblin Tower whose BLAST effect hit the ARMOR of Time Mage.
In the second round, Regal Peryton attacked Blinding Reflector again and he lost for the first time due to MAGIC REFLECT. His second loss came from an attack by Portal Spinner. Meanwhile, Pelacor Mercenary lost 2 times in a row. The first defeat was due to attacks from Time Mage and Venari Crystalsmith, while the second defeat was due to attacks from War Pegasus.
Blinding Reflector was defeated again and this time by an attack from Venari Seedsmith. The last attacker, Goblin Tower, failed to land its attack on Time Mage.
In the third round, Venari Seedsmith was defeated first by attacks from all my monsters (Time Mage, Venari Crystalsmith, War Pegasus, and Portal Spinner.
In this round, Time Mage was first defeated by an attack from Goblin Tower whose BLAST effect hit the ARMOR of Venari Crystalsmith.
In the fourth round, Venari Seedsmith was defeated again by Time Mage while Mycelic Morphoid was defeated again by Portal Spinner.
The Goblin Tower, which could not do anything because it was in the first position, only resigned itself to receiving attacks from Venari Crystalsmith and War Pegasus*.
To see the entire battle, you can watch it at >> FULL BATTLE LINK
And this is the challenge link >> CHALLENGE LINK
Review of this battle
This battle I was quite lucky. Because even though the opponent uses 2 monsters that have FLYING abilities, my Melee and Ranged monsters can still attack and defeat them. The opponent also uses Ranged monsters with great Attack power but is still successfully held back by Blinding Reflector who has a large amount of ARMOR.
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