Hi everyone, Welcome to my BATTLE MAGE SECRETS post. BATTLE MAGE SECRETS itself is a replacement for SHARE YOUR BATTLE CHALLENGE, where if SHARE YOUR BATTLE CHALLENGE takes 1 monster as its weekly theme while BATTLE MAGE SECRETS takes 1 Ruleset as its theme. And the theme for this week is...

KEEP YOUR DISTANCE

"All Monsters have the Divine Shield ability."

KEEP YOUR DISTANCE is one of the rulesets that restricts using monsters with certain types of attacks. Attack types that are restricted or cannot be used in the KEEP YOUR DISTANCE ruleset are Melee attack types. In addition to Melee attack types, Dual-Attack type monsters with Melee attack as one of their Attack types are also included in this prohibition. So, units like Drybone Raider and Quora Towershead* cannot be used in the KEEP YOUR DISTANCE ruleset.

_{Because they have Melee Attack, these 2 units cannot be used in the KEEP YOUR DISTANCE Ruleset.}

To fill the first position in place of Melee attack monsters, you can use Magic attack monsters that have high Health points or have abilities that can reduce damage such as SHIELD or VOID . You can also use a Ranged attack monster to fill the first position, but with a note that the unit must have the CLOSE RANGE ability so that it can participate in the attack even though it is in the first position.

RULESET & FORMATION

In addition to KEEP YOUR DISTANCE, the Rulesets in this battle are...

EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY

EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY is a ruleset that gives additional abilities in the form of BLAST to all monsters in the battle arena. This BLAST ability will deal additional damage to monsters around the target so that each attack from the owner of this ability can hurt more than one monster.

To optimize the EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY ruleset, abilities that can attack targets that are not in the first position such as SNIPE , OPPORTUNITY , SNEAK , and SCATTER SHOT are needed so that more damage can be done.

COUNTERSPELL

COUNTERSPELL is a ruleset that gives additional abilities in the form of MAGIC REFLECT to all monsters in the battle arena. MAGIC REFLECT is an ability that can provide a counterattack when it becomes the target of an attack from a magic monster. And when in the COUNTERSPELL Ruleset, you should not use Magic monsters or dual-attack type monsters that have a Magic Attack type so as not to get damage from the MAGIC REFLECT ability.

My Line-Up

Cards	Ability	Reason
	- Give additionals of 2 SPEED to All Allies - Give an additional ability (SCATTER SHOT and PIERCING ) to All Allies	The reason I chose Conqueror Jacek is because I want to use the SCATTER SHOT ability and give it to all my monsters. Later, SCATTER SHOT can be combined with the BLAST ability obtained from the EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY ruleset so that it can deal damage to all the opponent's monsters. In addition, Conqueror Jacek also provides an additional 2 SPEED which makes it possible for all my monsters to attack first.
	CLOSE RANGE + STUN	I use Lava Launcher in the first position because it has a lot of ARMOR that can be used to protect it from the opponent's Ranged monsters. In addition, Lava Launcher also has high Attack power and CLOSE RANGE ability that allows it to be able to attack even in the first position.
	MARTYR	In the EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY ruleset, monsters with low health points will quickly lose because of the damage from BLAST. Therefore, I used Venari Marksrat and let it lose. The reason was that I wanted to use the MARTYR ability he had so that it could be given to the monsters nearby. MARTYR ability can only be active when its owner is defeated.
	CLOSE RANGE + WEAKEN + DEMORALIZE	In addition to Lava Launcher, I also brought Molten Ash Golem which also has CLOSE RANGE ability. The Molten Ash Golem will replace the Lava Launcher when the opponent's monsters defeat it.
	HEADWINDS	Since the opponent will most likely use Ranged attack monsters as well, I used Ash Mirage to (at least) reduce the Attack power of the opponent's Ranged monsters by using HEADWINDS ability.
	SWIFTNESS + STRENGTHEN	I used Supply Runner to give an extra 1 SPEED to all my monsters so that they would have a bigger difference so that the possibility of the opponent's attack missing would also increase.
	OPPORTUNITY + CAMOUFLAGE + SWIFTNESS + AFFLICTION + BLAST	Besides Supply Runner, I also use Countess Sinash to add 1 SPEED to all my monsters. In addition, Countess Sinash has CAMOUFLAGE which prevents her from being attacked by the opponent as long as she is not in the first position.

BATTLE STARTS!!!

My opponent has Quix the Devious so all of my Ranged monsters now have 1 SPEED and 1 Attack power reduced. The opponent also has Ash Mirage so all of my Ranged monsters now have 2 Attack power reduced.

In the first round, my Supply Runner targets its attack at my opponent's Supply Runner. Meanwhile, Ash Mirage attacked Molten Ash Golem. Countess Sinash chooses to attack the opponent's Ash Mirage. Lava Launcher attacks Molten Ash Golem. Molten Ash Golem attacks opponent's Supply Runner.

Blood Maker targeted her attack at Supply Runner. The Supply Runner, Lava Launcher, and Gargoya Devil attacked my Lava Launcher and managed to STUN it. They also managed to deal additional damage and defeat Venari Marksrat. But unfortunately, the attacks from Molten Ash Golem and Ash Mirage failed to land on the Lava Launcher.

In the second round, Supply Runner targeted Gargoya Devil. My Ash Mirage attacked Supply Runner and successfully defeated the opponent's Ash Mirage through the additional damage he received (Attack power reduction effect disappeared). Countess Sinash targeted her attack at Blood Maker and successfully defeated it and the defeated Supply Runner for additional damage. Molten Ash Golem targeted its attack at the opponent's Lava Launcher.

The remaining 3 opponent Monsters (Lava Launcher, Gargoya Devil, and Molten Ash Golem) failed to land their attacks on Lava Launcher due to the large SPEED difference.

In the last round, Supply Runner attacked Molten Ash Golem. Ash Mirage attacked Lava Launcher. Countess Sinash defeated the opponent's Molten Ash Golem and Lava Launcher. And Lava Launcher defeated Gargoya Devil.

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

At the beginning of the battle, I was a little pessimistic because my opponent had the upper hand in Attack power (Attack power on my side got 2 debuffs while on the opponent's side only one). In addition, Blood Maker managed to do great damage to Supply Runner. That made me panic a bit and think that I would lose if Supply Runner got attacked in the next round.

But luckily because I was ahead in SPEED, Blood Maker was defeated (along with 2 other monsters) before he could do any more damage to my rear monsters.

That was the post BATTLE MAGE SECRETS for this time. Thank you for visiting and taking the time to read. See you in the next post....

_{Thanks to:}

• @splinterlands
• @thepeakstudio for Dividers