Splinterlands is a pretty complicated game with interesting battles with all the options available. This is a part of the weekly social media challenge for Splinterlands. This week is about a great fight where I won because of Captain Katie and the damage it can put out.
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Chaos Animator is a death splinter that costs 3 mana and it starts with amplify. It learns void at level 3 and redemption at level 10. I have this card at level 3 so it has both void and amplify.
Rule set, Battle and Plan
The ruleset this time is Counterspell and Fire & regret. This means that all monsters start off with the return fire and magic reflect abilities. There are 44 mana available and I am left with the choice of life or death splinter.
| Splinter | Mana Cost | Position | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddius Brood | 4 | Summoner | -1 Health and Magic |
| Cursed Windeku | 6 | 1st | Thorns and Heal |
| Pallus | 8 | 2nd | Reach and Flying |
| Chaos Animator | 3 | 3rd | Amplify and Void |
| Silent Sha-vi | 5 | 4th | Sneak |
| Chaos Jailer | 5 | 5th | Ambush, Opportunity and Poison |
| Harklaw | 8 | 6th | Shield and Demoralize |
| Total Mana: | 39 |
Thaddius Brood decreases my opponent's health and magic by 1. My Tank is Cursed Windeku due to the thorns and heal. After that is Pallus as a reach monster. My third monster is Chaos Animator for its amplify. Then I have a sneak monster with a opportunity monster after. My last monster is Harlaw with shield and demoralize. This ruleset makes it more optimal to use melee monsters so you don't get any counter damage.
Round 1
At first glance, I think that I have the advantage in this match. My opponent has 3 ranged monsters and they will take massive damage from the counter damage. My opponent won't be able to do much to me after those ranged monsters die.
Round 2
My opponent lost two monsters while I didn't lose any. My tank is almost dead though. However, both of the other ranged monsters in the back are almost dead. At this point, I don't think there is any way for my opponent to make a comeback as those melee monsters are debuffed.
I won a few turns later like I expected while only losing 1 monster.
Conclusion
The battle this time around went as I expected. There wasn't much that my opponent could do when he used all those ranged monsters. I was able to amplify the counter damage so they didn't last more than 2 attacks. The rest of my opponent's lineup couldn't do much and that sneak monster couldn't break through Harklaw as it debuffed the melee monsters. It was a clean win due to all of these factors. I don't know why my opponent felt like he should use ranged monsters with that type of ruleset available. The battle played out exactly like I expected and I wasn't in any danger of losing at all.
You can see my entire match here.
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