Hi everyone! It's time for the a weekly battle challenge, and the challenge for this week is the Supply Runner.
About the Monster
Supply Runner
Supply Runner is a common card with decent damage (2) and also decent amount of health. It gets the Swiftness ability and Strengthen ability at level 10. I’m using the level 2 version here without those abilities, with an extra Health over the level 1 version.
Ruleset
Only the Fire, Water, Life and Death Splinters can be used
Mana Cap: 32
Cards & Line Up
Summoner
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| Position | Name | Description |
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| 1 | Djinn Oshannus | It has has 10 Health and high Speed (5). It’s a great tank card in a ruleset where Melee monsters cannot be used. |
| 2 | Nerissa Tridawn | It has high Magic attack (3) and high Health (5) and it acts as the primary damage dealer and secondary tank. |
| 3 | Spirit Hoarder | It’s has a Low mana cost of 3 and the Triage ability. It’s meant to heal the backline of the opponent uses monsters with the Snipe ability. |
| 4 | Ice Pixie | It is low mana cost and does 1 damage at a time to the opponent’s first card. |
| 5 | Supply Runner | It his the secondary damage dealer and placed in the last slot to maximise its damage potential . |
Strategy
The ruleset for Keep you distance meant that none of the good Melee tanks can be used. As such, Djinn Oshannus makes the next best tank as it has high speed which can potentially dodge a fair number of attacks. So my strategy was to concentrate the attacks on the first position with mainly magic attacks. I try to avoid too many Ranged attack cards as most cannot be used in the first position. Supply Runner was chosen as my ranged attack in this case as it Is one of the faster cards. Spirit Hoarder was probably not that great a choice as it’s Triage ability was not utilised. I’ll probably replace Spirit Hoarder with another card if I encounter the same ruleset again
Thoughts on the card
I like the Supply Runner as it is a neutral card with can be used in most situations. It is also relatively fast compared to other similar ranged cards, which makes it a good choice for use.