Hi! I'm EMD012 and here's my one of my battles showcasing the featured monster for this week, Shadow Snitch.
INITIAL THOUGHTS
Shadow Snitch is one of the new monsters from Chaos Legion. It is a 4-Mana Melee Monster from the Death Splinter. It has the ability 'Reach' and gains 'Affliction' and 'Dodge' at levels 6 and 10 respectively.
This card can be used as a supplementary tank in the second slot because of its 'Reach' and for his high HP.
THE BATTLE
The battle that I will feature had the following ruleset:
League: Silver
Mana Cap: 30
Active Splinters: Fire, Water, Earth, Life, Death
Silenced Summoners: Summoners do not give any stat buffs or debuffs or grant/use any abilities.
TEAM COMPOSITION
Thaddius Brood
Because of Silenced Summoners, the higher mana cost of Thaddius Brood was a waste, but he was the only levelled Death summoner I had for the match.
Bone Golem
Bone Golem is our tank for this match. Its ability 'Void' deals well against all the Magic monsters that are common in the meta.
Shadow Snitch
Shadow Snitch is our second monster. With it's reach it can chip away at the enemy tank. It also acts as a secondary tank to protect our backline.
Skeleton Assassin
Skeleton Assassin has the ability 'Sneak' which means he can attack the last monster on the enemy team.
Elven Cutthroat
Elven Cutthroat is another 'Sneak' monster and supplements the damage from Skeleton Assassin.
Silent Sha-Vi
This snek is the third and last of our 'Sneaks'. When using Sneak monsters, I feel that its best to use multiple rather than just one in a line-up.
Venari Bonesmith
Venari Bonesmith is my very last monster. I like his 'Life Leech' which in case the battle lasts long, he would have accumulated a bunch of HP. Hopefully, my opponent doesn't have his own Sneak monsters.
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Looking back, I should have probably switched up the positions of Silent Sha-Vi and Venari Bonesmith. This would mitigate the damage against my line-up from an opposing Sneak line-up because Silen Sha-Vi is relatively tanky which gives time for my Bonesmith to Leech up.
BATTLE PROPER
My opponent fielded in a Mylor team with Magic Monsters. That 'Silenced Summoners' saved us here and my Bone Golem will be very valuable.
Here are some highlights from the battle:
My Sneak monsters make short work of that Wood Nymph. The 'Resurrect' wasn't even that useful.
The Shadow Snitch chips on the Unicorn Mustang with its reach.
Bone Golem with that Void.
My opponent's backline falls one-by-one.
Unfortunately, my Bonesmith was useless in this match because of the Unicorn Mustang.
That unicorn hanging on. A win for me with a big margin.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Again, Shadow Snitch is a nice monster for the second slot against line-ups that want to go head-on. It wasn't really that much of a factor in this match especially because my Bone Golem stuck for a long time because of Void and my Sneaks dealt with the opponent very easily.
I don't use the death splinter much so unfortunately this means I probably won't be using the Snitch a lot also.
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