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Intro
In this series I'm covering the best Gladius cards out there.
Since you can't buy gladius cards and most players have played a lot less brawl battles than ranked battles, I came to realize that a lot of players are not familiar with a lot of the gladius cards.
These type of posts are meant to change that at least a little bit.
Stats
Let's start by taking a deeper look at the stats.
At level 1, she costs 10 mana, she has 2 magic damage, 2 melee damage, 3 attack speed, 11 health and the heal ability.
Long story short, she's a one (wo)man army, she has it all. The perfect combination between a tank and a damage dealer.
Sure, 10 mana is a pretty big investement, but in most cases it's definitely worth it.
From my experience it's best to focus your strategy around your gladius card. This starts by spending a lot of mana on your Gladius cards, at least in most situations.
At later levels the most impactful change is immunity, which makes her even better in noxious fumes battles.
The strategy
The strategy is pretty simple, use her with Obsidian. However, she can also be good with mylor. Especially in only melee battles, this is the way to go. Remeber, if anyone dies because of thorns when attacking quora, this will also trigger the bloodlust ability.
The damage buff will give her 3 magic damage, this difference will often be the difference between getting that first kill or just missing the kill. As I have said many times, it's all about the snowball effect. If you get that first kill, you will grow stronger, have a better chance of killing your second target etc.
In terms of positioning, I like her in second position behing a big tank. This gives her the chance to get a kill from a distance and places her in first position when the time is right.
However, third position is also good.
In lower mana fights it's also possible to put her at the very front of the lineup.
As usual, it's situational.
Examples
Let me give you some example battles:
(Click on an image to see the actual battle)
Battle 1
A very classic example of how I would use her.
Battle 2
Melee only battle
Lore
The family Towershead is a simple, mountain-dwelling clan from the upper Seed Mountains of Anumün. While the family has a long and rich history of involvement in the development of Lyveria and the Maglarian Reformation, sunset has fallen on their line. Quora’s parents, Kurion and Hija, have never had a son, and they have grown old. Although they continue to try, it seems that destiny does not wish for a male heir to carry on their family name. Quora will one day be the last of her clan. Although the name of Towershead will vanish, it will be up to only her to pass on the warriors’ blood that flows in her veins. At 24, she is not eager to go find a husband, but because of her ferocity in battle, her father Kurion has presented a plan in which she has found favor.
On the Towershead trio’s most recent trip to Lyveria, where they must venture once every five years for medical supplies, they discovered a posting in the central square that caught Kurion’s attention. It was a call for Gladiators to Mount Mox. These Gladiators would be professional fighters in the arena, warriors in a new form of civilized combat to ensure the ongoing peace in the Splinterlands. They would fight daily under the magical protection of the sacred arena grounds. While the pain would be very real with each battle, the Gladiators would be placed in no true danger. Instead, the magical protection would allow them to be physically renewed every time they left the circle of combat, even if they were slain. This would allow the Gladiators’ Camp professional duelists to fight one another again and again in real battle, which the audience has always craved, but without sacrificing brave warriors to lasting injury and death.
Kurion did not mention his idea until after the family had arrived back safely to their mountain home. “Quora,” he said, “your mother and I have grown old, and our hope is nearly lost that a male child will be born to carry on the Towershead name. If you enlist in this new Gladiators’ combat, you will become a celebrity in the eyes of the world, and you will someday find a powerful warrior mate and fall in love.”
“It’s true that I long for combat and adventure, but I do not wish to marry,” Quora replied to the old man.
“And we honor that decision, which is always yours to make,” Quora’s mother assured her. “But go nonetheless. Find the adventure and combat that you have always sought, and know that you will face the world with our blessing. After a year’s time, we will still be here, awaiting your arrival home with open arms.”
“Your mother speaks truly, Quora,” her father said. “There is nothing you could do in the world that would make us less proud of you as a daughter, or less proud of what the Towersheads of history have done for Anumün. But we have a simple life here, and your mother and I can take care of ourselves for many more years. It is time for your life to begin.”
Quora was afraid, but at length she decided to follow the wishes of her parents, facing her fear as they had taught her. She packed for a one-way trip lightly, knowing that the Gloridax would provide the essentials of living in the Gladiator camp and knowing that she would be accepted. Her skills in single combat were unmatched by any warrior of Lyveria; she knew this in her heart.
Once she was aboard the ship as it sailed away toward Praetoria and could no longer see her mother and father waving in the mist, Quora (through teary eyes) could not help but grin in delighted anticipation of the adventures that awaited in the shadow of Mount Mox on the Wizards’ continent.
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