Surviving a Trample Army on Stampede Ruleset

Hello there! @Saydie here, playing Splinterlands everyday!

I'm here for this week's Battle Mage Secrets with the featured ruleset Stampede. It is a ruleset were only all monsters got the Enrage ability to all monsters.

The Battle that I will show to you this week was from my Hive account@agonyaccepted account which is an alt account I'm using with Nfty Arcade max level CL deck and was playing at the modern format of the Diamond League. Before I show you the battle, let us learn more about this ruleset.

With Trample, when a Monster hits and kills its target, it will perform another attack on the next Monster on the enemy Team which can be triggered multiple times with Stampede for as long as the target continues to be defeated.

Some Monsters with Trample Ability

Rule Set

Conditions	Description
Diamond League Modern Format	56 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, , Water, Death, Earth
Up Close & Personal	Only Monsters with Melee attack may be used in battles.
Stampede	The Trample ability can trigger multiple times per attack if the trampled Monster is killed.

Opponent's Line- up

Summoner	1st	2nd	3nd	4th	5th	6th

My Team

Summoner	1st	2nd	3nd	4th	5th	6th

For this battle, we have the featured rule set Stampede that gives the Trample ability on all monsters and only monsters with melee attack can be used due to Up close & Personal. With this in consideration, my lineup was consist of:

• Summoner: Kelya Frendul - Gives +1 speed and +1 armor on all allied monsters which can allow them to be the first to attack the opponent and reduce the damage that they can receive.
  
  

• 1^st Position: Arkemis the Bear - Provides additional armor with Protect and can reduce the damage of the target with Halving. When received some damage it activates Enrage which increases its speed and damage while reducing damage with 5 or more damage with Forcefield.
  
  

• 2^nd Position: Flying Squid - Has Reach which allows it to attack at the second position and has Blind which increases dodge chance by 15%. When target missed attacking this card, it deals damage with Backfire.
  
  

• 3^rd Position: Legionnaire Alvar - With Giant Killer, it can deal twice the damage on monsters with 10 or more mana and can reduce the melee damage of all opponent monsters with Demoralize. When attacking the last monster of the opponent team, it deals double damage with Deathblow.
  
  

• 4^th Position: Disintegrator - Also has Demoralize to reduce the melee damage of all opponent monsters and has Retaliate that allows it to attack when attacked by the opponent. When it defeats the target, can trigger the Trample which allows it to attack again when it defeats a monster.
  
  

• 5^th Position: Deeplurker - With Opportunity, it can target the opponent with the lowest health and afflict it with Poison which deals 2 damage every turn. It also has Demoralize that reduces the damage of all opponent monsters.
  
  

• 6^th Position: Kulu Mastermind - Also comes with Opportunity but also got Shield which reduces the damage that it can received from melee and range attacks.

Round 1:

^13/27 Flying Squid attacks Arkemis the Bear which removes its armor.

^14/27 Kulu Mastermind attacks Runi which removes its armor.

^15-16/27 Coastal Sentry attacks Arkemis the Bear which triggered its Enrage and increases it stats.

^17-20/27 Arkemis the Bear attacks the opponent's Arkemis the Bear and halve its attack as well as inflict 1 armor damage. The opponent deals 2 damage back and also halve its attack.

^21/27 Deeplurker inflicts 4 damage on Runi and afflicted it with Poison.

^23/27 Parasitic Growth deals 1 armor damage on Legionnaire Alvar.

^24-27/27 Drybone Raider and Runi deals 3 damage on Arkemis the Bear.

Round 2:

^1/21 Runi lost 2 health due to Poison.

^2-3/21 Both Arkemis the Bear inflict 2 damage on each other.

^4/21 Flying Squid deals 2 damage on Arkemis the Bear

^5-8/21 Kulu Mastermind defeats Runi but was able to Resurrect.

^9-10/21 Coastal Sentry inflicts 2 damage on Arkemis the Bear.

^11/21 Deeplurker removes the armor of Runi and was able to afflict it with Poison.

^12-16/21 The opponents Deeplurker defeats Arkemis the Bear and Performs Trample on Flying Squid.

^17/21 Parasitic Growth deals 1 armor damage on Legionnaire Alvar.

^18-21/21 Drybone Raider removes the armor of Flying Squid and reduce its health with Cripple but misses an attack which activates Backfire and inflicts 2 armor damage into it.

Round 3:

^1-3/18 Runi was defeated due to Poison.

^4-5/18 Arkemis the Bear deals 2 damage on Flying Squid and afflicted it with Halving.

^6-8/18 Flying Squid and Kulu Mastermind deals 4 damage on Arkemis the Bear.

^9-10/18 Coastal Sentry deals 2 damage on Flying Squid but also misses an attack so it receives 2 armor damage.

^11-12/18 Both Deepluker afflicts Poison on Arkemis the Bear and Flying Squid and damage consecutively.

^13-14/18 Parasitic Growth miss attacking Flying Squid and received Backfire damage.

^15-18/18 Drybone Raider miss attack on Flying Squid twice so it receives 4 Backfire damage on its armor.

Round 4:

^1-5/21 Due to poison, Arkemis the Bear dies and Flying Squid received 2 damage.

^6-8/21 Flying Squid, Kulu Mastermind and Deeplurker deals 4 damage on Coastal Sentry and afflicts it with poison.

^9-14/21 Coastal Sentry defealts Flying Squid and Trample on Legionnaire Alvar dealing 4 armor damage.

^15/21 Deeplurker deals 2 armor damage on Legionnaire Alvar and Poison it.

^16-21/21 Parasitic Growth and Drybone Raider deals 2 damage on Legionnaire Alvar and reduce its health due to Cripple.

Round 5:

^1-2/18 Legionnaire Alvar and Coastal Sentry receives 2 damage each from Poison.

^3-5/18 Deeplurker defeats Coastal Sentry.

^6/18 Deeplurker deals 4 damage on Deeplurker.

^7-11/18 Deeplurker defeats Legionnaire Alvar and Trample on Disintegrator.

^13-14/18 Parasitic Growth deals 1 damage on Disintegrator who Retaliates on it, dealing 2 damage and attacks Deeplurker for another 2 damage.

^15-18/18 Drybone Raider deals 2 damage on Disintegrator.

Round 6:

^1/20 Disintegrator receives 2 damage from Poison.

^2-5/20 Kulu Mastermind defeats Deeplurker.

^6/20 Deeplurker deals 5 damage on Drybone Raider and Poison it.

^7-9/20 Parasitic Growth deals 1 damage on Disintegrator which Retaliate and inflicts 3 damage and another 3 damage from its attack.

^10-20/20 Drybone Raider defeats Disintegrator and deals 5 damage on Deeplurker.

Round 7-8:

^1-3/10 Kulu Mastermind defeats Drybone Raider.

^1-5/10 Deeplurker deals 5 damage on Parasitic Growth and afflicts it with Poison.

^6-10/10 Parasitic Growth defeats Deeplurker.

With round 8, Parasitic Growth recieves 2 damage from Poison and finally ended by Kulu Mastermind, ending the battle with my win.

As only melee monsters can be used in this battle and the opponent uses a Trample army, the most optimal way to counter them is to have as many monsters that can reduce their damage as it would be harder for them to defeat their target and with that case, they would less likely be able to utilize the Stampede ruleset though in this battle, luck also comes in factor as I I was able to dodge and retaliates on many attacks.

That was it for this post. Thank you and see you at the next one.