Prelude
Good day to all, hope that all of you are having a good week so far and having many memorable and interesting battles in Splinterlands. I am still trying my best to re-adjust my lifestyle with the increased amount of work that came about due to an additional portfolio being added to my work. Will continue to adjust and ensure I do not get myself burned out. Today I will be bringing a match with Explosive Weaponry that I had recently that got my heart racing till the very last moment. It was fun watching the match as I was hanging by a thread and the outcome of the matchup only came right at the very moment.
Explosive Weaponry
This ruleset will be very familiar to everyone and the excitement of looking at how the blast goes about and accelerating each match is really heart racing. Usually such matches, you will encounter double attackers or double strikers and those can really hurt because the blast triggers more than one time. So let's head right on to today's sharing.
Battle Sharing
Reference Battle
Battle Link: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_0f28229d7aeaf4c2da02f40607c91f7d?ref=vaynard86
Ruleset: Explosive Weaponry
Mana Limit: 26
Selection Analysis
We have 4 splinters available for selection - Water, Life, Earth and Dragon only. Explosive Weaponry is a ruleset that I will prefer to put up cards with double strikes because they get to blast 2 times instead of just 1 for most other cards. And there is execute if I used elves with their bloodline archon, so I decided to go with earth splinter to get that additional attack should the first hit caused the target to have 2 or less health.
To lead the lineup, I call upon Kaylia Silverleaf, the elf bloodline archon whom will able to grant elves execute ability and this is important in this ruleset because blast itself will lower health of cards faster and this is where execute can easily net free attacks. At tank position, I used Halfling Refugee because this card which having a small drawback is such a good card with its nice stat line. Behind Halfling Refugee comes Harlaran Huntress that has charge, so it can attack from non first position which is really good. Next 3 cards are the elves that I call upon into this lineup. First up is Thanalorian Blade which has opportunity and this is very good especially with blast since attacks can lands on cards that have 2 adjacent buddies. Next will be Blackmoor Wild Elf which can strike with 2 magic attack and if execute comes, it will most certainly kill her target. Last but definitely not the least is Silverleaf Range which coms with double strike but has the same drawback.
Opponent wanted to go in for the win fast by choosing magic lineup boosted by foundation archon, Marlai Singariel. With same thinking as me, opponent used Halfling Refugee as tank as well. And right after Halfling Refugee is Mystic Scaleweaver that hits hard and also slows my whole lineup down. The next card that follows is Saltwater Mage which is also a crazy foundation card that is having a sneak attack for magic. Final card on my opponent end is Water Diviner which has opportunity as well but having similar drawback like Shock Troper, which will zap my opponent lineup for 1 damage each turn that it is still active on the field.
2 different strategies deployed on an explosive weaponry ruleset, which is a better option, there is only 1 way to find out.
So let's get right on to the round by round synopsis.
Round by Round Synopsis
Round 1 - A very exciting round as we started the matchup with loads of attacks flying everywhere and thankfully due to my Kaylia Silverleaf which reduces opponent magic attack, I am not getting the full blown blast by my opponent's magic lineup, otherwise, the blast intensity would be way more than what we had. Silverleaf Ranger managed to wear down opponent's Halfling Refugee to have it killed easily. Many cards are all on very low health right now.
Round 2 - This is crazy as Mystic Scaleweaver struck my Hafling Refugee to death and Saltwater Mage stuck Silverleaf Ranger with a fatal blow and brought Blackmoor Wild Elf with it. At that point I thought this is a goner. But I was amazed by Thanalorian Blade with it striking and clearing house due to execute and took out both Mystic Scaleweaver and Saltwater Mage. But at this moment, I know victory is in our hands because I will strike first next turn. Crazy round of really exciting exchanges.
Round 3 - With 1 speed ahead of Water Diviner, I started the round and Thanalorian Blade struck home and bring the victory to the lineup.
Battle Summary
Round 2 of this match was really the one round that makes our heart pump real fast because I was on the brink of losing if not for various reasons that my lineup had.
Silverleaf Ranger doing that execute strike on Halfling Refugee was important to help take it out and give some love on blast onto Mystic Scaleweaver. And finally when Thanalorian Blade turned the tide but landing some good damage and reversing the advantage my opponent had on me and then finally went on to win the game. So glad to see everything coming together and deliver the win. Though it was so close, isn't that where all the fun is?
Wrap Up
Thank you all for dropping by the post and walking through with me on the sharing on this match where selecting a right set of cards can lead us to the victory we need.
See you next time!
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