Welcome to this weeks Share Your Battle Challenge.
This week is all about the Life Splinter card Cave Slugs. My least favorite Splinter is Life so this should be fun. I didn't like Water either until I was forced to use them in a SYB challenge and developed a strategy with them. Will I find a strategy that works? Will I end up loving Life splinters? Lets find out.
Team:
Silvershield Knight
I chose Silvershield Knight as my Tank because of his Inspire Ability. The Inspire Ability gives all friendly Monsters +1 Melee attack. I guess now that I'm typing it out, I see how he could be used as a Support role instead. He has average Health at 5 and only 1 Shield. He makes up for his lack of power with an above average Speed of 4.
Cave Slug
This guy is actually pretty interesting. For 5 Mana you get 4 Health, 2 Melee, and 1 Speed. That might not sound good but he also has the Opportunity Ability which allows him to Attack from any position and Attack the weakest Monster. It's always nice having a Monster that can pick off weak supports on the Enemys team. I really like this card.
Furious Chicken
ZERO Mana for a chump blocker? Sure. Throw him right in.
Any where.
Any team.
Any time.
Herbalist
I chose to include Herbalist because of the low Mana cost. I don't like using Ranged that much because of their vulnerability to the front line. Incase you didn't know, a Ranged attacker cannot attack in the first position. For 2 Mana though I didn't think it would hurt to try. On a side note, the art is really cool!
Enemy:
Round 1
- My Splinters get +1 Shield.
- Enemy Splinters get +1 Speed.
- Silvershield Knight boosts my teams Melee by 1.
- Serpentine Spy sees an opportunity and attacks Furious Chicken for 2.
- Silvershield Knight does 1 damage to Living Lavas Shield.
- Goblin Fireballer attacks Silvershield Knight for 1.
- Living Lava destroys Silvershield Knights Shield, leaving him with 5 Health.
- Herbalist attacks Living Lava for 0.
- Cave Slug attacks Serpentine Spy for 3 and kills him.
Round 2
- Silvershield Knight attacks Living Lava for 1 and destroys his shield. 6 Health remains.
- Goblin Fireballer attacks Silvershield Knight for 1.
- Living Lava attacks Silvershield Knight for 3 and leaves him with 1 Health.
- Herbalist attacks Living Lava for 0.
- Cave Slug takes the opportunity to kill Goblin Fireballer, leaving Living Lava by himself against my whole team.
Round 3
- Silvershield Knight attacks Living Lava for 1.
- Living Lava kills Silvershield Knight. Cave Slug moves up to first position. My Splinters lose the Inspired buff and go back to their normal Melee damage.
- Herbalist attacks Living Lava for 0.
- Cave Slug attacks Living Lava for 1.
Round 4:
- Living Lava attacks Cave Slug and destroys his Shield. Leaving him with 4 Health remaining.
- Herbalist attacks Living Lava for 0.
- Cave Slug misses Living Lava!
Round 5:
- Living Lava deals 3 damage to Cave Slug leaving him with 1 Health remaining.
- Herbalist attacks Living Lava for 0.
- Cave Slug deals 1 damage to Living Lava. 3 Health remains.
Round 6:
- Living Lava kills Cave Slug. Furious Chicken moves to first position.
- Herbalist attacks Living Lava for 0.
Round 7:
- Living Lava kills Furious Chicken. Herbalist moves up to first position and can't attack anymore.
Round 8 & 9:
- Living Lava finishes off Herbalist and I lose.
Conclusion
Alright, so that was an epic fail. I played quite a few matches trying to get a win with the Cave Slug but I couldn't pull it off. My daily quest also just so happend to be getting 5 wins with the Life Splinter. Needless to say, I refreshed it for a new quest. I just can't seem to knock out wins with the Life Splinters. If anyone has a guide they've made for lower level strategys feel free to link me below in the comments and i'll check it out. For now I am just skipping Life Splinter missions whenever they come up. I really like the tanky support feel i get from them I just can't seem to make a good team out of them. Not sure if I am putting TOO MUCH support or not. I don't know, that's all I have in me for this week. Thank you for watching and I hope you got some entertainment out of seeing me lose. Not sure if anyone was expecting that one haha.
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