Greetings to all Splinterlands players! In today's topic in the Community Challenge is Ruleset Riddles. Blast is a highly offensive ability that deals an additional 50% splash damage to units adjacent to the target. In Explosive Weaponry, all units have Blast ensuring that many units will get disposed of quickly since damage will rain down on adjacent units, not just the target. Splinterlands players should know how to deal with this. I have my own strategies in my games that I will share today.
Attack the Opponent's Middle Position
Aside from Explosive Weaponry, this game also has Aimless (all units have Scattershot skill) ensuring that many units will get hit by Blast. I chose members of my team to be able to hit in the middle like Vengeful Monk who has Opportunity skill. My other units are magic and mage who has Scattershot. Except for my Port Guardian, all my units can hit in the middle of the opponent.
I think the opponent made poor choices. Although his archon is level two and some of his units are levelled up, his choice of archon and team members are not effective in the ruleset. First, he chose an archon with shield. This is immediately countered by my magic units. The opponent also has a unit with Taunt that has no effect on units with Scattershot. It gave him one less attacker that is doing nothing from behind the rest of his team.
Link to Game: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_aedf70716c546b9d3d1b67da624240ce?ref=iamchessguy
Protect Your Third Unit
In the following game, I used a second unit Spinetail Fiend to protect Vengeful Monk so that he will avoid getting hit by Blast. It would be better if the protector can also attack but he doesn't have Reach skill. It's also best if the protector has a lot of life stats. This will ensure that my third, fourth and fifth units can attack and not worry about getting hit unless the opponent has units with Sneak or Opportunity skill. Like in the first game, I have the Vengeful Monk with Opportunity. I also relied on magic attackers. My opponent did the same strategy having the Dread Tafarian get hit by Blast while healing itself. I think having the Vengeful Monk in my team gave me the win. Otherwise the opponent's tanks are hard to eliminate.
Link to Game: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_e3a3ce618f094d9158b894532d8509a2?ref=iamchessguy
Healing for the Win
Another strategy is to use units with healing. You can put the healing unit in the second position like what my opponent did in the second game. In this game, I placed the healing unit in the first position so that he can attack. In second position, I had a unit with magic attack and has high life stat and finally, I had a unit with two magic attack in the last position. The opponent once again used an archon with Shield which does not work against magic. The ruleset includes Armored up which was why I chose magic attackers. The opponent did not have any magic attackers. The opponent's Vengeful Monk was his best card while mine was the Glimmermancer. Luckily, my tanks survived while my magic attackers reduced the opponent's team.
Game Link: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_662feb788dac4cd745fff8da0ba92340?ref=iamchessguy
Conclusion
The Explosive Weaponry is a destructive ruleset. It's important to position units properly to protect units with lower life. You may maximize the effect of Blast by choosing units that can attack in the middle of the opponent's camp. Choose units with Sneak, Snipe, Opportunity or Scattershot. To survive, choose team members with high life stats. Check other rulesets that come with Explosive Weaponry like Aimless or Armored Up to adjust your strategy.
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