- GREETINGS -
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, In this week's battle weekly challenge, I am gonna share my battle experience using Cruel Sethropod on Scholar And Scribe Tournament. The purpose of this tourney is to advertise the scholar and scribe community and tokens. The goal with the tokens and community is to create place where writers can get paid for their time and creativity, or make a little extra by reading and voting. Very interesting, isn't?
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, In this week's battle weekly challenge, I am gonna share my battle experience using Cruel Sethropod on Scholar And Scribe Tournament. The purpose of this tourney is to advertise the scholar and scribe community and tokens. The goal with the tokens and community is to create place where writers can get paid for their time and creativity, or make a little extra by reading and voting. Very interesting, isn't? - Battle Link
- Battle Preview
- Battle Analysis
- Strategy Review
- Opinion about Cruel Sethropod
- Announcement the winner of Giveaway #3
- Giveaway #5
- BATTLE LINK -
Alright, Here is the battle link where we can see how my Cruel Sethropod defeated my enemy in the Scholar And Scribe Tournament. Since he has 3 armours and 4 health which costs 3 mana only, He is the suitable monster for the tank in the first position. There will be more discussion regarding battle in every round at the next chapter, this link is provided for those who want to see the full match. Enjoy~
- BATTLE PREVIEW -
Mana and Rulesets
| Icon | Ruleset | Explanation |
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 | Super Sneak | All Melee attack Monsters have the Sneak ability. Choose a summoner that increases/reduces Melee attack or Mylor Crowling, an earth summoner who gives Thorn ability to all of friendly monster. Keep a monster with Shield, Retaliate or Thorns in the last position. |
 | Holy Protection | Monsters have the Divine Shield ability. The trick to win in this ruleset is to fill all 6 slots of your line up and use monsters with Blast and Double Strike. Use a monster or summoner that has Resurrect to use this ruleset at its maximum potential. |
Line Up
Summoner
 | Kelya Frendul | This summoner is used to increase the friendly monsters speed and armour by 1. The shield is important to negate opponent's attack once. The increased speed is also important to increase attack accuracy. |
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Monsters
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| Card | Monster | Reason to Pick Up and Set |
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| Cruel Sethropod | His mana is cheap (3 mana only), but he was designed to be a good tank monster in small mana battle since he has 3 armours and 4 health. His speed is 1 so it will be great at reverse speed ruleset as he can attack first rather than any monsters in the battlefield. |
| Hardy Stonefish | I put him in the 2nd position in case of the first tank (Cruel Sethropod) is falling down. His mana cost is 1 and he gives additional 1 armour and 1 health which is very important to absorb the enemy attack. His purpose is fully used as defender since his speed is 1 only and as melee monster he has no sneak nor opportunity ability. |
| Deeplurker | He is the main monster in the team since he has 3 melee attack and opportunity ability. With the help of Kelya Frendul, he has additional 1 Armor and 3 speed which makes him stronger. He will serve as 3rd tank monster as his attack is melee which can be used in 1st position. |
| Kulu Swimhunter | Every monster who has 2 attack for 4 mana cost only is considered as strong monster and Kulu Swimhunter is 1 of them. He has 3 speed along with Kelya Frendul as his summoner. His health point is good enough, 4 point for 4 mana cost is fair enough. |
| Igor Darkspear | He is a fast monster with 4 speed attack if he was summoned by Kelya. His health point is pretty good with 4 health point for 2 mana cost only. This is pretty important to deal with sneak monsters who attacked enemies at the last position. |
| Albatross | Since he has no attack, his main purpose in the team is used to deal with sneak monsters. His strength is he has flying ability which increase the chance for the opponent's sneak monster to miss their attack. |
- BATTLE ANALYSIS -
Round 1
The composition of both team are almost same since they both know that in the super sneak ruleset, armour will be useful (so Kelya Frendul is taken as summoner). Both team have used Cruel Sethropod (as the tank), Hardy Stonefish, Albatross, and Deeplurker. The difference is the opponent used Lobstradamus while I used Igor Darkspear and Kulu Swimhunter. Let's see who is stronger 😄.
Round 2
At this round, both team's melee monster keep attacking the opponent's monster in the last monster due to super sneak ruleset. Since Albatross has 1 health point only he died this round. However, in the Holy protection, player has to fulfil all 6 spots in order to maximize the advantage of ruleset.
Round 3
Queen Silvia's Igor and Kulu keep attacking the opponent's Cruel Sethropod and as the result, he dies this round. Losing tank monster is not good for the opponent since the next monster will fill the 1st position. Both Albatross and Hardy Stonefish has 1 health point only so Deeplurker will take a role as tank soon.
Round 4
Albatross of the opponent side died. Now Hardy Stonefish filled the first position. Up to this point, Queen's Igor is still alive since he has 1 Armor and 1 holy protection. Either Cruel Sethropod and Hardy Stonefish in Queen side are still alive. There are 5 monsters in Queen's side while only 3 monsters left in the opponent's side. Considering the total attacks of both team, looks like Queen's Silvia would win the match.
Round 5
Hardy Stonefish and Cruel Sethropod are falling down. Now it's 4 vs 2. The difference is Queen's team still have Hardy Stonefish as a tank, while the opponent has to put Deeplurker as the tank. This way, Deeplurker will be targeted by Kulu and Igor. The match looks unbalanced and the victory tends to favour the Queen's team.
Round 6
Deeplurker loses 1 Armor and 2 health points after receiving attack. The same thing goes to Lobstradamus who get damaged from Queen's Deeplurker. Hardy Stonefish died after being attacked by opponent's Deeplurker.
Round 7
Deeplurker is dead after getting attacked by Kulu, Igor and Queen's Deeplurker. Now the only monster left in the opponent side is Lobstradamus who has 1 health point only.
Round 8
Kulu's attack to Lobstradamus defeated Lobstradamus. The match is over. Queen Silvia team won the match.
- STRATEGY REVIEW -
Did my strategy work? The answer is yes, my strategy works very well since we could take down all of the opponent's Kelya Frendul team with Kulu Swimhunter and Igor Darkspear. The key to win the match is we have to put many monsters in the battlefield (if we can fill out 6 monsters that would be better) because the more monster we set, the more Armor, divine shield and speed we can get for each monsters which increase our probability to win.
- OPINION ABOUT CRUEL SETHROPOD -
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In my opinion, Cruel Sethropod is a very powerful tank monster for low mana battle (for example little league) since he has 3 Armor and 4 health at level 1, the higher level, the greater stats this creature will achieve like the above picture, at Lv.10, he has 3 melee attack, 6 Armor and 7 health point for 3 mana cost only. pretty amazing. I would like to use this monster as a tank in little league if the neutral splinter is banned in the battle.
- ANNOUNCEMENT THE WINNER OF GIVEAWAY #3 -
Alright guys, now it's time for giveaway. We have 16 participants for the Giveaway #3. I'd like to say Thank you very much for visiting my blog and joined the giveaway. Here are the list of participants :
I hope I don't miss out any names there. Regardless you win or not, I hope you guys keep supporting me by participating in my upcoming giveaways because sharing to the community is fun.
Here is the video of roulette :
Congratulations to for winning the Gargoya Devil, this card has Close Range ability which can perform attack in first position, so this card can attack everywhere. Another interesting stuff from this card is that it's neutral splinter so we can use it almost in every battle except in Taking Sides ruleset.
for winning the Gargoya Devil, this card has Close Range ability which can perform attack in first position, so this card can attack everywhere. Another interesting stuff from this card is that it's neutral splinter so we can use it almost in every battle except in Taking Sides ruleset. 
1 BCX has been sent to IGN : , enjoy and take care that guy 👍. For other participants who didn't win, you can try your luck taking a part in the next giveaway below (Giveaway #5).
*Source of picture : https://defiance.games/games/play-to-earn/splinterlands/
, enjoy and take care that guy 👍. For other participants who didn't win, you can try your luck taking a part in the next giveaway below (Giveaway #5).
- GIVEAWAY #5 -
Alright, in the previous post we had some rare cards for the giveaways (Naga Assassin, Exploding Rats, and Gargoya Devil). In this giveaway post, there will be 3 rare cards that you could possibly win, Here are the cards :
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I will use Wheel of Names for the drawing and the name picked out will be given any card you want on the comment section.
How to participate :
- Please put any card you want (1 card) and your IGN (In-Game Name).
- Since I just started joining Hive community this month, I do hope I could get new friends as many as I could, so If you don't mind, please follow me guys, I'll be following you back (but it's not mandatory though). I do hope we can discuss a lot about any ideas regarding battle strategy, card stats, etc at the comment section in the future.
- Upvote is not a requirement but it will be greatly appreciated to increase the quality and the quantity of the next giveaway.
- Only 1 person could win once a week.
Notes :
- The cut off time is the pay-out of this post. I will put a comment "TIME'S UP" when the time is up.
- The winner will be announced in the next giveaways.
- If you want to give feedback or critics, feel free to leave any comments. As long they are constructive and not offensive, they will be appreciated.
- I will tag all of the participants in the post where the winner of giveaway is announced to let you know the result. If you want me to not tagging you anymore, please let me know in the comment section.
- Every time I posted blogs whether Art Challenge, Battle Challenge or Social Media Challenge, there will be 1 card (rare card) will be rewarded for the giveaway winner.
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Alright, that's the end of this article guys, Thank you for visiting my blog. See you in the next article and giveaway. Take care~