Double Damage and Lost Abilities Made This 55 Mana Battle a Nightmare!

In any high mana battle if the modifiers come in a way that causes double damage and removes special abilities like Sneak, Snipe or Opportunity it can become a very dangerous battle. In high mana battles we usually select strong monsters and heavy hitters. On the other hand losing these abilities while also dealing double damage can result in extremely heavy damage during the battle.

My win rate in high mana battles is usually quite high but rulesets like these can affect the win rate to a great extent because they are confusing rulesets. Today's 55-mana battle was very interesting but also confusing because of these rulesets which included double damage and the loss of some special abilities.

However if you understand the rulesets properly and plan your strategy and select your monsters accordingly then there is no doubt that you can maintain your win rate and achieve a good victory in the battle.

Before moving towards my battle strategy and monster selection it is important to understand which two rulesets appeared.

RULESET 1: HEAVY HITTERS

According to this ruleset all units whether enemy or allied receive the Knock Out ability. The purpose of Knock Out is that if a target gets Stunned it will receive double damage.

This means that the biggest advantage of this ruleset is to select monsters that have the Stun ability. Because if a monster stuns a target it will deal double damage instead of normal damage.

For example if a monster has 2 damage it will deal 4 damage instead of 2. This makes it a heavy hitter.

According to this ruleset an important strategy is to select the best Stun monsters for your team so that you can stun as many targets as possible and deal double damage to them.

RULESET 2: FOG OF WAR

According to this ruleset all units whether allied or enemy units will lose their Sneak Sniper and Opportunity abilities. This means that abilities like these will not work in this battle.

So instead of focusing on these abilities you should completely ignore them and try to focus on monsters with high health and strong attacking abilities. This will help you take full advantage of the first ruleset and establish a strong position in the battle.

Now let's see what strategy I adopted according to these two rulesets and which monsters I preferred.

MY STRATEGY AND MONSTER SELECTION

I selected my Archon with the Plus One Health ability. This means that at the beginning of the battle the health of all my units will increase by one.

Since my Archon also has Heavy Strikers I wanted to keep my team very strong and defensive in today's battle.

For my frontline I selected a strong tank monster that has two Melee Attack power along with very good health.

In the second position I again placed a mix of Melee and Magic attackers. After that from the third position to the sixth position I selected all aggressive units which were a mix of Ranged and Magic attackers.

In other words I brought some extremely powerful hitters into the battle.

Unfortunately I did not have any monster with the Stun ability that could help me take advantage of Ruleset 1. But I still accepted this challenge and selected my strongest monsters while placing them in their best possible positions.

ENEMY LINUP WAS MUCH STRONGER

When I looked at my lineup and the enemy lineup on the battlefield it looked quite interesting and we were about to witness a very tough competition. This was because the enemy had also positioned strong hitters. In other words the enemy also had three to four extremely aggressive attackers.

The battle started in a very powerful way. Both sides were delivering strong attacks. But unfortunately my tank monster was eliminated in the very first round which caused me quite a bit of trouble.

Similarly at the beginning of Round 2 another one of my monsters was eliminated while two enemy monsters were also eliminated. At this point the battle became a 3-versus-3 situation.

The enemy still had extremely strong attackers. Because of this my last three monsters could not withstand his attacks and started getting eliminated one by one.

From Round 4 to Round 6 all three enemy monsters remained alive while my units continued to get eliminated one after another.

In this way I suffered a very heavy defeat in this battle.

Although I had selected and positioned my monsters according to my strategy the enemy was also taking advantage of the Heavy Hitters ruleset. This gave him a much greater advantage and ultimately I lost the battle.

What would your strategy be in this type of ruleset and which monsters would you prefer? will be glad to see your answers in the comment section.

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