Zyvax Vuul has dedicated his life to understanding the arcane, covering his body in potent sigils, golden runes that glow with power and feed him his unnatural strength and speed. It has been said that he his knowledge of dragon magic is rivalled by no other and he has been given the tile of ‘The Keeper of Dragons’, but rumour also circulates surrounding a voracious, cannibalistic appetite. Whatever the case, he is not only feared throughout Praetoria, but also within the Chaos Legion itself.
Lost Magics = Monsters with magic attack may not be used in battles
42 mana = this was high mana, so I will definately use full 6 monsters
summoner = only earth can't be used
SUMMONER
The summoner that I used in this battles was Delwynn DragonScale. It is a common dragon summoner from the promo edition, currently it is not playable freely in the game but you can use him by renting this card for 49 dec/day (price when this post written). Delwyn give +1 to all ally magic monsters, unfortunately the battle's rule was lost magic so I can't fully use the effect of Delwyn in this battle but his level though can be useful to summon higher level monsters. I have some cards that already level up to certain level so using delwyn it not that bad in this case and remember that he is a gold foil card, you will earn dec bonus by using this card.
FRONT ROW (TANK POSITION)
In the high mana cap we will use the best tank for our line up cause we so much mana to use, I chose water splinter to help me in this battle (Dragon summoner can chose 1 other splinter as an ally) I thought the best capable tank was Djinn Cwhala, because playable tank from water splinter, serpent of eld and Diemon Shark were still in level 1. Djinn chwala at level 2 has 3 melee attack that makes him a strong tank. Having 5 shield along with the thorns ability, obviously will devastate any enemy monsters that landed an attack on him. the only thing thats not good with this card is his 2 speed. but in referse speed ruleset this monsters is too over powered in my opinion.
SECOND MONSTER
always remember to make sure in lost magic ruleset your monsters can attack in any position. The monster tha I put in the second row was flying squid, this card has the stats of a good tank bringing one is a good bargain, as you can see my enemy also secure a spot for him. unfortunately I haven't leveled up this card yet (currently focusing on building my earth deck). At level 1 this creature has 2 melee damage and reach ability thus making it able to attack from the second position, his 3 speed will make his attack landed often and his 8 health will make this creature taking more damage giving times to my backline to deliver more damage.
THIRD MONSTERS
I chose Deeplurker in the third position, in my opinion Deeplurker is best placed in the third or fourth position. because he could still attack, the fifth and the last position could be filled with ranged damage monster and durable monster in the last position to prevent from sneak attack. My Deeplurker is at level 4, with 4 attack and 6 mana to summon this creature will deliver deadly attack to enemy monsters that has the lowest health due to its opportunity ability. having 3 speed is good, it's a decent speed to make monsters hit often and hit faster. his health was 7, gain +1 from the level 1, well it is quite high considering this card only require 6 mana to summon.
FOURTH MONSTER
In battles that allow variety splinter to be used it's a good choice to split your attack, so do I, I chose Uraeus and also pelacor bandit (last position) to ravage enemy's back row monsters since the two monsters has the sneak ability allowing them to hit enemy monster in the last position. My Uraeus was at level 2, the melee damage is 2, that's quite high and will be more effective cause I used pelacor to help some damage in the back row. This creature has 2 health which is low but it is covered by a shield that will help to prevent instant death from enemy melee attack. I dont hesitate to buy and level up this card because it has great potential in most situation
FIFTH MONSTERS
Our hero today is placed in the fifth position. I thought ranged attack monsters best place in the back row because once they are in the front row, they will not be able to attack. therefore I put Zyvax vuul in the 5th position, I avoid putting him in the last position, because I put pelacor bandit in there, last position means the monsters will receive all the sneak monsters by enemy eventhough Zyvax has the flying ability and 3 speed, I want to see his full potential in this battle. besides that, my pelacor bandit has 4 speed instead and flying ability as well. not only flying ability this creature also has recharge ability (this monsters attack every other round but does 3X damage.)
SIXTH MONSTERS
As I mention before the sixth monster was Pelacor Bandit, this is one of my owned card that has the highest level, it was cheap and gain +2 attack in level 4 so I buy lots of him. this card can do a good combo with uraeus which also I brought in this battle. this card speed is high plus the flying ability it could make most of the enemy's monsters miss, this card only require 3 mana which is low,you have to keep an eye on your mana limit in every battle so bring the best card with the lowest mana is a good bargain and this card is the right answers for that.
Did My Strategy Worked? What will I do Differently?
Making Djinn chwala as a tank was a good strategy lots of damage caused by djinn chwala either by his melee attack or the thorns damage, Uraeus and Pelacor Bandit did an amazing combo to enemy's back row monsters. while the main monster, Zyvax vuul was missing some attacks due to enemy's monsters had more speed than him. Maybe in the next battle I will try to use other cheap summoners that will increase useful stats to zyvax vuul such as Selenia Sky (give +1 Ranged attack), quix the devious (decrease 1 speed and ranged attack of enemy's monsters) and nib seni (+1 speed) increasing in those stats can be a game changing to have in a battle.
About Zyvax Vuul
What I like about this monster :
has 2 Ranged Attack, this card basic attack is 2 and but does 6 damage after recharging, decent attack could instantly kill unprotected monsters;
got 3 speed and flying abilty thus making him difficult to hit not to mention his 8 health letting him survive longer in the battlefield.
What i don't like about this monster:
Honestly in my opinion his recharge ability is a badpoint cause we need to wait for every other round to landed an attack,if you dont have a good tanks to cover it will be a bad idea to has this monsters. If you know the best usage of recharge ability please let me know in the comment section below.
has high mana requirement, requires 8 mana to summon, in low mana battle this card is bad, there are lots of good ranged attack cards to use instead such as mantoid, supply runner and goblin chariot.
When to use Zyvax Vuul
I suggest you to use this monster only for this situation:
When you need a backline monster to secure the backline of your team having 8 health and his speed along with the flying ability will make enemy's monsters attack often miss;
On high mana cap battle. This ruleset allow us to use high mana monsters that has good stats. So you can use him as a pretty useful tanker in the backline;
on close ranged ruleset.this ruleset allowing ranged attacks monster could attack in the first position. this card could be a good frontline tank in closed range.
On earthquake Ruleset. As long as you have good tanks this card would be a good bargain to have in the earthquake ruleset, immune to the rule damage could be a game changing.
When to Avoid using Zyvax Vuul :
I don't recommend you to use this monster for this situation below:
On a battle with very low mana to spend. Eventough this monster has 2 ranged attack attack, but on a very low mana battle, you dont need a his health and cannot relly on him to win the battles. It's not just about his 8 mana cost, Zyvax Vuul is ranged attack that will be useless once he is in the first position. you need more damage to win the battle.
On holy protection ruleset. on this ruleset every monsters has the ability to ignore the first damage that it takes. if recharge ability will active in every other round that will waste so much time, enemy could landed attack more often than we do, not to mention when recharge ability hit on protected monsters.
Final Words
Thank you for reading my post, i hope you enjoyed this post and could give another view about this monster. Let me know if you got another view about this monster on comment section. If you haven't play #Splinterland, you can start join this #Play2Earn game using my referral link below. I got this Zyvax vuul from discord giveaway. The discord name is Brownie Club, owned by @gamerzaza. they hold several giveaway there. join the discord by clicking this link below.
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