This week's battle challenge involves the Angelic Mandarin! The Angelic Mandarin is a Water splinter Range monster that has some exceptional uses. This card is a niche card but can work well in certain situations.
The Angelic Mandarin at first glance isn't great. It isn't particularly strong or fast but it does have a decent amount of health for a 3 mana card. For a ranged card, it's not a bad one to stick at the very back to help protect against Sneak attacks.
| Icon | Ability Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Triage | Heals the friendly back-line Monster that has taken the most damage (Heal is max health divided by 3, rounded down. Minimum is 2) | |
| Silence | Reduces the Magic Attack of all enemy Monsters by 1 |
In Bronze League, it's likely you'll use this card a filler or an odd tank. In Silver, however, it gains Triage which actually makes it an excellent Sneak protector. At max level, it gains Silence which is an incredibly useful ability to help fight against Magic attackers.
In this week's featured battle, we have Kelya Frendul versus Mylor Crowling in Back to Basic battle with no magic!
| Back to Basics | Monsters lose all abilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Lost Magic | Monsters with Magic attack may not be used in battles | |
| 17 Mana | This is considered a low mana battle | |
| Active Splinters | All splinters except Fire and Death are available |
In this set of rules, it's obvious that you will need some Ranged damage since it'll be the only thing that can attack from the backline. I went with Kelya as my Summoner because without Magic, Armor is key. Additionally, the speed boost will help with some evasion
Also, I noticed that my opponent plays Mylor Crowling a lot. This is a super sneaky play in Back to Basics without Magic because it can really tear up any Melee tanks. Because of this, I tried to avoid using Melee monsters if possible.
This led me to use the Angelic Mandarin as a third tank! It's got a good amount of health and will not be subject to thorns. The range damage doesn't hurt either!
| Position | Card Image | Card Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summoner | Crypt Mancer | Legendary Death summoner that grants a -1 Melee, -1 Speed, and -1 Health debuff to the enemy monsters | |
| Pos 1 (tank) | Furious Chicken | This is a "tank" since it can take 2 hits before dying. No melee attack is a plus since I was expecting thorns. It also costs 0 mana | |
| Pos 2 (tank) | Torrent Fiend | Similar to the Furious Chicken, this can take 2 attacks and costs 0 mana | |
| Pos 3 (tank/attacker) | Angelic Mandarin | Great tank for only 3 mana | |
| Pos 4 (attacker) | Igor Darkspear | Only 2 mana and can attack from the backline | |
| Pos 5 (attacker) | Merdhampir | Strong, low mana ranged attacker | |
| Pos 6 (attacker) | Kulu Swimhunter | Similar to the Merdhampir, it's a strong, low mana attacker |
Yes! My backline was able to completely demolish the enemy and Angelic Mandarin ended up being a good tank.
I analyzed the battle with Splintertools and was given a 100% chance of winning the battle. That is always great to see!
The Angelic Mandarin isn't great at low levels but gets much better once it gains Triage! Because of that, it costs a bit more than you would expect at $0.21/BCX.
Thanks for reading! I hoped you enjoyed it!
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