Introduction
What's up guys! This week's challenge is about the Target Practice rule. Very cool rule as it allows players to form unusual teams on the battlefield, exploring cards in a totally different way.
Preparation
The rules for the battle were:
32 mana
Only cards from the fire, water and dragon deck, as well as neutral ones, can be used.
Wands Out: Only monsters with magic attack can be used in battle.
Target Practice: All monsters with ranged attacks and magic attacks have the Snipe ability.
If you don't know what the Snipe ability does, here's the description:
Snipe: Targets the first enemy unit with ranged attacks or magic attack, or without attack that is not in the first position.
For this battle I chose the following cards:
Pembrook Nymph: Choosing this summoner was necessary to allow me to put a Gladius card on the field. It is also very useful to have more maximum health in battles with magical attack monsters, it could be the detail that gives the player victory.
All allied monsters have +1 maximum health and allow you to use an additional Gladius card in battle.
Djinn Oshannus: Classic card in fights with mages only. Very useful for its shield against magical damage and also many attributes that guarantee it can withstand multiple enemy attacks.
Void: Reduced damage from magic attacks by 50%.
Phase: Magical attacks can miss this unit (using the same attack/miss calculation as melee and ranged attacks).
Magi of Chaos: Very offensive card, but not very resistant. A good choice for second position because, even with little resistance, it can delay withstanding some enemy attacks. Giving others time to attack.
Riverboat Captain: A soulbound that I use a lot because of its abilities. I tend to get opponents who use their healing ability a lot, so I like to cancel that healing.
Blast: Deals half damage (rounded up) to units adjacent to the target.
Affliction: When this unit hits a target, it has a 50% chance to apply Affliction to the target, making it unable to be healed.
Blast: Deals half damage (rounded up) to units adjacent to the target.
Bloodlust: This monster revels in the glory of combat and becomes more dangerous as the battle progresses. Each time you defeat an opponent, you gain +1 to all statuses.
Shatter: The target's armor is destroyed when hit by an attack from units with Shatter.
Battle
The battle, after the appropriate buffs and debuffs, looked like this:
The strategy didn't work as well as I had hoped. The opposing summoner was well suited for battle, removing a lot of my damage. If he also chose Djinn Oshannus I wouldn't be able to do almost any damage, but thankfully that wasn't the case.
Phase wasn't active once, allowing his tank to stay alive for longer as each hit of his increased his maximum health, giving me a lot of work. Riverboat Captain also ended up eliminating an opposing monster, which delayed the activation of Flagulon Reine's bloodlust.
However, the opponent's damage was not concentrated. One of his units had Sneak, causing it to attack my last unit, which helped me because it had enough resistance for many attacks.
Even though the Affliction and Shatter skills weren't useful, I relied heavily on the Blast skill to take full advantage of the Target Practice rule, as it allowed me an excellent combo (Snipe + Blast). This combo boosted the damage caused by Riverboat Captain and Flagulon Reine, allowing them to attack 3 targets at the same time.
Conclusion
For a few times during the battle, I thought that the damage debuff caused by the enemy summoner would be enough to block my offensive, but he didn't count on Blast.
After the first stack of bloodlust, the battle was decided and I could now rejoice in the victory that would come, because from then on I would only become stronger.
This battle earned me 10 trophies, 3,955 RP and 0.761 SPS. I didn't have SPS rented and it wasn't part of my focus, I'm still happy with the rewards as I believe in the potential of the SPS token. So much so that I bought another 7,000 SPS to add to my portfolio. I believe I made a good investment, which will give me a return inside and outside the game.
Here's the battle link: https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_5a3e28f8890122735b6e8c9bb10cedde
So that's it, guys! I hope you enjoyed the battle, the card choices and if you have any questions or suggestions, I'll be listening to them. Thank you and see you next time!
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PT-BR
Introdução
E ai, galera! O desafio dessa semana é sobre a regra Target Practice. Regra muito legal pois possibilita aos players formarem times inusitados no campo de batalha, explorando as cartas de uma forma totalmente diferente.
Preparação
As regras para a batalha foram:
32 mana
Somente cartas do baralho de fogo, água e dragão, bem como as neutras, podem ser utilizadas.
Wands Out: Apenas monstros com ataque mágico podem ser usados na batalha.
Target Practice: Todos os monstros com ataques à distância e ataque mágico possuem a habilidade Snipe.
Se você não sabe o que a habilidade Snipe faz, aqui está a descrição:
Snipe: Alveja a primeira unidade inimiga com ataques à distância ou ataque mágico, ou sem ataque que não esteja na primeira posição.
Para essa batalha escolhi as seguintes cartas:
Todos os monstros aliados têm +1 de vida máxima e permite utilizar uma carta Gladius adicional na batalha.
Void: Dano reduzido de ataques mágicos em 50%.
Phase: Ataques mágicos podem errar essa unidade (usando o mesmo cálculo de ataque/erro dos ataques corpo a corpo e à distância).
Blast: Causa metade do dano (arredondado para cima) à unidades adjacentes ao alvo.
Affliction: When this unit hits a target, it has a 50% chance to apply Affliction to the target, making it unable to be healed.
Blast: Causa metade do dano (arredondado para cima) à unidades adjacentes ao alvo.
Bloodlust: This monster revels in the glory of combat and becomes more dangerous as the battle progresses. Each time you defeat an opponent, you gain +1 to all statuses.
Shatter: A armadura do alvo é destruída quando atingida por um ataque de unidades com Shatter.
Batalha
A batalha, depois dos devidos buffs e debuffs, ficou assim:
A estratégia não funcionou tão bem quanto eu esperava. O invocador adversário era bem adequado para a batalha, removendo muito dano meu. Se ele também escolhesse Djinn Oshannus eu não conseguiria causar quase nada de dano, mas ainda bem que não foi assim.
O Phase não foi ativo nenhuma vez, permitindo que o tanque dele ficasse vivo por mais tempo já que cada acerto dele aumentava sua vida máxima, me dando muito trabalho. Riverboat Captain também acabou eliminando um monstro adversário, o que retardou a ativação do bloodlust da Flagulon Reine.
Porém, o dano adversário não estava concentrado. Uma das unidades dele possuía Sneak, fazendo com que atacasse minha última unidade, o que me ajudou porque ela tinha resistência suficiente para muitos ataques.
Mesmo as habilidades Affliction e Shatter não sendo úteis, eu contava bastante com a habilidade Blast para tirar a máxima vantagem da regra Target Practice, pois me possibilitava um excelente combo (Snipe + Blast). Esse combo potencializou o dano causado pelo Riverboat Captain e Flagulon Reine, permitindo atacar 3 alvos ao mesmo tempo.
Conclusão
Por algumas vezes durante a batalha, pensei que o debuff de dano causado pelo invocador inimigo fosse ser o suficiente para bloquear minha ofensiva, porém ele não contava com o Blast.
Após o primeiro acúmulo de bloodlust, a batalha estava decidida e eu já poderia me alegrar com a vitória que viria, pois daí pra frente eu só me fortaleceria.
Essa batalha me rendeu 10 troféus, 3,955 RP e 0.761 SPS. Não estava com SPS alugado e não fazia parte do meu focus, sigo contente com as recompensas pois acredito no potencial do token SPS. Tanto é que comprei mais 7,000 SPS para integrar minha carteira. Acredito ter feito um bom investimento, que vai me dar retorno dentro e fora do jogo.
Segue o link da batalha: https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_5a3e28f8890122735b6e8c9bb10cedde
Então é isso, galera! Espero que tenham gostado da batalha, das escolhas das cartas e caso tenham alguma dúvida ou sugestão, estarei atento para ouvi-las. Obrigado e até a próxima!
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