As I've been leveling up my accounts, I've found I really wanted this chart, so I thought I would make one for you. As monsters level up, they gain abilities, and some of these are extremely important - attack for Swamp Thing and Goblin Shaman, Heal for Flesh Golem, Blast for Fire Demon, and so on. Knowing where those abilities come in is very important for deciding how to level up your teams. Since leveling up always begins with your summoner, I've decided to group new abilities by rare summoner level. To keep this from being huge, I'll split it into separate posts by splinter.
| Card | Ability |
|---|---|
| Goblin Sorcerer | Sneak |
| Wood Nymph | Tank Heal |
| Stone Golem | Shield |
| Stonesplitter Orc | Retaliate |
| Mushroom Seer | Silence |
| Swamp Thing | Weakness |
| Spirit of the Forest | Flying |
| Spirit of the Forest | Snipe |
| Card | Level | Ability |
|---|---|---|
| Flesh Golem | 3 | Heal |
| Swamp Thing | 2 | Ranged Attack |
| Card | Level | Ability |
|---|---|---|
| Rexxie | 4 | Trample |
| Minotaur Warrior | 4 | Piercing |
| Spirit of the Forest | 2 | Tank Heal |
| Card | Level | Ability |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Elemental | 4 | Heal |
| Card | Level | Ability |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Nymph | 6 | Strengthen |
| Stone Golem | 5 | Stun |
| Stonesplitter Orc | 5 | Enrage |
| Mushroom Seer | 5 | Poison |
| Swamp Thing | 4 | Slow |
| Spirit of the Forest | 3 | Protect |
| Card | Level | Ability |
|---|---|---|
| Flesh Golem | 7 | Void |
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As we saw before with Water, Earth's abilities are clumped together at Summoner Level 5. But unlike Water, a lot of those abilities are marginal; Mushroom Seer's Poison and Spirit's Protect are very useful, but this isn't a flood of effectiveness the way it was for blue. Key abilities are scattered throughout the early levels, making Earth one of the best teams to consistently level through the early game. Two of the most important abilities arrive at Summoner Level 2: Flesh Golem's self-heal, and Swamp Thing's attack. At Level 3 Spirit of the Forest's Tank Heal ability combined with the Flesh Golem makes it very difficult to kill, especially if you can also fit in Wood Nymph. At Level 4 Earth Elemental's self-heal and high HP make it a very good defender against Sneak or Snipe.
However, once we pass the midgame, Earth's gains come only in statistics. Flesh Golem's Void at Level 6 is very useful in continuing the super-tank theme, but both Summoner Levels 7 and 8 come with no new abilities, partly because Spirit maxes out at level 3 and only gains additional attack at level 4.
Strategy here is clearly to be aggressive in building Earth decks early, as it gains significant advantages at each early level, but perhaps make it less of a priority as you reach higher levels, because most of its effectiveness is already in place.
