Hello everyone! 馃槃
Today I鈥檓 going to talk about Chaos Knight for the Share Your Battle Weekly Challenge! To be honest, I usually don鈥檛 choose Life Splinter and when I do, I rarely pick Chaos Knight to be my Tank because there are better combos with other cards, such as: Lorna Shine/Tyrus Paladium + Silvershield Knight or Shieldbearer or General Sloane + Hero of Beyond. Besides that, sometimes I don鈥檛 even use a tank, putting Pelacor Conjurer (Magic Reflect) with Dax Paragon (Amplify) or Soul Fiend+Chaos Agent.
In other words: it is a very situational monster that can fit very well in specific Battle Rules Sets that I will describe below.
Ol谩, pessoal! 馃槃
Hoje vou falar sobre o Chaos Knight para o Share Your Battle Weekly Challenge! Para ser honesto, eu normalmente n茫o utilizo essa carta, pois h谩 combos melhores, como: Lorna Shine/Tyrus Paladium + Silvershield Knight/Shieldbearer ou General Sloane + Hero of Beyond. Al茅m disso, 脿s vezes nem uso Tank colocando Pelacor Conjurer (Magic Reflect) com Dax Paragon (Amplify) ou Soul Fiend+Chaos Agent.
Em outras palavras: 茅 um monstro bem situacional que se encaixa bem em algumas Regras de Batalhas espec铆ficas que irei descrever logo abaixo.
Chaos Knight
Let's take a quick look on her atributes/abilities and usability.
Strengths: Good Damage (2鈿旓笍) and decent armor (3馃洝) since Level 1. Good counter against heavy melee strategy, such as: Fire Deck (Tarsa + Melee Monsters) or even against Mylor Crowling (Thorns) due to her Shield Ability.
Weakness: The Biggest problems of this monster are the low HP (4 鉂わ笍) and Low Speed (2 馃憿) at Level 1, altough she has Shield ability, Magic attacks will still be able to kill her pretty quickly. Moreover, I think the Mana cost x benefit isn't good at all for 6 Mana.
For莽as: Bom dano (2鈿旓笍) e armadura decente (3馃洝) desde o Level 1. Boa defesa contra estrat茅gias de dano corpo a corpo, como: Deck de Fogo (Tarsa + Monstros corpo a corpo) ou at茅 mesmo contra Mylor Crowling (Espinhos) pela habilidade de Escudo que ela possui.
Fraquezas: Os maiores problemas desse monstro s茫o o baixo HP (4 鉂わ笍) e baixa velocidade (2 馃憿) no Level 1, embora tenha a habilidade Escudo, danos m谩gicos ainda v茫o conseguir mat谩-la rapidamente. Al茅m disso, eu acredito que o custo x benef铆cio por 6 de Mana n茫o 茅 nada bom.
Battle Rule Sets
Good Choice: Aim True (Slow Speed won't be a problem to hit the Target); Lost Magic (The opponent can hit only with Melee or Ranged monsters becoming very hard to kill her if she still receives some support such as Repair or Tank Heal); Weak Magic; Super Sneak; Equal Opportunity and Earthquake.
Boa Escolha: Aim True (Baixa Velocidade n茫o ser谩 problema para acertar o alvo); Lost Magic (O advers谩rio s贸 poder谩 atacar com dano Corpo a Corpo ou 脿 Dist芒ncia tornando-a muito dif铆cil de matar se ela ainda receber ajuda de habilidades como Reparar ou Cura); Weak Magic; Super Sneak, Equal Opportunity e Earthquake.
Bad Choice: Unprotected, Noxious Fumes and Back To Basics.
M谩 Escolha: Unprotected, Noxious Fumes and Back To Basics.
Position: I think the best positions to use are 1, 2 (In Equal Opportunity or as a second Tank) or 6 (on Super Sneak).
Posi莽茫o: As melhores posi莽玫es para colocar s茫o: 1, 2 (Em Equal Opportunity ou como Tank secund谩rio) ou 6 (em Super Sneak).
Counters: Monsters with Magic, Blind, Demoralize and Shatter.
Contra-Ataque: Monstros com Dano M谩gico, habilidade Blind, Demoralize e Shatter.
The Battle!
I had to choose between two battles: one with a Good Combination+Positioning with a flawless victory (6x0) or one that I forced the combination to put the Chaos Knight with a more surprising end and hard to predict the result. Well, I chose the latter one!
Eu tive que escolher entre duas batalhas: uma que eu coloquei uma boa combina莽茫o+posicionamento conseguindo uma vit贸ria perfeita (6x0) ou uma que eu forcei a combina莽茫o colocando o Chaos Knight com um final mais surpreendente e dif铆cil de prever o resultado. Bem, eu escolhi a segunda op莽茫o!
In this Match, only Fire, Earth, Life and Death splinters were available with 46 Mana Cap + Broken Arrows (No Monster with Ranged was available) and Healed Out (No Type of Healing was allowed)
Nessa Batalha somente Splinters de Fogo, Terra, Vida e Morte estavam dispon铆veis com 46 Mana Cap + Broken Arrows (Nenhum monstro 脿 Dist芒ncia dispon铆vel) e Healed Out (Nenhum tipo de cura permitido).
The Strategy/Lineup
Summoner: I thought that the +1 Armor of Tyrus Paladium would be very important in a High Mana Battle taking into account that the mages have 0 armor (Time Mage and Adelade).
The Main Tank: Legionnaire Alvar was picked because I was pretty sure that my opponent would pick some Magic Monsters since there were no Ranged Units available. Furthermore, in high Mana Cap it was very likely that he could choose a monster that would fit as a Giant Monster (10+ Mana) such as Grum Flameblade, Magnor, Dark Ha'on or Uriel The Purifier.
Secondary Tank: Chaos Knight!To be honest, I didn't think it was the best idea, but at least she would survive a little bit longer against heavy melee strategy.
Position 3: Sand Worm, a monster with good damage to kill the backline.
Position 4 and 5: Life units in general are very slow, so Time Mage helps in this matter. Adelade Brightwing would be a good support for the two tanks repairing and dealing damage as well.
Position 6: Shieldbearer was the distraction with Taunt, so the mages wouldn't be targeted.
Invocador: Eu acreditava que o +1 de Armor do Tyrus Paladium seria bastante importante numa batalha de Mana Cap alto, levando em conta que os Magos tem zero de armadura (Time Mage e Adelade).
Tank Principal: Legionnaire Alvar foi escolhido, porque eu estava bastante confiante de que meu oponente iria escolher Monstros com Dano M谩gico j谩 que unidades com ataque a dist芒ncia n茫o estavam dispon铆veis. Ademais, em batalha com Mana Cap alta era bem capaz dele escolher monstros que se encaixariam como Monstro Gigante (10+ Mana) como o Grum, Magnor, Dark Ha'on e Uriel.
Tank Secund谩rio: Chaos Knight! Para ser sincero, n茫o achava que seria a melhor estrat茅gia, mas pelo menos ela iria sobreviver um pouco mais contra uma estrat茅gia de corpo a corpo pesado.
Posi莽茫o 3: Sand Worm, um monstro com bom dano para destruir a linha de tr谩s.
Posi莽玫es 4 e 5: As unidades de Vida geralemnte s茫o devagar, ent茫o Time Mage ajudaria nesse quesito. Adelade Brightwing seria um bom suporte para os dois tanques reparando a armadura e causando dano tamb茅m.
Posi莽茫o 6: Shieldbearer era a distra莽茫o com Taunt, assim os magos n茫o seriam atacados.
Before the end of the 2nd round I had already lost Shieldbearer and didn't kill a single monster of the opponent. In the 3rd round everything stayed the same (5 vs 6)
In the end of the 4th Round I thought everything was lost, Legionnaire, Chaos Knight and Adelade was killed and the opponent still had 4 monsters against 2 of mine. So, I clicked on "Skip To Results" and I noticed that I won the battle. I was like "Wait, what???". Then I watched the replay and understood what happened.
Antes do final do 2掳 Turno eu j谩 havia perdido o Shieldbearer e n茫o tinha matado sequer um monster do oponente. No 3掳 Turno as coisas continuaram iguais (5 vs 6)
No final do 4掳 Turno j谩 havia perdido as esperan莽as, Legionnaire, Chaos Knight e Adelade foram mortos e o advers谩rio ainda tinha 4 monstros contra 2 meus. Ent茫o, cliquei em "Pular para os resultados" e percebi que tinha vencido a batalha. Eu fiquei "O queeee, como?!". Ent茫o assisti o Replay e entendi o que aconteceu.
In the beginning of the 5th round Time Mage killed Boogeyman making the disavantage to 2 vs 3 and Sand Worm of the opponent missed the attack on Time Mage! While mine ended with Undead Priest.
In round 7 Time Mage finished with Life Sapper and I finally had the edge in numbers: 2x1! My 1 Armor allowed Sand Worm to survive against the attack in Round 8 and the rest you can watch in the replay!
No in铆cio do 5掳 Turno Time Mage matou o Boogey Man diminuindo a desvantagem para 2 vs 3 .
No 7掳 Turno Time Mage acabou com o Life Sapper e finalmente est谩vamos em vantagem em rela莽茫o a n煤meros: 2x1! Meu 1 de armor permitiu que meu Sand Worm sobrevivesse ao ataque no Turno 8 e o resto 茅 hist贸ria!
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