Splinterlands Weekly Battle Challenge - Elven Cutthroat - Thorns vs Thorns
Welcome to another Splinterlands Weekly Battle Challenge. Here is the original post if you want to enter a battle yourselves.
This week we are featuring the Common Neutral monster Elven Cutthroat.
Elves can be found living in many of the forests of the Splinterlands. They live in the trees, but come down often to collect resources from the forest floor. Though the elves are small and beautiful, they always have a seemingly endless supply of concealed knives, with which they are deadly accurate.
I have not used this card much as a only had a level 1 monster. I rented a level 4 today which definitely makes it worth using.
Edition: Beta
Rarity: Common
Element: Neutral
Attack: Melee
Abilities: Sneak
As you can see below this monster has some very interesting stats especially when you get to Level 4 and higher.
The Sneak ability can be very effective and I usually have a monster with this ability in all my battles. This allows a monster to attack the rear of the opponent's line up instead of the front.
When combined with a melee attack monster it can be deadly as it allows you to attack from any position instead of just the front.
Battle Info
This is a 44 mana level battle with only Water and Earth splinters allowed.
I have 6 cards in this battle against 6!
Earth vs Earth
Ruleset = Super Sneak - All Melee attack monsters have the Sneak ability allowing them to attack from any position
Battle Strategy + Line Up
My strategy for this battle is quite simple. Due to the Super Sneak ruleset there is a high chance my opponent will have extra melee attack monsters in their line up making it perfect to use Mylor Growling as my Summoner he grants the Thorns ability to all my monsters.
The Thorns ability means that when any of my monsters receive damage from a melee attack they inflict damage back on the attacker. This is quite fun too watch 😁
Mylor is my favorite Summoner and I have won many Battles using him with the help of the Thorns ability.
As as usually the case I have my all time favourite tank Goblin Mech up front. This Tank is very reliable and very hard to kill!
This is a really great melee attack monster with some impressive stats.
With her Tank Heal ability Wood Nymph will be critical to keep Goblin Mech alive throughout the Battle.
This monster will use the Sneak ability to provide melee attack support
My favorite psychedelic monster the Sporcerer will provide much needed magic attack support.
At the rear we have the mighty Sandworm with some pretty healthy stats at level 4. We have 6 attack points and 6 health making him a formidable opponent.
The Sandworm will use his Sneak attack to pick of the enemies from the rear!
At the rear we have massive support from the Nectar Queen.
Due to the Super Sneak rulset I can place this melee attack monster anywhere.
Battle Walkthrough
As the warriors enter the arena we get our first look at our opponent's line up. It looks like they are using a similar strategy as the also have Mylor Croaking for a Summoner. This might be a short battle but it should be eventful!!
If you look at the numbers my opponent only has level 1 monsters and I have higher level cards so I should be triumphant!
Round 1 begins with the featured monster Elven Cutthroat being killed after attacking the enemy and becoming a victim of the Thorns ability.
My Nectar Queen then destroys the Spirit Miner and Sandworm takes out the enemies Wood Nymph which is essential!
Sadly Nectar Queen is killed by Oaken Behemoth at the start of this round.
Halfway through round 2 Sandworm kills Khymer Princess but is destroyed himself by the Thorns!
This round ends with Sorcerer destroying Unicorn Mustang.
In round 3 victory is assured when Goblin Mech obliterates the Oaken Behemoth. However he is then killed by Nectar Queen before my remaining monsters destroy it.
This was a very enjoyable battle to watch and I would use this card again in a similar line up.
If you sign up with my Referral Link and purchase the Summoner's Spellbook i will delegate you 5 cards to help you get started. At least one of these will be rare or higher.
Peace, G.