Splinterlands Weekly Battle Challenge - Spineback Turtle
Hey folks ๐ Graham here.
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 monster called Spineback Turtle.
Spineback Turtles live around the edges of the Dark Water, in the inner seas of ฮZMฮRร. They can breathe air, but the incredibly harsh climate of the Water Splinter makes the recesses of the deep more comfortable. They are generally gentle creatures, but when roused to battle,they are shockingly difficult to destroy.
This is a great monster which i had not paid much attention too but i never realized it gained one of my favourite abilities Thorns!! I decided to rent a level 10!
Edition: ALPHA/BETA
Rarity: Common
Element: Water
Attack: Melee
Abilities: Thorns at level 4
Has an upper cap of 2
Summoner Mylor Crowling gives this ability to every friendly monster at the start of a battle which makes him my favourite summoner!
Battle Info
This is a 29 Mana level battle with all splinters allowed except Death.
I have 6 cards in this battle against 6!
Fire vs Death
Ruleset = Healed Out + Equaliser
Healed Out = All healing abilities are removed from Monsters and Summoners.
Equaliser = The initial Health of all Monsters is equal to that of the Monster on either team with the highest base Health.
My strategy is simple. I will be playing mt standard Alric lineup but i am replacing my sea monsted tank with Spineback Turtle. Hopefully this will gain a lot of extra health due to the equaliser ruleset making him a formidable tank!
Battle Line Up
This is a great water summoner and with his +1 Magic buff he can wipe the floor with most enemies.
This monster only really gets interesting above level 4!
This is a great magic attack monster with some really impressive stats when it is levelled up.
It also has 2 great abilities. Strengthen + Flying
This is another great magic attack card i always use with Alric particularly since he has the Blast ability!
This is here to provide the Tank Heal ability.
At the rear we have creeping ooze to slow down the enemy.
Deeplurker is here to provide melee atack back up from the rear.
Battle Walkthrough
As the warriors enter the arena we get our first look at the enemy. It looks like he has a lot of Gold but they are mostly common!
Round 1 begins with my Spineback Turtle destroying Gelatinous Cube after taking a - 4 hit from Deeplurker!
Round 2 begins with me losing my Deeplurker monster! The emies current tank Peaceful Giant is then killed by Sea Genie and Ruler of the Seas!
Halfway through this round my Sea Genie kills Sandworm
In round 4 we see creeping ooze bieng killed by Sea Genie and Ruler of the Seas
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Halfway through this round we seeelven Cuthroat being killed by Spineback turtles thorns!
Kobold Miner is quickly destroyed by Sea Genie and Ruler of the Seas ensuring victory.
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.
โฎ๏ธ Graham.