Hello Splinterfam...
It is once again time to uncover the battle mage's secret for this week's challenge...
Let's try to leave no stone unturned as I unravel one of the many ways to claim victory when bows and arrows cannot be used in the heat of a battle.

Kindly spare a moment of your precious time and see what secret lies ahead...

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BROKEN ARROWS
Ranged attack Monsters may not be used in battles.

A high HP first monster with Void ability will deal with both melee and magic. Give your tank a back up with a tank heal support. Using Thorns or Magic Reflect is also very useful in this rule set. Defend against either Magic or Melee attacks by using the right summoner and then use monsters' abilities to deal with the other attack type

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HEALED OUT
All healing abilities are removed from Monsters and Summoners.

You can skip monsters and summoners having Affliction. Life Leech is not impacted by this ruleset

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EARTHQUAKE
Non-flying Monsters take 2 Melee damage at the end of each round.

Using monsters with Flying or Heal is the trick for this ruleset, but if you are unable to choose such monsters, use monsters that have high HP and high damage. Don't keep heal units up front. Shield has a very important role. Using Brighton Bloom as summoner can help in this ruleset. Keep monsters with Flying in last positions when Earthquake has done enough damage to both sides

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Please click the image above if you wish to see the actual battle

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>---śŰḾḾŐŃÉŔ: QŰíXTHÉ DÉVíŐŰś--- >

I used this monster as my summoner mainly to gain speed advantage against the opposing enemy monster. Second reason is I'm going to use it to summon some powerful monsters as counter to the Earthquake ruleset. With many ruleset taking effect at once in a high level battle, having a speed advantage, no matter how slight, is essential. In a battle where healing is not an option, having the chance to take first strike is a must since more often than not a battle is decided by whoever gets to take the first blood. This summoner will grant me the speed advantage I am looking for.

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>---DJíŃŃ ĆHẂÁĹÁ--- >

Following some key points to remember when Broken Arrows is in the ruleset, I used Djinn Chwala as my Tank since it has high HP and a decent amount of armor as well. While it is weak against magic attackers, its thorns will surely deal some damages to a melee monster which targeted it.

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>---ĆÁŔŃÁǴÉ TíTÁŃ--- >

This monster is my second pick since like my Tank it also has high health and high amount of armor as well. With its Reach ability it can target and attack the enemy's Tank. Furthermore it has Double Strike ability wherein it can attack its target twice each round. I say it is a perfect monster to be placed in the 2nd Slot since it can serve as a great back-up to my main tank should the enemy monster be able to kill it.

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>---ĆHÁŐś DŔÁǴŐŃ--- >

I have always used this monster in a high mana battle since it can cause a massive damage to its target as well as to the monsters adjacent to it, thanks to its Blast ability. It disregards any monsters with Taunt ability and just shoots off its magical power to wherever it sets its eyes on. I placed it in 3rd Slot in anticipation that the opponent will use the same monster as well...and the middle of the line-up seems to be its favorite attack point.

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>---ÁDÉĹÁDÉ BŔíǴHTẂíŃǴ--- >

I picked this monster mainly due to its Repair ability. With Earthquake ruleset my melee or non-flying monsters will take 2 damage after each round. Adelade Brightwing should at least be able to repair some of the armor of ally monsters to avoid some direct physical attack of enemy monsters. Anything that can prolong a life of an ally monster in the battlefield is an essential and should be included in the line-up.

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>---VŐíD DŔÁǴŐŃ--- >

I picked Void Dragon and included in the line-up as well since I'm also anticipating some magic users in the opponent's line-up. This monster is tough one to crack when its opponent is a magic user due to its Void ability. Its high health makes up for its lack of decent magical firepower. Although it's got low firepower I picked it in consideration to the Earthquake ruleset due to its Flying ability same as the two monsters that precedes it.

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>---DJíŃŃ ŔÉŃŐVÁ--- >

The last monster to be picked is this powerful lady. Djinn Renova boasts a powerful magical power as well. She is sure to deal some major damage to the point of obliterating the target after some rounds. She can also grant ally monsters with an additional health points which is sure to be so useful as well.

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Upon seeing the monsters taking the battlefield, what I initially thought was that the incoming battle wasn't going to be an easy win since the opponent used a most sought Immortalis. My monster's armor will prove worthless against the Shatter ability which it grants to its ally monsters.

The 1st Round started with an attack from the fastest monster in my team but you can clearly see that it did not do any damage at all since the enemy monsters are granted Void ability by their summoner. The fastest among the enemy monsters followed through with an attack to my Tank directly hitting its health and shattering its armor.

The exchange of damaging blows went on until all the able monsters in the field has taken its turn to attack.
Adelade Brightwing has faithfully done her duty in restoring or repairing my Tank's armor but it proves meaningless in front a monster granted by Shatter ability.

The 1st Round ended with both my Tank and the opponent's barely clinging to life. One shot from each side or an Earthquake ruleset taking effect will surely kill it without a doubt.

Let us proceed to Round 2.
This round started by an Earthquake damaging the armors/health of all non-flying monsters. This results in my **Tank dying off since her armor is shattered earlier by an attack from Queen Mycelia of the opposing team. Adelade Brightwing once again did her duty and revive my Tank with full armor and 1unit health point which then immediately died again since it was attacked by a magic user monster from an enemy team. This circumstance wasted Adelade's effort...😩😩😩
I now have only 5monsters left

It was also in the middle phase of this round that the enemy monster's Tank was killed and removed from the battlefield. This makes it even for both sides having only 5monsters left. The power gap between the two teams only began to grow as more monsters leave the battlefield.

The 3rd and 4th Round was no different from the round that precedes it. Non-flying monsters were dying off due to the shaking grounds as an effect of the Earthquake ruleset. In Round 4 the two team's power gap is more visible than ever. My team's combined health points is almost twice that of the opponent and the attacking power is way more powerful.

Even after Djinn Renova is killed due to shaking grounds my team still has a decisive advantage.

The battle lasted for a total of 7 Rounds. It lasted long only because of the ability Void granted by the summoner Immortalis. The battle went on as my team slowly chips away all their is for the opponent to hope for.

My choosing of **Void Dragon this time was a failure or useless since it did not contribute anything in my victory. I played safe in choosing it because it has a Flying ability as a counter to Earthquake ruleset. Should I have chosen Magi of Chaos I would have seized victory far more easier and earlier although it would have died due to the Earthquake. In a sense I and my opponent have both chosen a monster that did not contribute anything at all. The only saving grace from my line-up was I had chosen a more powerful monsters with an additional ability like Thorns, Blast, and Revive. Repair was also useless in front of Immortalis so I cannot give it any credit.

That's all for my entry regarding this week's challenge.
Hope you liked my entry.
Thank you for reading...