Yet the strange ones remain. I couldn’t resist this pun – all Splinterlands monsters are either strange or odd, or most likely both combined. Anyways, I don’t consider the two rulesets that leave out half of your deck much special. They are not such game-changers, at least compared to most of the other rulesets that require you to adapt your strategy. Under Even Stevens modification, I play sort of the same as under the common ruleset. The game I want to share with you, however, came up with two more modifications that affected my strategy and made me pick a summoner I rarely play. The more important rules were Tis but Scratches and What Doesn’t Kill You. Those two combined needs you to be faster than a toilet stop in rattlesnake country.
With 19 mana cap and an urgent need for speed, Kelya Frendul is the summoner you should go for. I generally prefer summoners that grant some extra abilities, but in this case, the speed and armor buffs were the way to go.
Torrent Fiend usually watches my back, and when everything goes well, it manages to survive. I tend to use it as a bait for sneaking monsters. This time, it stood as a rather unusual tank. And it did great, I must admit.
I am not sure if djinns are born. If so, Djinn Oshannus was born for such battles. Its great speed enhanced by Kelya Frendul’s buff, an extra armor point, and Phase and Enrage combined make it a true killing machine that can avoid almost any physical or magical attack. Moreover, some magic attacks can’t hurt it at all.
Coral Wrath is a card you can hardly block. Resisting a sneaking monster that deals 2 magic damage in a 19-mana cap game is almost impossible unless you have a magic attack debuff. That wasn’t the case so Coral Wrath eliminated the rear two monsters in two rounds.
Under Enrage ruleset, you expect monsters to become very aggressive. Having Halfling Alchemist on your side gives you at least some chance to blunt the offensive power of your adversaries. A great value for mere 2 mana points.
Both my opponent and I approached the battle with the same strategy. We both wanted to outpace the other and hinged our hopes on a single card that would ultimately prove decisive. If my opponent placed Igor Darkspear to the last position, I would have more trouble defeating the pack. Otherwise, the set was very well chosen and it could face almost any melee or ranged monsters likely wiping them out. Fortunately, I opted out for magic strikers that ignored my opponent’s armor buff and did not mind the overwhelming speed of enraged Kelp Initiative and Deeplurker.
I’ve shared battles in which superior strategy granted victory. This time, it was more about cards, and I chose better ones than my opponent while playing a very similar strategy.
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