Equal Opportunity ruleset could turn into a poker face battle. It is almost identical to Melee Mayhem ruleset, with the exception that the attack will hit card with the lowest health. Players will need to focus on distributing the health to direct the incoming attack from hitting the most vital cards. Usually the main damage-dealer Striker will have lower health than the Tanker, and therefor become vulnerable target. But this ruleset could upend the battle when Martyr or Redemption are used to expect such attack.
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1. High damage card with no access to strike other than the front row, will have chances to attack while being covered in the back-row. | 1. Your opponent could have greated control over your formation targeting by easily set up tiered health starting from the lowest. |
2. Abliity which increase frequency of attack (such as Double Strike, Ambush, and Blast) would be preferrable to quikcly dissipate the low health card set as cannon fodder |
So here we have the battle experience with Equal Opportunity as the ruleset. Click BATTLE LINK to see how the battle run.
The battle has a maximum 27 mana cap, with Equal Opportunity and Heavy Hitters as the rulesets; while all Splinter are allowable except for Death Splinter.
This battle quickly turn into a shit-show mainly because both of us are having Martyr as our cannon fodder. For my formation I used Underboss Fabino to capitalize on the +2 melee damage. Then I just focus on a few powerful cards to lead the battle. My first choice would be Mycelia Infantry which I choose for its Shield ability. And then there is Venari Marksrat set up as cannon fodder with its Martyr. Then there is Endless Ape in the 3rd row which should deal damage while accumulating for Scavenger. Last but not least is Fungus Flinger with its Martyr. I expect both Venari and Fungus will be able to contribute damage while their last.
In the opposite side, my opponent decided to bring Kelya Frendul with its speed and armor buff which further boosted with Protect from Venari Wavesmith. My opponent also go with a handful of high mana card mainly magic cards which certainly will be effective against my formation. Other than that there's a scattered cannon fodder placed in between the main cards, one of which is Venari Marksrat.
I think I pull the wrong strategy here by deploying formation with low frequency on attack. With better initiatives my opponent able to strike right into Venari Marksrat which trigger its Martyr and supposed to be a good news. But with this I lost a card neeeded to quickly bring down the cannon fodder. What make it worse, Fungus Flinger missed its attack Torrent Fiend. What matter more is my Mycelic Infantry also sustain several damage which would hold only to 3rd round.
The battle open with Fungus Flinger meet its demise. But with it, Endless Ape gained the buff needed to strike into Torrent Fiend. Mycelic Infantry now down to its 3 health. Its a long way to go mainly due to the armor needed to be penetrated.
Finally Mycelic Infantry meets its demise when Venari Wavesmith cast its magic right into its final health. Now Endless Ape have to step up to the frontline and take down Djinn Oshannus as soon as possible. Fortunately the 6 damage attack managed to break down Djinn armor for good.
Round 4 really put extra pressure unto Endless Ape. A total of 5 magic damage casted by Djinn Oshannus, Riverboat Captain, and Venari Wavesmith delivered into Ape. But Endless Ape successfully deliver 6 damage right into Djinn Oshannus despite the higher speed. Only a single blow and Djinn will gone for good.
The major obstacle in this battle is the low act order of my formation which ended on Djinn Oshannus make a strike right before Endless Ape got chances to shut it out. Now Endless Ape ended the round with 4 health remaining in the mercy of additional from scavenging Djinn.
The battle is certain defeat for my formation with Endless Ape down to 1 health and still got a long way to bring down Riverboat Captain. It was an unfortunate battle, but more of improper strategy.
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