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This is a game highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of Heavy Hitters rule of combat. Honestly, I don't like such rule of combat (and ability) because it requires a lot of preparation and also a lot of very specific interactions.

Also, while renting cards to use on this challenge, I noticed that there are a lot of monsters with Stun ability in Alpha and Beta series. Therefore, this Heavy Hitters rule of combat might be better if you are playing in Wild Format.

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Technowizologist

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Stats | Xenith Monk

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Xenith Monk's damage is very bad at 1 but his tankiness is not from his stats but from his abilities. The heal unlocks at early as level 2 but if you're looking for damage, you might want to look a level 5 Xenith Monk.

_Abilities

At level 2, Heal is unlocked. Heal restores a third of the monsters health at the start of his turn. The higher the max health of the monster, the higher the heal is as well.

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At level 5, Void is unlocked. Void halves all magic damage the monster gets. If the damage will be reduced lower than 1, the damage is negated.

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At level 8, Magic Reflect is unlocked. Magic Reflect returns half the magic damage it gets back to the attacker. I'll be honest though, I am not sure if the damage returned is before or after any damage reductions.

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Stats | Technowizologist

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Technowizologist is a monster I don't normally use. The reason is that he's a magic damage type and Fire Splinters are more melee focused type due to Tarsa.

Technowizologist has 2 magic damage, 2 speed, and 4 health at 6 mana cost. He also gains an extra magic damage starting at level 6.

Another thing I would say is I think if I am going to use this monster as a core monster, he would only be good when he's at level 8 unlocking the Camouflage ability. Otherwise, I don't see myself using this monster at all.

_Abilities

At level 1, Stun is unlocked. Monsters with Stun ability has a 50% chance of inflicting stunned status which skips the opponent's next turn. Abilities that happens at the start of their turn such as Heal is also skipped for that turn.

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At level 4, Fury is unlocked. Monsters with Fury ability deals double damage to enemies with Taunt ability.

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At level 8, Camouflage is unlocked. Monsters with Camouflage ability cannot be targetted by attacks unless they are in the first position. This is a very good ability if the monster has an ability that is worth protecting.

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Battle Highlights

Click the link below to see the full battle:

https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_fd004a81ab36e702055df90b84e60497

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

13 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 13 mana.

Broken Arrows Rules of Combat. Monsters with Range damage type are not allowed to be used during this battle.

Heavy Hitters Rules of Combat. Gives Knockout Ability to all monsters on the board that doubles damage to monsters under stunned status.

All elements unlocked except for water Elements. Summoners and Monsters from this element cannot be used during this battle.

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Abilities Used During This Battle

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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_{Monsters in RED are my opponent's. Those in BLUE are mine.}

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Round 4

Rounds 1, 2, 3, Technowizologist stunned Cursed Windeku for 3 turns.

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Technowizologist's attack killed Cursed Windeku.
2. Xenith Monk's attack killed Undead Badger.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Qid Yuff: Gives Piercing ability to all allies allowing you to inflict excess armor damage to health.

1. Xenith Monk: Has Heal at level 2 for self sustain. Very effective at low mana fights.
2. Technowizologist: Has Stun and Fury abilities. The Knockout Ability from the Heavy Hitters rule of combat only activates when an opponent is stunned. The Fury is just a bonus but not really effective at low mana fights.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. Technowizologist honestly saved my life in this game. He stunned Cursed Windeku three times saving me 6 total health in 3 turns. This allowed my Xenith Monk's Healability to regenerate health from the Thorns damage while dealing damage to Cursed Windeku.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

Qid Yuff to Tarsa. At this fight, having Qid Yuff doesn't really have any effect since Xenith Monk only has 1 damage and Technowizologist has magic damage type and passes through armor.

I used Qid Yuff here for the level. I didn't rent a high level Tarsa and the available is Qid Yuff. That's why I used Qid Yuff on this battle.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Xenith Monk and Technowizologist on Heavy Hitters Rule of Combat

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes and no. I like Technowizologist on this rule of combat because of Stun's weird mechanics. Stun has 50% chance of activating when hit. That's the keyword, "When hit." This means melee and range damage types that "can miss" have a lower chance of activating Stun ability. Magic damage, on the other hand, doesn't miss so it has higher chance of activating Stun.

Once stunned, that's the only time the Knock Out ability from Heavy Hitters rule of combat will activate doubling the damage taken of stunned targets.

Xenith Monk, on the other hand, benefits from the bonus damage. While it's not much, it's much better than nothing.

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