This battle shows how strong a defensive monster can be when used correctly. Instead of trying to out damage the opponent, this monster focuses on surviving longer and protecting the whole team. Bellowmancer plays a big role here because it forces attacks into one place. You know a monster is good when a lot of players are using it and you just encounter it in your battles everyday.
Bellowmancer is very annoying for the opponent to deal with. With high armor and good health, it can sit there and take hits while the rest of the team does the work. This is the kind of monster that wins games by letting your team do their work. In longer battles, this is good especially if you have abilities like Repair and Heal to keep Bellowmancer alive to tank for your team.
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Bellowmancer is a strong defensive monster that excels at protecting the backline. With Taunt, Shield, Reveal and Void Armor combined, it becomes very hard to kill, even against teams with mixed damage. This monster is clearly a tank, not a main damage dealer. He can contribute on the damage but not enough to carry the team. Its magic damage is low but that is not the main reason you use it. The real value comes from forcing the opponent to waste attacks on it while your damage dealers stay safe. Bellowmancer also works well with healers and monsters with repair making it even harder to bring down in long fights.
Taunt is the core ability that makes Bellowmancer useful. It forces most attacks to target this monster instead of your backline. This protects your damage dealers from Sneak, Snipe and Opportunity. Taunt also messes with the opponent’s targeting and often stops their planned strategy. When combined with strong defense abilities, Taunt becomes very annoying to deal with.
Shield halves melee and ranged damage which greatly increases Bellowmancer’s survivability. Since this monster already has high armor, Shield makes melee and range damage much less effective. This works perfectly with Taunt because many attacks will be redirected here. Opponents relying on melee heavy teams will struggle to kill this monster. Shield helps Bellowmancer last long enough for your team to win.
Reveal removes Camouflage from opponent monsters allowing them to be targeted. This is more useful in higher leagues where Camouflage is more common. It provides good utility and helps deal with sneaky backline threats with Camouflage ability. While it may not matter much in lower leagues, it can be game changing in the right matchup. Reveal can directly shut down the effect of Empower ability to stop the increased damage.
Void Armor ability allows magic damage to hit armor first instead of health. This is very strong on Bellowmancer because it already has high armor. When combined with Taunt, teams focused on magic damage will struggle to burn through its defenses. This also works well if you have a monster with Repair letting armor come back again and again. Void Armor ability is one of the reasons Bellowmancer is so hard to kill at max level.
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Bellowmancer is very strong for its mana cost in my opinion. It's very common to see me and the opponent both have Bellowmancer since you can use him in almost any build. In this battle, my opponent lost because of a difference in strategy. I was using a full mage build since the other build I have which is with Raja Ratajowlski doesn't have good units with Shades of Gray modifier. So, the opponent focused on armor and repair while my team just completely ignored it. If I were focusing on melee and range, I might've lost this battle but I wasn't so they lost.
Bellowmancer is a tanky and supportive monster built to protect the team while staying hard to kill by his own stats and abilities. With high armor and good health, it can sit in any position due to his magic damage and pull attacks from the opponent keeping your damage monsters safe. Its combination of Taunt, Shield and Void Armor makes it especially difficult for opponents to break through, whether they rely on melee, range or magic damage. This monster is not a main damage dealer but it contributes by absorbing hits and forcing opponents into bad trades.
In addition to surviving, Bellowmancer offers some support through Reveal which exposes Camouflage monsters and makes targeting easier for your team. This can also directly stop Empower ability which requires the unit to be in Camouflage to work but not a lot of players use monsters with that ability. Its other abilities, though, work together naturally, letting it last longer and protect the backline effectively. Battles with Bellowmancer often shows how a well-positioned defensive monster can control the pace of the fight. Remember to keep this monster towards the edge of your positions in case your opponents decided to be trigger happy with Blast ability.
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