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Card Highlights #16: Muspelheim Demon

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Kneel, insignificant mortals, and let your new ruler be revealed.
by Azmodan from Diablo III
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Since I miss the good 'ol demon, Yodin Zaku, I searched around if there's any Rebellion unit that would complement him. I was not expecting it but I actually find quite a lot. Today, we'll be focusing on a normally unused unit named, "Muspelheim Demon."

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Lore

Muspelheim demons are just one of the many demons under the archfiend Barashkukor that swore fealty to Silus of the Rift and his legions of Chaos after their infernal realm was consumed by the dark god Uul. Now, they serve as brutal instruments of terror in Barashkukor’s legion of demons, turning foes to ashes in pursuit of the Chaos Empire’s—and the archfiend’s—interests.

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Buy and Rental Costs

Muspelheim Demon is not that bad unless you are going for a higher level. A level 1 can be bought for $0.29 and a level 2, which unlocks you True Strike, costs just around $1.

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You can see for yourself if you want first if you like it. This unit can be rented for 1.18 DEC for a level 2 and unlocks True Strike.

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Card Stats

Muspelheim Demon is decent. He has a decent health and damage for a 5 mana unit. Unfortunately, Blood Maker is also the same mana and stats except for an additional 2 speed so, clearly, he's a better choice.

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Card Effects

Scattershot

This Unit's attacks hit a random enemy target

Scattershot is a tricky ability. The only time I think it would be strong is if coupled with Blast ability or if the enemy unit has Taunt since it bypass Taunt.

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True Strike

This Unit's attacks cannot miss

Since Muspelheim Demon has low speed, True Strike is a good ability. It makes sure all the attacks hit and counts.

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Oppress

Does double damage when attacking an enemy that has no attacks

Oppress is also another good ability since it makes him able to one shot units like Merdaali Guardian if the Scattershot hits it.

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Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths
Muspelheim Demon's strength comes from the abilities and how good it is with Blast and how the ability can pass through Taunt. With Scattershot and Blast, he can eliminate the low health enemy early.

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Weaknesses
Muspelheim Demon's weakness is because it's too reliant to Yodin Zaku to be strong. When he is paired with Yodin Zaku, he's one of the strongest, but when not, he's one of the weakest and that inconsistency is very bad unless you have bought Yodin Zaku for yourself. Renting Yodin Zaku regularly is quite expensive and it can drain your budget.

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When To Use

Going the Distance

Only units with ranged attacks may be used.

Since Muspelheim Demon is a range unit, it makes sense that this is a rule set for him. Also, there are only a few good units with range attacks in Fire element.

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Equalizer

The initial Health of all Units is equal to that of the Units on either team with the highest base Health.

In Equalizer, damage is the priority and with Muspelheim Demon's high base range damage coupled with double damage from Oppress, Equalizer is a good rule for him.

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Keep Your Distance

Units with Melee attack may not be used in battles.

Same as Going the Distance, since he's unaffected by this rule, it would be a good addition to your team especially with Yodin Zaku.

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When Not To Use

Lost Legendaries

Legendary Units may not be used in battles.

While Muspelheim Demon is unaffected in this rule set, Yodin Zaku is unusable in Lost Legendaries. This means he won't be as strong since Muspelheim Demon's Scattershot will not have a proper combo.

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Aim True

Melee and Ranged attacks always hit their target.

Muspelheim Demon already has True Strike which has the same effect of Aim True. This rule set makes that ability useless which means you're down one less ability for him.

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Equal Opportunity

All Units have the Opportunity ability.

In Equal Opportunity, everyone has Opportunity that targets the units with the lowest Health. Since Muspelheim Demon has low health, he is an easy target for Opportunity.

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Battle Sample

^{https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_85116e23b5366326c4cecccd85a63d56}

This battle made the Scattershot-Blast combo shine. You can see that the enemy Helheim Demon was useless in this battle. The taunt doesn't really work on Scattershot and that's the reason why Moxian Rebel and Scavo Hireling dies as early as Round 1.

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Final Thoughts

Muspelheim Demon might not be the strongest unit but it's one of the most interesting.

I made a post before about Blood Maker and I was astounded at the number of similarities between that and this unit. Just like Blood Maker, this unit is not really that strong unless you have it combo'ed with the right summoner but if you can use Yodin Zaku, he's one of the best unit there is in Rebellion Set.

You can read my post for Blood Maker in this link: @kpgamingch/card-highlights-12-blood-maker

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