I would like to share one of my favorite battles using DEMENTED SHARK. He is a Monster from Water splinter. Nowadays, he still been used by many players because of his stats and Inspire ability.
CARD INFO
Edition
Rarity
Element
Attack
Mana Size
Starter Card
Reward
Common
Water
Melee
6
No
ABILITY
Card Level Required
Ability
Remark
1
Infinity
Gives all friendly Monsters +1 Melee attack.
6
Thorns
When hit with a Melee attack, does damage back to the attacker.
STATS
BATTLE
RULE SET
Super Sneak All Melee attack Monsters have the Sneak ability.
Lost Legendaries Legendary Monsters may not be used in battles.
Mana Capacity 30
Available Splinter Fire, Water, Earth, & Dragon
MY LINEUP
Card Image
Buff
Element
Strategy
+1 Armor +1 Speed
Water
Based on the enemy's previous battles and splinter options, I can predict the enemy will use a Fire splinter with Yodin Zaku as Summoner. I decide to use Water Splinter and Kelya Frendul as the Summoner. All of my Monsters will get 1 armor from Kelya's buff. Armors are really needed if against the blast effect from Yodin Zaku's buff. Armors from Kelya's buff are not enough against the blast effect so I will use a Monster that has Protect ability which will grant my Monsters 2 additional armors. Kelya also grants +1 Speed to Friendly Monsters so they have a chance to avoid attack from enemy Monsters.
Position
Name
Card Image
Ability
Strategy
1st
Diemonshark
Trample
The best tank that I have in the Water splinter. He has great stats as a tank and a new meta from Chaos Legion edition. He has Trample ability which could perform next attack if could kill the enemy Monster.
2nd
Demented Shark
Infinity
I choose Demented Shark to increase the Melee attack of Diemonshark and Deeplurker. He could attack from the second position since the ruleset is Super Sneak. I put him in the second position to withstand the blast effect as he will have more armor than Deeplurker.
3rd
Deeplurker
Opportunity
The best Melee attacker that I have in the Water Splinter. I believe the enemy will use mostly Ranged attack Monsters and the Monsters usually have low health. Deeplurker has Opportunity ability which targets the enemy Monsters with the lowest health. Deeplurker will have 5 Melee attacks in the battle due to Demented Shark's buff.
4th
Venari Wavesmith
Protect
He has low attacks but he has an important ability that is needed in this battle which is Protect ability. He will grant 2 additional armors to the friendly Monsters. My Monsters will get a total of 3 armors ( including Kelya's buff ) in the battle.
5th
Albatross
Flying
No attack monster and has a duty to cover and protect Venari Wavesmith from Sneak attacks. He may avoid the attack if the attacker is non-flying Monsters.
ROUND 1
The enemy used the Fire splinter and Yodin Zaku as expected. He used lineups as follows:
Position
Summoner
Monster
Rarity
Level
-
Yodin Zaku
-
Legendary
1
1st
-
Cerberus
Rare
2
2nd
-
Scavo Firebolt
Rare
1
3rd
-
Fire Beetle
Common
3
4th
-
Lava Spider
Common
3
5th
-
Fire Demon
Epic
2
6th
-
Serpentine Soldier
Rare
2
Round 1 started with buff and debuff process by both team as follows :
Summoner / Monster
Buff
Debuff/Nerf
Target
Yodin Zaku(S)
+1 Ranged attack, +1 Health & Blast ability
-
Opposing Monsters
Kelya Frendul(S)
+1 Armor & +1 Speed
-
My Monsters
Demented Shark(M)
+1 Melee attack
-
My Monsters
Venari Wavesmith(M)
+2 Armors
-
My Monsters
Summary of round 1 :
The both team exchanged attacks in the first half.
My Monsters ( Albatross and Diemonshark ) managed to avoid 3 attacks from enemy Monsters.
This is a big advantage for my Monsters because there will be no Blast effect if the attack misses. Thanks to the Kelya's buff ( +1 Speed ).
Diemonshark and Venari Wavesmith focus on attacking Cerberus while Demented Shark and Deeplurker focus on attacking Sepertine Spy. They managed to give damage but couldn't knock out them yet.
ROUND 2
Summary of round 2 :
Diemonshark managed to kill Cerberus at the beginning of the second round. He performs another attack on the next monster but unfortunately, he couldn't knock out him yet.
Venari Wavesmith and Deeplurker managed to kill Scavo Firebolt and Serpentine Spy.
From the enemy side, Sepertine Spy managed to kill Albatross and give 1 damage to the Venari Wavesmith due to the Blast effect.
Now the enemy only leaves 3 Ranged attack Monsters and one of them can't attack anymore because he is in the first position.
ROUND 3
Summary of round 3 :
My Monsters managed to kill Fire Beetle and Fire Demon at the beginning of the third round. They don't give the enemy Monsters a chance to attack.
The enemy only left Lava Spider and can't do much. He gets killed in the fourth round by Diemonshark.
Yes, my strategy works effectively. Everything works as it should.
Thanks to Kelya's buff and Venari Wavesmith's buff to make this strategy work to perfection.
Demented Shark also played a big role which increase the Melee attack of friendly Monsters so they can kill the enemy Monsters faster.
CONCLUSION
IMO, Demented Shark is a MUST have in our card collection. I have him at level 4 in my card collection.
He is ideally used in the battle with rulesets such as Super Sneak, Melee Mayhem, and Equal Opportunity. He is suitable to pair with Kelya as the Summoner.
Demented Shark can be played in the Modern format battle since he is a reward card from Untamed edition.
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CREDIT
Special thanks to :
carrieallen for the tutorial formatting.
rqr4 for the wonderful divider
Card images and battle from @Splinterlands
Thumbnail was made using @Canva
