Overview
The new Weekly ruleset Challenge is an amazing twist that I am enjoying so far and I hope there will be twists like that in the future to keep this Challenge's fresh. 😁
This week the ruleset is the Briar Patch, which means that all units receive the Thorns ability at the start of the battle. Enemy units that use melee attacks receive damage back.
- Damage returned is equal to damage of the attacker divided by 2, rounded up.
- Melee attack units with the Reflection Shield ability do not take damage from thorns.
- The Amplify ability increases damage.
The upcoming Battle ruleset
| Ruleset | Description |
|---|---|
| Briar Patch | All units receive the Thorns ability at the start of the battle. Enemy units that use melee attacks receive damage back. |
| Lost Legendaries | Legendary Monsters may not be used in battles. |
The mana cap for my next battle was 43, which is quite a comfortable range, because it allows me to use whatever I want! Their will be no legendary monsters in this battle, so choosing my lineup will be much more easier and more budget friendly.
The Briar Patch makes me think twice what to bring into the fight, because the melee attack monsters will take extra reflected damage back to themselves if they hit their target, so need to be careful what to choose! 😁
My lineup
| Immortalis is an excellent Summoner and he excels in three different ability. He will decrease the enemy mosnters health by one. He will give the Void and Shatter ability to all of his friendly monsters, which will make them more resistant against the incoming magic attack damage and will destroy the enemy armors with every hit. 😊 | |
| The Mycelic Infantry is one of the thoughest tank from the Earth Splinter and even thought he is a melee attack monster and vulnerable for the Briar Patch ruleset his Shield will protect him a lot from it and from the enemy ranged and melee attackers. 😁 | |
| The Uloth Dhampir is my main damage dealer and such he has four attack damage, which is amazing. On top of that he has the Stun ability as well, which means that he will Stun his target making to skip their turn until the next one! 😜 | |
| The Goblin Psychic is my main support healer, because he is able to heal the monster in the first position and he also has the Affliction ability as well, which will remove the option for his target to get heal. 😊 | |
| The Magi of Chaos is my main magic attack damage dealer and he cost only six mana. In return he has three magic attack damage, which is a lot, but his weakness is that he doesn't have any ability of his own. 😅 | |
| The Supply Runner is a ranged attack monster, so he will ignore the Briar Patch ruleset completely. He has two ranged attack damage and the Swiftness ability, which will effectively increase the speed on all of his friendly monsters. 💪 | |
| I used the Mycelic Morphoid to protect my backline against the enemy Sneak attack monsters from one or maximum two incoming attacks. 😛 |
The Battle
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My opponent brought Franz Ruffmane whos special ability is to give +1 armor to his monsters, but more importantly he will be able to recruit one Gladiator card into his lineup to try to take advantage of his/her Bloodlust ability. 🤓
The first round was an amazing start for my team, because they managed to kill their Pelacor Conjurer and Corsair Bosun and my first two monster took only half of their health as damage. 😁
In the second round my team killed another two of his monsters and one of them was his choosen Gladiator monster of Captain Katie, which almost decided the outcome of this battle.
His last two ranged attack monster couldn't do a single damage on my dying Mycelic Infantry, because they have fallen into the first position one by one and they couldn't attack from there at all! 😊
Battle Result
Did your strategy work? What will you try differently next time?
I like this ruleset a lot, because it is quite easy to counter and also quite easy to take advantage of it! It is not necessary to skip the melee attack monsters if they are crazy good and you can easily surprise your enemies with a trick like that! 😆
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Thank you so much 🙏 that you took the time to read my Weekly Battle Challenge. I hope it was informative and you liked it. 🤞