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This post is an entry to the SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge - CRYPT BEETLE!
LORE
Any explorers that delve too deeply into the crypts, mausoleums, and necropolises of the world will find a foe they are unprepared for. Not undead, not liches, and not other monsters that can be found in the deep. Instead, tales are told of the crypt beetles. Enormous insects that are found feeding on the corpses within. Most explorers think they are a mere nuisance and will try to scare them away from whatever tomb they are choosing to rob.
But things don't end well for those explorers. These large beetles will defend themselves and their food aggressively. And any explorer that makes it back out alive will have impressive scars to show from the crypt beetle's bite.
CARD DETAILS (Level 1)
Mana Cost: 3
Splinter: DEATH
Edition: CHAOS LEGION
Rarity: COMMON
Stats: 1 Melee Attack, 2 Health, 1 Armor, 1 Speed
Abilities: Shield (Reduces the incoming damage from Melee and Ranged attacks)
OK! Let's start this post talking about the elephant in the room: on Chaos Legion, I honestly do not like playing as the Death Splinter. The main problem that I have is with the current Death Summoners (Thaddius Brood and Condessa L'Ament): both of them are Debuffers.
On Splinterlands, Debuffing the enemy is usually way riskier than Buffing yourself, for an obvious reason: you can be sure of the cards you play, but you can never know what your opponent will play. If you end up Debuffing the wrong stats or attribute, you just waste the debuffing power.
For example: if I play Thaddius Brood but my opponent doesn't play a single Magic Monster, his powerful -1 Magic Damage has no value. Similarly, if I play Condessa L'Ament and my enemy doesn't use Ranged Monsters, her -1 Ranged is useless.
In the other hand, if the player uses a Summoner with Buffs like Tarsa (+1 Melee Damage) or General Sloan (+1 Ranged Damage), he can be sure that he'll actually play several Monsters that will actually receive that buff. The value, in this case, is guaranteed.
BUT OH BOY, it is SO fun when your debuff goes perfectly INTO THE FACE of the opponent!
And this is exactly what happened on this match!
My opponent played Obsidian as Summoner and played FOUR Magic Monsters. And I played Thaddius Brood, debuffing his whole team to the ground!
My enemy was coming from a 4-match streak of only playing the Forest Splinter, using only Obsidian. I was so certain that he was going to play Magic Monsters that I built my strategy around it: Thaddius Brood as Summoner, and the Bone Golem as my Main Tank!
As you'll see, this strategy was unbeatable!
Let's analyze my team!
My Summoner is Thaddius Brood. As I already said, he's a Master Debuffer, giving -1 Magic Damage and -1 Health to all enemy Monsters. If you're confident that your opponent is going to heavily use Magic Monsters (Obsidian and Alric Stormbringer are both very common Summoner with +1 Magic Damage), Thaddius is your best bet to win the match.
The frontline tank is the Bone Golem. He's one the most popular Tanks against Magic Monsters due his Void ability, halving any incoming Magic Damage; more importantly, any 1 Magic Damage becomes null. He also has 6 Health and 2 Armor, enough to absorb some non-Magic attacks before dying.
My 2nd is the Crypt Beetle. He was a small safety measure against the possibility of my opponent playing Melee or Ranged Monsters: at least the Beetle would be able to tank some damage due his Shield ability, protecting the rest of the team.
My 3rd Monster is the Giant Scorpion. He's not a card that I usually like to play due his lack of special abilities. But, due the Equal Opportunity Ruleset, he was able to attack while on the backline, becoming a really strong and Mana-Efficient Monster with 4 Health and 1 Armor, all of that for a low Mana cost.
My 4th and 5th Monsters are the Dark Astronomer and the Dark Strangler. Both these cards have 2 Ranged Damage, and they were going to be my main damage dealers. The rest of the team was there just to protect these two cards!
My 6th and last Monster is the Life Sapper. In retrospect, I should have played another 2-Damage Ranged Monster like the Grenadier, but I was thinking that the Life Sapper would be able to gain some extra Health due his Life Leech ability and give my team some extra survivability. Unfortunately, he just ended up dying very soon and not contributing too much to the overall match.
Good News, Everyone! The battle was a Success!
The match was very close!
When it started, I honestly thought that I was going to lose the game, as several Monsters of mine were killed before I was being to make a single kill myself.
But when my opponent's Mycelic Slipspawn died, my own Monsters started to be able to actually use the Opportunity ability and attack his weak backline Monsters, killing them very quickly.
In the end, my Bone Golem was alive and my opponent still had 2 Monsters alive, one of them being the powerful Regal Peryton. So, why I was able to win?
Easily! His two Monsters only had 1 Magic Damage, and my Golem was literally immune against my opponent's attacks! I was never going to lose the game after all his other Monsters died!
After Round 6, it was just a game of waiting until my poor Bone Golem, with only 1 Speed, was able to actually hit the Regal Peryton with 5 Speed and Flying!
GGWP
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