Splinterlands share your battle: PIT OGRE feat. EXPLODING DWARF - KABOOOM! ๐ฃ
Let's start from the beginnings:
AIM TRUE + TAKING SLIDES
Mana cap: 26
Allowed splinters: fire, life, earth, dragons.
I took a rapid look to my opponent (@kawash)'s last battles but it didn't gave me a clear view of its intentions: both earth and life at high level.
Background
I love taking slides because it removes from the game Lord Ariantus.. Really annoying card if you don't own it ๐
I hate Aim true because it removes most of advantages of my speedy fire splinter.
Infact, in medium mana matches I normally play Serpentine soldier because combined with my Pyre's +1 speed it's quite hard to hit by melee and ranged. This advantage is removed by "aim true", so I moved to the other medium-mana tank of fire splinter: PIT OGRE.
Normally I play Pit Ogre when I expect from my opponent more magic attacks (defenitely the big weakness of serpentine soldier) and I combine to him a Beetle Queen or some faster arrow to remove the armor to tank opponent (Spark Pixie is great)
But stop wrinting boring stuffs ๐๐๐ด๐ค๐ค let's battle!
My tactic
Actually, not even Pit Ogre is a perfect option for AIM TRUE rule set because he is vulnerable to melee and ranged attacks.
So I rapidly decided for a clear "all-in" tactic: Attack first, attack strong.
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My lineup was the following:
- Exploding Dwarf: hit the tank and the second monster, then die.
- Pit Ogre: finish the tank
- Fire Beetle: Attack to first backline monster (hopefully hitten by dwarf's blast)
- Beetle Queen: Support to Pit Ogre
- Ferexia General: Attack to first backline monster (hopefully hitten by dwarf's blast)
The double inspire is the cherry on the cake ๐
The risks
- If the opponent plays fast cards on my Dwarf (I.E. Javelin thrower or Air Elemental), I lose.
- If the first double attack (dwarf + pit ogre) does not kills my opponent's tank , I will probably lose.
Anyway, seen the last matches of my opponent, out of neutral monsters and out of death splinter I thought I could take those risks.
So RUMBLE!
... and KABOOOOM! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Dwarf Exploded... twice โ๏ธ . Then PIT OGRE ruled! ๐
My risky tactic perfectly worked and I won ๐. These are the matches that let me love this game.
Of course I can't always play this way because it is really easy to beat.. I think 1 game each 5 can be played like this.
This is the classical battle where everything runs well and your monsters can freely unleash their huge power!
I really enjoyed playing it ๐๐
Cheers