Hey everyone! After my big yearly Splinterlands break, being abroad on holiday with my family and about a week taking care of the backlog in house chores an other daily life commitments plus back to sporting, I can finally say I'm back in to my usual habit, grinding Splinterlands and now also, making my next post.

I had a nice welcome back things as well, my internet connection was horrible in France but I could see that LEO was pumping hard, not being on my PC I couldn't do anything with it but before I left, I did unstake everything I had, I'm not sure why maybe it was just a gut feeling but when I got back, I could sell just over $100 in LEO tokens to put in to my favorite game, so I scouted the market, and put out some bid buys with some of them already filled!

The card I am hoping the most it gets filled soon is Taye Loreswift, at Silver level she brings the Inspire ability, which is pretty awesome for only 3 mana but she's not cheap so I'm hoping, with a little patience to buy her with a little discount...

Community Engagement Challenge:

So, on with today's main topic - This weeks Social Media Challenge is the same as last weeks:

This week, we’re diving into Battlefield Breakthroughs — the epic moments when your strategy, timing, and deck choices all align to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Whether it’s a clever counter-pick, an underdog card carrying your team, or a last-second win, we want to hear about it!
📝 Your Mission:
Share your most exciting, surprising, or satisfying Splinterlands battle moment.
Break down your thought process, lineup choice, and why this match was special.
Bonus points for including screenshots, replays, or creative storytelling!
Let the breakthroughs begin! 🚀

To find out how you can participate in the challenge yourself, check out the official Splinterlands post here.

I had planned to use this battle for this weeks Social Media Challenge, until I realized the use of my tactic was really a breakthrough, I was teamed up again a higher level player with one of the best Archons in the game, Lorkus, more on that later!

Since yesterday I am back to grinding my Splinterlands battles but I didn't have time to make a post until now, but yesterday I had a very fun battle, I am playing in Modern at Silver level with Rebellion Archons (I keep saying Summoners, old habits die hard I suppose) and the use of the Legendary Tactic Archons is a lot of fun, the one I'm using the most is Elias but I also have Cryptic and Risqruel in my deck to surprise my opponents with nasty tactics and not get too predictable what I am going to play.

The TAUNT ability, from defensive to offensive.

The taunt ability has always been a great tool for making sure those glass cannons in our decks can survive long enough to do serious harm, the one I have been using the most is Mycelic Slipspawn, but also Shield Bearer and Iziar comes right up in my mind, and Wave Brood!

But with a Archon that has taunt as a tactic, we can give it to ANY unit on the battlefield!

When I see other players use Risqruel, they usually go for the Impede / True Strike tactic or IF they use the taunt, they choose a unit on their own team... I like to use taunt on my opponents team! 😁 granted: there is a downside to this: It also gives redemption but even then, it's a valid weapon not used by many players.

Another way I use it is in the Ferocity ruleset so it kills a enemy unit of my choosing with double the damage... nasty but very effective! 😁

Turning the tide

The battle I want to share for this post is a battle against a Gold level deck, me having a Silver level deck already puts me on a disadvantage, this player also had some really nice cards to bring to the battlefield, with the use of the Archon Tactic, to my surprise I changed the outcome of the battle I would've otherwise surely lost.

This battle happened yesterday, it's a 36 mana Modern League, Explosive Weaponry / Blood and Sunder / Equalizer battle with only the Fire, Earth and Life splinters open to be chosen from, because it's a mid range mana battle and I wanted to have a unit with Deflection Shield, both Fire and Earth have those units in my deck so the choice was easy - Risqruel Drath!

First look at the battlefield:

First reaction: OH CRAP!

😅

That's a heavy magic team and I didn't have a whole lot against magic, than just some heavy damage myself, his tank has both Void and Shield, an expensive AND effective card! That can cause problems for me...

One positive thing: My Emberguard is higher level where it has Deflection Shield, theirs is only level 1!

Tactics Stage:

My opponent used the Affliction / Life Leech ability on Chaos Evoker and Continuum Seeker, units four and five on the battlefield.

To let the blast have maximum effect, I needed to put Taunt somewhere in the middle of the team, so Chaos Evoker got really lucky, receiving double tactics! 🤣

My Line-Up:

• Archon: Risqruel Drath - reason: Combing two splinters plus using taunt how I want is great.
• First position: Halfling Refugee - reason: 1 mana, good damage and healing, great choice - especially with equalizer!
• Second position: Emberguard - reason: Deflection Shield to stop the blast damage.
• Third position: Venka the Vile - reason: High damage with Piercing.
• Fourth position: Nightstalker - reason: Good damage for low mana.
• Fifth position: Buttercup Mauler - reason: Good damage for low mana and Deflection Shield.
• Sixth position: Gobson Sniper - reason: Again, good damage for low mana!

The Battle:

Round 1: WOW that was a spicy first round! My tank got killed right off the bat, there's so much magic damage and now I don't have Deflection Shield in my second position, in hindsight it would've been better to put Buttercup Mauler in 3rd position...
BUT there's also a lot of damage in the middle of the enemy team! hopefully the life leech isn't that strong it prevents them from being killed...

Round 2: Two of the heavy magic duded have been killed so that's nice, it still isn't looking great though... I do have a Deflection unit in second spot now... But that enemy tank... it's annoying!

Round 3: This is going to be so freaking close!! EXCITING!!!
All fast units are gone, their tank doesn't attack, the second CAN'T attack so it's only the unit in the back shooting...

Round 4: OH... MY... GOSH!!! I am going to pull this off!

Round 5: I WON! I WON! I WON! 😁 In war, and love... everything is allowed... and also in Splinterlands Battles! 😉

That was a sweet victory and a very exciting battle to watch!

You can watch the battle unfold for yourself here.

Well.. that's it for this post everyone, thanks for stopping by!

There's a heat wave in Europe at the moment, it's the last really hot day so I need to do everything I want to do in the morning because I really don't like heat 😅 so now, I'm going to wash my car by hand - my daughter is going to help me so I'm sure I'll get soaked... drink some coffee go the store real quick and then HIDE for the sun like a VAMPIRE! 😁

And then I will be making my second post for this weeks Social Media Challenge, this was a fun one for sure!

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