Another guild brawl battle, and this one reminded me that sometimes choosing the cards is only half the battle โ positioning them correctly is just as important.
The main challenge here was the Reckless ruleset.
With Reckless, every successful attack also deals 1 true damage to adjacent allied units. That means your own attacks can slowly damage your teammates. Shields and Divine Shield don't prevent this damage either.
So yeahโฆ this ruleset can get complicated REALLY fast. ๐
๐ง Positioning Matters A LOT
Normally, when building a lineup, I mostly think about things like:
Who should be the tank?
Who can deal the most damage?
Where should I put my support?
Which card should protect my backline?
But with Reckless, I also have to think:
โWaitโฆ who is standing beside this guy?โ ๐
Every successful attack can potentially hurt the units beside the attacker, so putting high-attack or high-speed units next to fragile cards can become a problem.
That's why I had to be more careful with the positioning of my lineup instead of simply stacking my strongest cards together.
๐ Venari Marksrat โ The Little Sacrifice
One of the key cards in this lineup was Venari Marksrat.
This little guy is particularly interesting because of Martyr.
When Venari Marksrat dies, adjacent allied monsters receive +1 to all stats.
So instead of thinking of Marksrat as another damage dealer, I was basically treating it as a sacrifice/buff card.
The important part was positioning it so that when it eventually went down, the cards I actually wanted to strengthen would be the ones standing beside it.
That's where the Reckless ruleset made things even more interesting.
I wasn't only thinking about how Marksrat would die...
I was thinking about where it would die and who would receive the Martyr buff.
That's a small positioning decision, but it can make a huge difference in the later rounds.
๐ Possibilus The Wise Was Another Big Factor
And of course, Possibilus The Wise made this lineup even more interesting.
Possibilus gives allied melee units Reach and Trample, while also giving the entire team +2 Health.
That extra +2 Health is especially useful here because Reckless is constantly creating additional damage within your own formation.
Basically, I had a little more room for error.
Without that extra health, some of my cards could potentially disappear much earlier from all the damage flying around.
So Possibilus wasn't just there to increase the offensive potential of the lineup.
That +2 Health also gave the team more breathing room against its own Reckless damage.
โ๏ธ The Main Lesson
This battle really reminded me that Reckless isn't simply a โdeal more damageโ ruleset.
It changes how you look at your entire formation.
You have to consider:
Attack โ Position โ Adjacent allies โ Health โ Death โ Buffs
And that's what makes it complicated.
A card that looks perfect in one position might actually be a problem when you consider which allies are standing beside it.
For me, the combination of careful positioning + Venari Marksrat's Martyr + Possibilus' extra 2 Health was the important part of this lineup.
Sometimes in Splinterlands, winning isn't just about having the stronger cards.
Sometimes it's about putting the right card in the right place. ๐
Battle complete. Another brawl lesson learned. ๐ฅ
https://splinterlands.com/battle/sm_2RRB97Oz3bZBOmuteGD0?ref=mangmateo