Hello Battle Mage
It's another wonderful week with monsters readily stocked in their deck waiting to embark on battles. Again, the community has made a selection for the monsters of this week and those who happened to be in the spotlight are a whole element "Dragon". I will do my best to explain the little I know about the dragon monsters but before then, here is the published post for guidelines for fellows interested in being a part of the battle share challenge. If you're not a player of splinterlands yet, kindly visit the official site @ splinterlands.com to get your account today. I believe plenty of goodies await your registration. Okay, let's go there.

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Hello Dragons, What are we?

Dragons are collections of powerful monsters with different abilities packed into one element known as the dragon element. Symbolically, the dragon monsters are identified by this. Most dragon monsters have a real dragon design. Just like every other monster in other elements, the dragon deck accommodates all forms of monsters, be it magic, melee, or ranged. Most especially, the dragon deck has the highest number of hybrid attack monsters. What do I mean by hybrid attack? That's a monster possessing more than one attack type. ie magic & melee or magic and ranged. When it comes to summoners, the dragon deck has very powerful monsters. They can stand the test of any kind of battle, be it melee, magic, or ranged-based. Most dragon monsters are equipped with maximum protection in terms of armor, health, battling speed, and have high damage to opponents.

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Dragons in the Rental & Purchase Market

In both the rental and sales markets, dragons can be found to be quite cheap and expensive at the same time. There's no special difference between rentals and purchases among the element. Prices are attached to monsters by owners using the expected card value and sometimes high demand could influence the market price. The price of needed monsters depends on the monster's capabilities and the level at which it is being rented or bought. To see the available monsters in the market, kindly visit Peakmonsters and place your orders.

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The Battle

Battle Details
Mana Cap	58
Set Rules	Heavy Hitters: All monsters have the knock-out ability
	Reverse Speed: Monsters with the lowest speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attack
Available Elements	Fire & Dragon
Battling Element	Fire vs Dragon

Watch Battle Here

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Team Selection

QUIX-THE-DEVIOUS The selection of summoner didn't give much of a choice since only two elements were available. Among those two elements, my stronghold happened to be in dragon with Quix the Devious the only dragon summoner in my deck. Going for perfection, Quix shouldn't have been the perfect choice since the battle rules favor low-speed monsters ahead of high-speed ones. Using Quix gave my opponent the advantage of playing before me which could be very catastrophic in some cases. While Quix The Devious has the speed reduction ability which wasn't in my favor in this particular battle, it also has the ranged attack reduction ability. This also wasn't so useful as the enemy optioned for mostly melee monsters.

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DJINN-CHWALA

In so many cases, DJINN CHWALA is always a perfect selection for defense. Although, this is not generic, but my personal opinion. I believe that the high armor protection, high health, and thorn ability possessed by Djinn Chwala is a perfect attribute for defense monsters. In this battle, Chwala can be found to have five armor, nine health, two melee damage, and two battling speed.

Next is a hybrid attack dragon monster "RED DRAGON". This monster is both magic and melee attack monster. It has in this battle, one magic attack, four melee damage, two battling speed, and nine health. Also, as advantageous to this monster is the flying ability that it possesses. Red Dragons in the advanced level have other abilities but only the ones applicable to this battle are discussed and this applies to every other monster used in this battle.

GOLD DRAGON couldn't wait to make the team as its kind was mostly found in it. Also very healthy with eight health, this monster battled with two magic damage and three battling speed. GOLD DRAGON is also a flying monster.

BLACK-DRAGON

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On the fourth position came the Black Dragon. A monster with dual ability, which is flying and life leech. One special thing about this monster is that its health might seem to be low but if rightly protected, using the life leech ability, it again lives each time it attacks. This life again goes in proportion to the damage. For this battle, it battled with two magic damage and two battling speed.

In the fifth position is OSHUUR CONSTANTIA. First, I have to say welcome to this monster because this is the very first time I have used it for battle. To be sincere, this card is simply powerful and possesses the right ability. I never thought the dragon deck has a resurrecting monster until today. As a magic monster, OSHUUR CONSTANTIA in this battle has two magic damage and two battling speed.

The only ranged attack monster in the battle came in the last position. Lighting Dragon as it is called has three ranged damage and a very high battling speed reading six in number. It also has six health and has the flying ability. In a battle involving all these monsters, there is no perfect position for a ranged monster other than the back roll

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Questions & Answers from the Battle

Did the Strategy work? The strategy was dominated by magic monsters. In a more perfect battle, using a magic enhancer summoner would have been ideal but the monsters selected did deliver irrespective of being disadvantaged. It was a huge success for the team and a well-planned strategy for the manager.

My opinion on Dragons
This section requires me to be direct. Dragons are great monsters. The deck contains many dangerous cards. I, however, do think that they are quite expensive to purchase. I might be wrong though

That will be all for this week.

Again, I'm hitting the pause button here for this week. I'd hope to see you next week when I hit the resume button

Thanks for Reading