Poor throwing: The opponent (or yourself) dies. / 下手な投擲：相手（または自分）は...

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Community Contest: Create a NEW Splinterlands Ability!

“Let's create a new Sprinterland ability!”

Since the focus seems to be more on the idea itself than whether it's feasible, I gave it some thought.

Here's the resulting ability.

Poor throwing

Ability Name: Poor throwing

Ability Effect: When an attack hits, it checks whether the bomb throw succeeds. If the bomb throw succeeds, it deals an additional 3 ranged attack damage to all enemy units. If the bomb throw fails, it deals 3 ranged attack damage to all friendly units.

This unit has a 50% chance to deal heavy damage to enemies and a 50% chance to deal heavy damage to allies when its attack succeeds. Think of it as a unit with this ability hurling a bomb into enemy territory. However, since they're terrible at throwing, there's a 50% chance they'll toss it into their own team instead. 🤣

If such a card actually existed, it would be fun to think about all the possible combinations.

Fundamentally speaking, low speed reduces hit rate, so the throw won't even start. This ability only triggers the throw roll if the attack hits. To increase hit rate, you could boost speed, apply the True Strike ability, or use Slow to reduce the enemy's speed—but luck will always play a significant role.

Well, the whole concept is high luck and all-or-nothing for massive damage, so getting hit reliably is actually a problem.

Oh, right, under Reverse Speed rules it hits reliably... Well, in that case, we'll just have to dodge it using Flying or Dodge or something.

By the way, I feel like the combo with BYZANTINE KITTY is strong, but it's purely coincidental. I definitely didn't plan it that way.

Well, even with True Strike, the bomb throw success rate after hitting is only 50%, so only people with really high luck can use it effectively. (On the flip side, it also means lucky players can beat higher-ranked opponents.)

Using a Summoner like The Bladestone that can add armor allows you to nullify incoming bombs once, even if they hit your allies.

Of course, if you start with units that already have high armor values, you won't need to add armor with a Summoner. Instead of a Summoner, you could also use units with the Protect ability, like the Nimbledook Explorer.

But if you draw the Unprotected rule, everything gets nullified, though.

Using Elowen Sylphie to grant the Resurgence ability and revive might be an option. Even if it fails, try again!

The chance of failing to throw the bomb twice in a row is 25%, so statistically, it seems entirely possible.

As for opponents, you could try taking out units with Opportunity abilities like QUILLSTORM MAGE before they attack. Just don't let them attack.

But if this card actually got released, would anyone really use it? Would you even need to counter it? That's probably what people would be wondering.

And so on. Thinking about combos and counters for cards that don't exist is fun but feels pointless. 🤣

Instead of thinking about this stuff, maybe I should've evaluated the Escalation cards... or maybe not. 😝

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