With a little bit of cleverness and some superior cards, you can turn almost any ruleset to your advantage. Moreover, I am not suggesting that you make a massive investment in the game; if you prefer not to purchase those premium cards outright, you can simply rent them and play to your heart's content for an entire season. I personally do this quite often myself, so there is absolutely no harm in it.
Today, the process of assembling a formidable team for the "Snipe" ruleset begins with precisely that same bit of cleverness—specifically, by first ensuring that you fully understand the ruleset itself. The Snipe ruleset dictates that every card on both teams will possess the "Snipe" ability; this compels all Ranged and Magic attack cards to target and attack the first non-melee card on the opposing team. From this, it becomes clear that your own first non-melee card will be the primary target for all of the enemy's non-melee units; therefore, it is absolutely essential that this specific card be exceptionally durable or "ultra-strong" in some capacity. This is precisely why, in this particular battle, I positioned a card possessing the "Resurgence" ability in the slot designated for the first non-melee unit—thereby ensuring that the remainder of my team could continue launching attacks against the enemy for as long as possible.
Furthermore, securing the first attack is a significant advantage; however, simply boosting your own speed is often insufficient to achieve this—you also need to slow down the enemy. To this end, I selected a Tank card equipped with the "Slow" ability. Although the opposing team also possessed a card with this capability, my team featured two additional cards endowed with the "Swiftness" ability, which boosted my team's overall speed by +2. I witnessed the immediate impact of this advantage during the very first attack of the battle, when my rear-positioned Magic card initiated the fight by knocking out the enemy's first non-melee card with a single hit. Then, in the subsequent round—just before unleashing another powerful attack—it utilized its "Electrified" ability to boost the power of an allied card possessing the "Painforge" ability by +1. This constitutes an exceptional duo; indeed, it was precisely because I was so impressed by this combination that I purchased this "Painforge" card and upgraded it to Level 3—a subject I have already discussed in detail elsewhere in this blog.
Well, with the aid of this formidable duo, the Torrent Sniper card unleashed an equally devastating strike, taking out one of the opponent's cards in a single blow. Although one of my own cards was eliminated in the process, it happened to be the very card possessing the "Resurgence" ability; no sooner was it knocked out than it immediately returned to the fray. The enemy continued to relentlessly target this specific card, and in doing so—exactly as I had anticipated—my remaining attackers were granted ample time to maintain sustained pressure on the opponent. Furthermore, my tank—positioned at the very front—held its ground steadfastly, once again providing the cards behind it with all the space they needed to execute their attacks effectively. All of this was made possible through strategic synergy, and I would like to clarify that in this particular battlewith the exception of Archon—I utilized only three cards that were actually my own. This demonstrates that purchasing cards is not always a necessity; if, for any reason, you wish to limit your financial investment in the game—and are unable to acquire the specific cards required for your needs and strategy—you can simply rent them instead. Rent them and test them to your heart's content until you are fully satisfied with their performance and this way you will be able to make your own amazing strategies.
Note:
English is not my first language. So sometimes I use 'Google Translate'. Please don't think that anything I have written in this blog has been copied from somewhere or is AI-generated.
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