Another Sharing your Battle, today we have dragons as a theme, being able to choose any card of that element, so I chose a new card the Whelp Herder, this newcomer arrives to fight in low mana battles and is extremely versatile. Let's go to the post 馃榿.
馃専 WHELP HERDER 馃専
Whelp Herder is a common card of the dragon element, released in the Riftwatchers collection, it uses melee attacks to defend itself, and its attributes are interesting for its mana cost with an emphasis on HP and damage (mainly from lvl 3), it already starts with the Opportunity skill, at lvl 5 he acquires Snare and at lvl 10 Dispel, usually used as DPS thanks to initial skill that helps with versatility leaving its free to play in any position.
Best Rules: Unprotected, Explosive Weaponry and Reverse Speed.
Worse Rules: Armored Up, Back to basics, Equal Opportunity and Holy Protection.
Whelp Herder is a card from the RiftWatchers collection, this set is getting cheaper and cheaper, it's become tempting to buy these cards 馃. This dragon is one of the most expensive commons in this set with its regular foil version costing 0.23$ and its gold foil version costing 3.33$.
鈿旓笍 My Team 鈿旓笍
| Rule | Effect |
|---|---|
| Equalizer - The initial Health of all Monsters is equal to that of the Monster on either team with the highest base Health. | |
| Spreading Fury - All Monsters have the Enrage ability. |
In a game with 12 mana and the equalizer/spreading fury rules. With the rule balancing all the cards with the same HP, I focused on filling the line-up, but with that amount of mana it was tough 馃槄. I started with the star of the game, the rookie Whelp Herder, then I used a good and cheap marksman Igor DarkSpear (it will be incredible when he hits the stun 馃槏), right after, so as not to forget, I positioned the 0 mana fiend as a tank 馃槄, then I had doubts between the following cards: Hardy StoneFish, Chaos Agent, Venator Kinjo and Xenith Archer, I ended up opting for more defensive cards like Venator and Chaos agent.
| Card | LineUP |
|---|---|
| Summoner : A good summoner, these debuffs are very strong in low mana matches, the speed one will be a good combo with the Ventator debuff helping the Chaos Agent dodge a lot. | |
| Tank : A strange choice for this position but it usually works in a game with the equalizer rule, this card gains a lot of value with this rule. | |
| Off-Tank: It will have good dodge chances thanks to Venator and Quix debuffs, it will hold the front line if necessary and it will be the first target of snipers protecting my Igor Darkspear. | |
| Off-tank/Suport: One of my dubious picks but I think his slow ability will help, he can hold out a bit in the frontline. | |
| DPS: The star of the game, 2 damage on the opponent's weakest card is very effective in a low mana game, he is very well protected among my cards to stay until the end of the game. | |
| DPS/Suport: Excellent damage with low mana cost, it has stun skill which is very important in almost every match. |
馃The Battle 馃
Analyzing the match: As soon as I saw the opposing team I got fright, I almost never see this bomb mouse in matches, it will undoubtedly be powerful here, mainly if it activates the Enrage, my best option is for Igor to hit a stun on the mouse as soon as possible because with two hits this mouse can knock out my whole team.
Round 1 - As was expected the Exploding Rats hit my fiend with a hard blow almost knocking him out with a single hit besides hurting my chaos agent with the blast, for my luck Igor managed to apply the stun, and almost at the end of the round the star of the match knocks the rat out 馃檹 his redemption skill helped my whole team applying enrage on all my cards but my tank can't withstand and falls for this damage.
Round 2 - In the last move of the round, my chaos agent is eliminated by Serpentine Spy.
Round 3 - Right at the beginning Igor takes Radiated out of the game, but almost at the end the Spy causes an incredible 5 damage and kills the legendary Venator Kinjo.
Round 4 - Right at the beginning Igor knocks out another card, now I have the advantage.
Round 5 - Finally, victory arrives, luckily my cards were faster, and eliminated the opponent's last card before being attacked, and the Star of the match applies the final blow.
馃帄 Conclusion 馃帄
My strategy worked, the slow combo with Chaos Legion made him dodge 3 hits and my DPS did the rest of the work, one day I'll use this explosive mouse sometimes he's really good 馃槀. My Tank didn't have much to do against the mouse's powerful attack, my two off-tanks withstood some hits with Chaos Agent's dodges being the highlight, Igor was important in the match, stunning and applying good damage, The star of the match did his role as a DPS knocking out my opponent's fragile cards and still holding the front line for Igor. It was a well-balanced match, just 2 more hits for my Whelp Herder to die leaving DarkSpear in the first position without being able to attack.
Whelp Helder is a good card, I liked its low mana cost, and its opportunity skill helps to be very versatile, being able to play in any position and most rules, its other skills are not very useful but in lvl 3 and lvl 8 it receives a damage increase, making it much stronger, and as it is a dragon can be combined with any other color to make a nice team with the most diverse strategies.
Game Link: Splinterlands
Battle Link: ZALLIN Vs. OELSCHEICH
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