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I really don't like the rule of combat for this week. Most of my strong combos originate from a legendary monster. You may remember Chain Golem, Chaos Dragon, the components of my Zombie Dragon build (Agor Longtail, Oshuur Constantia, High Priest Darius, Adelaide Brightwing are all legendaries), Djinn Oshannus, and the list goes on.

This is just to say that Lost Legendaries, where you are not allowed to use legendary monsters, is my most absolute nightmare.

However, you can still find some gems without the legendaries. Although, you might need to be a little more creative than normal.

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War Chaang

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Stats | General Sloan

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

General Sloan is a rare monster from Chaos Legion. Nothing really special. I rented a level 4 in order to use the maximum levels of Silver monsters.

At level 4, you can use:

• Up to level 5 Commons
• Up to level 4 Rares
• Up to level 3 Epics
• Up to level 2 Legendaries

_Abilities

+1 Range. Increases the team's range damage by 1.

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Stats | War Chaang

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

War Chaang is a strong combination with General Sloan due to his secondary damage type. Having two damage types also makes him more compatible with the Retaliate ability. If Retaliate activates, then both his attack types also activates attempting two attacks.

In terms of stats, while War Chaang has high health, I don't think he's a good front line due to his lack of armor. With only 9 health, he would get crushed with damage and probably die in a turn. His best position in my opinion is the farthest at sixth. The reason is most of the sneak monsters are melee. This allows him to have the highest chance of activating the Retaliate ability. He can still attack while at the back because of his range attack so there's really no loss at not placing him in the front.

_Abilities

At level 1, Retaliate is unlocked. When hit with a melee attack, monsters with Retaliate has a chance of attacking back. This means that this ability is not 100% unlike Thorns. There is a chance that this ability does not activate but when it does, expect War Chaang to inflict tons of damage back.

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At level 4, Trample is unlocked. When a monster dies due to this monster's attack, it would attack the next monster. This has high compatibility with the Retaliate. This means that when Retaliate activates and he killed the attacking monster, Trample would also activate since Retaliate is considered as an extra attack and not just ability damage like Thorns.

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Battle Highlights

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https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_1f2f7bafdf4897845313d9c0fdfd691b&ref=konaqua122

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

36 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 36 mana.

Back to Basics Rules of Combat. Disables all abilities of all monsters in this battle.

Lost Legendaries Rules of Combat. No monsters of legendary rarity can be used in this battle. However, Legendary summoners are allowed.

All elements unlocked except for Water, Earth and Death Elements. Summoners and Monsters from this element cannot be used during this battle.

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Abilities Used During This Battle

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_{Monsters in RED are my opponent's. Those in BLUE are mine.}

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Round 1

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Imperial Knight's attack killed Forgotten One.

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Round 2

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Naga Assassin's attack killed Imperial Knight.
2. Blood Maker's attack killed Gargoya Scrapper.
3. War Pegasus's attack killed Magi of Chaos.

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Djinn Apprentice's attack killed War Chaang.
2. Mantoid's attack killed Blood Maker.

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Round 4

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Mantoid's attack killed Firecaller.

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Round 6

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Naga Assassin's attack killed War Pegasus.
2. Mantoid's attack killed Djinn Apprentice.

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Round 9

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Mantoid's attack killed Naga Assassin.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: General Sloan: Gives +1 range damage to all of my monsters. Pretty straightforward.

_{Reminder: This battle is also under Back to Basics rule of combat, which disables all the monster's abilities. So, I will comment on these monsters for why I added them under the said rule.}

1. Imperial Knight: One of my highest leveled Soul Bound reward card. For only 7 mana cost, he has high damage, armor and health. His health and armor even allowed him to survive one full round of onslaught in this battle.
2. Gargoya Scrapper: I added him since I have extra 1 mana.
3. War Chaang: Has melee, range and high health for 7 maan cost. Placing him behind Imperial Knight allows me to use his range damage while serving as a secondary line of defense if ever Imperial Knight dies.

A secondary and sometimes, even third, line of defense is very necessary when building range damage compositions. This is because your range monsters cannot attack while in first position so you need to have a solid front line that won't let your range monsters reach the front.

1. War Pegasus: Third line of defense with 2 range damage. If worst comes to worst, I have him as a backup that could absorb some of the damage with his 7 health.
2. Venari Crystalsmith: Another range monster with 4 mana. At level 4, she gets an extra damage earning her a spot in this lineup.
3. Mantoid: His 3 range damage (4 with General Sloan) doesn't need explanation. I placed him on the farthest position since, without abilities, EVERY DAMAGE will come from the front. The last position is the safest place you can put a monster in Back to Basics.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. Not to brag but I was actually confident when I got the Back to Basics rule of combat along with Lost Legendaries. The reason is that I have General Sloan on my back. Since there's Back to Basics that negates all the monster's abilities, I only need to do two things:

1. Get a good front line that would tank all the damage.
2. Get as much possible range damage on the board.

With only these two, I'm sure that I would win. To top it off, I actually rented War Chaang for this challenge. Since War Chaang both have range and melee, I can also use him as a secondary tank instead of a monster with magic damage such as Djinn Renova. War Chaang's range damage type is also compatible with General Sloan which made this battle far easier than it already is.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

General Sloan to Fernheart. This was my original plan. While there's nothing wrong with my current line up for this battle, I think this one is more entertaining. Fernheart's Close Range ability would allow War Chaang to be able to attack with both melee and range while in first position.

In addition to that, if this one doesn't have Back to Basics rule of combat, War Chaang can also use Retaliate with both melee and range attacks at the same time instead of only one of the two.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

General Sloan x War Chaang in Lost Legendaries

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. This card is not used very often. However, I see potential in him in some games. Lost Legendaries and Going the Distance are two good examples. On Lost Legendaries, the legendary monsters are not allowed to be used. Normally, I use the legendaries as my front line since they have high health such as Djinn Oshannus. However, War Chaang can be used as a substitute. You can even use him as a secondary tank just like what I did in this game due to his second damage type which is very compatible with General Sloan.

However, I won't use War Chaang as a main tank unless really necessary. The lack of armor is very apparent and I think he would be blasted immediately to the next century if the opponent did a good lineup.

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