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A lot of players thought that monsters without damage are useless. However, these monsters, sometimes, are the strongest when certain rules of combat are in place.
Briar Patch lets you take damage when your melee monster attacks. In other words, if you don't (and cannot) attack, you won't take damage, right?

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Riftwing

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Stats | Camila Sungazer

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Camila Sungazer is a Legendary Summoner from the Untamed Series. Legendary summoners allows you to use higher level monsters at lower levels making her one of the most efficient summoners in the game.

_Abilities

-1 melee. Decreases opponent's melee damage by 1 with a minimum of 1. Monsters that already have 1 damage before the effect applies are unaffected. It has the same effect and mechanics as Demoralize.

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Stats | Riftwing

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

A very low 4 mana cost monster with decent 6 health and 4 speed. Riftwing also has abilities that are not only powerful but complements his stats. The only downside is that he doesn't have any attacks making him a passive monster.

However, this weakness becomes one of the strengths in certain rules of combat such as Briar Patch. If you can't deal damage, you won't get any damage back from Thorns.

_Abilities

At level 1, Flying and Scavenger are unlocked.

Monsters with Flying ability has their evasion rate increased by 15% against monsters without Flying ability. This ability also negates Earthquake damage from the said rule of combat.

Monsters with Scavenger ability gains 1 max health whenever a monster from either side dies.

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At level 5, Backfire is unlocked. Inflicts 2 damage to opponent if their attack misses. This works well with Flying ability, which increases his evasion rate. This works on all damage types except magic as Riftwing doesn't have Phase ability to allow magic damage to miss.

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At level 8, Headwinds is unlocked. Decrease all of your opponent's monster's range damage by 1 with a minimum of 1 as long as this monster is alive. Any monster with 1 range damage before the effect applies is unaffected.

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Battle Highlights

Click the link below to see the full battle:

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_86c723dc5950b2084a4fcd11a4504a1f

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

16 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 16 mana.

Briar Patch Rules of Combat. All monsters gain Thorns ability that inflicts 2 melee damage to any melee opponent attack that hits the target.

Fog of War Rules of Combat. Sneak, Opportunity and Snipe are disabled during this battle.

All elements unlocked except for Earth and Life 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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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Igor Darkspear's attack killed Chaos Agent.
2. Baakjira's Thorns killed Carrion Shade.

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Round 7

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Igor Darkspear's attack killed Kra'ar Xoc.

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Round 17

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Igor Darkspear's attack killed Riftwing.

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Round 21

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Fatigue damage killed Albatross.
2. Fatigue damage killed Hardy Stonefish.
3. Fatigue damage killed Torrent Fiend.
4. Igor Darkspear's attack killed Magi Necrosi.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Camila Sungazer: My go to summoner for all occassions. Has only 3 mana cost and gives -1 melee to all opponents.

1. Chaos Agent: 1 mana neutral monster to use as fodder for Scavenger
2. Carrion Shade: Another 1 mana neutral monster for Scavenger.
3. Kra'ar Xoc: 1 mana cost Scavenger unit from the Dragon Splinter.
4. Riftwing: Low 4 mana cost monster with Scavenger, Flying and Backfire abilities. Also has decent 6 health and 4 Speed.
5. Magi Necrosi: 6 mana cost unit with 3 magic damage and 4 speed. Has Camouflage ability to protect against Sneaks and Snipe ability against opponent healers. (Disabled during Fog of War rule of combat)

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

No. I made a crucial mistake of using Magi Necrosi during Fog of War Rule of Combat. Believe me or not, I anticipated the opponent using a Tank Heal monster. That's why I chose Magi Necrosi with Snipe to take care of that. However, the mistake was partly my fault. Fog of War disables all Sneak, Opportunity and Snipe during that battle. I said partly because the other part is I am blaming Splinterlands Mobile app. The app have a lot of bugs including showing of all skills, disabled or not, during the selecting of the lineup.
In the browser version, if there's Fog of War or Back to Basics, the monster's abilities will not be displayed if the rule of combat disables it. In the app, it still shows which was confusing and also the reason why I made the blunder.

Also, I noticed that the opponent is also using Baakjira, which is a 6 mana 10 health monster, as their main front line. This somewhat also proves my strategy as he's probably thinking the same thing. Since Baakjira doesn't have any attack, then he can't get damaged by the Thorns from Briar Patch rules of combat.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

Realistically speaking, I think this battle is unwinnable on my end because of a lot of factors, from the rules of combat, down to what monsters I have available. An example would be changing Magi Necrosi to Venari Bonesmith level 4 which has poison ability. I don't have or not rented the level 4 yet during this battle so it's not an option during that battle.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

using monsters that cannot attack during Briar Patch Rule of Combat

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. If Fog of War is not included in the rules, I 100% won this battle. A big advantage of Passive monsters or monsters with no attacks is that they have good stats or abilities to compensate for lack of damage.
Also, since the monster cannot attack, they won't get thorns damage from the said rule of combat.

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