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This is a silver league battle. This is a very good example of how strong certain abilities are when used properly. I'm also enjoying playing Splinterlands again due to low market price of cards. While it isn't good for the investors, it's more fun to have the cards that you need at any given point.

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Harklaw

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Stats | Riftwing

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

At level 1, Flying and Scavenger are unlocked.

_Abilities



Flying ability allows increases the evasion rate of the monster against non-flying's melee and range attacks.

This ability complements the other ability unlocked at level 5, which is Backfire that inflicts 2 damage to enemies that miss their attacks.

Scavenger ability increases the max health of this monster by 1 for each monster on the board that dies.

Scavenger is a good ability for Noxious Fumes for 2 reasons: First, Noxious Fumes ensures the death of a lot of monsters which will become food for this ability and, Second, Scavenger acts as a pseudo-heal for this monster. While the max health increase, the current health also increases.

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At level 5, Backfire is unlocked. Enemies that miss their attacks targetting this monster is inflicted by 2 damage.

Remember that magic damage does not miss unless the monster targetted has Phase ability. With the combination of Flying ability and high speed, Riftwing's Backfire can dish quite a lot of damage.

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At level 8, Headwinds is unlocked. Reduces opponent's range damage by 1 with a minimum of 1. Any monster with 1 range damage before the effect applies are unaffected.

This is a good support ability in relation to Harklaw. Harklaw's Shield halves the range damage and if you can make the range damage 1, they will be negated as per the ability's effect.

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Stats | Harklaw

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

In terms of stats, Harklaw is only decent. He has high health and mediocre armor and only 2 damage. He is very subpar with Chain Golem who has the same mana cost of 8 but higher armor and melee damage.

_Abilities

At level 1, Shield is unlocked. Shield halves any melee and range damage to this monster. Any 1 melee or range damage before this effect applies will negate the damage and make it 0.

This ability complements both the Demoralize and Headwinds abilities at higher levels.

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At level 2, Immunity is unlocked. This monster is unaffected by any negative status effect.

Poison, which your monsters can receive from Noxious Fumes rule set, is a negative status effect that is negated by Immunity ability.

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At level 3, Demoralize is unlocked. Reduces opponent's melee damage by 1 with a minimum of 1. Any monster with 1 melee damage before the effect applies are unaffected.

Since Shield ability halves all melee and range damage, Demoralize is a strong combination with Shield ability. Without Demoralize, 2 melee damage will inflict Harklaw with 1 damage (reduction included). If Demoralize reduces the 2 melee damage to 1, then it becomes 0 since Shield ability negates any 1 melee damage before damage reduction.

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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_b0a0aa66f5214116a71f18b3f06f195e&ref=konaqua122

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

38 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 38 mana.

Weak Magic Rules of Combat. Magic attack hits armor first before hitting health.

This rule of combat has the same effect as Void Armor but applied to all monsters on the board.

Noxious Fumes Rules of Combat. All monsters on the board is inflicted with Poison at the start of the battle.

Monsters inflicted by Poison gets the Poisoned status which inflicts 2 damage at the start of each round. This status can be removed by Cleanse, Resurrection or Rebirth.

All elements unlocked except for Life and Dragon Elements. Summoners and Monsters from these elements 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 1

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Magi Necrosi's attack killed Venari Marksrat.
2. Venari Marksrat's Martyr ability increased Forgotten One and Ferexian Hero's stats.

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Round 2

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Noxious Fumes's poison damage killed Lava Launcher.
2. Zyriel's attack killed Ferexian Hero.

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Noxious Fumes's poison damage killed Venari Marksrat.
2. Venari Marksrat's Martyr ability increased Harklaw and Riftwing's stats.
3. Tenyii Striker's Sneak attack killed Will-o-Wisp.
4. Zyriel's attack killed Forgotten One.

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Round 4

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Noxious Fumes's poison damage killed Tenyii Striker.
2. Noxious Fumes's poison damage killed Zyriel.
3. Noxious Fumes's poison damage killed Magi Necrosi.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Thaddius Brood: Decreases opponent's magic damage and max health by 1 with a minimum of 1.
> These effects are the same with Silence and Weaken.

1. Harklaw: Has Shield ability that halves the opponent's melee and range damage. Immunity ability negates any negative status applied to this monster.

The Immunity ability is the priority for this game which directly negates the application of Poison from Noxious Fumes rule of combat.

1. Venari Marksrat: Has Martyr ability that increases the stats of monsters beside him when this monster dies.

Noxious Fumes ensures you that this monster will die allowing you to place him in between your strong monsters for his Martyr ability.

1. Riftwing: Good monster for his mana cost and health ratio. At 4 mana cost, he already has 6 base max health which is increased by Scavenge ability for every monster that dies. Flying ability increases the chance of opponents missing their attacks and Backfire ability punishes those monsters missing their attacks by 2 damage.

Riftwing's Scavenge is a good abiltiy for this rule of combat. Noxious Fumes ensures that monsters will die. This is complementing with the Scavenge ability.

1. Zyriel: Weapons Training gives damage type to monsters beside him that has no damage types. The type is equivalent to this monster's damage type and the damage is half of this monster's base attack rounded up. Life Leech increases this monster's max health by half the damage when it inflicts an opponent's health.

While the Weapons Training is strong and I can talk about it all day long, the more focus on this game is the Life Leech. At 3 damage, Zyriel gets 1-2 max health every time she damages an opponent's health. This allows her to restore some of the health which is constantly damaged by the poison.

1. Will-o-Wisp: Has Flying ability that increases evasion rate against melee and range attacks. Weaken decreases opponent's max health by 1 as long as this monster is alive.

Weaken and Thaddius Brood's combination reduces the opponent's max health by 2. This speeds up the time the opponent will die from Noxious fumes by a whole round.

1. Magi Necrosi: Has 3 magic damage in combination with Snipe ability that prioritizes non-melee and monsters that are not in the first position. Camouflage ability also protects this card from being a target of any attack unless he's on the first position.

Magic damage is a good on a normal day. It directly attacks the opponent's health. Poison also does that. However, Weak Magic protects the opponent from that strategy which reduces the effectiveness of the magic damage.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. The main strategy for this game is to ensure opponents would die first from Noxious Fumes. Weaken and Thaddius Brood solves that part.

Immunity, Scavenger and Life Leech allows me to have a plan B in which increase sustain until the first strategy is accomplished.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

None. I think this is the best strategy I can do on this battle. However, a different strategy is changing Magi Necrosi for Revealer.

Since magic damage strategy is negated by Weak Magic, Revealer over Magi Necrosi is better for the Stun ability. Stun allows the chance of the target skipping their next turn. Stunned monsters are not allowed to attack or use their abilities for a turn while Noxious Fumes still deals damage to them.

The problem with this is you will have an extra 2 mana cost left over and a reduced 1 overall damage.

On Gold league onwards, you can unlock Revealer's Immunity ability starting at level 4. This makes him another good candidate for this rule of combat once you get at that point. Remember to have a summoner that has high enough level in order to keep this ability unlocked during that battle.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Harklaw and Riftwing in Noxious Fumes Rules of Combat

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. The combination of Immunity and Scavenge is really good on Noxious Fumes as it ensures the survivability of your team. While the two abilities are important, having good damage is also more favorable as it speeds up the process than waiting for the opponent to die from Noxious Fumes.

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