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Today, let's give insight to Holy Protection rule of combat. In this rule of combat, everyone gets a one instance of damage immunity. Regardless if the damage is 1 or 100, it will be negated. This is the effect of Divine Shield given by Holy Protection rule of combat.

When you are battling in this rule of combat, you must remember two things: Numbers are an advantage and Taunt can be bad. The more monsters you have, the more attacks you can have in a turn, which, eliminates the effects of Divine Shield.

Taunt can be both good or bad but I don't suggest it. Divine Shield is a one-instance ability, meaning, if your opponents focused on one monster, only the first attack will be negated and the rest will go past killing that Taunt monster in a turn or two.

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Venari Bonesmith

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Stats | Dallan

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Dallan is a Epic summoner from the Chaos Legion Series.

Level 6 Epic summoners allow the use of:
Level 4 Legendary monsters;
Level 6 Epic monsters;
Level 8 Rare monsters;
Level 10 Common monsters.

Requires more cards than Rare to max but less than legendary

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Abilities

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Cripple. [Negative Status] Monsters attacked by this card have their max health reduced by 1.

Cripple reduces the opponent's max health when hit. This is very useful when your opponents has defensive abilities like Shield, Void and, of course, Divine Shield. As long as the opponent was hit by an attack, regardless if it took damage or not, their max health will be reduced by 1. This effect stacks.

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Stats | Venari Bonesmith

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Venari Bonesmith has decent stats but great abilities. He is a good monster to have around with especially since he only costs 4 mana. This cost is very good since it also falls in the range for Little League, another rule of combat that only allows monsters with 4 mana cost or lower.

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Abilities

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At level 1, Life Leech is unlocked. [Stat Modifier] When this monster damages an opponent's health, increase their max health by half the damage.

Life Leech is strong in matches that drags on. The longer the match, the higher the amount of Max Health this monster would gain.

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At level 4, Poison is unlocked. [Negative Status] Attacks from this monster can inflict Poisoned Status. Poisoned monsters take 2 damage at the start of each round.

Poison is another ability good in drawn out battles. Since Holy Protection basically guarantees a round of attack from the monsters, it can be said that this can drag the game for another round, which makes Poison fit for it.

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At level 8, Dispel is unlocked. [Support] Removes all [Positive Status] from the opponent when hit by this monster's attack.

Dispel is an added bonus. It eliminates any positive effects from the opponent leveling the playing field to your advantage.

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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_998d40707e8d06320d69660a5e1b17e0

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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.

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Holy Protection Rules of Combat. All monsters on the board gains the Divine Shield ability that negates one instance of damage

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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. Uraeus's Sneak attack killed
   Mycelic Slipspawn
   .

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Round 2

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Uraeus's Sneak attack killed
   Fungus Fiend
   .
2. Xenith Monk's attack killed
   Grund
   .
3. Xenith Monk's Magic Reflect attack killed
   Ujurak Mystic
   .

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Round 3

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Silent Sha-vi's Sneak attack killed
   Spirit Hoarder
   .
2. Dhampir Stalker's Deathblow attack killed
   Goblin Psychic
   .

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Dallan: A very cheap rental summoner that I only use for its price. The Cripple ability is just a nice bonus, especially on rules of combat like Holy Protection.

1. Xenith Monk: A low cost anti-mage tank with Void, Magic Reflect and Heal. Good against Obsidian which is focused on Magic damage.
2. Revealer: One of the good magic damage in Death Splinters due to his Stun ability. While Stun only has a 50% chance of applying, that's still a very strong ability when it applies.
3. Silent Sha-Vi: What this monster excels than others is his Piercing ability along with Sneak. These are very strong combination since he has high damage and melee which can be countered or delayed by armor or armor adding effect like Protect.
4. Venari Bonesmith: Venari Bonesmith is good in Holy Protection rule of combat because even if the initial damage was blocked by Divine Protection, the Poisoned status can still be applied since the only condition of the Poison ability is if the monster's attack hits. However, this is not 100% since Poison ability only has a 50% chance of application for every attack.
5. Dhampir Stalker: Dhampir Stalker's True Strike ability is very useful in ensuring that the Divine Shield ability from Holy Protection is removed.
6. Uraeus: Uraeus is another Sneak monster normally accompanied by Silent Sha-Vi. These two monsters are very strong together that can slowly chip off your opponent's lineup from the back.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. Dallan's Cripple ability allows me to damage the opponent even when there's Divine Shield ability. The damage will be indirect as it would reduce the max health. Xenith Monk's Magic Reflect ability was very useful in this game since it removed a lot of the opponent's Divine Shield before I even reach them. Then, I just have both Silent Sha-Vi and Uraeus slowly kill the lower health monsters from behind while the others attack the front.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

None. The build worked really well and I had a huge advantage in erms of levels. The pincer attack from the front and back also worked really well in order to eliminate the opponent's healers.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Dallan and Venari Bonesmith in Holy Protection Rules of Combat

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. I like Holy Protection because it is really useful when you have Protect ability. I didn't use the strategy in this battle because my Ravenhood Warden isn't max level yet and others will be better. But the Protect-Divine Shield Combo is very strong especially against melee and range team compositions.

If you've seen me from the earlier days, the same idea can be said with using Lorna Shine's Divine Shield ability and Truthspeaker's Protect ability. It's one of my strongest combos up to date, if only Untamed Set is allowed in Modern Format.

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