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Since Qid Yuff is very cheap to rent, I decided to do this combo. Actually, if you're on Diamond or Champion League, you can do this combo alone with Sand Worm even without the help of Qid Yuff. What we're going to do is simply advancing Sand Worm's maximum capabilities while we're in Silver.

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Sand Worm

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Stats | Qidd Yuff

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Qid Yuff is a Rare summoner and on Silver, you need to have at least level 5 to use max leveled monsters or maximum level cap in Silver.

_Abilities

Piercing inflicts damage to health based on the difference of melee/range damage and armor. In other words, if you have Sand Worm with 6 damage, attacked a monster with 2 armor, they would take 2 armor and 4 health damage on that attack.

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Stats | Sand Worm

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

While Sand Worm is pretty strong, he has 2 weakness. First, the speed is very low at early levels. Starting level 5, it becomes decent at 3 speed but anything earlier than that, you need to have certain combos with Sand Worm or else he would just miss a lot during the battle.

Sand Worm's second weakness is, ironically, his high damage. Even if Sand Worm has high 5 damage at level 1, if he attacks a monster with 1 armor and 1 health, Sand Worm still requires to hit that monster two times. First, attack eliminating the armor, and second, to damage the health. Splinterland's mechanics on armor is like a secondary health. The extra damage can be diffused as long as the monster attacked has at least 1 armor on him.

_Abilities

At level 1, Sneak is unlocked. Sneak allows Sand Worm to be able to attack on any position prioritizing the last position monster.

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At level 6, Snare is unlocked. Snare removes the Flying ability of the opponent that it hits for the rest of the battle. It's pretty straightforward.

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At level 10, Piercing is unlocked. Piercing, as I described above, just inflicts the excess damage to armor towards the health. So, the Qid Yuff x Sand Worm combo is just us unleashing Sand Worm's full potential while Sand Worm is at lower levels.

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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_c3de8114bccda2b2b76e2a6120dcef18&ref=konaqua122

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

34 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 34 mana.

Reverse Speed Rules of Combat. As the name suggest, it reverses speed effects. The lowest speed monsters attacks first. The lower the speed of the monster, the higher the chance he can avoid and hit attacks.

Avoid using Swiftness ability on this rules of combat because you will just essentially give you an ongoing slowed effect reducing your hit rate and evasion rates.

Lost Magic Rules of Combat. Monsters with magic damage cannot be used during this battle.

All elements unlocked except for Earth, Life, Death and Dragon 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 Bold font are mine.

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Round 2

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Sand Worm's Sneak attack killed
   Pelacor Bandit.
2. Uraeus Sneak attack killed
   Uraeus.

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Sand Worm's Sneak attack killed
   Merdaali Guardian.
2. Supply Runner's attack killed
   Baakjira.
3. Deeplurker's
   Opportunity attack Battering Ram.

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Round 4

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Sand Worm's Sneak attack killed
   Deeplurker.

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Round 5

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Grum Flameblade's attack killed
   Flying Squid.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Qid Yuff and Sand Worm Combo

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. The combo of Qid Yuff and Sand Worm allowed me to win this battle. Actually, if this is a normal battle, I probably lose because without the Piercing ability, I need to attack the enemies twice, regardless of damage, in order to inflict damage. The 1 armor from Kelya serves as an extra life rather than an extra health so the Piercing is probably the winning ability I've had during this game.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Qid Yuff: Gives Piercing ability which is very helpful to high attack monsters to maximize their damage.

1. Grum Flameblade: A high mana monster with Bloodlust and Void Armor. Void armor allows his armor to block the damage of magic damage. Bloodlust increases all of his stats whenever he kills an opponent.

During Reverse Speed rule of combat, Blood Lust lowers the speed instead of increasing it whenever Grum Flameblade deals the finishing blow.

1. Battering Ram: A 2 mana monster with Opportunity ability that prioritizes the lowest health monster as an attack target. I added him because I have 2 extra mana left.
2. Supply Runner: A range unit with Swiftness Ability that increases speed by 1. This is actually a misplay and should not be here. I panicked and put him without checking the rule of combat first.
3. Sand Worm: A slow unity with very high mana cost of 9. Sand Worm's Sneak ability allows him to be positioned anywahere. Piercing ability allows me to break through the opponent's Kelya Frendul's extra armor. That means, if Sand Worm hits the opponent Uraeus, he only needs 1 attack to kill it instead of 2.
4. Uraeus: A sneak monster with 2 damage. Really efficient as a 3 cost monster.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

For some reason, yes. My opponent also have a lot of wrong plays. First, while Kelya helps in increasing the survivability of the monsters with the extra armor, the extra speed would act as an extra slow and makes his monster more prone to attack while making my monsters more nimble.

To top it off, Baakjira also has slow which decreases my speed. Just to remind, in Reverse Speed rule of combat, the lower the speed, the higher the chance your opponent misses and the higher the chance of your monster hitting.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

SUPPLY RUNNER. If I remember, I was doing something else and when I got back I'm like 30 seconds to build a whole team so I just added who fits. On normal conditions, Sand Worm and Supply Runner is a good combo but then I didn't realize that this is Reversed Speed rule of combat so I kind of shot myself in the foot with Supply Runner on this team. Good thing my opponent did worse or else I absolutely lose this game.

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