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This is a modified version of my opponent's strategy. I once got destroyed by this concept on one of my battles, so, I used the same idea and reaping rewards from it.

The combination of Lorna Shine's Divine Shield and Truthseeker's Protect ability ensures that your back row withstand the damage while you kill their opponent's back row.

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Truthseeker

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Stats | Lorna Shine

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

At first, I thought Lorna Shine was weak. I mean, I didn't understand how strong Divine Shield is until someone used it against me. The only downside of Divine Shield is it will break regardless of the damage to the monster. The Divine Shield blocks one instance of damage to the monster, regardless of damage.

_Abilities

Lorna Shine gives Divine Shield ability to all monsters you control. Divine shield blocks one instance of damage to the monster.

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Stats | Truthseeker

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Truthseeker's stats is very low to the point that she even have no damage despite having low health. But this is balanced by Truthseeker's low mana cost and jam-packed supporting abilities.

Having both Armor and Divine Shield on your monsters mean that your opponent needs at least 3 attacks to inflict damage for each of your monster. The first attack breaks the Divine shield, second attack may break the armor, and once the armor is broken, the third attack is the only one that will inflict damage to the monster.

_Abilities

At level 1, Protect is unlocked. Gives all of your monsters extra 2 armor as long as this monster is alive on the board. This gives a good protection to your monsters againt sneaks, opportunities, snipes and the like.

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At level 5, Cleanse is unlocked. At the start of the Truthseeker's turn, the monster in the first position is cleared of any negative status inflicted to it. Some examples of these are poisoned, demoralized, Affliction, etc.

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At level 8 Tank Heal is unlocked. Tank Heal allows you to heal a percentage of the health of the monster on the first position at the start of the Truthseeker's turn. The formula for Tank Heal is maximum health, divided by 3, rounded down.

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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_20909ea68a4a406d976dc13d7e2ccf28

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

29 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 29 mana.

Little League Rules of Combat. Both you and your opponents can only use monsters and summoners that are 4 mana and below.

All elements unlocked except for Water and Earth 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 1

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Stitch Leech's Sneak attack killed
   Revealer.

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Round 2

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Soul Strangler's
   attack killed Xenith Monk.
2. Celestial Harpy's Opportunity attack killed
   Soul Strangler.

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Venari Crystalsmith's attack killed
   Xenith Monk.
2. Celesital Harpy's Opportunity attack
   Venari Bonesmith.

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Round 4

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Life Sapper's
   attack killed Truthseeker.

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Round 7

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Celestial Harpy's Opportunity killed
   Life Sapper.

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Round 16

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Uraeus's Sneak attack killed
   Riftwing.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 Lorna Shine and Truthseeker? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. It's a very good mini-core that you can add in almost any Life build. However, this is also not fool-proof. This has a glaring weakness which is magic damage. If magic damage is focused on the front, the Divine Shield will immediately break and Protect also doesn't help as magic damage passes through armor.

It's a race against you kill the back line first, or the mages kill your front line.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Lorna Shine : A low mana cost summoner that gives Divine Shield ability to all of your monsters capable of blocking one instance of damage.

1. Xenith Monk : A level 2 Xenith Monk also has Heal ability. Heal ability restores a third of his health at the start of his turn, rounded down.

2. Stitch Leech : A 3 mana cost monster with Sneak. Sneak allows Stitch Leech to target the last position monster for attacks.

3. Truthseeker : Has Protect ability giving 2 armor to all of your monsters as long as she is alive on the board.

4. Venari Crystalsmith : Has Tank Heal ability capable of restoring a third of the max health of the monster on the first position at the start of Venari Crystalsmith's turn.

5. Celestial Harpy : A 2 cost unit with Flying ability that increases his evasion and Opportunity ability that allows him to attack from any position.

6. Uraeus : A 3 mana cost unit with Sneak that allows him to target the last position monster for attacks. A level 2 Uraeus has 2 damage instead of 1.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. It wasn't as effective because of the magic damage but still, worked as it should be. This is more effective against team composition with multiple angles of attack than one focused on the front.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

I actually adapted this to my Life build. Instead of adding Truthseeker, I uses monsters with built in armor and can attack from the back row. One good example is Uraeus. This makes him a good Sneak blocker. Add another one and you have a solid back defense.

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