Going The Distance is a great ruleset with many possibilities to play, preferrably you would want to play the awesome Riftwatchers summoner Ilthain.
With Going The Distance, you can only play ranged attack monsters. For this very ruleset type, I have bought myself the very handy War Chang monster who can play in the tank position.
In today's battle, I have the choice of buffing my attack with Sloan or defbuffing my opponent with Quix the Devious. I opt for Devious this time. We also have the ruleset Little League to mix things up abit.
My Team
This is a high-mana battle with also Little League ruleset, so the choice of monsters is limited.
| Summoner/ Monster | Reason |
|---|---|
| Quix the Devious | Ranged attack debuff |
| Venari Marksrat | Ranged attack |
| Angelic Mandarin | Ranged attack |
| Xenith Archer | Ranged attack |
| Naga Assassin | Ranged attack |
| Merdhampir | Ranged attack |
| Kulu Swimhunter | Ranged attack |
My opponents
| Summoner/ Monster | |
|---|---|
| General Sloan | |
| Tower Griffin | |
| Venari Marksrat | |
| Thunderbird | |
| Venari Crystalsmith | |
| Halfling Alchemist | |
| Herbalist |
The rules for the battle are:
| Little League | Only Monsters & Summoners that cost 4 Mana or less may be used in battles. |
| Going The Distance | Only Monsters with Ranged attack may be used in battles. |
| Healed Out | All healing abilities are removed from Monsters and Summoners. |
Battle
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ROUND 1 - Venari Marksrat vs. Tower Griffin
As hoped for, my opponent has gone for the Sloan ranged attack buff and my Quix debuff will reduce his buff plus I get extra speed on my attack. Very often, I like to play Sloan, but often get debuffed. It often pays to debuff your opponent rather than buff yourself.
The answer is not even the first round, but he takes some damage for the team and Angelic Mandarin with a decent health score takes his place. In the meantime, my opponent has lost 2 monsters already.
ROUND 2 & 3
In round 3 though, things are looking bleak for my opponent as Thunderbird and Venari Crystalsmith both fall and up steps Halfling Alchemist into the tank position.
ROUND 4
At round 4, the writing is on the wall as Halfling Alchemist and Herbalist both fall rapidly with their low health scores. They are no match for my strong ranged attack.
Summary:
With the Going The Distance ruleset, usually you want to play a debuff of the ranged attack like with Quix or Ilthain. Going the Sloan option doesn't very often pay off for me unless there is no way to debuff him.
Quix the Devious is a great legendary summoner to use when you don't have Ilthain and combined with War Chang up front, can really surprise your opponents.
How do you play the Going The Distance ruleset?
Thanks for reading.
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