Hello Splinterfans!
This week we have the new Battle Mage Secrets weekly challenge with the ruleset Keep Your Distance.
With Keep Your Distance, you are restricted that you cannot play any melee monsters in your battles. This then narrows down the options of what you can play in the game to either ranged or magic attack. This is then also important to consider what will your opponent play?
Do you think your opponent will play ranged attack, it could be worth to debuff them with Quix the Devious. If you think they will play a magic attack, perhaps some debuff for their magic attack? Depending on the battle mana size it could influence your decision.
In today's battle, I decide to debuff the magic attack of my opponent and in case they have reflection shield, I add some ranged attack.
My Team
This is a high-level mana battle with also aim and heavy hitters rulesets.
| Summoner/ Monster | Reason |
|---|---|
| Immortalis | Void ability |
| Mycelic Slipspawn | Taunt and strong magic attack |
| Kron the Undying | Strong magic attack with heal |
| Queen Mycelia | Triage ability |
| Goblin Psychic | Heal and affliction abilities |
| Hunter Jarx | Strong ranged attack |
| Runemancer Florre | Strong magic and ranged attack |
My opponents
| Summoner/ Monster | |
|---|---|
| Immortalis | |
| Magi of Chaos | |
| Queen Mycelia | |
| Spirit Hoarder | |
| Runemancer Florre | |
| Goblin Psychic | |
| Mycelic Slipspawn |
The rules for the battle are:
| True Aim | Attacks always hit their target. |
| Keep Your Distance | Monsters with Melee attack may not be used in battles. |
| Heavy Hitters | All Monsters have the Knock Out ability. |
Battle
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ROUND 1-4 - Mycelic Slipspawn vs. Magi of Chaos
We face off with a similar idea today to debuff our magic attacks. I however put Mycelic in the tank position but my opponent has him at the back with support with 2 triage monsters! Will that help my opponent when I have the affliction ability?
Even though Magi of Chaos is in the tank position, my attack follows the taunt of my opponent's Mycelic in the back position. With most magic attack having no effect, it takes til round 4 until Hunter Jarx takes down their Mycelic.
ROUND 5 & 6
My Mycelic finally falls in round 6 but Hunter Jarx takes out Spirit Hoarder. Things are looking good so far. I am so happy that I upgraded Hunter Jarx, I love him!
ROUND 7 & 8
Magi of Chaos falls in round 7, followed by Goblin Psychic in round 8. My opponent's Runemancer Florre is on her own!
ROUND 9
With silence removed, my attack is more potent and Runemancer Florre falls easily in the next round.
Summary:
Keep Your Distance ruleset narrows down the playing options but a good strategy is to try and debuff your opponent's attack and keep a ace up your sleeve in case they do something sneaky like put in a magic reflection in there!
Here Hunter Jarx was the deciding factor to help take down my opponent, he didn't expect that and it cost him dearly.
How do you play the Keep Your Distance ruleset?
Thanks for reading.
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