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Welcome to my weekly Splinterlands post, I make regular Splinterlands posts because I like this game a lot. I am having a hard time to decide what I should post today, then I have some idea about continuing what I have posted recently.
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I have decided to make something about Commander Slade. Slade is a great Tank however he has many weakness. One of his greatest weakness is that we have already too many great and excellent tanks on Water Element, so why would we pick him anyway.
So in this post I am going to share you 3 battles, on how I think you should get this Commander Slade too and why in the future he might be dangerous after a new core set after Rebellion released next year. So without further ado, let's check those 3 battles
HIGHLIGHTED BATTLE I - LOST MAGIC = No Speed Tolerance
Ok this is our battle, a small mana cap one on 20. What good about Commander Slade is that low mana would not be a problem for him
This becomes a one sided battle which they could not do anything until their Tinderlock activated his Last Stand Ability. so we learn that Commander Slade with some extra speed buffs could be an OP card, especially during LOST MAGIC ruleset.
HIGHLIGHTED BATTLE II - During Melee Only Battle, He Is More Than OK
This is the second battle I pick, a Battle which only melee unit can participate in. This could be an easy debatable sample, because most people usually want to see same element battle, which is a water vs a water. Well I don't think it matters, because this post is not to showcase how strong Commander Slade is, but to showcase what he can give you for the meta and lineup.
Same as before, this battle ends as a one a one sided battle which they could not do anything to Commander Slade. I do not think my opponent have a bad line up here, they have Chimney Wallstop there who has Repair ability.
However, as I have said on the first battle, there is no tolerance on Speed Supremacy here against Commander Slade. No matter how strong your melee unit is, if they are too slow to hit Commander Slade, then the result is already concluded there.
HIGHLIGHTED BATTLE III - Dog Fight Against One of The Strongest
Ok now we have arrived on our last battle, with the topic of Dog Fight. You might wonder why a dog fight against strongest one is taken during an Equal Opportunity ruleset?
The concept is simple, on this ruleset all unit will aim and kill the lowest health point unit, right? While we focus on the backline who will attack and get attacked, sometime people forget that the Tank has a big responsibility to buy some time so their backline meta can work and deliver result.
So this battle will be like two battle:
- Their backline line vs my backline line up
- Their Uriel The Purifier vs My Commander Slade
On the 3rd round we can guess what will end. What can Uriel do with his 1 Melee Damage? Recharge won't do anything, do not expect delivering recharged 1 damage damage every 2 rounds could make any difference. LOL
Enfeeble is definitely a dangerous ability, the stronger your opponent is, the better Enfeeble works!
At least this battle last longer, 6 round. but still Commander Slade manages to turn this one into one sided battle.
THE NEXT SERPENT OF ELD
For people who have played Splinterlands for years, the name of Serpent of Eld is familiar. It was a very annoying tank from the Untamed Edition, which were hard to hit due to his speed. Having to fight him when you did not have any mages in your team sounded like disaster... although on the other side... he was very weak against magic damage due to low health point.
As time progresses, we get many speedy and evasive type, one of them is the famous Legendary Coeurl Lurker from Rift Watcher edition. The question is, could you afford him? buying his card so you have his service for your team?
From those 3 battles, I am trying to showcase what Commander Slade could offer you, something that Serpent of Eld delivered in past and something that could give you almost similar strength with Coeurl Lurker but with a lot less resources to get.
- A Tank that very strong during Loss Magic Ruleset
- A Tank that very strong in dogfight slugfest against opponent tank
- A Tank that could work in various meta
and of course, I know there are some weakness on Commander Slade too, but it is worth to spend some effort to collect and upgrading him into the highest level.
Ok that's my Splinterlands post today, thanks for coming and have a blast in Splinterlands Game!!
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