Hello everyone, this is my entry to the splinterlands battle mage challenge for this week. I will be describing one of my battles with the given ruleset. I used my account @yahuzah which is my spl account for all battles.
| Ruleset Icon | Description |
|---|---|
 | Up close and personal : Only monsters with melee attack may be used in battle |
 | Earthquake : Non flying monsters take 2 melee damage at the end of each round |
These two rulesets meant that I could use only melee monsters in this battle who at the end of each round would take a melee damage of 2 only if they are non flying.
| Summoner | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Summoner chosen
For this battle, I chose the Drake of Arnak summoner to allow me select dragon monsters and to also grant my monsters +1 shield.
In first position, I selected Djinn Chwala. With a high health of 9 and a shield of 5 coupled with the thorns ability, this was a good selection.
Djinn Chwala in first position
I selected Flying Squid in second position. With its reach ability, speed of 3 and melee attack of 2, it was a good choice for the second position.
Flying Squid in the second position
In third position I selected Deeplurker who has the opportunity ability. With a speed of 3 and a melee attack of 2, it would attack my enemy's monsters with the lowest health.
Deeplurker in third position
In the fourth position, I selected Hardy Stonefish. It can only attack in the first position but I left it in the last position to take damage from opportunity or sneak monsters.
Hardy Stonefish in fourth position
Battle Details
Summoner and unit buffs took effect and the battle began. My enemy's second monster, Coastal Sentry attacked my first monster, Djinn Chwala twice removing all my shields but receiving thorns damage in return reducing its health to 6.
My enemy's first monster attacked my first monster reduced its health to 7 and receiving thorns damage which reduced its health to 6. My first and third monsters attacked my enemy's first monster reducing its health to 1.
At the start of round 2, the earthquake took effect and my enemy's first monster died. The shields all the other monsters had were removed with only my enemy's last monster having 1 shield. My enemy's new first monster, Coastal Sentry attacked my first monster twice, killed it and also died from the thorns damage.
My second monster stepped into the first position, attacked my enemy's Hardy Stonefish and reduced the health to 2. My third monster, Deeplurker killed my enemy's Hardy Stonefish ending the second round.
In round 3, the earthquake took effect and my enemy's remaining monster's shield was removed. My last monster was killed from the earthquake.
My first monster attacked my enemy's remaining monster and my enemy attacked in return rendering a damage of -2 health. My last monster attacked my enemy's only monster doing a damage of -2 health and leaving it with a health of 1 to end the third round.
The earthquake took effect and my enemy's remaining monster died.
Here is my battle link. Watch here how I took my enemy to battle and won.
All images used are from splinterlands.com and splintertools.