Brawls are the more fearsome type of battles in Splinterlands where you always find strong opponents ready to show their powers. Most of the time you get 3 rules and some restrictions imposed by the defending guild.
The good thing is that players are free to choose 1 Gladiator card with any regular summoner, but when a player uses a summoner with Constrictor ability it allows them to add 1 additional Gladiator card in the battle, which means now he or she can use 2 Gladiator cards instead. Bloodlust is the main reason we use Gladiator cards to show some extra might.
Super Sneak
Battles with a Super Sneak ruleset give all monsters Sneak ability which allow all melee monster to attack the last unit in the backline. This ability does work on monsters with Camouflage ability.
Additional Rulesets: Ferocity and Born Again
Ferocity ruleset bestows Fury ability to all monsters, this way they can do double damage to monsters with the Taunt ability.
Born Again ruleset revives any unit who dies in the battle for only 1 time. This ability works like a charm by reviving a Martyr monster and gaining additional stats for monsters adjacent to the Martyr unit.
BATTLE LINEUP
In this brawl which gives 43 mana for monster selection, I have taken the best Gladiator cards to dominate the battlefield.
The following images and tables show the monsters used in this battle:
| LORDSHAH'S CARDS | OPPONENT'S CARDS |
|---|---|
| Helios Matriarch (Summoner) | Possibilus the Wise (Summoner) |
| Quora Towershead | Diemonshark |
| Fungus Flinger | Coastal Sentry |
| Katrelba Gobson | Deeplurker |
| Disintegrator | Demented Shark |
| Flesh Golem | Edith Emberstar |
| Venari Knifer | -- |
STRATEGY
Many players try to use melee units when it comes to the Super Sneak ruleset, and this battle against Water units also comprises many powerful melee monsters.
Setting a balanced lineup is the key to a dominating battle, so I decided to use Helios Matriarch to be able to fight this brawl with 2 Gladiator cards. Since the melee units would attack my backline I used a monster with Thorns to reduce their armor and health. There are 2 monsters with Heal ability, 1 with Dual attack to handle the frontline tank, and 1 with a simple melee attack to keep the sneak monster busy and give more time to other units to clean up some opponent's backline monsters.
Martyr unit is given to enhance the stats of both Gladiator cards if he dies, otherwise, he will help with his ranged damage. 1 Monster with a double strike does a total of 4 damage and Disintegrator is used to reduce melee damage of enemy units.
Summoner and Monsters in Action
Helios Matriarch is a rare Dragon summoner with Constrictor ability, she can call 1 Gladiator monster in any type of battle. She also gives +1 speed to all friendly units.
Quora Towershead is the tank in this battle and she can do 2 different types of damage i.e. melee and magic. She can also heal herself and increase stats using Bloodlust ability when she kills an enemy monster.
Fungus Flinter stands between Quora and Katrelba and when he dies he will improve the stats of both units using his Martyr ability.
Katrelba Gobson is a common Earth unit, but she can do nice damage using her Double Strike ability and also possesses Sneak ability.
Disintegrator is a neutral unit in 4th position and his Demoralize ability will reduce melee damage by 1 point.
Flesh Golem is a common Earth monster, he can heal himself from level 3 onward. His role is to attack the opponent's backline monsters and also to hold enemy sneak monsters by healing his health each round.
Venari Knifer is a low mana cost unit with Thorns ability, any melee attacker takes 2 thorns damage when it hits him. He is the last unit in the lineup and gives a tough time melee sneak monsters.
BATTLE VIDEO
I expected a longer duration for this battle as the Born Again ruleset caused the unit to spawn again in the battle, but it ended within 5 rounds and the reason was that my monsters swept them away quite quickly. Let's have a look at the brawl.
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BATTLE COMMENTARY
Possibilus the Wise grants his units with +2 health and give them the power to use Trample and Reach abilities with his wisdom magic.
Helios Matriarch has already summoned 1 extra gladiator unit and now she increases her team's speed by 1 point in this battle.
Round 1
Disintegrator spreads fear among the enemy's melee units, their melee attacks get reduced by 1 point, but soon after the demoralizing gaze, Demented Shark screams and adds +1 to attacks of all melee units.
Venari Knifer is the prime target of enemies, they are attacking him quite brutally, but they've injured themselves in the process by getting too close to him and cut by his knives. Demented shark kills him, but Born Again aura on the battlefield revives him.
Disintegrator chews on Edith Emberstar's neck, she dies and returns to life with a revival aura.
Round 2
"Ready, aim, slice" yells Venari Knifer and cuts Edith in multiple pieces with his sharp slicer and dicer device attached to his back.
Coastal Sentry attacks Venari Knifer, he evades swiftly, but she sneaks behind him for another attack and slits his throat damaging herself as well.
"Haha, I am taking your life once, you'll be revived, but just for another death." warns Disintegrator with a sharp tone and kills Demented Shark just to be born again.
Round 3
Katrelba Gobson smirks and then breaks into a baleful laughter, "Themented sark, yer taim's over, I'll now gut you and cook you for the dinner, haha." and she pierces her knife into Demented Shark's belly and everything inside flows out of it, then she wounds Deeplurker.
Diemonshark sees his first death as Fungus Flinger throws a throat-choking mushroom in his mouth.
Rounds 4
"Oh! One more ugly fishy," says Katrelba and asks Quora "Soold I gut him fer ye, milady Quora."
"Never mind." replies Quora, "No prolem, I'll give it to Fles Golum."
Katrelba rips Deeplurker once and he revives, she attacks again and makes 2 halves of him.
Quora uses her magic attack and hurls a shimmering sphere toward Diemonshark kills him permanently and then draws her sword and severely wounds Coastal Sentry.
Flesh Golem takes her first life, and Sentry respawns and faces Quora Towershead once again with a small health and armor.
Round 5
"How 'bout a double-striker kills another double-striker, die a bit, yer time's over." murmurs Katrelba in Coastal Sentry's ear and then she draws her knives and cross cuts her neck, Sentry sprays blood and falls to the ground.
STRATEGY OUTCOME ANALYSIS
It was one hell of a fantastic brawl, the way my strategy worked in this battle, it was quite impressive to see how quickly this battle ended within 5 rounds.
Venari Knifer's 6-speed did a nice job evading some of the killing attacks, and this way Flesh Golem got more chances of survival. Knifer's thorns also helped my team to finish this battle earlier than expected as he removed the armor of Coastal Sentry and Demented Shark, which was a good relief and attack saver.
Katrelba Gobson was the MVP of this battle, she did a lot of damage to enemy units and once her stats went up, she became even dangerous to the enemy's backline.
Overall, it was a breathtaking brawl as my team kept dominating on opponent's units in every round. I think this strategy is also good for battles without the Born Again ruleset. Let's give it a try next time I have the chance to use a similar lineup.
Hey friends, I hope you'll be amazed by this new strategy and if you have anything to share about this brawl, please do so in the comment section.
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