Welcome back to my post, @queen-silvia. In this week the theme for the Battle Mage Secret āļø Weekly Challenge is Even Stevens. Well, in my opinion, I think there's only 1 strategy š we can use in this ruleset. Yep, as we can see in the title above, we should always remember meta cards which are belong to even mana number 2ļøā£. Do you have any other strategy for this ruleset guys? If you do then feel free to put it š in comment section and let's have discussion with me š. We will discuss in depth about the strategy but first of all let's see the basic concept of Even Stevens first :
Fundamental Concept of Even Stevens
Even Stevens : Only units with even mana costs may be used. This rule does not apply to summoners.
Well, the ruleset is very easy to understand. The point is we can only use monsters šŗ who have even mana. That's it. Among all of those even mana cards, I do believe there are some cards š³ which are used very often or we usually called them as meta cards. These are cards that we should always remember because they are helping us to win š many battles and giving high win rate š. Here are the top 5 even mana cards which I think the best šÆ in their respective splinter :
| Fire | Water | Earth | Life | Death | Dragon | Neutral |
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| Countess SInash | Baakjira | Queen Mycelia | Shieldbearer | Harklaw | Vruz | Dr. Blight |
| Antoid Platoon | Lobstradamus | Mitica Headhunter | Corsair Bosun | Phantom Soldier | Chaos Dragon | Runi |
| Cerberus | Deeplurker | Failed Summoner | Dumacke Exile | Octopider | Djinn Chwala | Venator Kinjo |
| Antoid Platoon | Demented Shark | Mycelic Infantry | Pelacor Conjurer | Cursed Windeku | Dhampir Infiltrator | Chain Golem |
| Tinderlock | Djinn Oshannus | Unicorn Mustang | Dax Paragon | Venari Bonesmith | Fiendish Harphy | Elven Mystic |
Alright so the cards above are meta cards in my version. I think many people šÆ have their own preference of meta cards and that's fine. the points that I want to deliver is always remember those meta cards because we will use them very often in the battle āļø when we found Even Stevens 2ļøā£ ruleset.
Alright guys, Now let's have the discussion in depth in the battlefield where we can have more analysis to see how to use meta cards properly in Even Stevens ruleset :
Rulesets
There are 3 rulesets in this battle, Here they are :
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Okay, the first ruleset is Close Range. It allows the ranged attack šÆ of both players to attack in the first position 1ļøā£. Any ranged attack monsters have trait as melee monster š there. That's the advantage of Close range ruleset. It makes me think that my opponent will use some ranged šÆ monsters so I have to anticipate it, either using headwinds šØ ability to reduce the ranged damage or using return fire š„ ability and increase the damage using amplify.
The next ruleset is Ferocity š”. Well actually what we need to do for this ruleset is depend on the mana of the battle. Ferocity works best when the opponent used taunt ability and the taunt is highly needed when the mana is high 5ļøā£9ļøā£. so this ruleset won't give any impact for low to mid mana battle. Taunt is also used in some ruleset like explosive weaponry š„ and equal opportunity š. So if we have ferocity along with both ruleset then ferocity will work effectively. Then, the question now is when we have high mana battle, explosive weaponry and equal opportunity ruleset, all along with the ferocity, what should we do? š¤·āā well, actually nothing, we just need to avoid using monster with taunt ability in order to not getting double damage š” by the opponent attack.
The last ruleset is even stevens 2ļøā£. Well as we have discussed in the above section, I only have 1 strategy for this ruleset, we have to remember all the meta cards š³ as we will use it pretty often. The most popular and frequently used cards are Runi and Dr. Blight (that's why I used both cards as the characters of the thumbnail for this post). I think everyone already know the power of Dr. Blight š¹, with just 4 mana, 2 magic attack and some cool abilities like Poison, affliction, camouflage, Scavenger and weaken, this card is super strong and a "must used card", just like summoner. He should always be there in the battle āļø ha ha.
Mana and Splinters
Alright so the mana is very high š. It's 59. We have to remember that there's a choice to use monster with taunt ability but we shouldn't use it because that monster will receive double damage š” whenever the opponent attack. since some splinters available are fire, death and dragon, I think some high mana monster who have headwinds šØ ability like Ash Mirage, Queen of Crows, Soul Storm and Zalfran Efreet can be very useful in the battle. In high mana battle, players tend to use magic š® and ranged attack šÆ monster (unless the ruleset allow melee monster to attack from any position like equal opportunity š, melee mayhem šØ or super sneak).
Talking about the tree splinters available, fire š„, death š and dragon š, there are some summoners which are great as some options, let say Yodin Zaku š¦, Mimmosa Nightshade and Quix The Devious. Well. Since Yodin is Weak in this ruleset against the Devious and I need to use dragon monsters š since the mana for battle is very high, I would like to choose Quix the Devious rather than Yodin Zaku and Mimmosa Nightshade. Dragon monster is very important in high mana š since most of the cards mana are higher than other splinters and that means dragon monsters š are stronger and tougher than other elements.
Alright guys, now let's see the line up and have discussion why I chose the monsters for the battle :
Summoner
Level 3 Quix The Devious
Alright, the summoner I used in the battle was Quix the Devious because the ruleset was close range. the ruleset gives advantage to all ranged attack šÆ monster so anticipating their attack using summoner who can reduce 1 ranged damage šÆ would be good idea. Another reason why I chose Quix because he is the Dragon Summoner š so I can use Dragon monsters in my line up.
Tips š”
Anticipate range monster attack using summoner who can give -1 range damage and headwinds.
Use dragon summoner in high mana battle in order to be able to play dragon monsters.
First Monster
Level 8 Arkemis The Bear
Well, this monster is a perfect tank monster in very high mana battle because ; first, he has protect š” ability which gives additioanl +2 armor to all friendly monsters. Second, his forcefield ability will give only -1 damage against the opponent's monster who has 5ļøā£ or more damage. The third is his halving ability. It cuts š” the damage of the targeted monster in a half. This ability is very special, The Dangerous monster will lose his strength šŖ unless being cleansed āØ.
Attributes
"Tips š” : Arkemis The Bear is one of the best tank monster in very high mana battle because of his halving ability"
Second Monster
Level 6 Tinderlock
The second monster is Tinderlock. The reason why I put him in the second position is because he has very high health points 1ļøā£1ļøā£ so he can hold the opponent's attack for some round. Another ability which I like from this monster is his silence š ability. It reduces the opponent's magic š® by -1 and it's stacked which means that if we have some monsters with silence ability (let say 2) then we can reduce the opponent's magic š® damage by -2 too.
Attributes
"Tips š” : Tinderlock is a good option as a second tank monster as he has high health points"
Third Monster
Level 3 Runi
This monster is always useful in mid mana battle because of his opportunity š and true strike šÆ ability. Both abilities are very powerful to kill the opponent's monster very quickly. Another ruleset, reflection shield š” is also quite useful is certain ruleset like Briar Patch šµ and Explosive Weaponry š„. In Briar Patch ruleset, he will not getting -2 damage from Thorn effect since the reflection shield ability protect him and in case of explosive weaponry, he is protecting the friendly monster in the backline from getting blast š„ effect. We can put him in the second 2ļøā£ or fifth 5ļøā£ position.
Attributes
"Tips š” : With Opportunity, Reflection Shield and True Strike, Runi is a great option for mid mana battle and some ruleset like Briar Patch and Explosive Weaponry"
Forth Monster
Level 3 Chaos Dragon
The next monster is Chaos Dragon š. This monster is great option to be used in very high mana š because he has 6 damage in total (3 magic š® as main damage and 2+2 magic from blast š® effect of his magic). The dragon has lots of cool abilities, flying š¦
will increase the opponent chance to miss their target, scattershot is the counter for taunt and the explosive weaponry š„ will give -2 damage to the adjacent monsters. Blind will increase the chance for the opponent to miss their target.
Attributes
"Tips š” : In high mana battle, Chaos Dragon is great option with his blind, Blast and Scattershot ability"
Fifth Monster
Level 3 Dr. Blight
The fifth monster is Dr. Blight. This monster is very special as he has over-powered ability. The affliction will prevent the opponent to be healed āØ. The camouflage helps dr. blight to hide š³ from the opponent attack unless he moved into the first 1ļøā£ position. The poison has 50% to be activated and will give -2 damage directly into their health points. The scavenger š¦ will give additional health points whenever a monster die in the battlefield āļø. This is the strongest 4 mana monster in the game.
Attributes
"Tips š” : Dr. Blight is a meta card which is very strong and power full card in many rulesets and mana"
Sixth Monster
Level 3 Countess Sinash
The last monster is Countess Sinash. she is my favorite monster since she has the opportunity š ability to kill š” the monster who has the lowest HP among others. It makes her super strong šŖ combined with Yodin Zaku š¦ because Blast š„ and Opportunity š is so deadly combo. She has the same trait as Dr. Blight as both monster has camouflage ability so there's very low probability for them to be target of opponent monster, some attack that might hit them are trample and blast š„ only.
Attributes
"Tips š” : Countess Sinash is great choice for Even Stevens as she has swiftness, opportunity, affliction and camouflage"
Alright, all the line up has been explained, Now let's move to the battlefield and see how the meta cards can help us to win the battle. Let's Go!
Here is the battle looks like in the first round :
Alright so as one of the ruleset is Close Range, we have the same idea to use Quix because the summoner can give both -1 to ranged damage šÆ and speed ā”ļø respectively. We decided to choose Quix because in fire š„, death š and dragon š splinter, the probability to use magic š® monster is low unlike earth splinters which has many magic š® monsters. As we can see in the battle above, we use 3 same monsters : Arkemis the Bear, Chaos Dragon, and Countess Sinash. The difference is I used Tinderlock which reduce the opponent's Chaos Dragon š with his silence š ability, Dr. Blight who has posion and Runi with his true strike and opportunity ability.
The power of Poison from Dr. Blight
Well, if we see the battle (in the link below), The poison ability by Dr. Blight šŗ has been activated to the opponent's Arkemis The Bear and Chaos Dragon, it really became the game changer as both tank died š pretty fast. The -2 poison reduced their health point quickly and bring the win to Dr. Blight team. Another interesting stuff to see is the silence š ability by Tinderlock. He reduced magic damage of Chaos Dragon š from 3 to 2 and it makes the total magic damage š® became 4 only 2 from main attack and 1+1 from the scattershot. Well, My Chaos Dragon š is stronger with total 10 damage and it helps me to win the battle as well.
šŗClick here to see the complete battlešŗ
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I hope I don't miss out any names there. Regardless you win or not, I hope you guys keep supporting me by participating in my upcoming giveaways because sharing to the community is fun. Here is the snapshot of the winner :
Congratulations to @jarmeson for winning Lv.3 Gold Foil Cruel Sethropod. This card has 3 melee attack, 6 armor and 7 health point at maximum level which are very powerful in the battle.
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In the previous post we had a Lv.3 Gold Foil Cruel Sethropod card for the giveaway. In this giveaway post, there will be another Gold Foil card that you could possibly win, Here is the card :
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