Hello splinterlands warriors, how are you doing today? Last week social media challenge was to share our thought on splinterlands reward cards Splinterlands Social Media Challenge - Theme: Reward Card
This reward card challenge was a spectacular one: I read about various reward cards that were about to launch- names of the cards, stats, abilities and attacks.
I was able to read some articles from splinterlands enthusiasts that wrote everything about certain cards, and I was happy to know some of the cards that I will encounter in future.
Reading those articles gave me more understanding about the strategies and monsters to use in the battles.
When I read about reward cards, my thought was that Shocker Trooper would be one of the best monsters to a player that uses it. Unfortunately, I witnessed the bad side of Shocker Trooper against the user in the battle today, of which I shared the battle in this post.
Well! It was stated that “electrified - deals 1 damage to all allied units at the beginning of round 2 and each following round.”
At the beginning of round 2, all the health of friendly monsters were damaged by 1. The moment I saw Shocker Trooper in my opponent's lineup, my thought was that all my monster's health would be damaged by 1. At the beginning of the second round, I discovered that the health of my opponent’s monsters were damaged. I was very happy since it was not my monsters’ health that was damaged.
I was happy because it gave me an opportunity to damage opponent monsters faster.
That was the reason I asked this question, ‘who benefits from Shocker Trooper in a battle?’. For me it was like I was the person that benefited when my opponent used Shocker Trooper in this battle.
📍Battle Rule📍
⚡⚡Up to Eleven⚡⚡
All monsters have the amplify ability.
I was scared of this rule! I thought my opponent would use Prismatic energy as the first monster which would have had a debilitating effect on my monsters. Especially Prismatic energy with magic and void ability. That was the kind of a monster I didn't want to see because all my attacking monsters were magic monsters.
Holy Protection
All monsters have the divine shield ability.
With holy protection, first time damage is ignored. and that was the reason I used monsters with small health. you could see that first attack, it didn't have an impact on the health and the armor.
♐♐Broken Arrows♐♐
Ranged attack monsters may not be used in battles.
It was cleared that there was no range monster during the selection. I would have changed my plan.
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Summoners Arrangement
💧💧Alric Stormbringer 💧💧
Splinter: Water 💦💦💦
Level: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ability: All friendly monsters have +1 magic attack
Mana: 3
Alric Stormbringer is one of the best summoners to use when a player uses more than 3 magic monsters in a battle. This is because Alric Stormbringer gives additional +1 magic attack which would make the attacking monsters stronger. Assuming I used a melee attack in this battle, I would not win the battle because my opponent’s opportunity monsters would have destroyed some of my monsters with small health before I destroyed Noah the just.
🍭🍭Monsters Arrangement🍭🍭
💧💧Djinn Oshannus🔸🔸🔸
Splinter: Water 💦💦
Level: 2 ⭐⭐
Speed: 5 🚤🚤🚤🚤🚤
Ability: Void and Phase
Health: 11 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Armor: 2 🪖🪖
Attack: Magic 🔸🔸🔸
Mana: 9
💧💧Djinn Oshannus was the only monster that could lead the lineup in this battle, and it is due to the void and phase abilities.
💧💧Djinn Oshannus was the monster with the highest health in my lineup. Hence, it has the capacity to stay longer than any other monsters in my lineup.
The speed of 💧💧Djinn Oshannus made it the overall second monster to attack in this battle.
With all these characteristics and abilities, there was no other monster that could start the battle than 💧💧Djinn Oshannus.
🔹Nerissa Tridawn 🔸🔸🔸🔸
Splinter: Water 💦💦
Level: 2 ⭐⭐
Speed: 2 🚤🚤
Ability: None
Health: 10 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Armor: 2 🪖🪖
Attack: Magic 🔸🔸🔸🔸
Mana: 9
🔹🔹Nerissa Tridawn was the monster with the highest attack. and the second monster with the highest health. It was possible to eliminate🌌🌌 Noa the Just because of 🔹🔹Nerissa Tridawn.
When 🔹🔹Djinn Oshannus was eliminated, she led the attack, and it was difficult for the opponent to eliminate her due to health.
If it was Venari Wavesmith I placed in second position, I would have been eliminated by Shock Trooper.
💥💥Riverboat Captain 🔸🔸🔸
Splinter: Water 💦💦
Level: 2 ⭐⭐
Speed: 2 🚤🚤
Ability: Blast 💥💥💥
Health: 4 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Armor: 2 🪖🪖
Attack: Magic 🔸🔸🔸
Presence of 💥💥Riverboat Captain was a strategy to remove the blast ability from adjacent monsters. in the first round when 💥💥 Riverboat Captain attacked and damaged 3 health from Kulu Mastermind, his blast ability affected and damaged the divine shield from Deeplurker which made it easy to destroy Deeplurker in the second round.
Therefore, to make battle easier when the divine shield is in action, it is important to use a monster with blast ability such as 💥💥Riverboat Captain.
Venari Wavesmith 🔸🔸🔸
Splinter: Water 💦💦
Level: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Speed: 3 🚤🚤🚤
Ability: Protect
Health: 4 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Armor: 2 🪖🪖
Attack: Magic 🔸🔸🔸
It was necessary to use Venari Wavesmith in this battle, the reasons ares:
there would be melee monsters in the battle- I knew my opponent would like to use melee monsters, and I knew the best way to delay such monsters was to use Venari Wavesmith. The importance of Venari Wavesmith was to give armor to friendly monsters.
Fortunately, my opponent used a monster with rust ability (Noa the Just) which removed the armor initially. until Noa the Just was killed, That was when the armor was restored. I was happy when it was killed!
To protect monsters with small health- Without Venari Wavesmith, 💥💥Riverboat Captain would have been killed by Isgald Vorst in the second round. That was the reason, Venari Wavesmith is very important in this battle.
🏥🏥Merdaali Guardian
Splinter: Water 💦💦
Level: 2 ⭐⭐
Speed: 3 🚤🚤🚤
Ability: Tank Heal 🏥🏥
Health: 3 ❤️❤️❤️
Armor: 2 🪖🪖
Attack: None
My plan was to use this monster to increase the health of Djinn Oshannus. Unfortunately, the Merdaali Guardian was the first monster that was eliminated in this battle.
If 🏥🏥Merdaali Guardian was in the battle in the second round, it wouldn't have had a chance to increase the health of 💧💧Djinn Oshannus because it was afflicted in the first round by opponent’s 💥💥Riverboat Captain.
Captain Ghost 🔸🔸🔸
Splinter: Water 💦💦
Level: 2 ⭐⭐
Speed: 2 🚤🚤
Ability: Affliction
Health: 8 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Armor: 2 🪖🪖
Attack: Magic 🔸🔸🔸
In case my opponent uses a sneak monster, the health and the armor of Captain Ghost would have made it difficult for such a sneak monster to eliminate it.
it was not advisable to place Venari Wavesmith or Merdaali Guardian behind because they had small health.
📍📍Round one📍📍
The first monster that attacked was Noa the Just, and he removed the divine shield on Djinn Oshannus.
💧💧Djinn Oshannus also attacked Noa the Just and removed the divine shield.
Kulu Mastermind attacked and removed the divine shield on Merdaali Guardian while Isgald Vorst Eliminated it. Isgald Vorst stats increased.
Deeplurker attacked and removed the divine shield on Riverboat Captain while Shock Trooper missed the attack.
Venari Wavesmith damaged 3 health from Noa the Just while Nerissa Tridawn eliminated it. After the elimination of Noa the Just, the armor upon all my monsters were restored which made it difficult for melee monsters to attack the health directly.
Riverboat was the last monster to attack, it damaged 3 health from Kulu Mastermind, and the blast ability affected Deeplurker which was the monster behind Kulu Mastermind.
📍📍Round 2📍📍
At the beginning of round 2, one damage was done to all units in my opponent's lineup due to Shock Trooper. two monsters were eliminated from my opponent's lineup- Kulu Mastermind and Deeplurker.
📍📍Round 3 📍📍
In round 3, Djinn Oshannus was eliminated; and Isgald Vorst was eliminated. By the end of the battle, two monsters were eliminated from my lineup- Merdaali Guardian and Djinn Oshannus.
I'm conclusion, I believe it was me that benefited from Shocker Trooper than my opponent that used it. in my own perception, it is opponent that benefit from it not a player that uses it.
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