Introduction

Another weekly challenge released (Splinterlands, 2022), this time about a card from the Earth Splinter and the Chaos Legion Set, the Hill Giant.

With the release of the Chaos Legion Set, all Splinters, with the exception of Dragon Splinter, received a tank with a cost of 03 to 04 MP for summoning, and in Earth Splinter this monster is the Hill Giant. Let's take a closer look at this card and understand its potential in the game:

• Stun: Has a chance to stun the opponent when hitting the attack. The stunned opponent is 01 turn without being able to attack and use abilities.

The Hill Giant is a monster with a lot of HP when considering its summon cost. Its weak point is its low speed and lack of shield. It benefits in battles with low MP consumption or with the Little League rule active. A battle with your participation will be shown below.

The strategy before the battle

The battle had the Fog of War and Little League rules active, 58 MP available, and only Earth, Death, and Dragon Splinters were enabled. Analyzing my opponent's history, I saw that it was difficult to predict which team I would use, so I looked for a defensive formation against the Opportunity skill that benefits from the Fog of War rule, using Summoner Mylor Crowling.

As a tank I chose Hill Giant with a lot of HP and put Queen Mycelia in the penultimate position with Protect and Amplify and Doctor Blight in the last position with Affliction and Poison. I also put the Opportunity trio composed of Venari Scout, Screeching Vulture and Parasitic Growth in second, third and fourth positions.

Once assembled, the team was hoping that there was enough melee attack to receive damage from Thorns, but only 02 monsters on the enemy team were melee.

The battle

My opponent came with Summoner Owster Rotwell. As a tank he had the Animated Corpse with Void and as a second tank he had Xenith Monk with Heal. In third position was the Riftwing with Scavenger and Backfire. In fourth place was Life Sapper with Life Leech. In fifth position was Twisted Jester and in last position was Grenadier with Opress and Snare.

My opponent's objective was to counter a possible magic team and destroy my tank if he didn't have an attack with the Opress skill. As I didn't fit into either option, my team would only have to eliminate the most vulnerable targets to close the match.

In the first round Life Sapper and Grenadier were eliminated with the attacks of Venari Scout, Screeching Vulture and Parasitic Growth.

In the second round my Hill Giant was downed after the Animated Corpse's attack, but it went down with Thorns' damage. Then it was Xenith Monk's turn to fall with Queen Mycelia's attack.

In the third round, no monsters were killed.

In the fourth round the Riftwing was eliminated by the Venari Scout and the Twisted Jester went down with Screeching Vulture's attack.

My opponent was surprised by the trio with Opportunity and lost 02 monsters key to his victory, which were Life Sapper and Grenadier. The Hill Giant fulfilled its role by delaying enemies while its allies took down the enemy's rear.

I hope you enjoyed the game, to follow it in detail, just click on Greengineer (2022).

PS: Sorry if there is any error in the above writing, as English is not my mother language.

References:

@splinterlands (2022, July 20). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! HILL GIANT. Peakd. https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-hillgiant

@greengineer (2022, July 22). Battle Link. Splinterlands - Collect, Trade, Battle!. https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_dbd06e66d03c4ab52e0a0e15382dd7cd&ref=greengineer

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Introdução

Mais um desafio semanal lançado (Splinterlands, 2022), desta vez sobre uma carta do Splinter da Terra e do Set Chaos Legion, o Hill Giant.

Com o lançamento do Set Chaos Legion todos os Splinters, com exceção do Splinter do Dragão, receberam um tanque com custo de 03 a 04 de MP para invocação, e no Splinter da Terra este monstro é o Hill Giant. Vamos ver em detalhes esta carta e entender seu potencial no jogo:

• Stun: Tem a chance de atordoar o oponente ao acertar o ataque. O oponente atordoado fica 01 turno sem poder atacar e utilizar habilidades.

O Hill Giant é um monstro com bastante HP quando levamos em conta o seu custo de invocação. Seu ponto fraco é a baixa velocidade e a falta de escudo. Ele é beneficiado em batalhas com baixo consumo de MP ou com a regra Little League ativa. A seguir será mostrada uma batalha com a sua participação.

A estratégia antes da batalha

A batalha tinha as regras Fog of War e Little League ativas, 58 de MP disponíveis e apenas os Splinters da Terra, da Morte e do Dragão estavam habilitados. Analisando o histórico de meu oponente vi que estava complicado prever o time que utilizaria, logo busquei uma formação defensiva contra a habilidade Opportunity que se beneficia da regra Fog of War, utilizando o Summoner Mylor Crowling.

Como tanque escolhi o Hill Giant com bastante HP e coloquei a Queen Mycelia na penúltima posição com Protect e Amplify e o Doctor Blight na última posição com Affliction e Poison. Também coloquei o trio com Opportunity composto pelo Venari Scout, o Screeching Vulture e o Parasitic Growth nas segunda, terceira e quarta posições.

Uma vez montado o time era torcer que houvesse bastante ataque melee para receber o dano do Thorns, mas apenas 02 monstros do time inimigo eram melee.

A batalha

Meu oponente veio com o Summoner Owster Rotwell. Como tanque ele tinha o Animated Corpse com Void e como segundo tanque o Xenith Monk com Heal. Na terceira posição estava o Riftwing com Scavenger e Backfire. Na quarta posição estava o Life Sapper com Life Leech. Na quinta posição estava o Twisted Jester e na última posição o Grenadier com Opress e Snare.

O objetivo de meu oponente era contra-atacar um possível time mágico e destruir meu tanque caso ele não tivesse ataque com a habilidade Opress. Como eu não me encaixei em nenhuma das duas opções minha equipe só teria que eliminar os alvos mais vulneráveis para fechar a partida.

No primeiro round o Life Sapper e o Grenadier foram eliminados com os ataques do Venari Scout, do Screeching Vulture e do Parasitic Growth.

No segundo round o meu Hill Giant foi abatido após o ataque do Animated Corpse, mas este caiu com o dano do Thorns. Na sequência foi a vez do Xenith Monk cair com o ataque da Queen Mycelia.

No terceiro round nenhum monstro foi abatido.

No quarto round o Riftwing foi eliminado pelo Venari Scout e o Twisted Jester caiu com o ataque do Screeching Vulture.

Meu inimigo foi surpreendido pelo trio com Opportunity e perdeu 02 monstros chave para a sua vitória, que eram o Life Sapper e o Grenadier. O Hill Giant cumpriu com seu papel atrasando os inimigos enquanto seus aliados abatiam a retaguarda inimiga.

Espero que tenham gostado da partida, para acompanhá-la em detalhes é só clicar em Greengineer (2022).

Referências:

@splinterlands (2022, 20 de Julho). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! HILL GIANT. Peakd. https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-hillgiant

@greengineer (2022, 22 de Julho). Link de batalha. Splinterlands - Collect, Trade, Battle!. https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_dbd06e66d03c4ab52e0a0e15382dd7cd&ref=greengineer