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Yeeeeey I'm back again with my Splinterlands post. This is my second post of the Splinterlands Battle Mage Secrets Weekly Challenge, Even Stevens rulesets. I hope you will like what I will share, because this is very interesting where this is a battle between Summoner + 1 Magic and Summoner -1 Magic.

Well, I'm neither a proplayer nor a tournament hero. I just enjoys sharing strategy and battles that I find interesting in my own view. I played on wild battles on Gold leagues, and maybe the battle strategies I'd share weren't suitable to apply in other leagues because the differences in ability that open up are different from each league.

Ok guys, without further ado, let's get straight to the heart of this post!

BATTLE PREPARATION

Challenge Rules

RULESET: Even Stevens

Description:
Only units with even mana costs may be used.

Battle Rulesets

The rulesets in this battle are:

• Even Stevens (Only Monster with even Mana cost may be used in battles)
• Fog of War (All Monsters lose their Sneak and Snipe abilities)
• Broken Arrows (Ranged attack Monsters may not be used in the battles)
• Mana Capacity 60
• Active Element Fire, Water, Life, Death and Dragon.

Line Up and Strategy

The monsters that can be used in this battle are quite limited, because in addition to odd mana monsters cannot be used, ranged monsters also cannot be used. Fog of War rulesets make all attacks other than Scattershot monsters only focus on the monster in the first position. So it won't be enough with one Tank. I will use Dragon Summoner with monsters that blend Dragon, Water and Neutral monsters. In detail, the monsters and strategies that I use I will write in the table below.

Monster	Position	Abilities	Strategy
Delwyn Dragonscale	Summoner	+1 Magic	Since Range monsters cannot be used, then +1 Magic Summoner will be very suitable for use. Moreover, all monsters also lose Sneak and Snipe abilities, so attackers will be dominated by magic troops and Delwyn Dragonscale will increase the damage of all magic monsters.
Djinn Chwala	First	Thorn, Enrage	Djinn Chwala has great HP and Armor as well as great damage. In addition, Thorn and Enrage abilities will also greatly help the defense.
Djinn Oshanus	Second	Void, Phase Forcefield	I chose to put Djinn Oshanus in second place as a second tank because it has abilities that are very suitable as tanks for Magic and Melee attacks. Defense from magic attacks, Djinn Oshanus has Void and Phase abilities, where Void will reduce magic attack and Phase makes magic attacks have the possibility of miss to hit this monster. Forcefield ability is a good defense from Melee attacks, because this monster takes only 1 damage from attacks with power +5
Arkemis The Bear	Third	Protect, Halfing, Forcefield	Arkemis the Bear who has Protect ability I put in third place as Thirth tank. In addition, at this level, Halfing and Forcefield abilities are also active. The position of this monster is behind Djinn Oshanus, although its position in the middle will not provide any damage except when the position is in the first position, but Protect ability which provides an additional 2 Armor is very good to make all friendly monsters protected.
Chaos Dragon	Fourth	Flying, Scattershots, Blast, Blind	Chaos Dragon is the main attacker in this battle because after getting a buff from Summoner, he will have 4 magic damage equipped with abilities that make the attack of this monster very explosive because it has Blast and Scattershot simultaneously.
River Nymp	Fifth	Clenase, Amplify	To be honest, this monster is only because of the monster with even mana and does not pay special attention when choosing this monster, although Cleanse ability is really very useful to eliminate all negative influences obtained by monsters in the first position.
Doctor Blight	Last	Affliction, Camouflage, Poison, Scavenger.	My favorite monster, because low mana monster that has the ability is very scary.

You can see the line-up of both teams in the picture below, where the opponent uses Thaddius brood with the ability -1 Magic, -1 Health.This is an anti-magic summoner, so if you meet with a +1 magic summoner, the magic damage of the monster will be the same as the initial damage.

BATTLEFIELD ARENA

(Click the image above to direct to the battle link)

I've also included a youtube video of this battle that you can play right away.

This battle is very interesting because it is an anticipatory battle and it turns out that it is all guesswork. The two teams have the same strength by using 2 Melee monsters and 4 magic monsters. Well, let's discuss the course of this battle round by round.

The first round begins. Buff and debuff parties start this battle. Djinn Oshanus with the highest speed became the first weaver. The monsters from both teams attacked each other, until at the end of the round Gargoya Lion which became the opponent's tank died. There are 5 monsters left on the opponent's side while my team is still in full formation.

The second round begins. It didn't take long for my tank Djinn Chwala to die and the first position was replaced by Djinn Oshanus. Venari Bonesmith and Prismatic Energy's attack misses Djinn Oshanus. Even though the two monsters have a speed of 4. Likewise, the Magi of Chaos attack also missed the Djinn Oshanus. At the end of the second round Prismatic Energy died, and Arkemis the Bear took the first place.

The third round begins. Archemis the Bear immediately received an attack from Djinn Oshanus, then retaliated by Magi Nacrosi but his attack missed to hit Djinn Oshanus. This time the Venari Bonesmith attack hit Djinn Oshanus, while Posion was also active. Luckily, I brought River Nymp with the Clenase ability in this battle. The Magi of Chaos died after being attacked by the Chaos Dragon. Before the third round ended, Archemic the bear also died and Venari Bonesmith took first place. The third round ended with Doctor Blight's attack which also gave Poison to Venari Bonesmith.

Rond ekeemapt begins with Venari bonesmith dying from exposure to poison. The remaining Magi Nacrosi himself, who didn't take long also died after being attacked by my monsters. I won this battle in the fourth round with 5 monsters left, namely Djinn Oshanus, Arkemis the Bear, Chaos Dragon, River Nymp and Doctor Blight. You can see the final result of this battle in the picture below.

STRATEGY DISCUSSION

The strategy I applied worked effectively in this battle. Although Range monsters cannot be used, it is not a significant problem. The strategy of the two teams is also almost the same, which is to put Arkemis The Bear in third place, not second. It's like believing that this fight won't make Arkemis The Bear the first tank. Sure enough, Djinn Oshanus did not fall in this battle, because he has specifications as a strong tank for melee and magic attacks and because his very high speed makes it difficult for many monsters to hit this monster.

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