Bring it on !! Attack adn Defence at the same time

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what's up Splinter Player around the world how are you doing? I am sharing my battle this time in new format of battle challenge that discussion about using only melee ruleset battle. In the last content you can see when i am playing using Jacek in Silver League Modern Format, but this time the battle is escalated. I am using scholar account that playing in Diamond League Modern Format. I think the strategy that we used somehow different from playing in Silver League. Many ability have been unlocked in some monster unit when the level is growing. And before knowing my strategy this time,lets check the ruleset like always

Up Close & Personal ruleset description is Only units with melee attacks can be used.Use Thorns and Demoralize to counter melee attacks.
Units with 2 types of attacks (including melee) can be used. In this case, i am using Drybone Raider as my attacker too. But combination between Buff and Debuff for melee attack based ability Demoralized and Inspire is pretty important too.

Strategy Phase

As you can see in the picture above this battle just have 2 ruleset that is Up Close & Personal that means both players can only using melee units monster or using 2 types attack like melee and range. The second ruleset is True Aim that means both players monster unit cannot missing the attack. The manacap in this battle is maximum which is 99 manacap. The only element that can be used in this battle is just Fire and Death Element. In this battle i am prefer using Fire element than using Death element since in Fire element is having many melee monster than in Death element. and in Fire element many Frontliner Tanker that available than in Death element. Thats why i am using Fire element in this battle and here my strategy that you can see in the table below

Card	Position	Ability	Reason
	Summoner	+2 Speed Piercing Scattershot	Between Fire and Death element for Melee units monster only, i am prefering using Fire element than Death element, in fire element there are so many melee monsters that having great ability and status, and i am choosing Jacek as a summoner to adding chance to attacking first due this summoner ability adding 2 speed as its ability.
	Frontliner Tanker		Using Forgotten One as a frontline tanker is pretty good strategy because this monster having Retaliate ability that can counter opponent melee units attack this monster and retaliate is very suitable in Up Close & Personal ruleset that can be used melee monster units only. And with immunity ability all debuff will give no longer effect to this monster. And additional 2 speed can make this monster faster and having chance to defeat opponent frontliner first.
	Buff Tanker		Bringing Tusk The Wide in this battle is really needed, the first reason for me is to make my whole team got buff since it is only melee monster units that can be bring in this battle ruleset and this monster is having high health so just in case my Frontline tanker defeated this monster can replacing to be a frontliner tanker.
	Debuff Tanker		Legionnaire Alvar is needed to my strategy, i want to make opponent will losing 1 melee attack by using this monster ability Demoralize that will be give effect of the battle, and this monster can be as tanker too with having high armor and medium health. But i am bringing this monster to utilize the demoralize ability that can make all opponent line up melee attack got debuffed.
	Main Attacker		Drybone Raider is the main attacker in my strategy this time, this monster combined with Jacek that giving scattershot ability can make this monster target randomly and with the randomness, maybe this monster can break opponent monster that having high armor with shatter. And that will make my team got benefit to direct hit to opponent monster units without worrying about armor anymore. And this monster having 2 type attack that is range and melee so if opponent bringing monster that debuffing my melee attack, this monster still can give total 4 damage to opponent by range damage. And it will be carrying my whole team before this monster turned to be a frontliner.
	Debuff Support		Bringing Disintegrator in this battle can very helpfull this monster also having demoralize ability that can make opponent melee monster units loses 1 melee damage, so total 2 melee attack debuff will make opponent hardly defeat my line up hopefully. But, in my strategy there are super minimum monster that can give damage to opponent line up, that caused i am bringing so many monster units that can debuffing opponent line up and buffing my team.
	Backliner Tanker		I need this monster units to make my team got buffed armor as long as possible with repair ability and this monster also having protect ability tha can adding 2 additional armor to my whole team. Thats why i need this monster and placing in the backline of my line up. So if my frontline tanker armor got broken can be repaired from this monster ability. And if its strategy can looping every turn it can make opponent line up frustrating and my Frontline tanker in this case Forgotten One attacking opponent frontline tanker and having high chance to give retaliate to opponent monster without worrying the armor broke.

So this is my strategy that i think just focused on frontliner and my Drybone Raider as main attacker that using range attack to break opponent armor and some range damage before this monster replacing to be as a frontliner tanker. And what the result do you think? Can i win with this strategy? I think my strategy is weird enough for bot to be calculating right. Or maybe the helper can read my strategy and counter this strategy. Lets see how the battle going, shall we

Battlephase

Okay this time i encountered with super overpowered Legendary Summoner Yodin Zaku. I dont really know that the player using helper or not but as far as i know that using Yodin Zaku is having higher chance to win the battle. But one of the Yodin Zaku ability cannot be used in this battle since the ruleset is Up Close & Personal so range buff will be useless. but Blast ability and health is having advantage in this battle. Okay without further ado lets see how the battle going

Round 1

As usual both parties got buff and debuff from both summoners and monsters. in this case my team got

• 2 additional Speed Buff from my summoner Conqueror Jacek ability
• 1 additional Melee attack buff from my Tusk The Wide ability Inspire
• 2 additional Armor buff from my Ferox Defender ability Protect
• 2 reduction Armor debuff from opponent Lava Golem ability Rust
  In opponent team got
• 1 additional Range attack from opponent summoner Yodin Zaku ability
• 1 additional health from opponent summoner Yodin Zaku ability
• 2 reduction Melee damage from my Alvar legionnaire & Disintegrator ability Demoralize

After get buff and debuff the battle started, first attack come from my Drybone Raider and shattered opponent Lava Golem then Fenox Defender. After that my Forgotten One attacking opponent Lava Golem that get reduction because opponent Lava Golem have shield ability. then opponent Ferexian Hero attacking my Forgotten One then my Forgotten One activated retaliate and counter Ferexian Hero. Following by opponent Lava Golem attacking my Forgotten One and once again my Forgotten One activate retaliate once again and counter opponent Lava Golem and defeat it. Still my Forgotten One got Thorns effect.

Round 2

In round 1 my team leading the battle with defeating opponent Lava Golem and leaving opponent Ferexian Hero wounded as a frontline tanker. In this round the initiate first attack comes from opponent Fineas Rage and once again my Forgotten One activated retaliate and counter the attack. This time i am very lucky that very rare happens to me. my Forgotten One almost counter opponent by activating retaliate ability. After that my Drybone Raider break opponent Forgotten One armor and hit opponent Fineas Rage. And opponent Sand worm still attacking my Ferox Defender but this time my Ferox Defender armor broken. then My Forgotten One defeated opponent Ferexian Hero and ending this round.

Round 3

After looking battle in round 2 i can say my team still leading this battle with RNG luck from Forgotten One almost always activate the retaliate ability. then in this round opponent Fineas Rage attacking my Forgotten One and this time my Forgotten One not activate the retaliate ability. the following by my Drybone Raider attacking opponent Fineas Rage and Fenox Defender. then my Forgotten One defeated opponent Fineas Rage this time. after that opponent Sand Worm attacking my Fenox Defender but my Fenos Defender can holding the attack and not defeated.

Round 4

In round 4 my Drybone Raider attacking opponent Fenox Defender and opponent SandWorm this time. After that opponent Sandworm attacking my Forgotten One then my Forgotten One activate the retaliate ability this time and defeated opponent Sandworm. After that opponent Forgotten One finally defeated my Forgotten One. sad my MVP defeated. But, i think my team is far leading this battle. Opponent just leaving only Forgotten One but in my team still have 5 monsters units left.

Round 5-6

Okay in this round the battle ended with my Drybone Raider attacking opponent Forgotten One twice and then my Tusk The Wide attacking opponent Forgotten One. But, opponent Forgotten One still standing and defeated my Tusk The Wide. Then in the next round my Legionnaire Alvar defeated opponent Forgotten One and i win this battle. Weird but, thanks to Retaliate RNG that almost showing up every opponent attack.

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Forgotten One da real MVP

Conclution

it is almost same with my last battle mage content. But this time really i am escalated the battle that my strategy is very unusual. Using just focused with 2 monsters units that is Forgotten One and Drybone Raider only. the rest of my monsters units as a buff and debuff support for my team. But really this time my Forgotten One retaliate is very helpfull that almost active in this battle, that can make opponent line up very fast got defeated. And my key that can make this battle easier is using Drybone Raider that shattering opponent Armor, without armor my Forgotten One can give direct hit to opponent health that can make way easier to defeated opponent frontliner. And with this battle i can say that Forgotten One tanker combined with Fenox Defender that can helping repair the armor is very suitable pair that make my Forgotten One more suistanable.

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