CHALLENGE RULES

RULESET: Armored Up

Description: All monsters get a +2 armor buff at the beginning of the game.

RULESETS:

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL: Only Monsters with Melee attack may be used in battles.

TIP: Choose a summoner that increases/reduces Melee attack or Mylor. Keep a monster with Shield, Retaliate or Thorns in the first position. Reach, Sneak, Opportunity help in this ruleset.

BACK TO BASICS: Monsters lose all abilities.
TIP: Back row monsters are safe from enemy's Sneak, Snipe and Opportunity attacks. The ruleset places importance on Magic and Ranged attacks as melee attacks loose their ability to hit outside of the first position. Select monsters with high speed and choose a summoner that increases damage or defense against Magic or Ranged attacks. Lining up monsters in ascending order of their health is the way to go.

ARMORED UP: All Monsters have 2 Armor in addition to their normal Armor stat.
TIP: Use magic attacks, but the opponent will do the same, so focus on HP. Is countered by Rust or Wizard of Eastwood's summoner ability.

MANA CAP: 53
Active Splinters:
- Fire
- Water
- Earth
- Death

TEAM AND STRATEGY

TEAM

Summoner: Conqueror Jacek
Monsters: Exploding Rats, Arkemis the Bear, Tenyii Striker, Forgotten One, Grum Flameblade and Tusk the Wide

Strategy

Since its Back to Basics and Armored Up Ruleset, I decided to use Conqueror Jacek for Piercing ability and for additional +2 Speed. Its really the best Summoner in my opinion in this kind of Ruleset specially you can pierce through your opponent's armor and you will have an advantage to attack first.

Positioning

Position 1:
Exploding Rats - because of its INSANE speed (7) and damage (4) so it can attack first before he dies. A really good sacrifice for that kind of stats.

Position 2:
Arkemis the Bear - he's my main TANK with that 12 Health and he has a 4 Speed.

Position 3:
Tenyii Striker - same with Arkemis the Bear with 4 Speed. Monsters with more speed will attack first.

Position 4:
Forgotten One - I put him in 4th position since he has 2 Speed than Grum Flameblade.

Position 5:
Grum Flameblade - I put him in front of Tusk the Wide since he has a lot of Armor and Damage than him.

Position 6:
Tusk the Wide - same Speed with Grum Flameblade.

Battle

Round 1

As expected, Exploding Rats did his job before it dies by removing Coeurl Lurker's Armor and reducing its Health by 2.

Round 2

First attack was from Arkemis the Bear and he dealt 4 Damage to Coeurl Lurker. Though, My Bear's armor got removed by the Thorns and it receives a 5 Damage from Coeurl Lurker at the end of the Round.

Round 3

With the same 7 Health, My Bear attacked first and dealt 4 Damage and reduced its Health by 2 because of Thorns. On the bright side, Coeurl Lurker missed on this round.

Round 4

This round, Coeurl Lurker is dead and guess what, my opponent's Arkemis the Bear missed his attack.

Round 5

Another BIG miss on my opponent and my Bear survived this Round with only 1 Health because it attacked and received 2 Damage from Thorns ability.

Round 6

My Bear landed a 4 Damage to my opponent before it died because of Thorns and another BIG miss to my Tenyii Striker at the end of the Round.

Round 7

Miss, miss, miss, miss!!! My Tenyii Striker did a 5 Damage and received a Thorns. His Bear missed again and has only 1 Health at the end of the round.

Round 8

Finally, I killed his Bear and my Tenyii has only 5 Health left and guess what?! His Mycelic Infantry missed it attack!!! And that is the end of Round 8.

Round 9

My Tenyii hits his attack and ANOTHER MISS from Mycelic Infantry!!!

Round 10

Round 10, Tenyii's Health is 3 while Infantry's Health is 10. And finally, it hits my Tenyii and died at this Round.

Round 11

I killed his Infantry and his Pelacor Mercenary hits my Forgotten One.

Round 12

Monsters Health and Armor: Mercenary: 11 Health and 3 Armor. Forgotten One: 10 Health and 2 Armor. They both hit each other.

Round 13

They both hit each other again and both has 2 Health at the end of the Round.

Round 14

With both 2 Health, as usual, my monster attacked first and killed his Mercenary and my Forgotten One also died because of Thorns. The Round still continuous and this time, its Grum Flameblade VS Tarraceous Grunt and they both hit each other.

Round 15

They both hit each other again.

Round 16

This Round, Tarraceous Grunt died and Grum receives 2 Damage from Thorns.

Round 17

We're nearly close to the end of the battle. This Round, the opponent has only one (1) Monster. And for the first time, my opponent attacked first and they both hit each other.

Round 18

My opponent attacked first again and both hit each other again and my Grum killed his Xenith Monk.

Battle Summary

Overall, The MVP of this battle is Conqueror Jacek because of his ability. That Piercing and +2 Speed really helps my Team to dominate my opponent!

Battle Results and Rewards

Rating: +29(3475)
SPS earned: +2.084
RP earned: +80,988

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