SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! DRAGONS!

Another adaptation of Offer your fight with the water deck is here once more. Another valuable chance to flaunt my most evolved deck in Splinterlands. This week we'll investigate this overwhelming card that is quite possibly of the most flexible tank in the deck and measure it against a day to day existence deck with Specialist Sloan as summoner and encompass Diemonshark with a modest bunch of good cards to capitalize on his capacity as a fundamental tank in a fascinating fight. New week and new fight challenge in Splinterlands. We should get everything rolling.

Dragon Spirit

THE CARD

A twisted spell was recently discovered by the Dragon mages, and now ghostly hybrids known only as Dragon Spirits are roaming the skies. Despite the best efforts of Gloridax egg care, the rate of egg failures has skyrocketed as the Splinterlands has been stricken with the Burn. The mages began their experiments hoping that they could salvage something of the Dragon that might have been. But when they perform these wild spells on failed eggs, they are not saving the Dragon’s life, but trapping it in spirit form and cursing it to wander the Splinterlands instead of having a chance with the next egg. The Dragon Spirits (fully aware of their situation) are ruthlessly resentful of everyone living, especially Dragons.

Mana Cap:

THE BATTLE

Angelic Mandarin

The sailor sunk deep into the depths of the cold water. He closed his mouth tightly, trying to preserve any air he had left. But the violent shipwreck had knocked the wind out of him. Trails of blood from his wounds blossomed into the water around him.

His mind told him to swim. Swim up and to air. Swim up and live. But his body wouldn't cooperate. Just as he felt unconsciousness tugging at him, there was movement. The glimmer of bright colors through the dark of the water.

A single fish swam to him. It was beautiful; it glowed with an internal light. The fish looked directly into his eyes. He stared back, barely hanging on to consciousness.

And then suddenly a surge of energy went through him. His wounds closed, and his lungs were filled with air. The fish turned and swam off. And the sailor kicked up to the surface of the water.

River Nymph

The young mage slung spell after spell at the five eldritch creatures advancing toward him out of the forest. However, his magics had no effect. The beasts stalked toward him. He staggered backward until his sandals splashed into the shallows of the river flowing behind him. They had him surrounded. The things crouched, ready to leap and tear him to pieces.

Energy surged through the young mage. His fatigue vanished, and his eyes widened in surprise. He moved with an unnatural swiftness as he whirled his arms and cast his spells, and this time, they tore into the eldritch creatures, leaving bloody gashes.

Two of the creatures fell dead. A third charged him, and he blasted it full in the face. It collapsed. But the young mage was unbalanced, and the last two leaped at him. No time to react.

A burst of water magic exploded from somewhere behind him and slammed into the two creatures in succession. They let out a shriek, nightmarish skin smoking. Then they, too, fell and died.

The young mage whirled. Behind him, a slender woman with flawless blue-green skin, pointed ears, and luxurious dark-blue hair stood in the river. The water flowed around her slim waist, and her fingertips traced circles in the current. Her features were elegant and graceful. A magical fae, born of the river, he though in awe. She was the most beautiful creature he'd ever seen.

Hardy Stonefish

To the untrained eye a Hardy Stonefish is nearly invisible when at rest on the ocean floor. This solitary creature is at home in deep water or in shallow pools. Their thick rough scales make the stonefish indistinguishable from chunks of coral or a large boulder but when they attack, very few survive. They can grow up to six feet in length and are wide and strong. Hardy Stonefish attack by slamming their rock-like skulls into their opponent, dealing crushing damage. Anyone who tries to battle this dread aquatic beast will find themselves surprised by the toughness of their scales, making their armor difficult to penetrate.

Sarl Mudfoot had been hunting the Irontail and Stonefin, prized for their scales, for months, but when he came upon the silt trail of a Hardy Stonefish he couldn't believe his luck. He dropped another air cartridge into his rebreather, bated his trap with a piece of quartz the size of his fist and perched himself on a boulder nearby. It was all over in a flash. Later that day his gear could be seen floating near the water's edge, his boat abandoned.

Battle

Round 1:

I am playing against no other than the DIEMONSHARK , River Nymph, coming straight from Japan to show me how it's done. His Summoner of choice is a level 3 Angelic Mandarin. However, the issue I see straight off the bat is not the summoner he is using but the level 2 Stitch Leech with its Reflection Shield ability, right next to his River Nymph, in the last spot, with taunt and scavenger.

After 1 round, both line-ups have not suffered any losses yet. So it is still hard to tell who has an advantage at this point. I damage opposite side 0 cards.

Round 2:

At the start of Round 2 I have managed to take down Blinding Reflector and DIEMONSHARK but as we can see from the screen shot below taken a moment after the beginning of Round 2, my Stitch Leech is a goner as well. I damage opposite side 1 more card.

Round 3:

Round 3 and both teams have 3 Monsters left on the battlefield. However, the enemy's advantage is glaringly obvious. I damage opposite side 1 cards.

Round 4:

The Blinding Reflector is a fantastic tank for the River Nymph. I'll stick to renting it though. Definitely worth throwing it in any battle with a large mana pool. I cannot think of an occasion where you might go wrong with that.

Results:

I won the match. Get 20 point for win.

CONCLUSIONS

DRAGONS, despite being a rare card, is one of the most interesting tanks in the water deck and in the game I dare say. It has a weakness to opponent's magic attacks However, in battles where the opponent first melee or ranged attack its high shield and life allow the second line enough time to damage the opponent as we have seen in this battle where the opponent didn't use a single card with magic attack. Outstanding card this week.

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