Hey Summoners,

Its me again !!!

For this week's Challenge battle i bring you, Pirate Captain !!!

WARNING BEFORE READING IN-CASE YOU GET BORED: To put this out there i absolutely do not like using Water....so this challenge is kinda plain, not much excitement...like my life.

The Pirate Captain is not a good unit at lower levels as alot 3 cost Snipe creatures severely outclass it. Clear winners are Child of The Forest (Earth) & Death Elemental (Death). Where it starts to shine though is at lvl 6 with that Inspire Buff which gives all friendly monsters +1 Melee Damage...Water apart from being strong in Magic also have very strong melee attack cards that can take advantage of this.

Unfortunately my Pirate Captain is only a Starter...hence lvl 1....so not much excitement here.

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The Battle Rules

League @ Silver 3

• 23 Mana
• Water, Earth, Life, Death
• No Magic

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Strategy

This looks more like a Novice league fight than Silver as all my units is Lvl 1....and surprise surprise the opponent also all Lvl 1s....further reinforce my point that i don't use Water...this is more of a battle of attrition and positioning than strategy as i am using mostly Starter cards too...

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The Lineup

NO JOKE this is like a 2 bots fighting each other....lol almost all starter cards and lvl ones...being no magic there is no point to use the Turtle or Old Man Summoner...so i go with this Lady with Snare hoping to catch out a few flying creatures.

• Frozen Soldier
  Great low cost tank in these no magic battles as he dies too easy to magic cause of his low HP. Great in this ruleset with Shield and Reduce damage.

• Albatross
  Just needed a cheap meat shield.

• AxeMaster
  Our main damage dealer. Needed him to do damage and not go in front. So this position seems the best to avoid sneak and have a buffer from the front.

• Crab Healer
  Probably a mistake as the Frozen Soldier's health pool is too low to effectively heal it.

• Pirate Captain
  Looking at their Sneak line-up i don't think he will survive long enough to much...the speed is also lacking compared to the other side.

• Chicken
  Something that i normally put at the back to absorb one hit of Sneak.

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The Battle

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_980f32ecb51bcde7ea80b8117abc89bc&ref=bladesong88

So i guess i started well despite me losing 2 disposable units, the Chicken and Albatross my tank is still pretty healthy and with the Silvershield Knight gone...only the Slug can damage me

Down goes my Pirate Captain and Crab Healer as the other side have heavy Sneak Creatures...but i am quite confident with this as my tank will be virtually impossible to kill now !!

Finally we reached the last creature and my victory is all but assured...the Slug will not be able to punch thru that damage reduction + Shield before the AxeMaster kills it.

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Conclusion

So ya it is a pretty boring fight as the Pirate Captain is pretty weak at level 1...this feels like a starter level novice fight that i had some advantage due to my AxeMaster and Tank positioning only.

I will probably not use Pirate Captain at this level again though.....as he is only useful at lvl 6 and above, then i might use him for the buffs depending on the situation, that means i might have to rent...hmmm

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