HELLO to all Splinterlands readers of my humble blog.👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

Welcome to week 16 of the new iteration of the Splinterlands Weekly Challenges (at least, if I haven't miscounted so far, yet. 😜). For any old Hivers/Splinterland players who've just come back and are confused, fret not! Even with the name and format tweaks, right at it's core, battles are still the foundation of these posts.

In this week's edition of Battle Mage Secrets, one can be forgiven for mistaking this as a popular Disney song. But we aren't talking about Hercules or Michael Bolton this week, as much as I would love to, seeing as that was one of my favourite cartoons growing up. 😍 But other than it's namesake, this ruleset and song bears little in resemblance to each other.

No matter! I present to you the ruleset — GOING THE DISTANCE 🏹💪🏻

The game's description of GOING THE DISTANCE is as follows: "Only units with ranged attacks may be used."

This is a ruleset which effectively removes all units which doesn't have a ranged attack from the game. Players who don't have a well rounded deck of cards with an equal distribution of ranged units together with their other unit types will definitely find it hard pressed to field an entire team if they encounter this ruleset. I must also say when I first ran into such "type restriction" rules when I just started out playing the game, I was completely stumped. All my usual plans and strategies are thrown out the window! 🤣 As such, this is also a good reminder that we need a good balance and variety of cards if we want to succeed in Splinterlands.

🔮🔮🔮Hindsight is 20/20🔮🔮🔮

Would I have done anything differently? 🤔 This might have seemed like a disadvantage at the start but I ended up winning handily. IF I had to use the same cards again, there would be no better lineup than what I had already used for the match. Any other combination MIGHT have resulted in a loss for me. I'm really satisfied with the results against such a worthy opponent. 🏆🥇

💭🧐💭Ending Thoughts💭🧐💭

I definitely can appreciate the ruleset GOING THE DISTANCE and how it changes the dynamics of usual gameplay. This is one of those rulesets which can be turned into a huge advantage if surrounded with the proper team. The role it brings to the battlefield will give a player the edge in squeezing out every tiny advantage to get the win. 👍🏻

I hope this article has given you some insight into its potential. 😉

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