Splinterlands SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge - Feral Spirit, "I may look like the Cheshire Cat in Wonderland, but my claws are sharper!"
The theme for this week's challenge looks like a cat. In fact, for the longest time, I always thought it's name was Feral Cat! ๐ This shows the power of imagery. Your mind forms a connection with the image. Anyway, without further ado, I bring you the FERAL SPIRIT!
โWould you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?โ
โThat depends a good deal on where you want to get to,โ said the Cat.
โI don't much care whereโโ said Alice.
โThen it doesn't matter which way you go,โ said the Cat ๐๐๐
From Alice in Wonderland - because the Cheshire Cat bears a startling resemblance to our resident Feral Cat (Spirit) ๐
In Splinterlands lore however, the Feral Spirit is nothing like the smiling illustration depicts or the Cheshire Cat in Alice. They're spirits trapped between dimensions who bite and slash. Very dangerous and scary indeed! ๐ป๐ป๐ป
The Feral Spirit in Splinterlands is an essential card which will almost always be in the starting deck of most Life players who're going for a melee attack build (teamed up with Silvershield Knight and Assassin). At level 1, it has 1 ATTACK and 4 SPEED, with NO ARMOR and 2 HEALTH.
These stats make the Feral Spirit a fragile unit which needs to be well protected as 1 hit will almost definitely be enough to finish it off.
The Feral Spirit's true strength lies in it's SNEAK ability, which allows it to kill off unprotected backline support units! At 3 MANA cost, it's really cheap too! This is most definitely a top tier card! ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
Even the release of Chaos Legion does not reduce it's relevance. It's direct competitor, the Stitch Leech, whilst having more firepower and health, and costing the same amount of MANA, does not have the same FAST 4 SPEED that it has. Therefore, the Feral Spirit remains very viable and is still widely used.
๐Card Stats by Level๐
As we can see here, the main purpose of the Feral Spirit is to be a first strike backline killer. Stats wise, it's speed and attack gets higher at higher levels, reinforcing it's ability to do what it does best!
๐Important Rulesets Rundown๐
Here, I detail the list of combat rulesets that may affect the Feral Spirit.
Feral Spirit | ||
---|---|---|
๐๐ป Even though it has high speed, always good to guarantee a hit | ||
๐๐ป Gives itself more protection, but makes it harder to take down opponents, which is its main purpose | ||
๐๐ป Loses it's SNEAK | ||
N.A | ||
N.A | ||
๐๐ป Low HP means it'll die instantly | ||
๐๐ป Opponents have more HP means it'll lose it's purpose of a fast kill | ||
similar to SNEAK | ||
๐๐ป Odd cards can't be used | ||
๐๐ป First strike means even more damage potential to take out more of the backline before they can react | ||
๐๐ป Loses it's SNEAK | ||
N.A | ||
N.A extremely unlikely the backline unit will be stunned | ||
๐๐ป Makes the backline harder to take down instantly | ||
๐๐ป No melee units | ||
๐๐ป Costs 3 mana | ||
๐๐ป It's a common | ||
N.A | ||
N.A doesn't really affect it's SNEAK | ||
๐๐ป Will die instantly with it's low hp | ||
๐๐ป Odd mana unit | ||
๐๐ป It's fast speed makes it slow | ||
๐๐ป It's a common | ||
๐๐ป Doesn't really depend on Summoner abilities | ||
N.A by the time it takes damage, it'll probably be dead | ||
N.A | ||
๐๐ป All it's abilities stay intact | ||
๐๐ป It already has SNEAK, will make all units have it's ability | ||
N.A | ||
N.A | ||
๐๐ป It'll definitely deal it's full damage | ||
๐๐ป Melee unit | ||
N.A |
โ๏ธ๐กMy Battle Showcase๐กโ๏ธ
Let me present a battle I fought recently in which I used the Feral Spirit. My opponent used the EARTH splinter. At first glance, seeing the nearly ALL GOLD FOIL lineup with MUCH higher LEVELS AND the INFAMOUS LLAMA KRON combo, I thought I was doomed. What chance did I have against someone who clearly out levelled me? ๐ฑ
I would say that the Feral Spirit was DEFINITELY one of 2 MVPs (together with the silvershield assassin), the 2 of them having single handedly turned the tide of battle. The SNEAK attacks destroyed Kron and the Flesh Golem, ensuring that LAST STAND never had a chance to come into effect for those dangerous units! It ended up being a PERFECT VICTORY, with ZERO casualties. ๐๐๐
LINK TO FIGHT WITH MY FERAL SPIRIT
๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐ฏ๐ฏโโ๏ธLINEUP CHOICES๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐ฏ๐ฏโโ๏ธ
1st CARD SLOT
BLINDING REFLECTOR was chosen as the Main Tank. Its high Armor and Health makes it perfectly suited to the role.
2nd CARD SLOT
FURIOUS CHICKEN chosen to fill the slot as a 0 mana filler to take 1 hit of any SNIPE/OPPORTUNITY attacks or to take a hit if/when the Tank goes down.
3rd CARD SLOT
CRYSTAL WEREWOLF Reduces Magic damage and to act as the secondary tank.
4th CARD SLOT
SILVERSHIELD KNIGHT gives melee units more damage.
5th CARD SLOT
FERAL SPIRIT sits here in this slot to partially keep it safe.
6th CARD SLOT
SILVERSHIELD ASSASSIN occupies the last slot as it's higher than normal HP makes it rather tanky for absorbing sneak damage.
โ๏ธ๐กBattle Action Report๐กโ๏ธ
As you can see, my opponent used the Failed Summoner as his tank, which was a pretty good choice, being a tanky unit with 8 HEALTH and the MAGIC REFLECT ability. His Flesh Golem was the secondary tank with the Wood Nymph protected in between the Golem and Krom and also healing the tanks. Krom sat right behind being the invincible LAST STAND tank if that came to pass. His entire team was VERY strong with lots of healing.
The battle started out looking like it was already his game. An entire team of GOLD FOIL cards - What chance could I possibly have? ๐ฑ BUT as it wore on, I soon realised that the SNEAK units were taking down his back units first, and thus not allowing the dreaded LAST STAND to ever come to pass for Kron and Flesh Golem. My Blinding Reflector was admirably holding the line.
Slowly, but surely, the sneak attacks wore down the opponent's team and the battle was won comfortably, without a single casualty on my side! Even though I had a huge scare at the start at the sight of my opponent's team, the SNEAK attacks from the Feral Spirit (and silvershield assassin) were what proved to be the edge I needed to eventually overpower my opponent. ๐ช๐ป
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎHindsight is 20/20๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ
Would I have done anything differently? ๐ค This is one of those rare instances where I would say that the lineup I could field is just about as optimal as they come. From my summoner choice all the way to my pick of every card and their position. This is the strongest possible hand (based on the cards I have available to me) that my opponent could face. ๐๐ฅ
๐ญ๐ง๐ญEnding Thoughts๐ญ๐ง๐ญ
I definitely can appreciate the Feral Spirit and it's strengths. This is one of those cards which are very strong if surrounded with the proper team. The damage role it brings to the battlefield will give a player the edge in squeezing out every tiny advantage to get the win. ๐๐ป
For any players looking to try out the Feral Spirit, I hope this article has given you some insight into its potential. ๐
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Glad you enjoyed it! :) The results of this match were very surprising and unexpected to me actually.
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Thank you very much! :) Hope you enjoyed my writeup.
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Thank you! :) Hope you guys enjoyed my analysis of the Feral Cat (spirit ๐) too!