Splinterlands Battle Of The Week: My Favorite Frontier Comp

The Ruleset

• Rulesets - Target Practice
• Mana Cap - 89
• Active Elements -

Here's my starting lineup

Summoner: Marlai Singariel

• With the ruleset and element pick that I got I knew there was only one possible comp i would go with
• That comp was the all powerful Water magic lineup
• The reason why i really like the Water magic lineup are the legendary and epic magic monsters Water has to offer combined with Marlai Singariel +1 magic makes them really overpowered in almost any Frontier battle
• What made it even better was that Death was not active so my enemy had no way of playing any Void monsters into his team

1st Position: Port Guardian

• Port Guardian was one of my main tanks for this battle
• Main reason I like Port Guardian here a lot is how tanky he is
• As Water only has 5 magic monsters you need to play one non magic
• And Because you already have a lot of damage I believe the best option for your last pick is a tank who could stay alive long enough for you magic monsters to deal with the entire of your enemies team
• I felt like my enemy was most likely also going to play a magic comp I needed a tank with the most hit points as possible

2nd Position: Great Bear Druid

• Great Bear Druid was my first magic monster and also kind of a secondary tank for this team
• The reason why I picked him as my second monster was because of his 6 hp which made him a okei secondary tank
• Also Great Bear Druid had 2 melee damage which I wanted to utilize before the rest of my team was gone
• For 9 mana he is not the best possible magic most but Frontier has so few monsters to pick from so he has to do for now

3rd Position: Lunaki Howler

• 7 mana and so low stats but as the last one Frontier cards are just little weaker in general
• Main thing i was after was his 1 magic damage anyway so I really did not worry about the other stats

4th Position: Water-Logged Wizard

• Next up in line is Water-Logged Wizard
• And again just sad stats for a 6 mana level 3 monster but you get what you get
• One thing that made in better on paper at least was her Deflect ability
• If I am not mistaking the ability is totally useless in Frontier battles as there are non Magic Reflect or Blast monster to be played
• Deflect - 0 damage from Corrosive Ward, Magic Reflect, Thorns, Return Fire, and Blast splash damage

5th Position: Saltwater Mage

• Now onto my two main carries for this team starting with Saltwater Mage
• The main reason why I really love these last two monsters are because the start off with 2 magic damage making them deal a huge amount of damage each round
• The sad thing about Saltwater Mage for this battle at least was his Sneak ability
• As Sneak is over Snipe when it comes to ability straight Saltwater Mage was going to attack the last monster in my enemies lineup solo
• If it was my pick I would 100% let him use the Snipe ability and attack the same enemy monster all of my other magic monsters were going to attack
• Sneak - Targets the last Unit on the enemy Team instead of the first Unit

6th Position: Mystic Scaleweaver

• And for last but not least my most pride possession Mystic Scaleweaver
• Definitely the best legendary you could get in a drop or in the pack, somehow I have managed to pack him most of my legendary pulls allowing me to sell the rest and buy other cards from the market
• But as far as the stats on this bad boy go again stating with 2 magic damage + high hit points and for last but not least the Slow ability
• At first the Slow might seem a little useless or with too little of effect but I really like it as it allows me to get most of my attacks off before my enemy
• That in some cases takes down a enemy monster before he even has the chance to attack
• Slow - -1 speed to all enemy units

Starting board

• Already after seeing the starting board I knew even tho I was 1 level up on my enemy with my summoner the battle was going to come down to who gets there attacks off before
• As couple of my monsters were 1 level higher they were 1 speed faster and that came me hope on this battle most likely going my way
• But my predictions could still be off by a mile so lets start the battle and have a look how this battle folded out

Here's how the battle went

1st Round

• After the first round the board was still looking quite the same as in the start
• I had sadly lost my first magic monster while my enemy only lost his non damaging tank
• The next round was going to most likely be the one that decides the outcome of the entire battle as if I get to attack first I would take down possible two enemy monsters lowing his damage by a mile on the other hand if my enemy gets to attack first the same can happen to my monsters leaving me in a desperate spot
• But anything could still happen so lets keep watching

2nd Round

• After 2nd Round I was starting to look really scary at first but then I saw that I was going to take down his Water-Logged Wizard faster than he could take down mine
• But I also saw that both of our Saltwater Mage were going to finally take down each others Mystic Scaleweavers
• Just by looking at the board I felt like I was I bit ahead but I was not 100% sure
• Lets hope for the best and keep watching

3rd Round

• The battle board finally looked quite decent for me
• I was going to take down his Saltwater Mage with my Water-Logged Wizard leaving him in a 1v3
• After that i felt like there was no hope for my enemy to win this battle anymore
• Even if he managed to attack before my Saltwater Mage and take down both of my 1st and 2nd position monsters I still have 3 magic damage in this round going to take him down
• Now I just needed to wait for the start of the next and final round and then face my victory

4th Round

• It took me 1 entire round to kill my enemies last standing monster
• After his Saltwater Mage and Great Bear Druid had fallen I took the victory
• Battle Replay Link

Summary

• This battle was definitely closer than I would have wanted but still fun to watch
• The strategy to take away from this battle is the basic Water magic comp which in my opinion is one of the strongest comps in Frontier mode
• This battle was mostly won because of the level diff but that aside the only team that can regularly defeat this team is the Death Void comp
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