SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! CERBERUS

Hello guys,

Today I am going to share with you another battle in @splinterlands.

Battle details:
I played with fire splinter. And my opponent used life splinter against me.

It was a battle of total 36 mana with one rule:
Spreading Fury: all monsters have the enrage ability.

I had my YODIN ZAKU level 3, CERBERUS level 6, FURIOUS CHICKEN level 4, HALFLING ALCHEMIST level 5, SAND WORM level 8, ETTIN SPEARMAN level 8 and CYCLOPS level 6.
And my opponent had his/her cards as TYRUS PALADIUM level 3, WARRIOR OF PEACE level 4, GELATINOUS CUBE level 4, SAND WORM level 1, FERAL SPIRIT level 4, HIGHLAND ARCHER level 4 and PEACEBRINGER level 3.

Let me talk about monsters that I used in this battle.

~YODIN ZAKU. level 3

This legendary fire summoner adds +1 ranged attack, +1 Health to all friendly monsters. It also grants them all Blast ability.

Market.

This is my favorite fire summoner. His other abilities are also nice but I mostly value that all my team gains Blast.I especially like using him in battles with a rule that lets ranged monsters to attack from first position.

~CERBERUS. level 6

Edition: BETA
Rarity: RARE
Element: FIRE
Attack: MELEE
ABILITIES: Heal at level 1, Retaliate at level 5.

This is a fire monster, in this level it has melee attacks (3), Speed (5), Health (8).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Heal: Restores a portion of monster's health each round.
Retaliate: When hit with a melee attack, monsters with retaliate have a chace of attacking their attacker.

This monster needs 4 mana.
Market.

This is a great monster with low mana cost. I really like using CERBERUS or HYDRA as my tank in battles with Spreading Fury rule.

~FURIOUS CHICKEN. level 4

Edition: REWARD
Rarity: RARE
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: MELEE

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has melee attacks (1), Speed (1), Health (1).

He needs 0 mana. After selecting my team I still had some space so I added FURIOUS CHICKEN as well. Another line of defence.
Market.

~HALFLING ALCHEMIST. level 5

Edition: PROMO
Rarity: EPIC
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Halving at level 1, Redemption level 4.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has ranged attack(1), Speed (2), Health (3), Armor(1)

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Halving: Each time this monster hits a target, the target's attack is cut in half(rounded down)
Redemption: When this monster dies it does 1 damage to all enemy monsters.

This card needs 2 mana.
Market.

I love Halving. It is probably one of the best abilities in the game because it works against all 3 attack types. So I use HALFLING ALCHEMIST often but I think that he is essential in battles with Spreading Fury rule.

~ SAND WORM. level 8

Edition: Reward
Rarity: COMMON
Element: Neutral
Attack: Melee
ABILITIES: Sneak at level 1, Snare at level 6, Piercing at level 10.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has melee attacks (6), Speed (4), Health (7).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Sneak : tacks the last opponent's monster instead of the first.
Snare: removes the flying ability by attacking flying monsters.
Another ability at level 10 is piercing: does damage to monster's health even if that monster has armor.
This card needs 9 mana.

SAND WARM is my favorite weapon for destroying monsters with low Health. In most battles it is a great choice no matter what team I am using. This time I wanted to combine this monster's high attack with Blast ability.
Market.

~ETTIN SPEARMAN. level 8

Edition: Reward
Rarity: COMMON
Element: FIRE
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Piercing at level 3, Knock Out at level 8.

This is a fire monster, in this level it has ranged attacks (4), Speed (3), Health (9).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Piercing: If melee or ranged attack damage is in excess of the target's armor, the remainder will damage target's health.
Knock Out: Does double damage when attacking an enemy that is stunned.
This card needs 8 mana.

To maximize usefulnes of Blast ability I needed monsters with high attacks. Also this is a ranged monster and ranged monsters benefits the most from my summoner's abilities.
Market.

~ CYCLOPS. level 6

Edition: BETA
Rarity: RARE
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Shield at level 3, Stun at level 6.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has ranged attacks (3), Speed (1), Health (7).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Shield: Reduced damage from melee and ranged attacks.
Stun: When a monster with stun hits a targer, it has a chance to stun the target causing it to skip its next turn.

This card needs 6 mana.

I really like stun ability. Also I thought that a monster with Shield could be useful in last position if my opponent will have monsters with sneak ability.
Market.

On the battlefield.

I was right when I placed a monster with Shield in my team- my opponent did have some monsters with Sneak ability. At first I thought that this may not be enough because my team had no thorns and only one monster with healing. But I was still confident that my greater offensive power will win this battle before that could become a big problem.

My CYCLOPS was taking some damage. But in exchange I was damaging most of my opponent's team. so It seemed like small price to pay. Still I wanted to get rid of my opponent's SAND WARM as soon as possible.

My CYCLOPS died. But at this time I was confident in my victory because I only needed a few successful attacks of my SAND WORM to destroy remaining opponent's monsters with attack powers.

And so I won.

In this battle I won 12.144 Dec and 3 League Rating. My strategy worked fine- CERBERUS protected my team and my attack power combined with blast was too much for my opponent.

CERBERUS is a great low mana cost monster and when I play with fire team I use it often.

I think that I had a good team in this battle. Perhaps I would consider replacing ETTIN SPEARMAN and CYCLOPS with CORNEALUS...But I don't think that I would want to lose that much of my attack power. That would seem like a bit of waste while having Blast ability for my entire team...

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