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Hello everyone. Today I am going to share my battle. in @splinterlands. I will also explain some of the abilities of summoners and monsters.

Battle details: I played with death splinter. My opponent used a life splinter against me.

Battle rules: It was a battle with 99 mana cap and two rules:

Weak Magic: Magic attacks hit armor before reducing enemy health.

Rise of the Commons: Only Common and Rare monsters may be used in battles.

In this battle I didn't have to worry about mana cap as it allowed to use as many strong monsters as I wanted. Sadly battle rules were limiting. They meant that I couldn't use epic and legendary monsters. Also using mages is not advisable in battles with weak magic.

Battle lineup:

MIMOSA NIGHTSHADE level 2. I bought this legendary death summoner recently and it is one of my favorites. This summoner casts Affliction on entire enemy team( this means that enemy team loses healing abilities). It also grants Void ability to my team(This means that magic attack against my team is reduced). And lastly this summoner reduces enemy ranged attack by 1. I used this summoner because I wanted to remove healing abilities from my enemies.

ULUNDIN OVERSEER level 1. This monster is from Rebellion edition. It doesn't have any attack power and is very slow. But this monster has good health(12) and Armor(5). This monster has a new ability: Flank. That means that if this monster is in first position a monster from second position gains Reach ability(can attack from second position). This battle mana cap allowed to use many strong monsters so I decided to risk it and use this monster with no attack power as my tank. I trusted that my second monster will do a lot of damage with reach ability. Also this monster has great defensive stats so it had to survive quite a while especially with the help of my summoner buffs and debuffs.

GOBLIN MECH level 5. This monster has great stats: melee attack(5), speed(3), Armor(6) and health(8). It also has Piercing ability. It means that if melee or ranged attack is greater than the enemy armor it does remaining damage to target's health. I used this monster because I hoped that it will do a lot of damage attacking from second position with Reach ability. And should my main tank die monster could do a good job as new tank.

SAND WORM level 5. This monster has great attack power(6), decent health(6) and speed(3). This monster has Sneak ability: Targets the last monster on the enemy team instead of the first. I used this monster because is an awesome weapon.

HELHEIM DEMON level 1. This monster has good armor(2) and health(8). It has magic attack(2), speed(3). This monster has two abilities Flying(has greater chance of evading ranged and melee attacks from non flying monsters.) and Taunt(All enemy units targets this monster(if they are able to)). I said that you shouldn't use magic attack monsters in battles with weak magic rule. And yet here I am doing the opposite. I did this because I wanted to distract enemy team with Taunt ability.

DHAMPIR STALKER level 4. This monster has good stats: ranged attack(4), speed(3) and health(6). This archer has True Strike ability(This monster cannot miss). I used this ranged monster because it always hits it's target.

RAVENHOOD WARDEN level 4. This monster has decent stats: ranged attack(2), speed(2) and health(3). This monster has ability Protect- All friendly units gain +2 armor. I used this monster because I wanted to protect my team.

Battle strategy My GOBLIN MECH was able to attack from second position. I used a few monsters with great armor to defend against melee attacks. My summoner reduced enemy magic and ranged attacks. I also used a monster with taunt ability to distract enemy team. Finally I used monster who gave my team more armor.

On the battlefield

My opponent used a similar strategy to me. He also had a monsters with Taunt and Protect abilities.

My enemy was about to lose his monster with taunt ability.

At this point It was clear that I will win.

My opponent's mage was useless in this battle because all my monsters had a Void ability.

And so I won.

In this battle I won 17 League Rating and 0.182 SPS. My strategies worked well- My team was protected with extra armor, my summoner reduced enemy ranged and magic attacks. My HELHEIM DEMON distracted the enemy team with Taunt. And my GOBLIN MECH, SAND WORM and DHAMPIR STALKER were able to destroy my enemy team.

I hope that you enjoyed my battle. If you would also like to start playing splinterlands and earning by making posts about your battles or by making art inspired by splinterlands please consider using my referral link: https://steemmonsters.com?ref=fieryfootprints

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Thank you and have a nice day.