HOW STRONG LORNA COMBINED WITH SNEAK & OPPORTUNITY MONSTERS IN SMALL MANA BATTLE

Introduction

Hello, Namaste, Hola Everyone,

I would like to share my thoughts about How strong Lorna Shine, The Life Summoner which costs 3 mana, if we use her along with the small mana monsters who has the Sneak and Opportunity ability.

My win percentage using this team line up is around 90% which the only lose was when my opponent used Shield and Thorn ability. We can anticipate both ability by looking at the opponent last 5 matches, if she or he didn't use both ability, then the Lorna squad has really high percentage to win the match.

Before we are going into the battle preview and match analysis, let's recall our understanding about Divine Shield, Sneak and Opportunity ability.

Ability	Name	Explanation
	Divine Shield	The first time the Monster takes damage it is ignored.
	Sneak	Targets the last Monster on the enemy Team instead of the first Monster.
	Opportunity	Monsters with the Opportunity ability may attack from any position and will target the enemy Monster with the lowest health.

Well, Now let's jump into the battle preview. If you want to look at complete battle, you can go to the link below :

Battle	Ability	Link
1	Sneak	https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_c1c70a123a26d8df7c44bdaec99afc6b
2	Opportunity	https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_f8c573638a06fe8fa8974d265eb12c9a

BATTLE #1 - Mana & Rule Set

Rule Set	Name	Explanation
	Holy Protection	All Monsters have the Divine Shield Ability.

Line Up

Monster	Name	Reason to pick up
	Lorna Shine	Lorna Shine will give all friendly monsters divine shield ability so the first time monster take damage will be negated. this ability is very effective to overcome opponent attack. You can put 0 or 1 mana or non-attacker opponent in 1st, 2nd and 3rd position to slow down opponent attack, so you can hit their main army first before they did.
	Pelacor Conjurer	This is one of the best tank for low mana battle and I think the most underrated card. with only 2 mana, very high speed as well as health, flying ability and magic reflect ability this monster is the perfect tank for low mana match. The reason why this is gold foil is because I got it from a chest 😁.
	Time Mage	The main reason why I put this monster is because of her ability to reduce the speed of all enemy monster. Besides, her 2 magic attack and 5 speed is deadly attack to the enemies team.
	Feral Spirit	Having the same speed with Time mage (5), this monster could kill the enemy very fast. In the normal match (not reverse speed rule set) speed is the king, if your monster's speed is faster, you have bigger chance to win the match.
	Elven Cutthroat	His high speed (4) makes him the "fast killer" also, just like Feral Spirit. The backline opponent monster won't have any chance to attack since they will be killed first.
	Uraeus	The reason I put it 2nd from behind is because it has an Armor and 3 health (fair enough for 3 mana). This is intended if opponent is using the sneak monster as well.
	Soul Fiend	His 0 mana, makes him as "free mana monster" to be put in the 1st, 2nd or last position in order to absorb enemy attacks.

Match Preview

In this match I won't discuss the whole round in detail since we have opportunity monster to discuss as well. (but don't worry, this post won't be too long 😀).

Opponent Line Up

The opponent used General Sloan to increase his ranged attack but there are only 2 ranged attack monster in the backline. I think he should have put some more and keep the 2nd position for magic monster.

The Beginning of the match

At the start of the battle my trio-sneak monster were successfully killed those ranged attack monster which make the summoner has no utility at all 🤣.

The Middle of the match

My Pelacor Conjurer has been killed and i have no tank left. It doesn't look good to me since the opponent tank is still alive with 2 armor and 3 health. Can i win the game?

The End of the match

The total opponent attack is 2 only (1 from Blinding Reflector and another one from Dax Paragon) while I has 4 (2 from Elven Cutthroat and other 2 from Uraeus. the Uraeus health could withstand the opponent attack and kill them all first. The match is over. Lorna Shine won.

BATTLE #2 - Mana & Rule Set

Rule set	Name	Explanation
	Unprotected	Monsters do not have any Armor and do not get Armor from Abilities or Summoner Buffs.

Line Up

Well, Since I have explained above monsters except Celestial Harpy, Battering Ram and Furious Chicken, I will only put those 3 monsters in the table below :

Monster	Name	Reason to pick up
	Celestial Harpy	This is one of a few monsters that I know who has attack equals to its mana, which means that if you add inspire ability, Celestial harpy can have attack more than it's mana in just lv 4. Amazing.
	Battering Ram	This monster has fair speed for attacking (3). It's mana cost (2) makes it fit in whether little or big mana.
	Furious Chicken	The use of this card is the same as Soul Fiend when i put it in the last back line, absorbing attack if the enemy uses the sneak monster.

Match Preview

Opponent Line Up

Opponent uses Owster Rotwell to anticipate magic attack and put Crypt Beetle to reduce melee and ranged attack. But it looks like an easy win for Lorna. Let's check it.

The beginning of the match,

Time Mage and Celestial harpy killed Crypt Beetle, While Battering ram was also killing Furious Chicken.

The End of the match,

Time mage keep attacking opponent tank, while both Celestial Harpy and Battering Ram were attacking lowest health monster. The battle finished very fast without any victim on Lorna team.

My Opinion about Lorna Shine

This Summoner is really useful in little league or low mana because she can negate opponent attack which are still not really strong (due to low mana). As a result, Pelacor Conjurer as a tank is enough to withstand enemy attack in several rounds so our sneak or opportunity monsters could kill the opponent monster first.

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CREDIT

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