Card In Spotlight : COEURL LURKER | A Beast, Impossible To Snare.
Hello, my dear Splinterlanders. How are you today? I hope you're doing great.
Those who reach this post, I wish you a good day.
Splinterlands' 5th year anniversary is coming and the Splinterlands team announced the great burning event.
It's an excellent idea for DEC/DECB burning to make the DEC in its pegged value.
Moving forward, in the ' Card In Spotlight ' series, I review the best and undervalued cards of the Splinterlands and their use-case. This is the fifth edition and you can read the previous editions here -
*Edition 1: Card In Spotlight : Baakjira | This Ancient Beast Is The Ultimate Tank Of The Water Splinter.
*Edition 2: Card In Spotlight : RIFTWING | Kill This Monster If You Can.
*Edition 3: Card In Spotlight : GRUND | Here Comes Grund The Ultimate Tank Destroyer Of The Spilterlands.
*Edition 5: Card In Spotlight : AGOR LONGTAIL | Fear Her Fury, She's The Legend.
*Edition 6: Card In Spotlight : QUORA TOWERSHEAD | The Most Loved And Useful Gladius Card Of All.
*Edition 7: Card In Spotlight : CARNAGE TITAN | Let There Be Carnage Upon The Enemy.
*Edition 8: Card In Spotlight : OAKEN BEHEMOTH | The Perfect Second Monster With Dual Attacks.
This is the 9th edition and in this edition, I'll discuss a Legendary card from the Neutral splinter, the COEURL LURKER.
I'll explain the best rulesets to use Coeurl Lurker effectively.
I'll also share the best battle I fought and won using Coeurl Lurker as the main card of the team.
So without further ado, let's start.
THE LORE
When the Riftwatchers spotted the coeurl lurker on Lemell, they figured it could be another weapon in their arsenal against the Chaos Legion. However, no matter what traps they laid for it, the beast was impossible to snare. When they finally cornered it, the coeurl attacked and decimated an entire squad of hunters. The sole survivor described it as a sleek, cat-like creature with terrible fangs and claws. It had four tentacles tipped with thorns, two each on its shoulders and hindquarters, and the tail of a scorpion. It used its tentacles and tail to impale its prey, then tossed them aside, slammed them against a tree or the ground, or yanked them in close for the killing blow.
The Riftwatchers became even more desperate to capture the coeurl and turn it to their own ends. They called upon the greatest hunter on Lemell, the wild elf, Ilyana Daelen. After nine long weeks, she trapped two of them, a male and a female. The Riftwatchers trained them. In time, the pair would respond to basic commands from their third handler.
They were right; the coeurl proved fearsome weapons that wreaked havoc on the enemy, and they quickly became a legionnaire’s worst nightmare. However, they remained wild beasts, and without the runic implants to serve as a safeguard, they were just as apt to turn on the Riftwatchers as attack the Chaos Legions.
Just ask what’s left of their first two handlers.
The squad of Chaos Legion assassins moved silently through the trees. Not a leaf rustled. Not a branch snapped underfoot. Ahead, beyond the edge of the forest, the glow of lights in the windows of a manor house shone in the valley. They adjusted the straps that secured their dart guns to their wrists, confirmed every knife was in its place, and made certain that anything that might betray them with a clank or a rattle was tied down or wrapped in cloth. They were ready. When the night gave way to dawn, no one would be left alive in the House of Elias Tweak, a stupid and weak man who served as the primary source of funding for the rebellion in these parts.
But before they could slip from the cover of the trees and make their way toward the house, a shadow flickered, and one of the assassins toppled backward and landed with a thud. His tunic blossomed with blood. He was dead.
The others drew their daggers and whirled about, scanning the darkness. They saw nothing.
A whisper of sound and a flicker of shadow. Another assassin fell. Then another. And another. Soon, they were all dead, save for one.
The last of the Chaos Legion’s assassins whirled about. He held his knives at the ready, eyes wide and straining into the blackness.
“Where are you?”
His voice quavered.
“What.. what are you?”
The Coeurl Lurker padded onto a stout tree branch above him and growled. The assassin stared up at the monstrous cat. Blood dripped from its maw, and its tentacles undulated, slithering in the air.
“Please, no—”
The beast dropped from above. Its vicious jaws closed on his neck and ripped the rest of the words from his throat.
BATTLE STATS AND ABILITIES OF THE COEURL LURKER
The Coeurl Lurker is a Legendary Neutral unit card from the Riftwatchers edition.
This melee attack card costs 11 mana to use in the battle which makes this card a high-mana-cost card.
Talking about the abilities, this monster has some incredible abilities that synergize with each other perfectly.
In level 1, it has 'taunt', and 'dodge' abilities.
The next ability, 'phase' applies in level 2.
The final ability 'thorns' applies in level 4.
This card's stats also increase through levels as below -
Level 1: 4 melee attacks, 4 speeds, and 10 health.
Level 2: 4 melee attacks, 4 speeds, and 11 health.
Level 3: 5 melee attacks, 4 speeds, and 12 health.
Level 4: 5 melee attacks, 4 speeds, and 13 health.
The Best Ways To Use Coeurl Lurker Effectively
As Coeurl Lurker is a melee attack monster, therefore it's especially useful for melee attack-based battles. It's also a high-mana-cost card, therefore it's best to use in the mid-to-high mana-cap battles.
The 'taunt' ability and good HP make it a perfect tank card.
Then again the 'dodge' ability and good speed, are perfect against melee and ranged attacks as this card may get missed by the enemy's attacks.
The 'phase' ability works the same as the dodge ability but against magic attacks. Lastly, the 'thorns' ability makes this card devastating against the melee attack. Overall, it's a perfect tank card with the help of some armor and speed.
My preferred way to use it is in the 'equal opportunity' ruleset or in the 'super sneak' ruleset, placing it in the last position.
I'm sharing below a similar battle with the 'equal opportunity ruleset.
THE BATTLE
RULESET
Mana Cap: 47
Rulesets:
Equal Opportunity: All Monsters have the Opportunity ability.
Heavy Hitters: All Monsters have the Knock Out ability.
Active Splinters: Fire, Life.
My Strategy and Team Setup
SUMMONER
Tarsa
Tarsa is my preferred summoner when playing with the fire splinter as she gives the friendly team +1 HP and +1 melee attack buffs.
Team Setup
I found this mana cap and rulesets perfect to use the Coeurl Lurker as the main attacking monster of the team.
In the first position, there's the Cerberus, another low mana-cost tank I frequently use. The Spirit Miner is in the second position, providing speed to the team and making the Coeurl Lucker more effective at evading attacks.
The Tenyii Striker is in the third position a perfect back-row killer with its 'sneak' ability.
Another legendary monster the Drybone Raider is in the fourth position with good armor and dual-attack.
Firecaller is in the fifth position to provide increased stats to the adjacent monster when killed with its 'martyr' ability. And in the last position, there's the Coeurl Lurker, our star monster of the battle.
Now, that my team is ready, let's charge into the battle.
Round 01
Round 02
Round 03
Round 04
Watch the full battle here - https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_a51ed1b8a9bbeed58680d92f8de1f980&ref=furiousfighter
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