SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! CRUEL SETHROPOD

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Ever seen a giant lobster as big as a man? Add it with a circular row of teeth and you have a terror in the sea! Yup that is exactly what a Cruel Sethropod looks like!

Below is the details of the match I had using a Cruel Sethropod as one of the unit in my setup. The battle restriction is:
Back to Basic + Explosive Weaponry with a max mana limit of 17. Splinter limit is Water, Life and Earth.
The Video for the Full Battle can be seen here:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_f1eecd9f0c769ffe767698cfa958d2cf&ref=genming

TEAM SETUP:

SplinterMana CostPositionReason
Kelya4SummonerI chose Kelya because I needed his +1 shield and +1 speed for this explosive weaponry ruleset. Whoever attack first is at a much higher advantage here as blast could potentially killed off neighbouring enemy units before they can attack. Shield on the other hand would help me fend off any blast from range or melee attack once.
Torrent Fiend01stSacrificial unit. It is there to block the initial first attack and reduce damage to my 2nd tank.
Cruel Sethropod32ndMy tank in the lineup. It has good shield and ok hp. I expect it to live pass the first round unless the enemy use a full magic lineup.
Djinn Oshannus83rdMy 2nd tank and also offensive unit. If the opponent really use magic, Oshannus' void ability would help to reduce the damage it suffer. Oshannus' speed would also help him attack fast and magic attack cannot be block by shield so blast is more likely (unless enemy units also got void ability) to hit the enemy hp behind shield.
Ice Pixie24thRemaining 2 mana I decided to use it on Ice Pixie. It uses magic attack so again the blast would skip enemy shield. It is also relatively fast.
Total Mana:17

Battle Lineup:
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My opponent went with a Life lineup. My heart sunk when I saw a Level 4 Lorna summoner with every slot filled with many level 3 to 4 units. The opponent lineup was quite good too. A number of sacrificial units in front while putting a terrifying Prismologist at the back. My initial reaction was this is going to be a L for me.

End of Round 1:
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My Oshannus and Ice Pixie very quickly dispatched off the enemy front 2 units while I only lost my 1 front unit. Even with the Divine shield provided by Lorna, blast quickly dispatch them off. Now I am glad the opponent uses Prismologist instead of Arbalest.

Round 2 End:
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My Cruel Sethropod is dead by the end of round 2 but it has done its job. At this point I only need to kill off the front 2 unit to move Prismologist to the front to win. Remember Prismologist can't attack at the first position.

Round 3 End:
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The opponent Pelacor Conjurer is dead while my Ice Pixie died from the enemy healer blast attack. But it doesn't matter at this point as next turn the healer will die as Oshannus will attack first before any of the 2 remaining opponent units due to his higher speed! To make matter worse for my opponent, the primologist miss its attack on my Oshannus.

Round 4 End:
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At this point the opponent remaining unit is a sitting duck as it can't attack from the first position. I WIN this matchup with a set of lower level summoner and units!

KEY STRATEGY
Speed is extremely important in a explosive weaponry ruleset. My strategy is to use high speed attacker while putting sacrificial units in front. The sacrificial units doesn't need to be fast as they are meant to absorb damage. Do not that if your sacrificial units has too low a hp, it would be taken out fast from blast as well. Cruel Sethropod fit the bill of having enough shield and hp to survive the initial blast.

CONCLUSION ON CRUEL SETHROPOD
A fairly decent unit with good shield and hp. But because Water has a lot of better tank units, I hardly use Cruel Sethropod unless it is a low mana fight. If Water ever gets a Legendary summoner like the new Life Summoner Rathe though, this unit would suddenly becomes awesome!

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