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Now before we get into the stats discussion of Kei, let's have a sneak peek into her LORE.

• Kei is a Legendary Monster. At level 1 she has 3 Melee Attack, 4 Speed, 0 Armor and 6 Health and he starts off with a new ability - Enfeeble (Each successful attack reduces the defender's Melee Attack by 1) and Reach (Melee attack Monsters with the Reach ability may attack from the second position on the team). This makes Kei an incredibly useful off-tank for those moments when your opponent feels good about playing Mantaroth or any other strong Melee damage dealer in the Main Tank spot of their line-up.
• At level 2 she gains her 3rd ability which is actually very relevant to the game plan when you play Kei - Ambush (This Unit gets to act before the battle begins)
• At level 3 she gains her 4th ability which is also very important - True Strike (This Monster's attacks cannot miss). As we know Splinterlands is a game where misses are a regular occurrence, so not missing is always a huge boon.
• Finally, maxed out at level 4 she has 4 Melee Attack, 5 Speed, 0 Armor and 7 Health. She also gains her final ability - Shatter (Target's armor is destroyed when hit by an attack from Monsters with Shatter).
  
  Now that we know what the card does (or doesn't do) at the different levels of play, let us have a look at the battle I have chosen to showcase.

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• The line-up of the Battle and the Ruleset:

It is time for a quick round by round analysis:

• The Summoner I am going with for the battle is, as you have probably already guessed based on the way I have structured my team, is Lily. Lily is great paired with the Grimbardun Armorsmith and a bunch of support Monsters in the back because that makes the Smith really hard to kill. This strategy is mostly susceptible to Scatter Shot because Scatter Shot does hit Camouflaged Monsters but I do have 2 back-line Heals through Triage so I am also having a way to mitigate that sort of damage. My opponent (and an YGG Brawlers guildie) has decided to use Akane in this battle and rely on Mantaroth and Djinn Chwala.

• After an "Ambush" round and a round of exchanging blows my Grimbardun Smith has taken a bit of damage but there are no losses on either side.

• Round 3 - both "tanks" are still alive, and the only Monster which has perished is Vruz, buffing the enemy Dr. Blight and Djinn Chwala.

• Round 4 - Kei has started reducing the Melee Attack of Djinn Chwala with the help of the new Enfeeble ability. We'll see if she will be able to get her attack down to 1 by the time the battle ends.

• Round 5 - no new casualties on the battle field and Djinn Chwala's Melee attack keeps decreasing.

• Round 6 - I have managed to take down 2 enemy Monsters while I have not lost a single one yet.

• Round 7 - Djinn Chwala's attack is down to 1 (starting from 5), so she currently does not pose any threat to my Grimbardun Smith. Good job Kei!

• Round 8 - all that's left for my Monsters is to finish off the badly injured Djinn Chwala and Dr. Blight who has been hiding in the shadows up until now.

Matsuuri Kei is a very interesting Melee Monster for the Dragon Element. Thanks to her mix of abilities, she can definitely ruin the day of any melee-heavy, front-loaded opponent. We don't currently know what price she will be trading at but I'll make a guess that it will be in the $20.00 - $30.00 range.

Over and Out,

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