How many of you have used a crossbow in real-life? Do you even comprehend what a crossbow is?

A crossbow is a long-range weapon with an elastic launching device, which is carried in the same way as a long weapon's stock. Crossbows have played an important role in battle throughout history. The oldest known crossbows were manufactured in ancient China in the 7th century BC.

I'm planning to contact you today with the finest, bravest, and deadliest crossbowman in the history of the Splinterlands. That is none other than, "PELACOR ARBALEST", a demon armored with strong bows and arrows designed to fire bolts at extraordinarily long ranges. This creature is said to have saved SILVER SHIELD KNIGHT from two wild Venari hissed while he was being attacked by two terrible Venari grumbled. Those two were slashing at him with their swords in a merciless assault. Two feathered shafts of a shot crashed into the middle of each Venaris' heart at the critical time when he was about to be slain. "PELACOR ARBALEST" was hovering above him, his empty crossbows still aiming at the Venari who had fallen.

"PELACOR ARBALEST" is a name of dread on the battleground. These creatures have been professionally trained to use a crossbow in each hand and fire both at the same time with lethal accuracy. On the battlefield, these sharpshooters are particularly valuable as snipers. We can tell this Rare Life monster is a Ranged power attacker based on its stats. "PELACOR ARBALEST" has 2 ranged attack power, which can harm 2 health points if the targeted opponent monster does not have any armor to protect the health point.

It's a high-risk task to use "PELACOR ARBALEST" in a battle. That's because his health is at an all-time low. He only has 2 health at level 1. Due to its low health, this demon is vulnerable to assault from opposing monsters with the Opportunity or Snipe ability. And a single stroke from the hostile creature is more than enough to put him to death.

What are my opinions on this demon's upgrade?

It won't be as expensive to get "PELACOR ARBALEST" to level 8 because each of these monster cards will just cost you 0.32$. (current market value). To raise this monster to its maximum level, you'll need 115 cards. That is to say, you must pay 36.8$. (current market value).

You're probably wondering why you will pay 502.55 for this creature?

Absolutely, I can assure you that every dollar you paid on this monstrosity was well spent. Because "PELACOR ARBALEST" will have, after attaining level 8,

3 Ranged attack power
3 Speeds
5 Heaths
And 2 amazing abilities "Double Strike", and "Flying".

But, really, what's the use of these two abilities?

Consider that for a moment. After upgrading this monster to level 8, he will have three ranged attack power and the "Double Strike" ability, allowing him to strike the designated enemy monster twice in each round. That implies he can damage the designated opponent creature's health by 6 points at a time. We were afraid that "PELACOR ARBALEST" would be slain by a single blow from an enemy monster due to his inadequate health. Because of his increased health and the fact that addition of "Flying" ability, the majority of enemy monster assaults will be missed.

After hearing so much, you may be anticipating seeing this creature wreaking havoc on the battlefield. So I'll take you straight to the battleground.

• For this match mana cap was 25.
• And played with the "Standard" battle rule.

In this combat, I selected to confront the following monsters:

• Rare Life Summoner "GENERAL SLOAN"
• Common Life Monster "CHAOS KNIGHT"
• Common Life Monster "HERBALIST"
• Rare Life Monster "TRUTHSPEAKER"
• Rare Life Monster "PELACOR ARBALEST"
• Rare Neutral Monster "SCAVO HIRELING"
• Common Life Monster "GARGOYA SCRAPPER"

Watch the battle direct from the official website of Splinterlands

Before the combat begins, both teams' monsters receive powers from summoners and friendly monsters. The only reason I used the Rare Life Summoner "GENERAL SLOAN" is because it can grant all friendly Ranged attack monsters an extra +1 Ranged power. As a result, "HERBALIST" and "PELACOR ARBALEST", two of my friendly monsters, acquire +1 Ranged power. The Rare Life Monster "TRUTHSPEAKER" has the freedom to offer all allied monsters additional Armor. As a result, all of my allied creatures acquire an additional +1 armor.

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• Between the two squads, "DEEPLURKER" was the fastest monster."DEEPLURKER" attacks first in any combat because the quickest monster has the chance to attack first. Despite its strength as a melee attacker, it can still attack from the middle of the row because the monster has the "Opportunity" ability. Monsters with the "Opportunity" ability always attack monsters with low health. So, at the start of the conflict, it assaulted "TRUTHSPEAKER", my least healthy creature. "TRUTHSPEAKER", on the other hand, was protected by a suit of armor that shielded him from harm. Messi might have killed at the start of the war if it hadn't been for the armor.

• "PELACOR ARBALEST" was chosen for this match because of his double strike ability. Monsters with this ability can attack opposing monsters twice in a single round. So, in Round 1, "PELACOR ARBALEST" used 3 Ranged Power to hit "XENITH MONK" twice. He pierced the hostile monster's armor with his first strike. Then, in the second hit, he took away three health points.

• In this combat, the opponent used six monsters, but only three of them were capable of attacking. Two monsters had the "Opportunity" ability. "FEASTING SEAWEED" is the name of one of the monsters. When"FEASTING SEAWEED" has the chance to attack, he goes towards "TRUTHSPEAKER", my team's lesser-health monster. That opponent's monster fails to kill my friendly monster because "TRUTHSPEAKER's" armor reverts to its previous state of decay, and "FEASTING SEAWEED's" injury hurts Messi's armor rather than affecting his health. You might be wondering how "TRUTHSPEAKER's" corroded armor was reconstructed. Because I had "SCAVO HIRELING", a popular neutral creature with "Repair" ability, on my squad. The demon can use this ability to repair the broken armor of any of its allied monsters.

• What else can I say about "XENITH MONK", the adversary monster? During the war, he had a terrible experience. As the opposition team's premier melee power monster, "XENITH MONK" had no impact. Despite the fact that he assaulted "CHAOS KNIGHT", my team's first monster, at the start of the round, he did not harm "CHAOS KNIGHT's" health. No, not because he had armor; "XENITH MONK's" assault had no effect on his armor either. Because Alex is a "Shield" ability monster. As a result, his health and armor will remain unharmed by the attack of one Melee and one Ranged strength creature. Besides "XENITH MONK" was alive with barely 3 health at the end of "PELACOR ARBALEST's" strike. "CHAOS KNIGHT" then attacked him with two melee attacks and "HERBALIST" with two range attacks. "XENITH MONK's" health deteriorated, and he died as a result.

• My monster "TRUTHSPEAKER" was killed by the opponent monster "DEEPLURKER" at the start of the second round. The extra armor that "TRUTHSPEAKER" had given to all friendly monsters was destroyed shortly after his death. After that, my team's Ranged power monster, "PELACOR ARBALEST", hit the enemy's monster, "FEASTING SEAWEED", twice in a row. Because the initial blow is on the armor, it has no effect on that opposite monster's health. The second attack, however, struck the adversary monster's health straight, killing "FEASTING SEAWEED" instantaneously. Intriguingly, "FEASTING SEAWEED" was given no opportunity to attack in the second round.

• "HERBALIST", my team's second-range power beast, has done exceptionally well in this battle. He attacked the opponent's beast last in every round as the slowest monster, killing one enemy creature per attack. "XENITH MONK" is killed by the enemy monster in the first round. In the second round, the friendly monster "CHAOS KNIGHT" assaults and destroys the opponent monster "ALBATROSS's" armor, after which "HERBALIST" strikes and kills that creature.

• Only three monsters from the opposing squad were alive after the second round. "DEEPLURKER", the powerful monster, is one of them. The other two beasts had no attacking power. One thing I discovered is that the opponent's two assaulting powerless monsters each have a unique ability that aids the friendly beast in surviving a battle. "MERDAALI GUARDIAN", for example, is a Rare monster. This creature possesses the "Tank Heal" ability. If friendly monsters at the top of the row are attacked by enemy monsters, "MERDAALI GUARDIAN" with this ability can restore their health. But unfortunately, this monster couldn't get a chance of restoring any of her friendly monsters. because monsters from my team were capable of damaging a huge amount of health so that each time they targeted any monster, they killed that beast instantly.

• Another beast from my squad "SCAVO HIRELING" was slain when he was attacked by an enemy monster with the "Opportunity" ability. I wouldn't say "SCAVO HIRELING" was completely useless. Because he restored the friendly demon "TRUTHSPEAKER's" damaged armor in round one, "TRUTHSPEAKER" was able to survive that round. In addition, the opposing monster had to use one of his devastating attacks to kill this monster in round 3.

• Another enemy monster was slain by the Rare Life monster "PELACOR ARBALEST" at this round. The monster we were talking about previously the "MERDAALI GUARDIAN" became the victim this time. "PELACOR ARBALEST" has to strike twice to kill her only because of the extra armor of her which she got from the summoner. The first attack hit the armor and then the second attack hit this monster's health directly.

• For the first time in this combat, the opponent monster "SCAVO HIRELING" used his ability in the fourth round. Alex's strike damaged Messi's armor in the third round, but Messi restored it in the fourth round. Despite the fact that it was not very advantageous for Messi. Because the creatures in my group began attacking Messi one by one after that. Alex attacks Messi first, destroying his reconstructed armor. Alex's strike, however, was missed in the second attack. But it didn't worry me in the least. Because Messi's remaining health was depleted in the next two attacks, the monster died.

Battle result:

As I won this match, I go +20 League Rating.
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• I'm concluding my post here as of today. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. Don't forget to let me know how you enjoyed the battle in the comments.

• In the next post, I'll return with a new battle where I will utilize new monsters in front of you. Everyone, until then, remains well and healthy.

Farewell.