Dragons Weekly Battle Challenge!

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Take a look at the opening board state and consider who you think might win.

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Quix is a direct counter to General Sloan but we only see those 2 ranged attacks.

Here's a link for this battle

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_0c09820c1a992447fb12f289f44b0de9&ref=jingo-submo

Here's the ruleset

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Life, Death and Dragon are the options. With a decently high mana cap I do like General Sloan Here but there are so many counters including Quix, Contessa and now Ilthain.

Let's talk about my lineup

Summoner: Quix the Devious

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Debuffs ranged attacks which I anticipate being a decent part of most teams from any of these splinters. The speed bonus is fantastic. Also I don't have very many cards leveled up but Quix being a legendary summoner allows me to use a couple of level 2 rare monsters.
Most importantly Quix gives me access to Dragons in my lineup. Most of my favorite dragons are legendary, but I still got my Skyclaw in the lineup.

Tank: Cursed Windeku

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Doing these battle challenges really makes me admire the artwork on these cards. Maybe I'll wait a little while longer on dinner.
Cursed Windeku has thorns, a high life total and decent speed. This card is so good. Also looking at the stats because I'm writing out a battle challenge. Self healing in gold looks pretty busted.

1st position: Arachne Thug

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This is a strict downgrade compared to Cursed Windeku for the same 6 mana, but I can use it from the back line and it's not a huge downgrade. Riftwatchers brought a lot of monsters with taunt, a lot of BIG monsters and several very playable monsters with reach. This is probably my favorite of the bunch.

2nd position: Venari Bonesmith

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I like to have this monster in a semi protected position, so that it can grow before taking fire.

3rd position: Silent Sha-Vi

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A great sneak attack. At just level 3 this hits for 3 melee. I need to start leveling up.

4th position: Gargoya Devil

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The devil hits for 2 ranged attack and with flying and extra speed at level 2 it can be harder to hit.

5th position: Runic Skyclaw

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Fast, flyer that hits hard. I love the Runic Skyclaw.

Did we win?

Yes. I considered using General Sloan myself. After that I thought of what might be even better.

Do I like Dragons?

Yes, still my favorite splinter. I get access to all of the same monsters that I have in the other 5 splinters plus the monsters available in the dragon splinter tend to have slightly better stats across the board. Similarly you see slightly worse stats across the board for neutral monsters.

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All 3 of these monsters with reach cost 4 mana.

What will I try differently next time?

I was certainly happy with the result of this match. I have become a pretty big fan of both Ilthain and Corsair Bosun which would have been some other great options against either of the lineups you saw here.

Thanks for reading and thanks for all the upvotes, reblogs, comments and follows. I'll see you in the game.



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