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Splinterlands introduced a new contest called, "Battle Mage Secrets", which would focus on player's creativity on how they handle different rules of combat.

Fortunately, we're already doing that during day 1 so there's not going to be any changes in my format. All battles revolve in the rules and if you don't abide by the rules, you will always find yourself losing.

While this battle may be the most efficient, I will still tell you all my thoughts including what you should do to improve. In this battle review, we'll check one of the most underused monster in Death element despite of him being really strong.

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Dhampir Stalker

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Stats | Thaddius Brood

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Thaddius Brood is a rare summoner. I would say that he's quite decent for a 4 mana summoner. Even though I'm in Gold now, I only still rent a level 4 which allows me to do max Silver cap. It allows me to at least not get too much penalties in Gold but if I have more funds, I would like max Gold cap as well as it would surely boost my winning in Gold.

_Abilities

-1 Health. All opponent's monster's health are decreased by 1 with a minimum of 1. All monsters that have 1 health before the effect applies are unaffected.

-1 Magic. All opponent's monster's magic damage are decreased by 1 with a minimum of 1. All monsters that have 1 magic damage before the effect applies are unaffected.

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Stats | Dhampir Stalker

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Dhampir Stalker is actually really strong with 4 damage at level 4. While he has only decent speed, his ability is really good in order to hit those attacks.

_Abilities

At level 1, True Strike is unlocked. Monsters with True Strike cannot miss their attacks regardless of speed and abilities applied to it and/or the target.

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At level 5, Deathblow is unlocked. Monsters with Deathblow deals double damage to the last monster standing on opponent's team.

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Battle Highlights

Click the link below to see the full battle:

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_1a0b939418d60ec19c5da570facd727c&ref=konaqua122

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

18 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 18 mana.

Lost Magic Rules of Combat. During this battle, monsters with magic damage type cannot be used.

Back to Basics Rules of Combat. During this battle, all monster abilities are disabled.

Aimless Rules of Combat. All monsters get the Scattershot ability, which changes the attack targetting of all range and magic damage type monsters to random.

All elements unlocked except for Water and Light Elements. Summoners and Monsters from this element cannot be used during this battle.

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Abilities Used During This Battle

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Monsters in

RED

are my opponent's. Those in Bold font are mine.

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Round 1

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Dhampir Stalker's Scattershot killed
   Mycelic Morphoid.

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Round 2

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Dhampir Stalker's Scattershot killed
   Chaos Agent.

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Mycelic Infantry's
   attack killed Wily Coyotian.

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Round 4

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Mycelic Infantry's
   attack killed Chaos Agent.

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Round 5

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Dhampir Stalker's Scattershot killed
   Hill Giant.

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Round 6

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Dhampir Stalker's Scattershot killed
   Mycelic Infantry.

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Round 7

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Dhampir Stalker's Scattershot killed
   Fungus Fiend.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Dhampir Stalker on Aimless Rule of Combat?

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. Dhampir Stalker has one of the highest damage on early levels. At level 4, you get bonus damage which raises his damage to a solid 4. This means he can one to three shots a lot of monsters. If there's no Back to Basics, his True Strike ability is a good counter against speedy comps as his attacks ALWAYS hits. Dhampir Stalker is a strong one and that's why I kept renting him regardless of if there's a chance to use him or not.

Having a random 4 range hit your monster is scary especially if you don't have any armor on them. This makes Dhampir Stalker on a higher threat than normal.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Thaddius Brood: While the -1 magic damage to all opponents is not useful because of Lost Magic rule of combat, the -1 health to all opponents is still a good general ability.

1. Corpse Fiend: A 0 mana cost monster that can be used as a blocker.
2. Wily Coyotian: I've recently started to use this. He costs 2 mana but his extra shield allows him to take more attacks.
3. Chaos Agent: A neutral 1 mana cost for blocker.
4. Riftwing: A low cost 4 mana monster with high speed to avoid attacks and high health for absorbing any attacks that passes through. I'll not discuss the abilities as Back to Basics disables it for this battle.
5. Dhampir Stalker: Decent cost monster for a high damage. Can one shot to three shot almost any monsters due to his high damage.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. The main idea of this lineup is to spread out the number of monsters so that the opponent will also have lower chance of hitting Dhampir Stalker. This is not the most efficient lineup for this rule of combat but I will definitely say that the mana cap is really restricting on what I want to play.

Also, most of my power in Death element comes from Melee and Magic so the two rules of combat, Lost Magic and Back to Basics, also hindered me in that aspect.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

Thaddius Brood. My summoner would be Contessa L'ament or Camila Sungazer. This battle happened towards the end of the season so both of my summoners expired. I don't want to use a level 1 Starter Contessa L'ament as the monster levels will suffer and thus, this is the most efficient build I have at that time.

However, if I have all of my rented cards, I would say most important is changing Thaddius Brood to Contessa L'ament. Contessa L'ament reduces all opponent's range monster's attack by 1. Melee attack goes in front so it's easier to anticipate. Back to Basics removes the possibility of Sneak and Opportunity for melee and Snipe for range to attack elsewhere. Contessa L'ament reduces the Scattershot damage of possible range which may damage Dhampir Stalker and that's the reason why it's the most important change in this battle.

• This post is an entry for Splinterland's Battle Mage Secrets contest.
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