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I've come to terms with my budget and quadrupled my season rentals. That way, I can climb to Silver, or probably even Gold. My goal for now is to get to the leaderboards. Those DEC rewards when you get to the top 20 can help me get some new cards because as of this moment, I threw all my card purchase budget to my card rental budget meaning I probably won't be able to procure new cards unless I get it from rewards or getting in the Top 20 leaderboards.

Only time can tell if my decision was right.

On the other hand, I'm enjoying playing more because I'm not constricted with whatever I want to play with. The new combos are also awesome because in Silver, I've unlocked some of the next abilities of the monsters in the rift.

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Harklaw

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Stats | Waka Spiritblade

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

ALL Waka Spiritblades are and will always be max level regardless if it's a gold foil or not. This means, that you can summon level 10 commons, level 8 rares, level 6 epics and level 4 legendaries.

However, these will always be limited to your current league. For example, even with the information above, you can only use a max of 3 commons, 2 rares, 2 epics, 1 legendary for a Bronze match, equivalent to a level 1 Waka Spiritblade. 5 commons, 4 rares, 3 epics, 2 legendaries for Silver league.

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_Abilities

Waka Spiritblade grants Poison ability to all of your monsters. Poison ability allows your monters to have a chance to inflict poisoned status effect to monsters they attack.

Poisoned monsters take 2 true damage at the start of their turn. This damage cannot be negated or decreased. Poisoned status can be removed by Cleanse ability or if the monster get resurrected after death.

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Stats | Harklaw

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Harklaw is a very strong underrated card. Even I thought he was weak before I tested him with Waka Spiritblade. The damage and speed is decent but he's very durable. Durability is the reason why he's my tank because the poison damage will deal with everything. I just needed someone that's not going to die quick and there lies Harklaw.

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_Abilities

At level 1, Shield ability is unlocked. Shield ability halves all melee and range damage taken by the monster. If the melee or range damage is already 1 before the it was halved, the damage is negated and turns to 0.

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At level 2, Immunity ability is unlocked. Monsters with Immunity are invulnerable to negative effects such as poison. Good ability to use in Noxious Fumes Rule of Combat.

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At level 3, Demoralize ability is unlocked. Demoralize decreases all melee damage by 1 with minimum of 1 as long as this monster is alive. Good ability when the rule of combat dictates that you can only use melee monsters.

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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_b77dda6fb9d92afd38a2ab45adc838c7

Other Battles:
https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_c17204ad61a66a8e9a80c2be4aed8e14

https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_b94a5ce4cfcb17f1e2bbfca6da59e972

https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_baa765ac3e151964c0f027cbf8957866

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

19 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 19 mana.

Close Range Rules of Combat. This rule of combat gives all monsters on the board the Close Range ability. Close Range allows range monsters to attack while on first position.

Earthquake Rules of Combat.This rule of combat inflicts 2 melee damage to monsters without Flying ability at the start of each round. This means that this Earthquake damage can be negated if you have the Flying ability. This damage can also be reduced by half if your monster have the Shield ability.

All elements unlocked except for Water and Earth 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. Silent Sha-vi's
   Sneak attack killed Tower Griffin.
2. Harklaw's attack killed
   Corpse Fiend.
3. Harklaw Poisons
   Pelacor Deceiver.

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Earthquake's damage killed
   Shadowy Presence.

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Round 4

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Earthquake's damage killed
   Silent Sha-vi.
2. Harklaw's Poison damage killed
   Pelacor Deceiver.

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Round 6

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Harklaw Poisons
   Riftwing.

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Round 10

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Earthquake's damage killed Harklaw.
2. Harklaw's Poison damage killed
   Riftwing.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Waka Spiritblade and Harklaw Combo

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. I really like the combo of Waka Spiritblade and Harklaw. The only thing that's stopping me before was the high price of Waka Spiritblade's rental because of him being a promo card. But this combo is pretty strong and you can use it in all mana caps since you only need 11 mana, while the lowest mana cap is 12.

If the rule of combat doesn't stop you or the prohibition of using Death element, then I would use this all day and rack up rating left and right.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Waka Spiritblade: A low cost summoner that gives all monsters Poison ability. Poison is actually the main damage for this composition.

1. Harklaw: Has high health and armor with Shield ability to reduce damage from melee and range damage. The longer he survives, the greater the impact of poison.

2. Riftwing: Has Flying, Scavenger and Backfire abilities. Flying increases the evasion rate againt non-flying opponents and negates Earthquake damage, Scavenger gives him extra health everytime a monster dies, Backfire inflicts 2 damage whenever opponent misses an attack. Secondary wall for the poison-oriented build.

3. Tower Griffin: Has Flying ability at level 1. I just added him there because I needed an extra monster with Flying ability that negates the Earthquake damage.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. In one of my Lorna Shine battles, I've learned that using monsters with Shield abilities in Earthquake Rules of Combat are still a good thing. Since Shield ability reduces the damage of Earthquake by half, even at 1 extra damage per turn, it's not as bad.

Also, the poison ability is really strong because even if the monster dies after he inflicted the poison, like what happened in this game, the poison still applies which means your opponent still takes damage even if that monster with poison is dead.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

If there was no Earthquake rule of combat, I would've used Magi Necrosi instead of Riftwing and Tower Griffin. Magi Necrosi has Camouflage ability allowing him to not be targetted by attack as long as the monster on the first position is still alive. He also has a Snipe ability which prioritizes non melee monsters as his targets.

Magi Necrosi on board means they needed to kill Harklaw first before getting to him which is a hard thing to do if you don't have magic damage. Then, Waka Spiritblade's Poison slowly kills the opponent from both the front and the back with this combo.

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