The Secret to Winning Death Games

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Introduction

Hello, everyone. KonAqua-desu! This is this week's entry on Splinterland's Social Media Challenge, where, as the title suggests, share your experiences and insights in your Splinterlands experience. Enjoy!

This week, I've discovered a strong combo in the form of Cursed Windeku and Thaddeus Brood. They don't have the usual combo, neither complement each other but they counter almost all of the other lineups in Splinterlands. Cursed Windeku deals with Melee while Brood deals with Magic damage, the deadliest line ups in Splinterlands, Fire and Earth.

I did the Death Quest for 5 battles, I won 4 another win by surrender. Here's what happened.

Game 1 Win


https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_a9b4b063b99613e574f4e8bf8e316e70&ref=konaqua122

Konaqua122:
Summoner: Thaddeus Brood (-1 Health; -1 Magic to opponent)

  1. Cursed Windeku (Thorns)
  2. Death Elemental (Snipe)
  3. Undead Badger (Sneak)

Inherit048:
Summoner: Obsydian (+1 Magic to allies)

  1. Regal Peryton (Flying)
  2. Tower Griffin (Flying)
  3. Khmer Princess

These are the Abilities involved in this game:



This is my newly made lineup for low mana fights. It's very effective and I don't know why.

Battles


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Round 1

  • Undead Badger kills Khmer Princess.
Round 2
  • Death Elemental kills Tower Griffin.
  • All attacks to Regal Peryton misses on last 2 rounds.


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Round 3

  • Some hits to Regal Peryton but no deaths.
Round 4
  • Regal Peryton dies on 4th turn from Cursed Windeku's hit.

Game 2 Win


https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_cd35deef756701f99398bf978cc93eb0&ref=konaqua122

Konaqua122:
Summoner: Thaddeus Brood (-1 Health; -1 Magic to opponent)

  1. Cursed Windeku (Thorns)
  2. Undead Badger (Sneak)

Lldcc21001870:
Summoner: Tarsa (+1 Health; +1 Melee to allies)

  1. Tenyii Striker (Sneak)
  2. Serpentine Spy (Opportunity)

These are the Abilities involved in this game:



This is the same line up as above but less 3 mana.

Battles



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Round 1

  • Serpentine Spy died with a first hit from Undead Badger.

Round 2


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  • Tenyii Striker dies from Thorns damage and attack from Cursed Windeku.

Game 3 Win
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_f0e95237f32c09b8b66d155c700650c1&ref=konaqua122

Konaqua122:
Summoner: Thaddeus Brood (-1 Health; -1 Magic to opponent)

  1. Cursed Windeku (Thorns)
  2. Carrion Shade
  3. Death Elemental (Snipe)
  4. Twisted Jester (Snipe)
  5. Mantoid (Snipe)

Hojcu21437545:
Summoner: Thaddeus Brood (-1 Health; -1 Magic to opponent)

  1. Cursed Windeku (Thorns)
  2. Cursed Slimeball
  3. Death elemental (Snipe)
  4. Soul Strangler
  5. Silent Sha-Vi (Sneak)
  6. Dhampir Stalker (True Strike)

These are the Abilities involved in this game:



This is mid mana fight. I focused on using snipers due to what I've seen on other's guides that Twisted Jester is strong. I decided to try it out and he is indeed strong. I might consider buying him in the future.

Battles


Round 1

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  • My Death Elemental dies from opponent's Death Elemental snipe.
  • Cursed Slimeball dies from Silent Sha-Vi's sneak.
  • Dhampir Stalker dies on the very last turn from Mantoid's snipe.

Round 2


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  • Soul Strangler dies from Twisted Jester's Snipe.
  • My Cursed Windeku dies from a hit from the opposing Cursed Windeku.
  • Opposing Death Elemental dies from Silent Sha-Vi's sneak.
  • Mantoid dies from opposing Silent Sha-vi's sneak.
  • Carrion Shade dies from opposing Cursed Windeku's Thorns.

Round 3


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  • Cursed Windeku dies from Twisted Jester's attack.

Round 4


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  • Silent Sha-vi dies from a first attack from Twisted Jester.

Game 4 Win (by default)


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  • Opponent surrendered before the start of the match.

Game 5 Win
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_599315b85e733d9fd889c415878eef4a&ref=konaqua122

Konaqua 122:
Summoner: Thaddeus Brood (-1 Health; -1 Magic to opponent)

  1. Cursed Windeku (Thorns)
  2. Twisted Jester (Snipe)

Vietnam08:
Summoner: Thaddeus Brood (-1 Health; -1 Magic to opponent)

  1. Cursed Windeku (Thorns)
  2. Chaos Agent
  3. Death Elemental (Snipe)

These are the Abilities involved in this game:



Since I cannot put both Undead Badger and Death Elemental due to mana restrictions, and I don't want to put either leaving an extra mana, I went with Twisted Jester and he did a good job.

Battles

Round 1


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  • Chaos Agent dies from Twisted Jester's snipe.

Round 2


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  • Death Elemental dies from Twisted Jester's snipe.
  • Both Cursed Windeku died at the same time from the attack and thorns.

Quest Rewards


After finishing the 5 win quest, I got rewarded with...


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1 Alchemy Potion!

Author's Notes


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I never knew Cursed Windeku was strong. He shines on low mana matches along with Undead Badger. Both has high speed and normally attacks first providing huge advantages. Thaddeus Brood boosts it further by providing -1 health to enemy. Lower mana matches normally have weaker monsters and thorns' 2 damage plus Brood's -1 health significantly executes most of them. Thaddeus Brood also shuts down possible Obsydian Earth builds by neutralizing the +1 magic damage that Obsydian normally provides.

Disclaimer

The game battles and rewards photos are from Splinterlands and is taken from my account.

Unless otherwise stated, other photos are either personally made or enhanced using Photoshop CS5 or from Bitmoji, the avatar ones.

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Stay safe and Enjoy your weekends.

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I also like Cursed Windeku for low mana games. Nice line up. It is effective because the back line of the opponent isn't that strong at this mana level so your backline's snipe and sneak can easily target those places. !PIZZA

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Thanks for the pizzas. Also, I think the reason why this is strong is because of speed. Since this Windeku and Undead Badger both have 3 speeds, most of the time, especially in low mana, they get to attack first. And with Thaddeus Brood providing -1 health to enemies, it's like en extra damage as well to the enemies from the start of the fight.

By the way, don't stare at the eyes.

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Ah, yeah. I did not really consider the -1 health and the 3 speeds working for your lineup.👁👁

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I just realized it now. Lol. As I've said initially, I didn't know why it works but it works. It's kind of like Fries in Sundae. Weird combination but it works.

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