Splinterlands - Sneak and Snipe (Abilities Review)

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Two abilities that are also potential daily quests are the Sneak and Snipe.

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Sneak Ability

The ability allows monster to attack the rearguard of formations. To redirect the attack there is a ability called Taunt. With Taunt the monster will lure opponent with sneak ability. Other then that sneak ability will always attack their opponent's rearguard.

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There is a total of 21 monsters that has Sneak ability. 19 out of 21 monsters are monsters allowed in ranked battles while 2 are for brawls only. Exactly the same amount as Snipe ability.

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Snipe Ability

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A quick glance over the cards with sneak one can notice it is a skill that is well balance on majority of the sneakers. Fire, Water, Earth, Life, and Death each have 3 monsters each have sneak ability. While Dragon and Neutral both have 2 monsters with sneak ability.

The ability is specifically to attack opponent's monster who is not in the front position and has range, magic or no attack.

There is a total of 21 monsters that has Snipe ability. 19 out of 21 monsters are monsters allowed in ranked battles while 2 are for brawls only. Exactly the same amount as Sneak ability.

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A quick glance over the cards with snipe one can notice it is a skill that is well balance on majority of the snipers. Fire, Water, Earth, Life, Death, Neutral have 3 monsters each that has snipe ability. While dragon alone has only 1 monster.

Conclusions

Reading this post you now may have noticed why I posted both Sneak and Snipe abilities in one post. Essentially they have many similarities and whether the developers intended this to happen or it just became so you can now see those similarities. Both abilities starts with a "S". Both abilities each have the same quantities of monsters that can have the ability at 21. Both are sometimes in daily quests.

On the differences between the two, Sneak ability is focusing specifically on the last monster of opponent's formation. While Snipe ability is all monsters except the first in the formation. Another difference is most monsters that have sneak ability are melee or magic attack monsters while snipe ability most are range attack monsters.

My Favorite Sneak Monsters

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Silvershield Assassin I like a lot because of its abilities of sneak, double strike and poison. Such a triple ability makes the monster be useful on any position of the formation.

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Other worth mentioning sneak ability monsters are Skeleton Assassin and Sand Worm. Again in Skeleton Assassin it has both sneak and poison. It speed allows it to attack opponents first most of the time. Sand Worm due to its high melee attack appears to be a decent choice for use in high mana battles.

My Favorite Snipe Monsters

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Ferexia General and Twisted Jester are two of my favorites when using snipe ability. The additional abilities such as inspire from Ferexia General helps boost the remaining fire monsters melee's attack. While Twister Jester has decent speed and range attack for a 4 mana monster.

Other worth mentioning Snipe ability monsters are Royal Dragon Archer and Spirit of the Forest. Both cards are legend and the only legends to have Snipe. Out of all the cards that possess either Sneak or Snipe ability there are only two legends. The remaining cards are mostly common, some rares, and fewer epics.

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