Winning like a Pacifist: Kitty and Cube in action
I have always hated it when my enemy wins because of fatigue. Despite, a lot of matches that I have seen proved that it is an effective strategy. In this battle, I will be sharing a match that I won without directly hurting my enemy.
STRATEGY TIME
MATCH DETAILS
This match was fought with an Odd Ones Out ruleset. The mana cap to build our team is 23, and we can use most Splinters except Life and Earth Splinters in this match.
MY LINEUP AND TEAM PLACEMENT
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As you can see, this is a very odd lineup. So why did I do this?
Well, it was mainly a product of desperation. At that time, I only rented high level cards for Life Splinter, along with some dragon and neutral monsters. With 13 mana cap, there is very limited that I can do. So I figured: why not play with fatigue?
Summoner: Byzantine Kitty
As much as I hate how expensive it is to rent this cute Summoner, all the buffs that it gives are just too awesome not to grab. Since I don't have much of a choice in this post, I definitely went with Kitty! The idea is that I'll just adjust the monsters for this match.
Position 1: Furious Chicken
Two reasons: Filler and Scavenger. If I want a decent chance for my Cube to win this match, I need to boost my Scavenger with as much as I can. Unfortunately, Chicken is all that I can add due to the mana cap.
Position 2: Gelatinous Cube
Have you ever tried fighting a Llama Kron combo? That's the idea that I was trying to go with here! The main downside of this alternative is that I don't have Cleanse and cube doesn't deal any damage. But heck, I'll just hope that two heals will be enough.
MATCH RESULTS AND VERDICT
The most important winning condition for me in this match is the total heal of Kitty and Cube is equal or greater than the damage that my opponent's monsters do each round.
Let us see if we are lucky enough to meet this condition!
At Round 1, we can see that the maximum total damage that our Cube can get in each Round is 7. One damage from chicken, then 3 damage each from Haunted Spirit and Jester. Now let's take a look at our Cube. Because of Cube's 13 maximum health, each heal regenerates 4 health (13/3, rounded down = 4).
This means that Cube will be healing at least 8 health (2x heal, 1 each from Kitty and Cube) all throughout the match. Luckily, our opponent did not have a monster with affliction on its side. If it had, for sure our Cube won't last even just until Round 10!
By the end of Round 27, fatigue already did its thing and we won the match. That was a long match, but it's quite fulfilling to win without attacking.
Match Conclusion
After winning this match, I was pretty satisfied with my decision of relying on fatigue to deal damage to my enemy. It was a decision that came out of desperation, given that I had very limited choices in this match. With 13 mana cap and having only Kitty as my available levelled Summoner, I am already down to just 6 mana for my monsters.
I did not expect to win this match. It had a number of winning conditions to win. Good thing it worked! It is a good lesson for me to still think of strategies on how I can win a match -- even with limited resources available.
There you have it! I hope you enjoyed this match. In case you missed the previous replay link, click HERE to watch Kitty and Cube in action.
CREDITS
- Splinterlands for the game-related images, game screenshots, and lore.
- flauwy for the nice-looking dividers
- Cover photo made in Canva
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Oh my... That was an epic battle! Haven't experienced anything close but it reminded me of Poison battles where Almo Cambio would help me win 90% of the time.
I'm glad you enjoyed it Relf! Yes!! I love Almo too for Poison battles, I think it shines really well in Bronze or Early Silver since a lot of monsters don't have a decent heal or immunity yet.
Nice and interesting combo! Always cool to see some new strategies 😀
Nice! Yes, poison, affliction, or stun is what you had to avoid. All three are fairly rare, especially in low mana battles, although poison is becoming more prevalent. I will have to try this when I know my opponent is going KRON. I HATE those battles. I win occasionally by going heavy sneak since they usually put him at the end for Last Stand, but I definitely lose way more than I win.
I'm sure Marilyn was pissed. lol
I'll be pissed too if I were Marilyn haha
Yeah I agree on your comment! I also HATE going against Llama Kron. It feels like you should always have a perfect lineup to win against that. My go to lineup against Kron is any decent tank + Lvl 2 Lightning Dragon. The RNG stun usually does the work. But not when it is not my day lol
Thanks for sharing! - @ashikstd
