Legionnaire Alvar - The Magical Shield

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Hello Splinterfans!

Welcome to my entry for the Share your Battle Weekly Challenge! More details about the challenge can be found here.

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This week's battle challenge is with the mighty Legionnaire Alvar who has the Void Armor ability at level 1. This means that when you have a magic attack, it reduces his armor first instead of his health. The good news is that he has lots of shield. Some other great abilities of Alvar once your level up are the Giant Ability that I covered last week and also Demoralise and Death Blow.


Alvar can be a really powerful card, but today we will focus on the level 1 card and a way that you can use him to real benefit and give you an edge.


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My own Legionnaire Alvar is at level 1, but I really need to level him up to be able to maximise his benefit and take advantage of his other abilities. For the Gold/Diamond league, I would really like to have him at least at level 3.


Doubling his attack if you face a strong tank and the demoralise are some great benefits to play him and his cost for a legendary card is not prohibitive compared to some of the other legendaries. The great thing with Alvar is also that he is a neutral monster that can play in any deck you like. A great investment if you ask me.


My Team

This is a mid-level mana battle and I have chosen the powerful Obsidian as Summoner who will give some extra magic attack to my monsters.

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Summoner/ MonsterReason
ObsidianExtra magic attack
Legionnaire AlvarVoid Armor
Fungus FiendCannon Fodder
Queen MyceliaExtra shield
Khmer PrincessLow cost magic attack
Kron the UndyingStrong healing magic attack
Djinn BiljkaStrong, low cost, HIDDEN magic attack

Battle

My opponents:

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The rules for the battle are:
Fog of WarSnipe and sneak abilities are gone.

Watch the Battle on Splinterlands

ROUND 1 - Legionnaire Alvar vs. Slipspawn

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I noticed that my enemy had used Obsidian with magic attack for nearly all their previous battles and therefore thought this could be the perfect opportunity to bring out Legionnaire Alvar.

If you are pretty sure that your enemy will use magic attack, then it can be for sure worth to deploy Alvar. This is because the main thrust of their magic attack will need to go through his 8 shield (in my case 10 with the Queen Mycelia buff) before he loses any health.

This would give you time to deal some serious damage to your opponent as you are about to see here. Alvar takes 10 damage from my enemy, while the rest of my magic attack finishes off Splipspawn and Mycelia Morphoid behind him.

The enemy attack is severely weakened to just 7.




ROUND 2



In round 2, with his shield now depleted, we lose our man of the moment Alvar. But not before we take out Centauri Mage, leaving my enemy with just 2 monsters and a total of 5 magic attack left.







Round 3

In round 3, Goblin Psychic and Regal Peryton are disposed of very quickly. The power of Alvar with his Void Armor ability has caused havoc to my enemy.


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I still have 11 magic attack left and with my enemy having just 10 health, the result was looking pretty clear.


Summary:

Legionnaire Alvar can be a huge benefit if you know that your enemy will use a magic attack, this would give you the benefit of his huge shield. Even if your enemy doesn't use magic in the end, his shield is big enough to withstand some onslaught from ranged and melee attack.


He has a low melee attack that can be off-putting for some, but if you level up, he can also provide extra buffs such as the giant killer, effectively doubling his attack against strong opponents. At level 3 he even weakens your enemy melee attack! What a guy!!


Other ways that I try to use him are to pair him with someone who can rebuild his armor!! Oh yes! That will drive your enemy nuts!! Chanesus the Great or Adelade Brightwing spring to mind. Imagine these 3 together and replenishing so much armor each turn.


Thanks for reading.

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I like the fact that it's a neutral card. You can use him across all deck. It's one card I actually do not have. That's a very decent lineup. The shield is massive especially when used with a shield card. Perfect lineup. You should upgrade him.

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Thanks, I have neglected him a little. Being a neutral monster is a great benefit. I will upgrade him as soon as I can.
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Goodluck with that, I haven't checked the price in the market yet..

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Thanks. I am first upgrading Junker and then will do Alvar.

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The Void Armor of the Legendary Neutral Monster Legionnaire Alvar works best with Monsters with the Resurrect (and Protect) Ability, such that when it is Resurrected, it gains back all its Armor and can absorb both physical and magic damage again. 🤓

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That would be the perfect situation, ideally with Chaneus and River Hellondale!! !LOL !PIZZA

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There isn't any #Splinterlands Card with the name "Chaneus". 🤯 Maybe you are referring to the Legendary Life Summoner Chanseus the Great, though it isn't compatible with the Legendary Water Monster River Hellondale. 😅

I know of Life Splinter teams with Chanseus the Great and High Priest Darius resurrecting Legionnaire Alvar twice, which can be countered by using Monsters with the Shatter Ability. 🤓

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Yeah, mixed that up! !LOL

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It's true that #Splinterlands Neutral Monsters are great, but having the only Neutral Summoner Legendary Lux Vega is even a much better benefit. 😏 !PIZZA !LOLZ

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Lux is quite pricey though! !LUV

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A Level 4 (max level) Lux Vega costs $850 on the #Splinterlands Market (which makes it about $72.28 per BCX). 🤓 You can also rent it for about 2,200 DEC (or about $0.42) per 24 hours. 😏 !LOLZ

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oooh thats pricey! low ROI on that one! !LOLZ

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The Yearly ROA (Return on Asset) for leasing Lux Vega is currently 16.49% according to the #PeakMonsters market. 🤓

I don't think that's already low, since it's bigger than what you can earn from curating using Hive Power. 😅

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It might be interesting if you need to deploy a large amount of cash, but would it make more sense to then use the liquidity pool paying >50%? !LUV

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The ROI of a token is one thing to look at, but my suggestion is about an NFT which is a #Splinterlands Card whose value would likely increase over time (since it is a limited-edition Card), unlike liquidity pools where you may earn 50% of the tokens in your liquidity pair but then the tokens would lose their value due to more of them being produced than sold or burned. 🤓 It would also be great to play the Legendary Neutral Summoner Lux Vega from time to time! 😆 #NotFinancialAdvice 😅 !LOLZ !LUV

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yeah, good point! What about the Runi cards? they are more limited now all were not sold? !LUV

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It's hard to determine the ROI of the Legendary Neutral Monster Runi if that Card isn't available for Rent (yet). 😅 !PIZZA !LOLZ

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Great post! Good idea to pair Alvar with a rebuild ability monsters, didn't think about that.
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Thanks! I am wanting to upgrade Adelade Brightwing right now, she is pretty awesome! !PIZZA !CTP

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Yes she is, capable of doing damage by herself compared to those smaller repair monsters. Wish she was a neutral monster though 😬

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Yeah, I am upgrading Junker first 😉. He could be very handy I think.

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