Splinterlands Battle Mage - Close Range

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Hello Splinterfans!

This week we have the new Battle Mage Secrets weekly challenge with the ruleset Close Range.

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Last week we had the ruleset that was a nightmare for all Sloan fans and this week we have a ruleset that many Sloan fans will love.


Close range allows you to play your ranged attack monsters in the first position and therefore to not have to worry that you have enough melee or magic attack in front of them before they cannot attack anymore.



For Sloan fans like me, it means that you can use MORE ranged attack than usual. 😀

On to this week's battle.

My Team

This is a low mana battle and I am going to go for Sloan with his ranged attack buff.

Summoner/ MonsterReason
SloanRanged attack buff
Pelacor ConjurerLow mana cost, flying and reflect ability
Soul Fiend0 cost cannon fodder
Venari CrystalsmithRanged attack and heal
Pelacor ArbalestRanged double strike ability

My opponents

Summoner/ Monster
Thaddius Brood
Cursed Windeku
Corpse Fiend
Ravenhood Warden
Wierding Warrior

The rules for the battle are:

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Lost MagicMonsters with magic attack may not be used in battles
Close RangeRanged attacks may be used in the first place in battles
Are You Not Entertained?One additional Gladiator card may be used in battles

Battle

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ROUND 1 - Pelacor Conjurer vs. Cursed Windeku

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My opponent has gone for the death splinter and Cursed Windeku as his tank. This is to assume that I would use a melee attack against him. This is generally a good idea to play, especially with his heal and thorns ability.

However, it would have been better if he had played Quix the Devious against me to debuff my ranged attack.



It is lucky for me that I have a non-attacking monster in the tank position so that he doesn't get hurt from the thorns of the Cursed Windeku. He also has a fast speed at 5.


In round 1, there are a few misses against my tank because of his wings and fast speed. Cursed Windeku however takes some big blows but is still standing, albeit severly weakened.



ROUND 2


Round 2 is the beginning of the end for my opponent, the Cursed Windeku falls badly with my very strong ranged attack and my tank doesn't even take a scratch yet.


The first ranged monster steps up into the tank position for my opponent.




ROUND 3


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In round 3, the ranged attack of my enemy continues to miss due to slow speed and flying ability of my tank. With only 2 health, he falls quickly too. It is looking dire for my opponent and my ranged attack didn't even get in the first position yet.

ROUND 4

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It is all over in round 4 as the last 2 enemy monsters fall and my opponent doesn't have any answer to my ranged attack onslaught.




Summary:

The close range ruleset can come in very handy to use Sloan to his full potential but you also need to be weary of Quix the Devious debuffing you. If you are looking for some ranged and melee attack to play in the first position, War Chang could be a good option.


How do you play the close range ruleset?


Thanks for reading.

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The fact that your second range card had the heal ability was also another great addition. If you had opponents who brought magic cards, they could have taken out the Crystalsmith. Great tactics, the windeku has a solid tank but the Crystalsmith did its job quite well.

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Thanks, the plan went perfectly this time. O hope I can keep winning so easily 🙂😎

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I've been losing so badly, 7 games losing streak already.

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I feel you, I had that yesterday. Did you switch to modern? I find it easier there.

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I no longer play wild, I couldn't even compete. It's fair in modern, but I'm still losing crazily. I only wanted to accumulate one more focus chest and I ended up with 7 games losing streak and still couldn't get it.

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Yeah that smarts. I feel your pain there, I am sometimes facing this problem. I think the algorithm doesn't like us when this happens. 😔

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Hahaha I'm literally in pain because my ECR has suffered and I'll have to stay like 24 hours without competing

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I am running mine to 0 each day almost 😅💪

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I don't plan to buy ECR anytime soon, it's getting more harder by the day

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You are right, the need for the newer more powerful cards, makes it harder if you don't upgrade.

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My growth has been slow, but I just was really brutal last season, beating even the biggest summoners. I just think the algorithm is just being different this time, plus luck hasn't been on my side.

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great team in close range bro :P. if they read my blog they would know to use quix hehe

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Hehe For sure! Probably a bot and Quix not so cheap.

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ooo true didn't think fo that . mayb etoo expensive for the bot :P. im like 2/6 in gu not so good prob wont play until tmr :(

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I have had a terrible week, some really tough opponents! My first game was nearly 30-40 mins and I lost only just today.. the grind is real!!

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lol ya man. Not sure what happened but people starting to get bette ror stronger decks

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Good idea to use a "double attack" back and a tank with good health and one more "tank heal".👍👍👍

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