This one card attacks four times per turn???
PREFACE
I'm having a pretty bad time with mages recently due to two things. Number 1, its rise in popularity and number 2, how easy it is to counter. Most of the elements in game has a free counter card for it and you only need to buy or rent one card in the market to completely shut it down.
Due to that conundrum, I decided to take a step back on my beloved mages and try archers. While doing some experimentations, I stumbled an underrated and the only card in the game that can attack FOUR TIMES in one turn.
LORE
Vigilators are arthropods that live just beneath the surface of the Sands in Draykh-Nahka. When prey wanders above one, a Vigilator is able to cause a controlled cave-in of the surrounding sand. It then quickly consumes its prey, using its multiple pincers and gnashing tooth-blades. No Vigilator has ever been recovered from the sand, so ideas of what they look like are mostly guesses.
STATS AND ABILITIES
Double Strike || Allows this card to attack twice per turn.
Thorns || Any melee attackers takes 2 damage whenever they hit this card.
Poison || Any opponent with poison takes 2 damage per turn.
RENT AND BUY COST
This is the rental cost of The Vigilator at the time of writing this article.
This is the purchasing cost of The Vigilator at the time of writing this article.
POSITIONING
Due to The Vigilator's different types of attack, you can use him in any position but putting him on the 2nd to 7th position is more advantageous especially when you have these rules in place:
Close Range: Range units can attack from position 1. Ranged monsters are the new Melee monsters.
Melee Mayhem: Melee attack from anywhere. We recommend using your strongest melee attackers with abilities like blast, opportunity, retaliate and inspire. You could also select a summoner that will lower your opponents melee power, Zintar Mortaus or Camila Sungazer.
Equal Opportunity: All monsters will attack from any position (range monsters cannot attack from position 1) and will target the enemy Monster with the lowest health.
Super Sneak: All monsters have the Sneak ability. Targets the last Monster on the enemy Team instead of the first Monster.
You can see the rule sets here.
BEST CARDS TO COMPLEMENT
Being a dragon card, this complements any elements in the game specially those that increases melee and/or range damage.
So, how is this card able to attack FOUR times in one turn?
First, you should check this replay I have for you to believe me.
As you can see, the reason how this card is able to attack multiple times is due to two things, the current rule, which is Melee Mayhem, and The Vigilator's ability which is Double Strike.
Each turn, The Vigilator applies the Double Strike on its range attack, making him able to attack range two times. Then, due to Melee Mayhem Ruling allowing melee monsters to attack from any position, The Vigilator is allowed to attack again using its melee attack WHILE ONCE AGAIN APPLYING DOUBLE STRIKE.
The Vigilator is allowed to attack two times via range attack and two times more with his melee attack totalling four times per turn.
This is an amazing find for me and I hope that you can apply this to your games as well. That's it for now.
If you have any questions, suggested combos, any violent reactions, feel free to comment it down below.
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Whoa... fantastic.
I never noticed that before.
Well described.