Splinterlands Battle Mage Challenge: Little League

This week's Battle Mage rule set challenge was Little League in which you can only use monsters and summoners which cost 4 mana or below.

Little League general strategy....

Well there's not too much to say, other than opt for the best splinter with the best low mana cards: dragon and fire spring to mind.

What really makes the difference is having a decent tank with relatively high health I find, one that can withstand the first attack.

I also tend to prefer an attacking rather than a defensive strategy, it seems to work better wiping out your opponent's monsters asap!

Little League battle exemplar

The battle below shows a battle featuring an attacking line up!

Mana and rulesets:

• just little league
• 40 mana, so OK!

Summoner - Darla for the attack!

• Cerberus - Beta but one of the best 4 mana tanks!
• Manticore - works well alongside Cerberus
• Beatle Queen - 2 magic attack
• Venari Spell Smith - not sure why?!?
• Spark Pixies - great speed and damage
• Fire Spitter - great damage and flying, useful for a potential miss with sneak.

The battle...

• round 1 - I take out my opponent's sethropod for no loss, shame my 4 damage from Cerberus is wasted on a 1 shield
• round 2 - I take out the Seaweed straight off the bat, lose my tank, but take out Ooze
• round 3 - I take out the Archer, looking good for me! And three damage sinks the Mandarin
• round 4 - now it's all over, I just polish off my opponent's final ranged card doing no damage now.

Final battle analysis

My double tank with high health and attack worked very well. In retrospect I would have been better off with maybe an opportunity attack instead of the spellsmith, or another 2 magic damage.

Little League final thoughts...

This is one of those rulesets you just have to play to learn, and you'll get a feel for what cards work best with 4 mana!