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For this week's battle challenge, the DRAGON ELEMENTS are the star of the game. This element is the most flexible element because it can be paired up with any elemental monsters in the game. Using the Dragon Element, you can cover up the elements you always use in the game.

Before we dive in to the battle topic of the week, we need to know first the rules of the game.

CHALLENGE RULES

THEME: DRAGONS

Edition: ANY
Rarity: ANY
Element: DRAGON + ANY
ATTACK: ANY
ABILITIES: ANY

REMINDER: If you do not own the themed card/monster you are welcome to create a battle post and talk about ANY card/monster. Have fun!

For more information about the game, you visit this link for a more detailed explanation.

So without further ado, lets start the battle!

THE CARD LINEUP

For this battle, my strategy is to increase the defensive state of my monsters while creating massive damage to them. This is perfect for the Dragons since it gives us the opportunity to combine different elements with their own strengths. For this battle, fire units are my pick and they specializes on creating massive damage towards the opponent.

The summoner that I choose on this battle is DRAKE OF ARNAK

THE LORE

" The Drake of Arnak is a medium-sized Dragon hybrid. He is highly intelligent and extremely rich, but cannot fly nor breathe fire. All his life he has honed his skills as a summoner, hoping to win a share of the glory that should rightfully be his as a carrier of the fire blood. The Drake's trademark is that his monsters are summoned to battle with a thin force field of blue fire, fortifying their defenses. Forms have been filed by the High Council to formally request that the Drake of Arnak hand over his secrets for the good of the united Gloridax, but he will not give up his proprietary magic without a fight. The Drake of Arnak is the Gloridax rival of Daria Dragonscale; the two despise one another."

DRAKE OF ARNAK is a Rare Dragon Summoner. This monster can give all friendly monsters an additional shield. Shield are vital in the game for it became the first one to take the damage before the damage affects the health of the monsters. Even a monster has 1 shield and the attacker has 4 melee attacks, still, the 4 melee attacks will resist by the shield and no damage will be done on the health of that monster. At the first level of this summoner, it has estimated power of 40. This collection power is not that high but surely, it can help on increasing the needed collection power for the aimed rank.

As this card continue to level up, the number of Common Cards, Rare Cards, Epic Cards, and Legendary Cards that this monster can summon on the game increases. At level 4, this monster has 1,000 power. This power will be enough to move up on higher rank but this will require the player to have 25 BCX. At the final level of this card, level 8, its estimated power will reach 4,830 and that will be enough to move again in a higher rank in the game.

Even though this card continue to level up, its ability to give shield is still the same.

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LIVING LAVA is a Rare Fire Monster with Shield ability. Monsters with this kind of ability reduces the melee and range attack damage made by the opponent. This card has 3 melee attacks, 1 speed, 2 shields, and 6 lives. By looking at its overall characteristics, we can say that this card is the perfect tank for the Fire unit. This card can protect lots of monsters in the field due to its ability and strong defensive state. Also, one of the asset of this card is its high melee damage The only weakness of this card is its speed. It only has 1 speed, meaning it cannot avoid any attacks made by the opponent.

Since this card cannot really avoid attacks, increasing its shield by 1 is very helpful. The power of Drake of Arnak can make this card really hard to eliminate in the game. It strengthen the defensive ability of the this tank.

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CALADUUM is a Legendary Fire Monster with Void ability. Monsters with Void ability decreases the magic damage made by the opponent. This monster has 3 magic attacks, 1 speed, 3 shields, and 10 lives. Looking at the characteristics of this card, we can say that this card has is a force to be wreckoned with in the game. This magic damage cannot be avoided and its defensive ability towards magic attacks are hard to break. This card has an impressive health and shield. The only issue on this card is its speed. Base on its speed, we can see that this monster cannot avoid any attacks of the opponent. With that, the only choice is to elevate its defensive state.

I place this monster on the second position because it has the tank quality that can be a substitute to the current tank on the game. With that, increasing the shield of this card is one of the plan. This could help this card to resist melee and range attacks. As long as this monster lives in the field, then damage is ensured.

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XENITH ARCHER is a Rare Neutral Monster with no ability. This monster mostly relies on its stats. It has 1 range attack, 1 speed, and 2 health. This monster is not that strong but can be valuable in the game if it use right. Its range attack is weak but the fact that its kind of attack is done without any contact, makes this card immune to Thorns ability. Also due to its kind of attack, this monster can attack from a back position. Since its health is also too low, giving a shield on this monster would be a great move so that it can be protected on massive damages. The power of Drake of Arnak will be fitted on this card. I place this card on this position because of its low health. It cannot be on the second position because it does not have the quality of a substitute for tank. It cannot be in the last position as well because range attackers cannot perform attacks if they are in the first position. With that, living this card alone in the field would not be great choice.

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VENARI SPELLSMITH is a Rare Neutral Monster with Dispel ability. Monsters with this kind of ability clears all the positive effects on the enemy it hits by its attack. It has 1 magic attack, 2 speed, and 2 health. Looking at its overall characteristics, we can say that this card is pretty reliable in the battle. Its magic attack cannot be avoided and its ability neglects the effect of the enemy. Even though it has only2 health, its speed could help this card survive the battle. With that, an additional shield coming from the Drake of Arnak would be a very great help. This could help this card survive longer battle and many rounds. I position this card in the last position because it I believe that its stats is enough to cove the backward attacks. Also, it has magic attack. Magic attacks are important in the game for it ensure the damage you can create towards your opponent.

THE BATTLE

The battle rules for this is 28 mana cap and No Standard. Meaning, players can use any cards they want as long as it is fitted to the mentioned mana cap. Commonly, the No Standard battle happens on Bronze III and below rank.

ROUND 1: THE DEFENSIVE EFFECTS

At the beginning of the round, the two summoners contest their effects. All of their monster's defensive state and offensive state improves. For my monsters, their defensive state becomes stronger, making sure that they will still live at least up to next round.

The first monster attacks come from the opponent. That becomes the reason of Xenith Archer losing its shield. After that, my monster starts to attacks and Caladuum eliminates the first monster of the opponent. The battle continues and Living Lava eliminates as well another card in the game. As a revenge, on of the monster of my opponent attacks, making the Xenith Archer eliminates in the game earlier.

ROUND 2: THE OPPORTUNITY

The battle continues on the second round and the sides are still unstoppable. Serpentine Spy shows its full potential as it starts attacking the weakest in the game. With that, one of my monster got eliminated. My monsters try to take revenge, but the high life of Living Lava makes it harder for my monsters.

ROUND 3: THE MOLTING DUO I

On round 3, battle becomes so intense. My monsters try their hardest to create massive damage and it becomes successful. The tank of the opponent cannot handle all the damages, making it eliminated on the third round. Now, it will be a complete disaster for them.

ROUND 4: THE MOLTING DUO II

As the battle continue on the fourth round, elimination monsters became faster. On the time that my monsters attack, two of the three remaining monsters of my opponent got eliminated. It become a struggle for them because they cannot avoid my magic damage and they cannot resist my melee damage.

FINAL ROUNDS: ASSURANCE OF SUCCESS

As the battle continue, both sides do not want to give up, making the battle more intense. Tenyii Striker continue to create damage towards my tank, making it the reason of its elimination. On following rounds, Caladuum had struggle on avoiding attacks since it has lower speed compared to Tenyii Striker. But Tenyii Striker got also hard time on resisting magic damage due to the fact that magic attacks never miss. With that, it become impossible for Tenyii Striker to win the battle for its team.

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CONCLUSION

The battle is great and everyone performs very well, there are some monsters that did not show their full potential but that is understandable because of their low health.

Did your strategy work? What will you try differently next time?

Yes, my strategy works. Next time that I am using Dragons, maybe I will try to pick cards that has higher attacks or higher lives so that they could also contribute to the game. Also, maybe next time, I will try to use other Dragon Elements that is also focusing of the defensive state of the cards.

Do you like DRAGONS? Why or why not?

I really love Dragons. For me, it gives me an opportunity to hide to my previous battle my specialize cards. That can make my opponent more confuse on picking the right elements to use in the battle. Also, I like the fact that there are Dragon summoner that can increase or give shield to the friendly monster. That can help low health monster to survive longer in the field.

So that's all for today, Splinter Community ! Have a nice day!

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