THE LOW MANA FIGHT: THE FIERY FIRE SPLINTERS (Part 1)

At my first week, I thought it is a struggle and a huge disadvantage of getting low mana in a battle. But that thought is wrong. Having low mana in a battle gives as opportunity to lessen our choices in picking cards. Yes, I know that it sounds negative that we only have less choices in picking cards but if we try to see the other side of the situation, we will realize that low mana battle help us simplify the winning cards in the battle.

Fire splinters are my favorite cards in splinterlands and there are various combinations that we can use. But take note, in low mana fight, always go for “quality over quantity” (we will discuss the meaning of that as this post goes).

THE 12 MANA FIGHT
In 12 mana fight, speed is very important. Monsters that has low health can survive this mana fight because they have higher speed. Also, high speed card attacks first and has higher probability to avoid the attack of the opponent. Attacking first in a battle is a good advantage. With that, I suggest to use PYRE as the summoner.

After picking a summoner, the first position card should have the ability to resist and accept the attacks of the monsters. Card that has shield and big health is the suggested card to be placed in first position. With that, LIVING LAVA is the suggested tank here. Even though Living Lava has only 1 speed, it will be increased due to Pyre and this will lessen the chance of missing its attack.

Living Lava has the ability to reduce the attack of the opponent (melee attack and range attack). This is pretty good because those cards that has damaged of “1” will fall down to a damage of “0”, meaning no effect at all in the health or shield of Living Lava.

For the second position, I suggest to use the XENITH ARCHER. This card will help to reduce the life of other cards. Also, since it has lower life compared to living lava, this will be the target if the opponent has a card that have Sneak ability. This card will lessen the possible attacks that Living Lava may gain.

So in this mana fight, the LIVING LAVA will do all the work.

Here is the sample battle for it.
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_2594ccd95e4b861235c31a83de5b695c&ref=rigel3100

THE 13 MANA FIGHT
In 13 mana fight, the suggested cards here are: PYRE, as the summoner; LIVING LAVA, as the tank; and the SERPENTINE SPY in the second position.

I suggest to use PYRE because at this mana fight, still, attacking first is important. For the first position, I suggest to use the LIVING LAVA. This card will accept all the damage made by the opponent. For the second position, the SERPENTINE SPY should be placed. This card has an ability to attack at any position and it targets the card that has lowest health (Opportunity). This card will eliminate the opponent’s cards that could create massive damage to our tank.

The main strategy here is eleiminate all the cards that has low health. Low health cards are commonly has the highest damage. By doing this line up, it will weaken the opponent.

THE 14 MANA FIGHT
In 14 mana fight, the suggested cards are: TARSA, as the summoner; LIVING LAVA, as the tank, and SERPENTINE SPY, as the second position card.

I suggest to use TARSA as the summoner because at this mana fight, the opponent will start to focus more on power than speed. This summoner has an ability to increase, “+1”, the melee attack of fire monsters. It also increases the health of all fire monsters “+1”. For the first position, still, LIVING LAVA is the suggested tank. This is also the start where the ability of this card will be put into use. For the second position, the SERPENTINE SPY will be positioned. This card will eliminate cards that has low health.

The main strategy here is to create a massive damage to the health of the opponent.

Here is the sample battle for it.
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_fec69ea1a692ecde91aa14a2599ce8a0&ref=rigel3100

THE 15 MANA FIGHT

In 15 mana fight, the suggested cards are: PYRE, as the summoner; LIVING LAVA, as the tank; and SERPENTINE SPY in the second position.

For this battle, PYRE will be used as the summoner. Even though most of the opponents at this mana fight starts to focus on cards strength, still, speed is important. The higher your card’s speed, the higher the probability to evade the attack. For the first position, the LIVING LAVA is the suggested card. This card will accept all the attack made by the opponent. This will now by time for the SERPENTINE SPY to do the attack. This will be the function of the SERPENTINE SPY; to attack the other cards of the opponent.

The main startegy here is to create damage on low health cards and obtain the first attack. Being the first one to attack will be a big help for the battle.

THE 16 MANA FIGHT
In 16 mana fight, the suggested cards are: TARSA, as the summoner; LIVING LAVA, as the tank; and the TENYII STRIKER, in the second position.

For this battle, TARSA would be great as the summoner. This summoner will give everyone an additional strength and health. For the tank, still, LIVING LAVA is the suggested card. This card will endure all the attack. For the second position, the TENYII STRIKER, will now do all the work. This card has an ability to attack cards in the back. This line up is pretty great because commonly, players put cards that has higher attack and low health at the back in order to do more damage to the opponent. By doing this line up, it will wreck their strategy and it will be easy for you to win.

The main strategy here is to eliminate the cards in the back. This will eliminate the strongest cards of the opponent in the battle.

Here is the sample battle for it.
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_e4c0a75ab26fda4a76e0643cd6cc29bc&ref=rigel3100

Overall, this all base on my observation and experience. The line up may vary depending on you. Also, on creating a line up, do not forget to take a look first on opponent’s previous battle. This will give you the hint on what are the cards they will use. Also, as I said earlier, choose quality over quantity. Choose powerful cards with high mana over not so strong cards with low mana. Pick the powerful cards to create more damaged, even though they have high mana value. Do not pick so many cards but can only create a minimal damage. Always choose the quality of the cards.

That's all for today, guys. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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