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CHALLENGE RULES

RULESET: UNPROTECTED

Description: All armor is removed from units and one cannot gain armor.

Info: Shield and Divine Shield are unaffected.

The Battle

Battle Rulesets	Description	Info
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL	Only Monsters with Melee attack may be used in battles.	Choose a summoner that increases/reduces Melee attack or Mylor. Keep a monster with Shield, Retaliate or Thorns in the first position. Reach, Sneak, Opportunity help in this ruleset.
UNPROTECTED	Monsters do not have any armor and do not get armor from Abilities or Summoner Buffs.	Protect, Piercing, Repair, Rust are useless. Focus on a tank with high HP and Heal.
REVERSE SPEED	Monsters with the lowest Speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attacks.	Try to pick monsters with 1 speed because they have the best chance of evading Melee and Ranged attacks. Beware of monsters with Enrage and Last Stand, these abilities increase speed when activated

Lineup

It was a melee only high mana armorless game.

Card	Strategy
	Possibilus The Wise - One of the best summoners for melee-only games. Reach ability makes a lot of monsters useful in the second position and the +2 health is very good when no armor is allowed.
	Diemonshark - My default water tank in most of the games. Retatatile is good for this game.
	Arkemis the Bear - Unless armor bonus was not useful, but it is still a decent monster.
	Demented Shark - +1 attack is the best support skill for this game. Unfortunately, I only had a level 3 version of this card.
	Kulu Mastermind - With opportunity and shield it is a good monster for this game, level 4 were even better, but I need to collect some more for that.
	Deeplurker - It has huge damage with poison, an ideal choice for 6 mana. I like to use it in every type of game, so this was not an exception.
	Pelacor Bandit - One the best 3 mana monsters in this game. The speed with flying and with decent stats. I put it in almost every low and middle-mana water team.

Battle - Replay

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

No:

With max level Demented Shark:

Battle Results

Do you like UNPROTECTED ruleset? Why or why not?

No. I like armor heavy monsters and armor related skills, so this one of the ruleset that I don't like.