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RISE OF THE COMMONS

For the Battle Mage Secrets Challenge of the week, we are asked to keep the epic and legendary on the sideline as the common and rare units take the battle field. Definitely, this is a great way to test the prowess of the battle mage because we would have to make do with a lesser degree of power than we would have had with the legendary and epic units. Well, let's see if the commons can rise to the challenge.

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The Combat Rules

Despite the fact that the Rise of the Commons ruleset forces us to use just common and rare units, some of these units are still quite powerful. However, when you pair this ruleset with Little League, then it becomes quite tough to play. Given that the mana cap of the battle is 32, there's no way I can fill it up. Still, I have to remember that my opponent cannot as well and I will use that to my advantage.

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LINEUP

SUMMONER
NAME	GENERAL SLOAN
SPLINTER	LIFE
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	RARE
LEVEL	4
MANA COST	4
BUFFS	+1 RANGED ATTACK

For this battle, I can only use Fire or Life so I decided to go for life and what other summoner to work with than my trusted General Sloan. His +1 ranged attack will be advantageous for the Venari Crystalsmith who I will definitely add.

UNIT 1
NAME	XENITH MONK
SPLINTER	NEUTRAL
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	RARE
LEVEL	4
MANA COST	4
ATTACK	1X MELEE ATTACK
SPEED	4X
HEALTH	7X
TOUGHNESS	0
ABILITIES	SELF HEAL

And now for a unit that I just started using more often, the Xenith Monk. His melee attack may not be so great but that Self heal ability is something that can be very useful in these type of rulesets. No heavy attacks, no problems.

UNIT 2
NAME	SUNKAI HARVESTER
SPLINTER	LIFE
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	COMMON
LEVEL	5
MANA COST	4
ATTACK	2X MELEE ATTACK
SPEED	3X
HEALTH	4X
TOUGHNESS	2X
ABILITIES	REACH

It's almost like a habit that when given these types of rulesets, I almost always tend to put a reach monster in the second position. In this case, the Sunkai Harvester is the only low mana reach monster that I have so I had to put him on the field.

UNIT 3
NAME	CELESTIAL HARPY
SPLINTER	LIFE
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	RARE
LEVEL	4
MANA COST	2
ATTACK	2X MELEE ATTACK
SPEED	3X
HEALTH	3X
TOUGHNESS	0
ABILITIES	FLYING OPPORTUNITY

For a unit that costs just 2 mana, the Celestial Harpy has proven to be a force to be reckoned with on many cases on the battle field. That opportunity ability can really come in handy in these types of low mana battles where it is more likely to find pesky low health monsters in the middle. The drawback of having his unit is her low health but the flying ability is a compensation for that.

UNIT 4
NAME	TIME MAGE
SPLINTER	LIFE
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	RARE
LEVEL	4
MANA COST	4
ATTACK	2X MAGIC ATTACK
SPEED	5X
HEALTH	3X
TOUGHNESS	0
ABILITIES	SLOW

Of course, with any battle speed is very crucial. The time mage can put my team at an advantage with her slow ability. Unfortunately, just like with the Celestial Harpy, she also has a really low health and can be a target for opportunity attack units.

UNIT 5
NAME	VENARI CHRYSTALSMITH
SPLINTER	LIFE
EDITION	REWARD
RARITY	RARE
LEVEL	4
MANA COST	4
ATTACK	2X RANGED ATTACK
SPEED	3X
HEALTH	5X
TOUGHNESS	0
ABILITIES	TANK HEAL

I said I was going to use this unit and so here she is. The tank already has healing abilities but there's no harm helping him out with this unit's tank heal. If Xenith monk gets taken out, the next unit on the line would still have the support from Venari Crystalsmith.

UNIT 6
NAME	PELACOR CONJURER
SPLINTER	LIFE
EDITION	REWARD
RARITY	COMMON
LEVEL	5
MANA COST	2
ATTACK	NONE
SPEED	4X
HEALTH	6X
TOUGHNESS	0
ABILITIES	FLYING, MAGIC REFLECT

And at the back I have the Pelacor Conjurer. Normally I would place this guy in the front but I suspect the enemy would have a monster with sneak and the Pelacor can dodge some attacks thanks to his high speed and Flying. I hope I'm right.

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The Battle Highlights

My Element	Enemy's Element

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Round 1:

• My opponent and I have the same summoner so both of our General Sloans buff up our Venari Crystalsmith.
• My Time Mage slows down the opponent's units and theirs does the same to my units as well.
• As the fastest unit on the firsl, my Time Mage shoots a fireball at the enemy's Pelacor COnjurer who reflects some damage back at the Time Mage.
• The enemy's Time Mage takes its turn on my Xenith Monk but he heals up and strikes Pelacor Conjurer.
• The enemy's Venari Crystalsmith heals up the Pelacor Conjurer and throws her blades at my tank.
• My Venari Crystalsmith restores some of the tank's health and throws her blades at Pelacor Conjurer. Celestial Harpy and Sunkai Harvester follow up and take down the Pelacor Conjurer.
• The enemy's Sunkai Harvester strikes my tank while Stitch Leech sneaks and attacks my Pelacor Conjurer at the back.

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Round 2:

• My Time Mage Starts the round with a 2 damage hit on the enemy's Sunkai Harvester.
• The opponent's Time Mage attacks my tank but he restores some of his health and damages the Sunkai Harvester's armor.
• Both of our Venari Crystalsmiths take turns to heal the tanks and then attack.
• The Celestial Harpy goes right in the middle and strikes the Time Mage.
• The enemy's Sunkai Harvester hits Xenith Monk but is struck by my Sunkai Harvester.
• Stitch Leech tries to sneak on the flying Pelacor Conjurer but misses.

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Round 3:

• My Time Mage takes out the Sunkai Harvester while the enemy's takes out my tank.
• My Venari Crystalsmith throws her blades at the Stitch Leech but he is healed up by the other Crystalsmith who attacks my Sunkai Harvester.
• Celestial Harpy sees and opportunity and destroys the other side's Time Mage reversing her slow debuff.
• Sunkai Harvester hits the Stitch Leech who tries to retaliate but misses.

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Round 4:

• Time Mage kills the Stitch Leech forcing the enemy's Venari Crystalsmith to the front leaving the team with no current means to attack.
• My Venari Crystalsmith and Celestial Harpy takes down the unit at the front and it comes down to just one more.
• The Xenith Monk hits my Sunkai Harvester but he retaliates.

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Round 5:

• Time Mage weakens the final unit. Venari Crystalsmith heals up the Sunkai Harvester before finishing off the Xenith Monk.

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CONCLUSION

My opponent and I had almost the same idea. One difference, though, is that I correctly anticipated their sneak attacks and they were wrong about mine. The person had placed the Xenith Monk at the back to guard against any sneak attacks I would throw but the idea just left the team with way less attackers.

My team, on the other hand, worked just fine. It's easier to guard against sneak than opportunity and so I had to work with Celestial Harpy. That unit made a huge difference for my team.

The Pelacor Conjurer at the back was also a good idea. Thanks to Time Mage's slow, he was able to dodge an attack from the sneak monster who had his speed reduced to just 1x.

All in all, it worked out fine and I came out of it victorious.

That's All For Today, Warrior!

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