SHARE YOUR BATTLE WEEKLY CHALLENGE!⛰️Hill Giant

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Hello there reader and welcome to my entry of this week's SHARE YOUR BATTLE CHALLENGE. This week we are asked to travel through the forests and over the hills where we will summon the huamnoid Hill Giant to help us take down our foes. Will we succeed today? Let's find out.



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THE HILL GIANT

The Hill Giants are called so because the are giant humanoid creatures with immense strength that travel from hills to hills. Despite their intimidating size, these giants are tender and would rather learn from than kill others. However, when these gentle giants feel threatened, they can become the average man's greatest nightmare whose size cannot match up to this beasts unnatural strength.

Let's take a look at the stats of this monster's card;

The Hill Giant is a 3 mana card that many people may not find impressive at first. He starts out with a health of 6, attack of 1 and speed of 1. At level 3 this monster gets an extra attack and at level 10 he gets its last extra attack. For speed, he gets an extra one at level 4 and its max at level 8. This gentle giant also gets upgrades to its health having 7 at level 2 and 8 at level 5. He loses one health at level six because at this level he gains the Stun ability. At level 7, it regains the lost health before getting a max of 9 health at level 9.

I will be playing with this card at level 5 which is his max for Silver.



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The Combat Rules and My Strategy

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COMBAT RULES
MODIFICATIONSWeak Magic
ACTIVE SPLINTERSFire, Earth, Death

Strategy

The Weak Magic Ruleset is great because shield will stand a chance against magic. So, I will need monsters with shield or armor up the ones I will use so they can last longer on the battle field.



Below is the info of my lineup👇:

SUMMONER
NAMEOBSIDIAN
SPLINTEREARTH
EDITIONCHAOS LEGION
RARITYRARE
LEVEL4
MANA COST4
BUFFS+1 MAGIC ATTACK

I love it whenever I get the chance to use Obsidian because she's the only summoner I have up to silver level. Since the ruleset is weak magic, I'm going to try and make my magic stronger with obsidian. An extra attack may just help me get through any shield faster and also not waste so much attacks.

MONSTER 1
NAMEHILL GIANT
SPLINTEREARTH
EDITIONCHAOS LEGION
RARITYCOMMON
LEVEL5
MANA COST3
ATTACK2X MELEE ATTACK
SPEED2X
HEALTH8X
TOUGHNESS0
ABILITIESNONE AT LVL 5

The low mana cap is the perfect opportunity for me to use Hill Giant as a tank. This monster may be slow but with his 8x health, he should be able to absorb some damage at the frontline.

MONSTER 2
NAMEMYCELIC MORPHOID
SPLINTEREARTH
EDITIONCHAOS LEGION
RARITYCOMMON
LEVEL5
MANA COST1
ATTACK1X MELEE ATTACK
SPEED2X
HEALTH2X
TOUGHNESS0
ABILITIESTHORNS

In the second position is Mycelic Morphoid. This monster should be able to handle some damage if Hill Giant gets taken out. Not just that but this monster should also deal some damage back with its thorns. If it gets the chance to attack, then great.

MONSTER 3
NAMESCAVO HIRELING
SPLINTERNEUTRAL
EDITIONCHAOS LEGION
RARITYCOMMON
LEVEL5
MANA COST3
ATTACK0
SPEED3X
HEALTH4X
TOUGHNESS0
ABILITIESREPAIR

This little guy is one of my favorite monsters in the Chaos Legion edition. This monster will be able to restore shield to any of my monster's that have lost the most shield thanks to his repair ability. To do his work though, the monsters have to have some shield beforehand. This is where the next monster comes in.

MONSTER 4
NAMEQUEEN MYCELIA
SPLINTEREARTH
EDITIONCHAOS LEGION
RARITYLEGENDARY
LEVEL2
MANA COST4
ATTACK1X MAGIC ATTACK
SPEED1X
HEALTH4X
TOUGHNESS0
ABILITIESPROTECT

If there's one anything I really love about this game it would be the synergy between monsters. Queen Mycelia has the Protect ability which will grant +2 shield to all my monsters. This will give Scavo Hireling something to work with. Queen Mycelia's amplify will also increase the damage done by Mycelic Morphoid's thorns if he gets hit by a melee attack. This is one of my favorite legendaries right now.

MONSTER 5
NAMEKHMER PRINCESS
SPLINTEREARTH
EDITIONUNTAMED
RARITYRARE
LEVEL4
MANA COST2
ATTACK1X MAGIC ATTACK
SPEED2X
HEALTH3X
TOUGHNESS0
ABILITIESTANK HEAL

To make sure Hill Giant lasts for as long as possible in the first position I will not just need a repair but also a tank heal. This is where Khmer Princess comes in. She will make sure my tank frustrates the enemy so much.

MONSTER 6
NAMECHAOS AGENT
SPLINTERNEUTRAL
EDITIONCHAOS LEGION
RARITYCOMMON
LEVEL5
MANA COST1
ATTACK0
SPEED3X
HEALTH3X
TOUGHNESS0
ABILITIESDODGE

Defending the backline is the underrated Chaos Agent. Honestly I really disliked this card before but every since I started to use him in higher levels he has proven to be really useful. This monster's dodge ability should help him defend the line against sneak attacks. Let's see how he does in this battle.



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The Battle

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My SplinterEnemy's Splinter


Round 1:

  • The summoners start with their buffs. Obsidian adds +1 magic to Queen Mycelia and Khmer Princess. The enemy use Tarsa to ass +1 Melee attack and +1 health to their monsters.
  • The enemy's Tenyii Striker attacks Chaos Agent from the back taking away his shield but Scavo Hireling quickly restores it.
  • Khmer Princess shoots magic balls at the enemy's Antoid Platoon taking away all their armor, 0 toughness remaining.
  • Uraeus moves to attack Chaos Agent but misses.
  • Hill Giant hits Antoid Platoon, x1 damage, 4 health remaining.
  • Antoid Platoon retaliates at Hill Giant, x3 damage, 0 toughness remaining.
  • Queen Mycelia shoots at Antoid Platoon, x2 damage, 2 health remaining.

Round 2:

  • Tenyii Striker attacks Chaos agent again taking away all his shield.
  • Scavo Hireling restores Hill Giant's shield.
  • Khmer Princess throws fire balls at Antoid Platoon, x2 damage, 0 health rmaining.
  • From behind, the sneaky Uraeus takes out Chaos Agent, x3 damage, 0 health remaining.
  • The enemy's Ant Miners have their health increased to 4 after scavenging from the dead but together, Hill Giant and Queen Mycelia take them out, x4 damage, 0 health remaining.

Round 3:

  • With Chaos Agent gone, Tenyii Striker attacks Khmer Princess destroying her shield but Scavo Hireling is quick to restore it.
  • Khmer Princess shoots at Uraeus destroying his shield.
  • Uraeus charges at Hill Giant, x3 damage, 0 toughness remaining.
  • Together again, Hill Giant and Queen Mycelia take out Uraeus, x4 damage, 0 health remaining.

Round 4:

  • Tenyii Striker starts by attacking Hill Giant but his attacks don't have much effect because Scavo Hireling restores the giant's armor and Khmer Princess restores his health.
  • Altogether, Khmer Princess, Queen Mycelia and Hill Giant attack the Tenyii Striker. Khmer Princess deals the last blow after restoring Hill Giant's health to max.
    DEFEATED!



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Victory!

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This battle proves how effective teamwork can be. One member of the team was lost but his sacrifice was not in vain. Maybe Tarsa should take some teamwork lessons from this team.

Check out the battle by clicking the link below👇

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE BATTLE



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Did My Strategy Work?

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Yes indeed. The team was really well built. The synergy was great. The shields Queen Mycelia provided were very important in stopping any kind of attacks. Thanks to Scavo Hireling, those shields lasted. Khmer Princess was also very useful in restoring the tank's health each round.

Using Obsidian as a summoner was a smart choice because on their own, Khmer Princess and Queen Mycelia don't have strong magic attacks. Obsidian made their attacks much powerful.

One thing I think I should have done differently is to place Mycelic Morphoid behind Khmer. Tenyii Striker's attack would have cause him -3 health with the thorns and Queen Mycelia's amplify. Oh well, a victory is a victory.



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Do I like the Hill Giant?

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Yes and yes. To be honest, I did not like this monster before this challenge but now I really do. I had overlooked this card as one I wanted to purchase because I did not like him at level 1 but after renting a level 5 for this challenge, I have realized that this card is really good.

I struggle so much with low mana battles because I don't have many low mana tanks. The Hill Giant is a low mana tank that I have decided to add to my collection. I'm sure that many other people will realize the value of this card very soon.



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And That's All For Today!

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  • All GIFs used are screen recordings from the Spinterlands game edited on GIPHY.
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Thanks for your time!

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