Combat without "Wands" is a True Test of Intelligence: A Battle Mage Secret Challenge Entry
Two quotes from the book the book - "The Art of War" authored by Sun Tzu. make my list of favourite battle quotes. Getting acquainted with battle quotes help to build my strategic thinking and leaderships skills, after all, life is a battle. Sun Tzu was a Chinese Military General, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period. His writing piece, "The Art of War" is an influential work of military strategy born out of his experiences. The strategy captured in the book has affected both Western and East Asian philosophy and military thinking.
One of the quotes which reads, “Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.” tells me that it is possible to be in combat without being noticed. That means, that one can actually go to war with improvised weapons which may miss the notice of the enemy. It takes wisdom and good strategy to be able to take on the enemy in combat without carrying ammunitions around. My second favourite quote in Sun Tzu's compendium which reads “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” is a build up of the first which informs that in combat, a prepared team can actually take on the enemy with deadly weaponry without being noticed.
Battles without visible weapons otherwise known as wands is what the Wands Out ruleset is about in Splinterlands battle game. When drawing this ruleset, only units with magic attacks may be used. Magic attacks are like invisible weapons that is why it directly targets the health of its victim. The victim would have used the armor if melee or range attack ammunitions were noticed. it only takes phase, Void, Void Armor, and Magic Reflect abilities in a monster to notice and quell magic attacks.
My Battle Experience with Wands Out ruleset
I drew the Wands out battle ruleset wih 28 manna cap and that was a huge allowance to accommodate the best of my cards. I actually love magic attack cards and thus , when the battle ruleset was drawn, I was 60% sure of a win because of some unsuspected powerful magic attack monster units in my deck.
I selected Five monster units - Nerissa Tridawn (9), River Nymph (4), Eleven Mystic (4), Venari Spellsmith (4), Ice pixie (2) to face an equal five monster units in the enemy team. Incidentally, bothteams were summoned by Kelya Frendul, a water summoner. This summoner helps me gain speed and armor for my monsters, though armors would not make sense in battle rulest that only allows magic attack monster units. Three of my Five monsters had Cleanse, Dispel, Flying abilities and that was simple but fair enough to give me a little advantage in the battle.
At face outlook, the enemy monster units were studded with abilities but the battle turned out simpler than I thought as it lasted for just Three rounds. Thanks to Nerissa Tridawn (9), that led the fight and performed exceptionally well without an ability. Her high gauge health of 9 and 3 attack stat is what makes it my favourite magic attack monsters.
My tem brought down two monster units in each of the first two rounds. It was quite an easy task to defeat them in the third round with just two hits. The battle ended in our favour and i was a flawless combat as all my Five monsters were still standing strong at the end of the battle. Earning +40 rating points was huge.
The outcome of Magic attack only battles can be predicted since the attacks would almost always hit the target's health except when the target monsters posses phase, Void, Void Armor, and Magic Reflect abilities that could return, reflect or ,minimize the effec of the magic attack weapons.
It is always good to go for monster units with high attack and health stats. These two stats are the most important stats that would guarantee a win in the battle. I will sure use the strategy again if I draw the battle ruleset again.
What was your experience battling with the Wands Out Ruleset?
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Splinterlands game is termed the "next generation of collectible card games" in which allows players to collect, trade, and battle with provably scarce digital collectibles with real-world value. Battles on Splinterlands Unlike most trading card games, are fast and furious, and are usually completed within few minutes. The Splinterlands gameplay is simple and easy to learn viz: reviewing combat rules, making and submitting of the team and watching the battle unfold.
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