SHARE YOUR BATTLE ! WEEKLY CHALLENGE || Centauri Mage

Hi everyone, Welcome to my post regarding the "SHARE YOUR BATTLE" Challenge. For this week's challenge, I'll be sharing my battles against Yodin Zaku again. But this time I only need 1 monster that plays the role of repelling attacks from the opponent's Ranged monster. And before going to the main discussion.........

The ruleset for this time is CLOSE RANGE and REVERSE SPEED with 34 mana. CLOSE RANGE is a situation where Ranged attacks Monsters may be used in the first position in battles. Meanwhile, REVERSE SPEED is a situation where Monsters with the lowest Speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attacks.

My Line-Up

Cards	Ability	Reason
	Give additional THORN ability to All Allies	I used Mylor Crowling because I thought the opponent would choose to use Fire Melee. In Fire Splinter there are several Melee monsters that have low SPEED such as Living Lava or Radiated Brute which correspond to one of the Ruleset this time (Reverse Speed)
	Shield + Void (Lv1) + Magic Reflect (Lv2)	Lord Arianthus is very suitable for dealing with all types of monsters (Melee, Ranged, and Magic monsters) even without Attack points. All of his abilities at level 1 were enough to reduce the damage he received from attacks from various types of monsters.
	Return Fire (Lv1)	Centauri Mage I use against the opponent's Range monster. If hit by an Attack from a Range monster, it will return most of the attack to the attacker (in this case a Ranged Monster). Return Fire also still works when it receives BLAST Effects from attacks made by Ranged Monsters.
	Silence (Lv1)	If I choose to use Mylor Crowling because there is a possibility that the opponent uses Fire Melee, then I choose to bring Mushroom Seer to the battle arena because there is also a possibility if the opponent turns out to prefer Earth Magic (with Obsidian as the Summoner). In Earth Magic there are Magic monsters that have low SPEED such as Goblin Psychic that match the Ruleset this time (REVERSE SPEED)
	Protect (Lv1) + Amplify (Lv2)	I'm using Queen Mycelia level 2 because AMPLIFY can optimize the three abilities of the monsters that I brought in the Battle Arena this time. (THORN which will be given by Mylor Crowling, MAGIC REFLECT belongs to Lord Arianthus, and RETURN FIRE belongs to Centauri Mage)
	Tank Heal (Lv1) + Affliction (Lv4)	Goblin Psychic is in charge of healing TANKER (in this battle it's Lord Arianthus) if he gets a lot of damage so he can last longer.
	Affliction + Camouflage (Lv1) + Poison (Lv2)	I use Doctor Blight because it has AFFLICTION (at Level 1) and POISON (at level 2) which are very effective against monsters that have HEAL abilities or who rely too much on TANK HEAL abilities.<br His ability is also useful for dealing with opposing monsters that have a fairly high Health.

BATTLE START !!!

For the umpteenth time, I met an opponent who used Yodin Zaku as his summoner. Because the Ruleset this time is very profitable for Ranged Monsters (CLOSE RANGE Ruleset) the monsters carried by the opponent are almost entirely Ranged Type (he also brings 1 monster with Zero Mana)

After all abilities are applied.....

Yodin Zaku's Ability gives an additional 1 Health Point and BLAST ability to all enemy monsters and an additional 1 Attack point to all enemy Ranged Monsters. There are no additional abilities given by the opposing monster.

Mylor Crowling's ability gives additional THORN abilities to all my monsters. Additional abilities from monsters in the form of a reduction of 1 Attack point to all magic monsters belonging to the opponent given by Mushroom Seer (which has no impact in this battle) and the addition of 2 ARMOR provided by Queen Mycelia.

At the beginning of the first round, Molten Ash Golem gets the first turn by attacking Lord Arianthus. The effect of BLAST on Centauri Mage which is then fully returned to Molten Ash Golem.

After Molten Ash Golem, now it's my turn for 5 Magic monsters (Goblin Psychic, Mushroom Seer, Queen Mycelia, Doctor Blight, and Centauri Mage) that attacks Molten Ash Golem and leaves 1 Health point.

Pyromancer managed to destroy the ARMOR of Lord Arianthus (and the ARMOR of Centauri Mage with BLAST), but he received his "Remaining Attack" given by Centauri Mage uses RETURN FIRE. Cornealus tried to attack Lord Arianthus but his attack was missed. Meanwhile Blood Maker aimed his attack at Goblin Psychic and the effect of BLAST hit 2 nearby monsters (Queen Mycelia and Doctor Blight)

At the beginning of the second round, Molten Ash Golem again attacks lord Arianthus and the effect of BLAST hits Centauri Mage. Unfortunately, he had to be defeated by his "own attack" because the Centauri Mage returned the attack to the Molten Ash Golem.

My 5 Magic monsters (Goblin Psychic, Mushroom Seer, Queen Mycelia, Doctor Blight, and Centauri Mage) are now focusing their attacks on Cornealus who replaces the position of Molten Ash Golem. The attack from Doctor Blight managed to give AFFLICTION and POISON Effects to Cornealus so he couldn't heal himself and in every round, he received 2 damage which immediately reduced his Health points.

Cornealus and Pyromancer returned to attack Lord Arianthus and the BLAST effect hit Centauri Mage, but the effect of the attack was also returned to them (Cornealus and Pyromancer). Meanwhile Blood Maker once again aimed his attack at Goblin Psychic and now he has 1 Health point left (and the BLAST Effect makes Queen Mycelia and Doctor Blight have 2 points of HP remaining)

At the beginning of the third round, the POISON effect activates and causes Cornealus to lose 2 Health points. After that, he was immediately defeated by Goblin Psychic. Blood Maker who replaced Cornealus was also immediately defeated by my 3 Magic Monsters (Mushroom Seer, Queen Mycelia, and Doctor Blight).

Scorch Fiend who took the place of Blood Maker tried to attack Lord Arianthus but was blocked by SHIELD. He was also hit by the THORN effect which made him lose. The opponent's last monster (Pyromancer) successfully attacked Lord Arianthus and Centauri Mage was affected by BLAST. Unfortunately, he had to lose because Centauri Mage returned his attack.

To see the entire battle, you can watch it at >> FULL BATTLE LINK
And this is the challenge link >> CHALLENGE LINK

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

Honestly, I didn't expect the opponent to use Yodin Zaku in this battle. Because in his last five battles, he didn't even use Yodin Zaku. I used Centauri Mage because I thought the opponent would use a Ranged monster with SNIPE Ability.

For the future strategy (if I know that the opponent will use Yodin Zaku) maybe I will replace Mushroom Seer with Spirit Druid Grog which has Attack points and SPEED the same one.

Do you like Centauri Mage?

I like Centauri Mage but it's a shame I rarely use it when I use Earth Splinter. I also rarely use Earth Splinter when dealing with summoners like Yodin Zaku or General Sloan because in Earth Splinter no monsters have the HEADWINDS ability when it comes to playing in BRONZE and SILVER LEAGUE.

That was the post SHARE YOUR BATTLE CHALLENGE for this time. Thank you for visiting and taking the time to read. See you in the next post....

_{Thanks to:}

• @splinterlands
• @thepeakstudio for Dividers