Battle Mage Secrets Weekly Challenge! EARTHQUAKE....

In my continued effort to bring you low quality, repetitive, cyclical, drivel on a weekly basis, in a change from the precious metals related rhetoric i usually bang on about, I now offer to you my loyal followers, a bang average #splinterlands blog.

Without much thought, or deep contemplation, ill be sharing with you few brave souls that have taken the time to read this post, my weekly BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Weekly Challenge!. The "share your battle" challange has ended, where the @splinterlands team asked you to share a battle with a specific monster, and now its more about a specific ruleset. This new weekly challenge definitely has its upside, as it allows a wider audience to take part, even when their battle decks are limited.

This week, the team over at #splinterlands has asked us to share a battle with the ruleset "EARTHQUAKE". As the name suggests, all NON-flying monsters, will take -2 health damage at the end of every round... You need to keep those feet off the ground, or suffer the effects of that earthquake!

This ruleset, can completely flip a battle on its head! conventional battle plans go straight out the window, it also creates a whole new style of play. With the correct selection, it is possible to field a suprisingly deadly team.

Lets go play #splinterlands...... Its not like you can pick and choose the rulesets for every battle!

After playing what seemed like my full allocation of 50 battles, I finally came across the ruleset I was waiting for:

But doing what #splinterlands does best, they threw a spanner in the works by adding additional rulesets alongside EARTHQUAKE just to mess with my mind and really get me thinking.

EQUALISER: All monsters will begin the battle with equal health, equal to that if the monster with the highest health atats.

Taking these rulesets into consideration, and with the limited number of summoner choices available to me, I actually decided that for this specific battle, with these specific ruleset, I would pick my tried and tested LVL 4 DELWYN DRAGONSCALE. Theres some decent monsters to pick from with this summoner. Ive got an idea of the monster(s) id like to get involved as they could potentially be the difference between picking up a W or a L.

As you can see, its not a bad line up!??! My choice of monsters will benefit the most from the ruleset. Ive concentrated heavily on monsters with the "FLYING" ability to purposefully circumnavigate the earthquake ruleset. Ive relied heavily on the magic attack monsters, to best utilise Delwyns +1 magic buff. My Void Dragon has decent health coupled with good speed, its a solid option as a tank in these circumstances. Add to that my Chaos Dragon and Phantom of the abyss to add some serious fire power!! My sea genie and black dragon both posses flying ability and with the black dragons -1 speed buff, ill definitely get in some early attacks. So, with these specific rulesets in play, this line-up may see me through this battle.

When ever I come across the "EARTHQUAKE" ruleset, it really is a bit of complete change from the usual..... I often weigh up the pros and cons of picking a high attack team OR a heavy magic attack team OR Choose a set of monsters with the fly abolity to negate the many pitfalls of having the earthquake ruleset. But with the equaliser ruleset also in play and such a high MANA game, i really could only include some seriously aggressive magic monsters.

Welshies Top Tip: when given the ruleset "EARTHQUAKE" and "EQUALISER", try to include monsters with the FLYING ability to negate earthquake. Choosing a DRAGON summoner can unlock a whole lot of monsters with this ability.

Watch the battle HERE

Once the two teams are revealed, I always have a quick look at my opponents set up, before hitting rumble. I like to playout in my head how I think the battle will unfold. I try and predict what I think the outcome may be, and judge how well my opponents have set up thier team. With restrictions on summoner choice but with these specific rulesets, I think ive done quite well and built a very competitive team....

My opponents choice of summoner has differed from mine, yet with "EARTHQUAKE" also in play it simply comes down to the choice of monster available by selecting your splinter. So lets see who gets the upper hand... can my DRAGON splinter take down their FIRE splinter?

So can my lvl 4 summoner take out my opponents lvl 4 summoner?? Its going to be tough.... They definitely have some decent monsters out on display. With that said im sure its going to be a challenging battle. Lets hit rumble and see how this plays out!!

The stage was set, two strong summoners, with very different approaches, these teams are sure to give a great battle. I see the difference in lineup, but as the old adage goes - " you can only play whats in front of you".

Before the battle even begins, our summoner buffs take effect, monster buffs take effect too.... So can my monsters over come theirs, and can the " EARTHQUAKE" and "EQUALISER" ruleset make any difference? Only one way to find out!!

With both summoners adding that extra battle power, it truly is down to the monsters to make this battle memorable.

Round two carried off where round one ended..... My monster now finished focusing their attacks on to my opponents IIFRI FYRE, but taking 1 damage due to "redemptio". With my superior speed, the fall of their highest health monster didnt take too long. My Void Dragons high health and lightening quick speed meant it could dodge a lot of the attacks being sent its way, while my other monsters are attacking from all angles.

My superior attacking power is now beginning to take effect. The addition ruleset was in my favour..... I feel luck is definitely on my side today!

After breaking through their Orc as thetank, the EQUALISER ruleset worked well for my opponent here,I didnt actually think they would hold out for as long as they did....I thought my superior monster levels and attacks would have starting to turn the tide of battle far far sooner.

But after the fall of their tank, this battle may not last much longer!!

Thankfully, my void dragon as a tank worked in my favour and i managed to hold out thanks to its abilities. Thanks to the fact my opponents monster was doing very little damage(it always helps) and constantly missing. I Finally managed to take down all their monsters, and just like that, this battle was over......

VICTORY!!!..... If in doubt come out all guns blazing..... my opponents team was well thought out, but it was never in doubt. Superior monster level and a team more suited to the specific ruleset, gave me a very heavy advantage.

Turns out it was a complete and utter blowout in the end! Im pretty chuffed with how that played out.... it couldnt have gone any better i dont think?? Yes luck played a part, but my selection of monsters and ability came througg in the end

Would you have picked a different team/combonation? If so let me know in the comments below.

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