Time to Pump Zyriel!
Time to Pump Zyriel!
Ok, as I explained in my previous post that no one like Zyriel: The Fallen. Well, at least the price we paid for her now for sure! Now that the sale is over, and there is about 1800 of her, maybe now is the time to sing a bit of priase for her. I already discussed the price and the timing issues, so no reason to talk about any of that. That said, lots of them are available for $37 a pop and someone called turkleton is unloading his bag. So be it!
Here is the kick, since Zyriel is new, Archmage haven't learned the use and the defense against that card yet, so I can beat star-shroud who uses 'special edition' Archmage bot, may be once in the last 100 encounters! Sorry Star, couldn't resist the joke. For the record, star is a decent manual player, and better than me for sure!
Point is: Weapons Training is an unique ability.
Adjacent monsters get half this monster's attack if they have no attacks themselves
It is a new ability. All other cards currently with Weapons Training are soulbound. Below is the list. For most people, Zyriel is the only one they can have Maxed immediately.
Since Zyriel is a dual element life & death card, below is the list of all regular life+death+neutral monsters you can potentially use. Trick is to use one of these monsters on either side of Zyriel. At Max Zyriel have 5 range attack, so any of these No Attack cards below will get 3 range attack. Oh yes, and there are soulbound/gladiator cards, but no one have them maxed yet, so not really mentioning there here. People mentioned HELMET KHARAFAX from life element can be good, but I haven't used him yet.
Now, imagine for a second, no attack cards are usually high health and with a lot of abilities at max. Almo Cambio for example, is 16 health, with boat load of abilities, like Immunity, Phase, Return Fire, and Magic Reflect! Add to that high speed of 6 and Zyriel induce 3 range attack! That is a damn overpowered card! Take Angel of light for example; it is 8 health at max, but with Resurrect, Flying, Tank Heal and Inspire. Now add Zyriel induced 3 range attack to that, and it is nearly too good to be true! See on the battle below, how I used Almo and Angel of light on either side of Zyriel to win this battle.
It is equally effective in Death battles. Here I have used Riftwing and Almo on either side of it. This is not relevent in this particular battle, but Riftwing is extremely effective with Flying, Scavenger, Backfire, and Headwinds. Especially with Kitty and +2 speed advantage it can be untouchable at the sneak position, and can induce backfire frequently.
Now with all that said, you guys know very well that there is no Silver Bullet in this game, well perhaps Kitty, but Zyriel is still an unique niche card. Especially early on, where bots are not trained against her. The trick is to keep Zyriel alive as long as possible, and protect her against Sneak and Opportunity attack. Since she has divine shield and life leech, after a few rounds she can hold her ground quite well, but she is a bit of glass canon early on.
Looking into the near future, when Modern will be for Humans only, I think Zyriel's rarity will go a long way. So if you haven't picked Zyriel up, maybe it is time to pick some up from turkleton and mhossain, as I think you will be happy and those two guys will be sad in not too distant future :)
You can summon her with a dragon, too, can't you? I think there are a few more options, like dragon spirit, that may have been overlooked, or maybe just beyond the span of this post. I'm seeing some really cool builds with weapons training popping up. I've used that legendary owly mage from life to give lord arianthus a magic attack that made me feel like I just matrixe'ed up a level.
Dragon. Yes, sure. I have used her with Kitty. Oh you mean, no attack cards, yes, my bad. Here is the full list.
Naga brute was the one I couldn't think of! All of those are powerful cards in their own right. +3 ranged, too? Yes, please, and thank you! 😊
Yes, they are all BIG, simply because the fact that they do not have any original attack, they were designed so that they can stay on their own without attack. When you give them attack, they are all OP, basically.
Lol. That's OK. I love when my cards are OP.
Zyriel reminds me of the boss "Devimon" from the first season of digimon.
it's amazing how splinterlands has some arts that remind us and bring out nostalgia, and the good times of childhood.
Yeah you are right
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sm_hWGsDYckGozaubw8Yeti&ref=azipoon
I was also afraid to use it, but it was a great winner!
It seems to work very well with RIFTWING and WILL-O-WISP. If you can also include monsters that use triage with them, the life reach becomes even more powerful!
Basically anything no attack is a good candidate
While not as crucial to the meta as other promo cards like Dr. Blight and Oshuur, I think Zyriel has a very strong chance of retaining a higher value than both of those cards simply due to the circulating supply and the novelty of it being the first dual element.
Currently it is excellent in certain situations. It almost guarantees a win against bots
Let’s hope the bots take awhile to figure it out!
Couple of weeks at most I think
This is golden @azircon , thanks for such a great overview!
Great work showing all the cards that your can pair to add range attack. With Iziar or Skok you can even make a monster that has both range and magic attack -- in training!
One of my favorite HUMAN exploits is actually using the gladiator ruleset when available and SMASHING with some of the leveled baddies I have on deck. I don't really see them getting played much at all when they are available from the opponent, so maybe unclear at what level they are good enough to play at champ.
I don't have those SBs at high enough level, so I am a bit afraid to use them :)
Once Isgald Vorst gets to level 6 for piercing, she becomes a huge menace and extremely potent. That's the only one I have extensive experience using frequently.
Lol, I'm jealous you discovered this before me, but you just made Weapons Training a whole new ability to me.
There are so many options to play her with. I really don't understand why did her sale go so poorly.