SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! RETALIATE

Hello guys,

Today I am going to share with you another battle in @splinterlands.

Battle details:
I played with death splinter. And my opponent also used a death splinter against me.

It was a battle of total 46 mana with two rules:
Fog Of War: Monsters lose the Sneak and Snipe abilities.
Taking sides: Neutral monsters may not be used in battles.

I had my MIMOSA NIGHTSHADE level 4, LORD OF DARKNESS level 4, THE GORLODON level 6, CORRUPTED PEGASUS level 4, SHADOWY PRESENCE level 6, DARK ENCHANTRESS level 5 and ANCIENT LICH level 3.
And my opponent had his/her cards as CONTESSA L'AMENT level 8, DARK HA'ON level 4, THE GORLODON level 6, CORRUPTED PEGASUS level 4, BONE GOLEM level 8, SHADOWY PRESENCE level 6 and PHANTOM SOLDIER level 6.

Let me talk about monsters that I used in this battle.
~MIMOSA NIGHTSHADE. level 4

This legendary death summoner lowers all enemy ranged attacks by -1, gives Void ability to all friendly monsters, and prevents enemy monsters from healing. This is my favorite death summoner for battles with big mana cap because all those abilities are awesome. This card needs 7 mana.
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I love preventing entire opponent's team from healing. For this reason this is my favorite death summoner.

~LORD OF DARKNESS. level 4

Edition: ALPHA AND BETA
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: DEATH
Attack: MELEE
ABILITIES: Enrage at level 1, Stun at level 2, Shield at level 3 and Retaliate at level 4.

This is a death monster, in this level it has melee attack(4), Speed (3), Health (10), Armor(2).

It has four abilities at this level which are-
Enrage : Has increased melee attack and speed when damaged
Stun: When a monster with stun hits a targer, it has a chance to stun the target causing it to skip its next turn.
Shield: Reduced damage from melee and ranged attacks.
Retaliate: When hit with a melee attack monsters with Retaliate have a chance of attacking their attacker.
He needs 7 mana.
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Personally I prefer HYDRA because it can be a good tank in first position or protection from sneak attacks. when placed in the last position. But this monster is also a great tank for a first position.

~THE GORLODON. level 6

Edition: UNTAMED
Rarity: EPIC
Element: DEATH
Attack: MELEE

ABILITIES: Reach at level 1, True Strike at level 3, Enrage at level 5.

This is a death monster, in this level it has melee attack(3), Speed (1), Health (12).

It has three abilities at this level which are-
Reach: Melee attack monsters with the Reach ability may attack from the second position on the team.
True Strike: This monster's attacks cannot miss.
Enrage: Has increased melee attack and speed when damaged

This card needs 9 mana.
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this monster can be either a first tank or ideally attack from second position. It does a ton of damage and doesn't fall easily.

~CORRUPTED PEGASUS. level 4

Edition: PROMO
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: DEATH
Attack: MELEE

ABILITIES: Flying and Reach at level 1, Strengthen at level 2, Tank Heal at level 3.

This is a death monster, in this level it has melee attack(4), Speed (3), Health (8).

It has four abilities at this level which are-
Flying: Has an increased chance of evading melee or ranged attacks from monsters who do not have flying ability.
Reach: Melee attack monsters with the Reach ability may attack from the second position on the team.
Strengthen: All friendly monsters have increased health.
Tank Heal: Restores a portion of the monster in first position health each round.

This card needs 6 mana.
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While my first and second tank were good they do have a weakness- they can heal themselves. So I added this healer to keep them alive longer.

~SHADOWY PRESENCE. level 6

Edition: REWARD
Rarity: EPIC
Element: DEATH
ABILITIES: Strengthen at level 3 and Inspire at level 6.

This is a death monster, in this level it has Speed (1), Health (6).

It has two abilities at this level which are:
Strengthen: All friendly monsters have increased health.
Inspire: Gives alll friendly monsters +1 melee attack.
This card needs 1 mana.
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A low mana cost monster with good health. I used it to protect my mages.

~DARK ENCHANTRESS. level 5

Edition: ALPHA AND BETA
Rarity: EPIC
Element: DEATH
Attack: MAGIC
ABILITIES: Flying at level 1, Stun at level 4.

This is a death monster, in this level it has magic attack(3), Speed (5), Health (5).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Flying: Has an increased chance of evading melee or ranged attacks from monsters who do not have flying ability.
Stun: When a monster with stun hits a targer, it has a chance to stun the target causing it to skip its next turn.

This card needs 6 mana.
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I like this monster because it doesn't cost too much mana but packs a punch and has stun ability.

~ANCIENT LICH. level 3

Edition: REWARD
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: DEATH
Attack: MAGIC
ABILITIES: Life leech at level 1, Void at level 2 and Resurrect at level 4.

This is a death monster, in this level it has magic attack(3), Speed (1), Health (6).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Life leech: Monster's health increases each time it damages an enemy monster's health in proportion to the damage dealt.
Void: Reduced damage from magic attacks.
Another ability at level 4 is Resurrect: When a friendly monster dies it is brought back to life with 1 health. This ability can only trigger once per battle.
This card needs 7 mana.
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Probably my favorite death monster. I love Life leech ability. And this battle rules were perfect for this monster because without the worry about enemies sneak attacks it can be placed in the last position and gain insane health.

On the battlefield.

My opponent had a good team but I was glad that his summoner will be useless in this battle. If he would had picked a OWSTER ROTWELL I would probably be in real trouble.

At this point I already saw that my enemy's armors will be very annoying.

Finally my opponent lost his tank but this battle was still close. Too close for comfort.

At this point battle turned in my favor.

Now the outcome of this battle was already decided.

And so I won.

In this battle I won 12.64 Dec and 36 League Rating. My strategy worked better than I expected. At first it seemed like both teams were close in terms of power but in the end my team had more bite. Even my last resort( ANCIENT LICH and his Life leech) was not really required to win this battle.

Monsters with Retaliate are awesome. I really like them.

I would like having CTHULHU in this team. Another strong mage with a stun ability could be useful. But he needs a lot of mana so I am not sure if using that monster in this battle would be a good idea. Perhaps in this case having a few weaker monsters was a better choice.

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Thank you and have a nice day.