SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! BEATRIX IRONHAND

Hello guys,

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

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

It was a battle of total 42 mana with one rule:
Spreading Fury: All monsters have the enrage ability.

I had my SCARRED LLAMA MAGE level 4, CHAIN GOLEM level 4, OAKEN BEHEMOTH level 3, BEATRIX IRONHAND level 2, HALFLING ALCHEMIST level 3, HYDRA level 4 and FURIOUS CHICKEN level 3.
And my opponent had his/her cards as SCARRED LLAMA MAGE level 3, FLESH GOLEM level 4, ORC SERGEANT level 6, BROWNIE level 5, MANTOID level 4, SPIRIT OF THE FOREST level 3 and KRON THE UNDYING level 3.

Let me talk about monsters that I used in this battle.

~SCARRED LLAMA MAGE. level 4

This legendary earth summoner adds +2 health to my team, grants every monster of my team the last stand ability and cleanses first monster from all debuffs.

It needs 7 mana.

Market.

This battle had a big mana cap so I decided to use most powerful earth summoner I have.

~CHAIN GOLEM level 4

Edition: UNTAMED
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: MELEE
ABILITIES: Shield at level 1,Void at level 2, Piercing at level 3, Stun at level 6.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has melee attacks (4), Speed (2), Health (8), Armor(4).

It has four abilities at this level which are-
Shield: Reduced damage from melee and ranged attacks.
Void: Reduced damage from magic attacks.
Piercing: If melee or ranged attack damage is in excess of the target's armor, the remainder will damage target's health.
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 8 mana.

Market.

This is already a great tank so I wanted to make him even better with enrage rule.

~OAKEN BEHEMOTH level 3

Edition: DICE
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: EARTH
Attack: MELEE and MAGIC
ABILITIES: Reach and Void Armor at level 1, Knock Out at level 2, Dodge at level 3 and Trample at level 4.

This is a earth monster, in this level it has melee attacks (3) and magic attacks (2), Speed (3), Health (10), Armor(3)

It has four abilities at this level which are-
Reach: Melee attack monsters with the reach ability can attack from the second position of the team.
Void Armor: Magic attacks hit armor before they hit health.
Knock Out: Does double damage when attacking an enemy that is stuned.
Dodge: Has increased chance of evading melee or ranged attacks.
Another ability at level 4 is Trample: When a monster with Trample hits and kills its target, it will perform another attack on the enemy team.

He needs 12 mana.
Market.

One of the strongest monsters with reach ability. Awesome second tank that does a ton of damage even at base. Could be absolutely insane with enrage and last stand abilities. I knew that it likely will not be my last alive monster but I decided to use this monster anyway.

~BEATRIX IRONHAND level 2

Edition: UNTAMED
Rarity: EPIC
Element: EARTH
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Close Range at level 1, Thorns at level 3 and Cripple at level 5.

This is a earth monster, in this level it has ranged attack(3), Speed (4), Health (5).

It has one ability at this level which is-
Close Range: Monsters with the close range can perform ranged attacks from first position.
Another ability at level 3 is Thorns: When hit with a melee attack, does damage back to the attacker.
Another ability at level 5 is Cripple: Each time a monster is hit by a monster with cripple it loses one max health.

This card needs 6 mana.
Market.

This monster is a theme for this week's challenge.

~HALFLING ALCHEMIST level 3

Edition: PROMO
Rarity: EPIC
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Halving at level 1, Redemption level 4.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has ranged attack(1), Speed (2), Health (2), Armor(1)

It has one ability at this level which is-
Halving: Each time this monster hits a target, the target's attack is cut in half(rounded down)
Another ability at level 4 is Redemption: When this monster dies it does 1 damage to all enemy monsters.

This card needs 2 mana.
Market.

I like using this monster because it is very versatile. But in this battle all my enemies had enrage ability so this monster seemed even more important. I decided that only my monsters should get the benefits of enrage rule. So this was an easy choice.

~HYDRA level 4

Edition: BETA
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: MELEE
ABILITIES: Heal at level 1, Thorns at level 2, Retaliate at level 3, Trample at level 4.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has melee attacks (4), Speed (4), Health (10).

It has four abilities at this level which are-
Heal: Restores a portion of the monster's health each round.
Thorns: When hit with a melee attack, does damage back to the attacker.
Retaliate: When hit with a melee attack, monsters with retaliate have a chance of attacking their attacker.
Trample: When a monster with Trample hits and kills its target, it will perform another attack on the enemy team.

It needs 7 mana.
Market.

HYDRA is a good defence against sneak attacks. It can be very dangerous with enrage and/or last stand abilities. But this time I did not plan to use this monster for offence...

~FURIOUS CHICKEN level 3

Edition: REWARD
Rarity: RARE
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: MELEE

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has melee attacks (1), Speed (1), Health (1).

He needs 0 mana.
Market.

Another monster that I picked for defence against sneak attacks.

On the battlefield.

Both teams had some very powerful monsters but my opponent did not benefit from battle rule as much as me.

My opponent's tank was the first to fall so it seemed that battle was turning in my favor.

My opponent lost another monster. At this point my team seemed a lot stronger than his.

Now things got worse. I lost my tank. But it still didn't seem like situation was too bad...

Now my second tank was half dead. But it still seemed that I should win this battle without that much trouble.

My opponent only had two monsters left. How hard can it be to slay them and to claim victory?

Harder than I thought...

Now I was really starting to panic.

This battle was not supposed to be so hard. But now it seemed that my opponent is closer to victory.

I will speak about this later but now I was getting a really bad feeling.

Today I already saw KRON winning against HYDRA and now it seemed that history will repeat itself.

...

I will not post screenshots of the remaining rounds of this battle because it would be repetitive. At first my opponent was not able to kill my HYDRA but my HYDRA also was not able to get past SPIRIT OF THE FOREST. Later began a second duel between HYDRA and KRON THE UNDYING...

In this battle I won 52.847 Dec and 24 League Rating. My strategy almost completely failed but I still won- I only expected that my HYDRA will protect the rest of the team from the sneak attacks. I had no intention of using this monster as my main weapon for this battle. And I definitely didn't expect another survival battle between HYDRA and KRON THE UNDYING on the same day. The first battle I won with KRON THE UNDYING and this time HYDRA was stronger due to a battle rule.

BEATRIX IRONHAND is a good monster and I think that I should use it more often.

I would like having a SAND WORM or some more monsters who would have stun ability in my team.

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