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 used a dragon splinter against me.

It was a battle of total 50 mana with two rules:
Fog of War: Monsters lose the sneak and snipe abilities.
Keep your distance: Monsters with melee attack may not be used in battles.

I had my SCARRED LLAMA MAGE level 4, LORD ARIANTHUS level 4, PRISMATIC ENERGY level 8, BEATRIX IRONHAND level 2, SPIRIT OF THE FOREST level 4, CYCLOPS level 6 and KRON THE UNDYING level 3.
And my opponent had his/her cards as CAMILA SUNGAZER level 4, LORD ARIANTHUS level 4, NAGA FIRE WIZARD level 8, CALADUUM level 1, LIGHTNING DRAGON level 4, ETTIN SPEARMAN level 8 and PYROMANCER level 6.

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.

In this battle melee monsters were not available so my other favorite earth summoner MYLOR CROWLING would have been useless. Also battle had a big mana cap so I decided to use this summoner.

~LORD ARIANTHUS. level 4

Edition: REWARD
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: NEUTRAL

ABILITIES: Shield and Void at level 1, Magic Reflect at level 2, Thorns at level 3.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has Speed (1), Health (9).

It has four abilities at this level which are-
Shield: Reduced damage from melee and ranged attacks.
Void: Reduced damage from magic attacks.
Magic Reflect: When hit with magic damage, does reduced damage back to the attacker.
Thorns: When hit with a melee attack, does damage back to the attacker.
This card needs 5 mana.
Market.

In a battle with no melee monsters or sneak attacks I knew that most if not all opponent's monsters will attack my tank. I picked this monster because it takes reduced damage from all attack types. Also I was hoping that some of my enemies will be mages and they will hurt themselves by attacking my tank.

~PRISMATIC ENERGY. level 8

Edition: REWARD
Rarity: RARE
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: MAGIC
ABILITIES: Magic Reflect at level 1, Void at level 5.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has magic attack(3), Speed (5), Health (11).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Magic Reflect: When hit with magic damage, does reduced damage back to the attacker.
Void: Reduced damage from magic attacks.
This card needs 8 mana.
Market.

A strong mage. It already has a lot of health so I thought that with a boost from summoner it could become a great second tank.

~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.

A ranged monster that can attack from first position. I had to use it because it was a theme of this week's challenge.

~SPIRIT OF THE FOREST. level 4

Edition: ALPHA
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: EARTH
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Flying and Snipe at level 1, Tank Heal at level 2 and Protect at level 3.

This is a earth monster, in this level it has ranged attack(3), Speed (6), 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.
Snipe: Targets enemy monsters with ranged, melee or no attack that are not in the first position.
Tank Heal: Restores a portion of the monster in first position health each round.
Protect: All friendly monsters gain +2 armor.
This card needs 7 mana.
Market.

Another monster with high ranged attack.But more important reason why I picked this monster is because it is a healer and adds armor to my tank.

~CYCLOPS. level 6

Edition: BETA
Rarity: RARE
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Shield at level 3, Stun at level 6.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has ranged attacks (3), Speed (1), Health (7).

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Shield: Reduced damage from melee and ranged attacks.
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.

Market.

I wanted to have at least one monster with a stun ability in my team.

~KRON THE UNDYING. level 3

Edition: UNTAMED
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: EARTH
Attack: MAGIC
ABILITIES: Heal at level 1, Divine Shield at level 2 and Last Stand at level 3.

This is a earth monster, in this level it has magic attack(3), Speed (2), Health (11).

It has three abilities at this level which are-
Healing: Restores a portion of monster's health each round.
Divine Shield: The first time monster takes damage it is ignored.
Last Stand: Gains increased stats if it's the only monster on the team alive.

This card needs 10 mana.
Market.

Very powerful mage. I picked this monster as my trump card because with last stand it becomes quite insanely good.

On the battlefield.

First thing I noticed was that my opponent's summoner was not a good choice for this battle. That was a good sign. Another good sign that he had a level 1 monster in his team.

Both teams lost their main tanks but I was not worried because my opponent had a lot of ranged monsters so I knew that I only need to push them to first position and this battle will turn in my favor.

My second tank was doing a good job and my opponent was quickly losing his monsters.

At this point I knew that I will win. My opponent already had one of his ranged monsters in first position and I still had last stand just in case...

And so I won.

In this battle I won 39.427 Dec and 17 League Rating. My strategy worked well- my healer kept my tank alive long enough so the rest of team had enough time to do a lot of damage. After that I only needed to finish off a few remaining monsters. Also my opponent in this battle used a useless summoner so that helped as well.

BEATRIX IRONHAND is a good monster but I don't think that I have ever used it in the past.

Normally I would probably use SCREECHING VULTURE or DWARVEN WIZARD instead of BEATRIX IRONHAND. Other than that I don't think that I would change anything in this team.

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Thank you and have a nice day.