BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Weekly Challenge! - Aim True
Hi Guys! In this post we are exploring on another Splinterlands ruleset. The ruleset we are focusing on is Aim True.
In an Aim True ruleset, Melee and Ranged attacks will always hit their target regardless of how fast the opposing units are.
This also applies to magic attacks even if the Phase ability is in play.
Lets take a look at one of my battle with Aim True as one of the ruleset. This is a Wild Silver ranked match with the following restrictions are:
Aim True and Keep Your Distance with a max mana of 26. Only Fire, Water and Dragon splinters are allowed in this battle. The Video for the Full Battle can be seen here:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_ff631da75b9ba33a689115a4a3f39409&ref=genming
| Splinter | Mana Cost | Position | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quix the Devious | 4 | Summoner | I was thinking of chosing either Keyla or Quix. Reason being I felt speed was essential in this fight. I went with Quix in the end as Quix will reduce ranged damage from the opposing units by 1. Since Keep Your Distance means I will only be expecting ranged and magic units, Quix would help reduce the threat of the ranged part pretty well. |
| Baakjira | 6 | 1st | I put Baakjira as the tank as Baakjira's Void ability will reduced enemy magic unit attack by 1. Baakjira would helped me reduced the threat of the remaining magic attack I would be facing. |
| Venari Marksrat | 3 | 2nd | Usually I would put a unit with Reflection Shield in this position as I could very well be facing enemy units with Blast ability (there are plenty of non-Melee units with Blast from Fire, Water and Dragon splinters). However because of the Keep Your Distance ruleset, I found I don't have any non-Melee units that has Reflection Shield. I then decided to put Venari Marksrat instead as Martyr ability would boost my surrounding units if the opponent really went with units with Blast. |
| Venari Wavesmith | 5 | 3rd | Since I didn't go with Keyla, I needed a unit that can gave armor to my teams. Venari Wavesmith was a great choice as its Protection ability would give 2 armor each to all my units. |
| Merdhampir | 4 | 4th | Worried that Magic units would be easily countered by Void, I opt to use Ranged units to deal damage. Merdhampir also can Life Leech opposing unit. |
| Kulu Swimhunter | 4 | 5th | I placed Kulu Swimhunter as the last unit instead of Merdhampir because I am not expecting any sneak units in this battle. If the battle dragged on, Merdhampir should be the one facing the attack before Kulu Swimhunter and Merdhampir should have higher health due to its Life Leech ability. |
| Total Mana: | 26 |
Opponent Lineup:
My opponent went with a Water splinter lineup with Keyla as the summoner. However I was shocked it was only a level 1 Keyla. Scanning through my opponent's games later showed that my opponent's stronger summoners are mostly soul bound summoner while Chao Legion summoners are mostly at level 1. It is impressive to be able to reach Silver 1 with so many low level cards.
End of Round 1:
With my opponent using mostly magic units, getting passed my Baakjira would be a problem especially when the magic damage wasn't high enough. On the other hand, my opponent's tank was Daigendark Surveyor. This was a new Rebellion card and while it has Magic Reflect, the health wasn't high enough to stop my attacks. It didn't survive the first round and was easily dispatched. Meanwhile my opponent did employ a unit with Blast. Riverboat Captain was abled to hit both my Baakjira and Venari Marksrat. This was fine as I wanted my Venari Marksrat to die anyway.
End of Round 2:
The opponent's Angelic Mandarin was taken out in the 2nd round while my tank was hardly taking any damage. My opponent entire lineup was totally countered by my Baakjira and thus could only watched as I slowly took out the enemy units one at a time.
End of Round 3:
I took out the opponent's Venari Marksrat this round and thus gave the opponent's Riverboat Captain a boost in stats. In return, Riverboat Captain also took out my Venari Marksrat giving me a boost in stats for both my Baakjira and Venari Wavesmith. The Riverboat Captain wouldn't survive to do another hit though cause it was way too slow compared to my lineup.
End of Round 4:
The opponent's Riverboat Captain was taken out by my Venari Wavesmith before it can do any attack. With that, my opponent had lost the only unit that can hit my Baakjira. The remaining 2 opponent's units had only 1 magic attack and couldn't get pass my Baakjira's Void ability.
End of Round 6:
It took me 6 rounds to win this match as I was rather defensive in my lineup. Still I have enough firepower to dwindle down my opponent's lineup. It would have been much closer if my opponent's units are of higher level though.
KEY STRATEGY
My strategy was to use Baakjira to defend against enemy magic units and Quix to defend against enemy ranged units. It worked very well as it weakened the opponent's offense to the point that it can't effectively do much damage.
OTHER STRATEGY
Generally Aim True ruleset favored the slower units like Grum Flameblade, Sand Worm, and units that are slow but can hit very hard or have huge amount of health and armor. This is because in normal situation these units would have problem hitting any units but in Aim True they don't have that problem.
Certain summoners like Astral Entity also don't perform very well in Aim True ruleset. This is because the strength of Astral Entity's team is usually in its ability to dodge attack but with Aim True, this advantage is no longer available. Units with Blind or Dodge ability also will lose their ability in this ruleset so avoid using them in this ruleset.
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