Octopider The Demoralizer

Hello splinterlords and splinterladies around the world, this is another moment where the battlers have to battle using octopider. Thanks to @carrieallen who decided to chose octopider as the monster of the week. I also want to appreciate the Curators and splinterladies team for making this company so exciting and wonderful. We battlers always want to be here, playing games and doing other things.

Octopider is a rare death monster with wonderful characteristics. The first time I used this monster, I never know its abilities. It took me times to understand the abilities of this monster. Octopider is a range monster which simply means, it can not be used to start battles but in some cases where the rules says, "close range: range attacks maybe used in the first position in the battle." Other rules may work against this monster.

Octopider range attack is very strong. From level 1-4, it had 3 range attack which is strong enough to dismantle any line up. From level 5-7, it has 4 range attack, and in the level 8 which is the last level, it has 5 range attack- that's spectacular.
Octopider attacks from the first position in the Battles, unless if the rules favor to attack in any position. But in most cases, it attacks in the first position.
Octopider has a good speed, that is the reason it attacks faster in battles but zero armor. Though, its health is very good. It has the lowest health of 7 and highest health of 8; therefore, there is no big difference between the health of lower level and higher level. This high number of health makes me to use it as the last monster in the battle, it will take Sandworm two times at least to eliminate octopider because of it health.

OCTOPIDER ABILITIES
• Demoralize: There are many monsters that have this type of ability. The Ability is so fantastic, and very suitable in some rules. What you need to do is to select this monster in your line up and it will reduce the melee attack of enemy monsters. Application of this ability guaranteed you victorious battle when you understood the rule of the battle.
• Blind Ability: this ability can only be activated in level 7. Blind ability makes all enemy monsters both range and melee attack to have increase chance of missing the target. There was a day I was paired with a battler who have this type of ability in his/her line up. I discovered that most of my monsters were missing the target. I was defeated hands down, without one of the enemy's monsters eliminated. I watched and watched the battle again until I discovered a red cap on all enemy monsters. I went back and checked, I discovered it was blind ability. I just want you to know how powerful blind ability is.

BATTLE RULE

• Reverse Speed: Monsters with the lowest speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attack.

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BATTLE LINE UP
Shadowy Presence> Hunted Spirit> Sandworm> Octopider> Halfling Alchemist> Furious Chicken

• Shadowy Presence: When I saw the battler that was paired with me, I knew this battler have stronger cards than me. We paired together most times, I was aware that he/she is very skillful player. He defeated me most times.
  Therefore, I put shadowey presence as my first monster to delay. I was trying to protect my hunted spirit so that it will last longer. Since shadowey presence does not take much Mana cost. I knew, it going to take two attack before it would be eliminated.

• Hunted Spirit: This monster is good to attack; the melee attack is good, and it has ability to increase its health each round, unless it is afflicted by any monster with affliction. Unfortunately, this monster was dormant in this battle. I thought the Neminers-58 will select melee attack monster in the first position, but she/he didn't. He preferred to used blocking monster- Lord Arianthus. I understood the battle also, I did not used any magic attack monster because Lord Arianthus has magic reflection which would have scattered my lineup and defeated me.

• Sandworm: Since I have shadowey presence as my first monster, and followed by Hunted Spirit, therefore there is need to bring in sneaky monster that would attack from behind. Putting Sandworm as the third monster is to:
  ° makes it last longer in the battle since an attack from sandworm is the total elimination from this battle.
  ° fights to the end.
  ° hide it away from sneaky monster like it.

• Octopider: The monster of the week was there to do incredible job. Though it does not stay longer in the battle but does it job perfectly. Demoralized all enemy monsters was my major priority of selecting it. It reduces the melee attack of opponent Sandworm from 6 to 5, skeleton assassin from 2 to 1, hunted spirit from 3 to 2, and range attack of Hunted spider from 2 to 1, which reduced there attacking level to the minimal. I wondered if there was no demoralize ability, the victory would have given to Neminers-58.
  To Attack monster was the second reason, it attacks Lord Arianthus before it was eliminated in this battle.

• Halfling Alchemist: the mission of this monster was not fulfilled. I selected this monster to break the melee attack of the first monster, but Neminers-58 first monster happen to be Lord Arianthus which does not have melee attack. Therefore, when I saw Lord Arianthus, I knew Halfling Alchemist purpose was shattered. Though, if not Alchemist with armor skeletal assassin would have just eliminated it once which would have resulted to massive pressure on octopider.

• Furious Chicken: We sometimes underrated Furious Chicken in the battle. Imagine if it was sandworm or octopider I put as my last monster; it would have resulted to another thing entirely. Furious Chicken is indeed important as other monsters in the battle. I used it whenever the chance open to me.
  In this battle, taking first attack from opponent Sandworm was indeed a good one for me. Though, it was eliminated but it does it work perfectly by sacrificed itself from behind to ensure we are victorious as a team.

NEMINERS-58 LINE UP
Lord Arianthus> Hunted Spirit> Sandworm> Skeletal Assassin> Furious Chicken> Hunted Spider>

-Lord Arianthus: I think he/she want to use the strategy of reflection to eliminate my magic monsters, that may be his/her reason of putting Arianthus as the first position.
It refection is so powerful, it shield ability is incomparable, and ability to reduce magic attack is awesome. With this three abilities, selecting magic monsters would led to frustration.

• Hunted Spirit: He/she also selected hunted spirit in the second position. It increase health ability would have be helpful if Lord Arianthus was eliminated very fast. Just like my hunted spirit that was not doing anything, Neminers-58's hunted did not do anything too.

• Sandworm: this Sandworm: the second monster that attacks in the battle. It sneaky ability makes it to attacks from behind. Putting it also in the third position was coincidence.

• Skeletal Assassin: this sneaky monster attacked my Octopider.

• Furious Chicken: the fifth position in the battle. Though, it delayed Sandworm of reaching skeletal assassin. It is very vital in the battle to delay.

• Hunted Spider: This is the Last monster. It has poison ability that can cut short the lifespan of any monster when it attacks.
  Hunter spider was the first monster got eliminated by my sandworm.

ROUND 1

At this round, sandworm eliminated hunted spirit that was the last monster from my opponent. The sandworm of Neminers-58 also eliminated my furious chicken. Then the skeletal assassin struck Halfling Alchemist and removed its armor. Alchemist attacked Lord Arianthus but its attacking has no effect on lord Arianthus. Then Octopider also attacked Lord Arianthus. At this round, none of the Neminers-58 monsters attack chrisamuda monsters at the front. All his attack was from the behind.

ROUND 2

Chrisamuda's Sandworm eliminated Furious Chicken and Neminers-58's Sandworm destroyed Halfling Alchemist, then Octopider continued dealing with Lord Arianthus and cut its lifespan short.
At round 3, skeletal assassin was deleted by sandworm. NEMINERS-58's sandworm also eliminated Octopider at level 4.
From level 8, it was only my sandworm was battling and eliminated Hunted Spirit and Lord Arianthus.

Did my strategy work?
Absolutely yes, I was strategic than Neminers-58 in this battle. I makes sure that, the monster in the first position and last position were able to defended. Neminers-58 thought that the battle is going to be hot at the front, he brought Lord Arianthus without looking for ways to also protect it back. It back was really weak to the extent that one strike from Sandworm, they are deleted.
What am going to try next time is going to be similar to this. Octopider is very useful at the back especially when much Mana cost is given.
I like octopider because the demoralize ability is so wonderful, the range attack was good and the health is fantastic.

All the pictures and gif is gotten from splinterlands.