SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! TIME MAGE

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This is a 19 Mana Battle with Stampede and Holy Protection Rulesets

My Team Setup:

Summoner - Level 3 Gold General Sloan

Team Position 1 - Level 3 Gold Gargoya Scrapper

Team Position 2 - Level 1 Soul Fiend

Team Position 3 - Level 2 Gold Dax Paragon

Team Position 4 - Level 1 Time Mage

Team Position 5 - Level 2 Gold Pelacor Arbalest

Team Position 6 - Level 1 Celestial Harpy

Unit NameMana CostPositionReason
General Sloan4SummonerIn normal circumstances, I almost always use Lorna if I use Light Splinter. However because the ruleset is already Holy Protection, I will use General Sloan instead.
Gargoya Scrapper11Do not look down on this 1 mana unit. Its void can effectively tank out all 1 magic attack units in a low mana battle.
Soul Fiend02A cannon fodder to protect my more important units. As the ruleset is Holy Protection, it is also important to fill up all your positions.
Dax Paragon23A low cost 1 magic attack unit. Would be useful if the opponent uses a shield or thorn unit as tank.
Time Mage44Very important unit. Light units suffer from slow speed. I needed Time Mage to also slow down the opposing team so I don't suffer from speed disadvantage. Its 1 magic attack also help if opposing team uses shield unit or thorn unit.
Pelacor Arbalest65Very important unit. This is my main offensive unit. Its dual strike together with General Sloan +1 ranged makes it a very scary offensive unit. The problem with this unit though is its low health and speed. This is why I needed Time Mage to even out the speed issue.
Celestial Harpy26Low cost flying unit with opportunity. I usually don't like to put Pelacor Arbalest in the last position because I fear the opposing side sneak attackers. Putting Celestial Harpy here helps to buffer Pelacor Arbalest from sneakers and with its flying ability, it might even be lucky enough to dodge.

Battle Lineup:

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My opponent uses Death with a thorn tank and 2 sneakers. The 2 sneakers worry me as they are faster than almost all my units. In fact half of the opposing units are faster than mine if not for the fact I have Time Mage.

Round 1 Start:

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Notice the opponent units speed has dropped by 1 now. This is very important. This means my Arbalest will now attack before the opponent's 2 sneakers.

Round 2 Start:

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I have lost my Gargoya Scrapper and Celestial Harpy while the opponent Windeku is almost dead. Here is where the Time Mage comes into effect. Time Mage will move first and killed off Windeku and then Pelacor Arbalest will killed off the next unit which is the opposing main sneaker. Also note that for units with same speed, the ranged unit will move before the melee unit.

Round 3 Start:

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Its over at this point for my opponent.

Key Strategy
As I mentioned above, Speed is one of the key issue for Life team. TIME MAGE not only solve the problem with its Slow ability but also help with the offense through its 1 Magic Attack. Whenever I setup a Light team I will always try to squeeze in Time Mage. If I can't then I probably wouldn't even use Light team at all.

Conclusion for Time Mage
I definitely like Time Mage as a unit for Light. It makes Light more usable. The other unit that can help Light is the Creeping Ooze but I only reserve that for very low mana match. In matches around 20 to 30 mana, Time Mage is a must include for Light team for me.

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Thanks for sharing! - Legalizabrazil#3575

Good battle, thanks for sharing!

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Thanks for the encouragement!

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