Hello Splintermtes and Hiveans,
It is the last month off the year where the christmas falls on and hope everybody is doing great. This weeks Splinterlands Social Media Challenge! i am going to introduce Nimbledook Explorer who has no attack but did an armored strike finish that happens once in a thousand battles where i a going to share a battle where he did a final blow or a fantastic finish.
THE BATTLE
This battle is a 38 mana with fire and regret and collateral damage battle ruleset against a very strong opponent . My opponent uses Bella Ratajowlski an anti eternal tofu as his archon as it seems he had understood what archon i am gonna deploy. I then uses eternal tofu as my archon to utilize its added tactic triage and scavenger ability to olivia of the brook, then added Nimbledook Explorer for its protection and Meriput Magician for its heal.
Battle link replay:
https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_f90c39bc98e47dc96f667ba219720187?ref=axemaster88
BATTLE RULESET :
| RULESET | DESCRIPTION |
|---|
 | Fire & Regret - all Units have Return Fire (returns 50% of ranged damage to attacker, rounded up). Damage returned is equal to damage of the attacker divided by 2, rounded up. Ranged attack units with the Deflect do not take damage from reflected magic attacks.The Amplify ability increases damage. |
 | Collateral Damage - all units have Reckless. |
KNOWING THE STAR OF THE DAY : NIMBLEDOOK EXPLORER
The rock gnomes of Nimbledook aren’t concerned about the Chaos Empire. Instead, they’ve set their sights on adventures in uncharted land well beyond the reach of the empire’s tyranny.
The legions of Chaos steer clear of the Sea of Karsts. The dangers are too great and not worth the effort. So what better place for the Nimbledook’s next great expedition?
NIMBLEDOOK EXPLORER - Nimbledook Explorer is a 4 mana life rare rebellion reward card. At level 8 it has 0 attack, 3 armor, 7 health and 2 speed. At level 8 it has also protect and armored strike abilities. This is one of the non attack monster i prefer to use due to its added protect ability the armored strike is like a bonus. Paired with eternal tofu and olivia of the brook the synergies would be efficient. As for the battle its armor strike is one that make the battle epic for this only happens after many battles.
ABILITIES :
| ABILITIES | DESCRIPTION |
|---|
 | Protect - +2 armor to all allied units. |
 | Armored Strike - if armored, gains a physical attack that deals damage equal to remaining armor. |
MY TEAM MEMBERS
| ARCHON | UNIT 1 | UNIT 2 | UNIT 3 | UNIT 4 | UNIT 5 | UNIT 6 |
|---|
| Eternal Tofu | Warborn Chieftain | Thanalorian Archer | Gallicus | Nimbledook Explorer | Olivia of the Brook | Meriput Magician |
1. ETERNAL TOFU - is a rebellion card dual earth and life legendary archon. It is a 7 mana card. It provides 2 health, snare and thorns to all friendly units at the start of the battle. It also gives added two type of tactics , first option is to give divine shield and corrosive ward to 3 units and second option is to give triage and sccavenger to 1 unit. Eternal tofu is good at up close and personal, earthquake , melee mayhem, super sneak, equal opportunity and amplify ruleset. In this battle i used him to counter against flying monster as this battle has an earthquake ruleset
2. WARBORN CHIEFTAIN - Warborn Chieftain is a 7 mana legendary earth rebellion soulbound reward card. At level 3 it has 4 melee attack. At level 3 it has also 6 health and 3 speed. It has also 3 abilities; phase ability (magic attacks have the same chance to miss as physical attacks), dispel ability (removes magic buffs after a successful attack) and shield ability ( 50% less damage (rounded up) from physical attacks or 0 damage from physical attacks of 1 power.)
3. THANALORIAN ARCHER - Thanalorian Archer is a 5 mana life rare rebellion card. At level 6 it has 2 magic attack, 3 armor, 6 health and 4 speed. At level 6 it has snipe abiility (magic and ranged attacks target the first non-melee enemy unit behind the first position) and lookout ability ( adjacent units take 1 less damage from attackers with Sneak, Snipe, or Opportunity. Reduces damage from all enemy Ambush attacks by 50% (rounded down).
4. GALLICUS - Gallicus is a 4 mana legendary rebellion soulbound reward card. At level 3 it has 2 ranged attack, 5 health and 1 speed. At level 3 it has 3 abilities; taunt ability (draws the attacks of enemy units. Does not affect Reach, Scattershot, Wingbreak, or enemy units in the first position), shiled ability ( 50% less damage (rounded up) from physical attacks or 0 damage from physical attacks of 1 power.) and strengthen ability (+1 max health to all allied units).
5. OLIVIA OF THE BROOK - Olivia of the Brook is a 6 mana epic rebellion soulbound reward card. At level 5 it has 1 magic attack and 1 melee attack. At level 5 it has also 1 armor, 5 health and 3 speed. At level 5 it has two abilities; opportunity ability (targets the enemy unit with the least health) and mimic ablity ( At the beginning of round 2 and each following round, gain a random ability from the enemy team. Dispel removes one mimicked ability in the order they were gained. Debilitations, Targeting abilities, Ambush, Weapons Training, Flank, Reach, Charge, and Taunt cannot be mimicked).
6. MERIPUT MAGICIAN - Meriput Magician is a 5 mana common life rebellion card. At level 3 it has 1 magic attack, 6 health and 4 speed. At level 3 it has also tank heal abiity (each round, restores 1/3 of max health (rounded down) to the allied unit in the first position)
MY STRATEGY AND POSITIONING
| ARCHON | UNIT 1 | UNIT 2 | UNIT 3 | UNIT 4 | UNIT 5 | UNIT 6 |
|---|
| Eternal Tofu | Warborn Chieftain | Thanalorian Archer | Gallicus | Nimbledook Explorer | Olivia of the Brook | Meriput Magician |
In this 38 mana battle with fire and regret and collateral damage battle ruleset against a very strong opponent my strategy and positioning is to used eternal tofu as my archon to take advantage of its added tactic ability triage and scavenger to be receive by olivia of the brook at 5th position. I then used warborn chieftain as my tank due to its shield ability then position thanalorian archer into 2nd position then added a taunt gallicus at 3rd position then added protection nimbledook explorer at the 4th position and last position is meriput magician to provide a tank heal specially to olivia of the brook once it scavenge some and have higher health. But the exhibition happen where nimbledook explorer did the final strike or blow to finish the battle which happen once in a hundred battles where a non attack monster deliver the finishing strike.
.... Have A Wonderful Day, Summoners! .....
..... VONAK .....
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What a battle, my friend! A tremendous level of skill. I'm on the frontier, still learning.
Although i got a low winrate.There is always a learning from from every defeat my friend.
Thanks for sharing! - @rehan12
