Alva The Crusher Slim Edition
I wanted to recreate Alva the Crusher to be less beefy and more on the slimmer side. I'll be sharing with you how I've created this art as well as other details and a battle analysis as well including this card.
This art is inspired by Alva The Crusher of the water splinter. A low cast first position card from the gladius deck. And at higher levels will have the retaliate and stun ability.
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Art Progression
This rendition of Alva was done thru my iPad. The software used was procreate and a number of differetn tools were used. Starting with the pencil outlines, to creating solid lines, applying base colors, shadings and blending to final touches and the background you can see full art progression below:
Finished Art
Battle Analysis
Because this card is from the Gladius Deck, it can only be used for Guild Brawls. Below you could a see low mana cost battle with just 16 mana pool. The rulesets are armored up and earthquake. It's a water vs water splinter. My opponent went for a pumped up melee damage lineup with with Demented Shark and DeepLurker. While on the other hand i went with a high armor composition with Venari Wavesmith and of course Alva the Crusher, i used on the first position my hardy stonefish to absorb some damage.
Round 1
You can see how much armor advantage i have with this lineup. And early in the first round i already eliminated my opponents furious chicken. This moves up the demented shark into first position. One challenge i have though is that Alva the crusher won't be attacking while it's on the second position.
Round 2
I easily lost my Hardy Stonefish after the first round's earthquakes damage. Moving Alva in the first position. But you can see from the screenshot that I have an armor advantage over my opponent and has healthy armor points at the moment.
Round 3
After the quake damage of Round 3. I still have 5 armor on my Alva while my opponents doesn't have any. His demented shark is also already low on HP, and will be eliminated in one attack. If my Alva kills it then it will just build up my advantage due to the bloodlust ability. My venari wavesmith has no armor left and is low on hp and is expected to be eliminated this round.
Round 4
At the beginning of the fouth round and before the quake damage. My opponent is left with an armor-less deeplurker. I still have both of my cards. See how my Alva has been buffed up with high speed and melee damage. This is from the bloodlust ability and last hitting the demented shark towards the end of the previous round.
Round 5
The winning moment. My opponent just losthis last card. But see that Alva is still at full health and would have been ok to fight a couple more rounds. The shield ability has played a huge role in this match for making my lineup tanky enough to sustain damage from attacks and quakes.
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