Ahhhh... the Gelatinous Cuve... a staple of every old school DnD adventure! Slow moving, impossible to kill... it is a card that I've not really tried out that much as I normally prefer the self-healing tanks if I don't have Lord Arianthus in play (due to Legendary limitations for game restrictions).
However, this post subject got me thinking... perhaps a hard to kill front line Gelatinous Cuve could be useful, as it is only a Common level monster that only uses 6 mana. I thought that I would just purchase enough cards to level it up to Level 6 so it picked up the Self Healing ability along with the Scavenge ability, this should be enough to give it some survivability, although it does take full damage from each attack on it...
The Battle
After a few experiments with the Gelatinous Cube, I'm going to feature this particular one... in fact, it was my first battle with the cube, and I think it really highlights the strengths of the unkillable monster!
The Battle restriction is the Super Sneak ability... which means that it is quite possible that the enemy team will be spreading out their attacks between the front and the rear, which gives the Cube a bit more time to scavenge and heal itself.
So, Gelatinous Cube at the front, followed by the Flesh Golem tank as the backstop. Extra Heal and Health from the Wood Nymph and an extra point of Health from the Summoner means that the Cube is starting at 13 Health with two applications of healing per round! Good old Rexxie is stacked with the Brownie for extra melee firepower (and a bit of a speed boost....) whilst the Stonesplitter Orc brings up the rear to extract a retaliation on anyone who dares attack the rear end!
So, after all the beginning buffs and debuss are cast... well, my team is looking pretty damn healthy! They all have a boost to speed, melee and double boost to health!
Round 1: Wow, my heavy hitters have made mincemeat of their last two monsters... and the Cube peaks at 15 Health! Even though it is taken down to 5 health, there is 5 healing from the Wood Nymph and another 5 healing from the Cube itself! 10 healing per round... wow, I don't think the leftover monsters can even muster that amount of damage, even with a Poison affliction... and in the next round, there will be even less damage possible as my sneaking melee stompers smash them from the back!
Round 2: In this round, I lose my Healer... but at this stage, even the 5 HP self healing is more than enough. The Cube peaks at 17 health, and it pretty much unkillable now... the only question left is how high it's health gets before the game is over!
Round 3: ... and the answer to that was 18 Health! WOW....
Conclusion
I'm really starting to see the benefit of the Gelatious Cube as a viable Common card replacement to Lord Arianthus... however, the trade off is that you lose a front line attacking position (at least Lord Arianthus reflects and thorns damage back to attackers). So, for the Melee attack from anywhere positions, it does make for a great front tank... with the "real" tank right behind it, just in case...
I could see it also being used as a barrier for Magic and Ranged monsters to hide behind... but in the end, the full damage that the Cube takes does make for a risky gambit... it needs to survive the initial onslaught, otherwise it is an expensive (in terms of mana and lost damage dealing) damage sponge.
It really comes into it's own when it has a chance to heal or scavenge... in these games, it makes for an infuriating regenerating unkillable blob that is preventing the enemy team from doing any real lasting damage to your actual damage dealers. In this featured battle it worked well, but in some of the other battles where I tried leading with the Gelatinous Cube, I was much less sucessful as it got taken down too fast to play it's proper part in the game...
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I agree! Once this thing is level 6 it starts to be a pain in the butt for most all opponents. I don't have mine leveled higher yet (but should do that soonly as the price continues to rise).
While I've seen it used now in literally every position, I still lean toward wanting to put it further back and protected so it can really utilize its scavenge ability then rendering the opponent CUBED once it hits the front line. #ilovethisgame
Great post!
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I really hadn't thought about putting it to the back to wear down an opponent with fatigue! That is really nasty...
Yeah... it totally is. But once it happens to you, you start doing it too.
Here's a battle from my husband last night. It's painful to watch... but also exciting...
Wrath of the Cube
You mentioned D&D and I had flashbacks of my High School days lol... thank you for your continued content and engagement my friend !tip
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It's a great card, worked well there.
I recommending you play it with the intention of 'cubing' someone - here.
LOL, that's a pretty nasty move!
Ahhh I didn't get this card yet. I will try to get it. Good explanation btw .
You have one now ..... :)
It's a pretty cool card! I didn't really use it that much before... but I'm starting to see the benefit!
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