Splinterlands Battle Challenge - Dragons

[poohdie]

Hello everyone. This week's Battle Challenge is a bit vast since it only requires using Any Dragon monster. I only have a few Dragon cards in my inventory. Let's see if any of them will do good in battle.

Challenge Rules

THEME: DRAGONS
Edition: ANY
Rarity: ANY
Element: DRAGON + ANY
ATTACK: ANY
ABILITIES: ANY

For this matchup I'm going to use: TWILIGHT BASILISK.

Edition: Reward
Rarity: Rare
Element: DRAGON + Fire
ATTACK: Melee
ABILITIES: Reach at level 1

Battle Ruleset

Mana Limit: 29

Explosive Weaponry: All monsters get the Blast Ability which does additional damage to Monsters adjacent to the target Monster.

Lineup Strategy

Summoner: Drake of Arnak

We're using this card as a summoner to gain access to our Dragon cards. The +1 Armor that this card adds to friendly monsters also gives our team the advantage of not getting killed instantly by a critical hit from an enemy monster except for those using Magic attack. I chose to use Fire Splinter cards in this battle.

Tank: Living Lava

One of my favorite tank monster in the game since it has 3 attack power and also has the Shield ability that reduces damage taken from Melee and Ranged attacks.

Twilight Basilisk

We're placing our featured Dragon card in the 2nd position to allow it to attack using it's Reach ability. Although its low on health, its 1 armor can prevent critical Melee and Ranged damage from killing it instantly.

Lava Launcher

This is also one of my favorite cards in the game. It has a whooping 6 armor and 5 health which is definitely hard to crack. Its Close Range ability allows it to perform ranged attacks from the first position. This card will be our damage dealer as well as our backup tank.

Serpentine Spy

Also one of our damage dealers. Its Opportunity ability allows it to attack from any position and will target the enemy Monster with the lowest health. Perfect for killing low health monsters placed in the middle of our opponent's lineup and causing Blast damage to nearby friendly monsters.

Kobold Miner

Placed in the last slot is this card. Its Sneak ability targets the last Monster on the enemy Team instead of the first Monster. We'll take advantage of this ability to wreck havoc in the middle of our opponents lineup through the Blast ability that was added by this matchup's battle condition.

Battle Replay

https://m.splinterlands.io/#/battle/game/process/sl_65a82fe16ca7a900936f2aa92129b2de

Our opponent used Zintar Mortalis as his summoner, reducing our team's Melee damage by 1. Our team's health was also reduced by 1 due to the Weaken ability of the enemy monster Undead Priest. We lost two of our guys in Round 1 due to Blast damage.

Round 2 is looking bad on our team as we lost our Dragon card in this round due to another Blast damage. We are now left with two monsters while our opponent's team is still complete.

We were able to put up some fight in Round 3 as our team was able to kill two enemy monsters with one attack, thanks to the additional Blast damage. However, Lava Launcher is not looking so good with 1 health remaining. It will likely die on the next enemy attack because of Blast damage.

As expected, Lava Launcher died in Round 4. However, we were able to gain advantage after Living Lava killed two enemy monsters with one attack due to Blast damage. There is only one enemy monster left, which apparently can no longer attack since its a Ranged one sitting on the 1st position.

Living Lava took some sweet time slowly killing the remaining enemy monster. By Round 7 the enemy monster was toast, we finally won!!!

Conclusion

Our opponent had several advantages in this matchup, from having huge tank monsters, reducing our team's health to reducing our team's Melee attack. Good thing our Lava Duo was able to cope up with the challenge carrying our team to victory.

Did your strategy work? What will you try differently next time?

Our strategy of using Serpentine Spy and Kobold Miner of inflicting Blast damage early in the battle did not go as planned because of their reduced Melee attack and health. The enemy Skeleton Assasin messed it up further being the first to attack since it had the highest speed on all monsters in the battlefield.
If we have used monsters with higher health and had the Heal ability, such as Cerberus, it would have been an easier win.

Do you like DRAGONS? Why or why not?

I like using Twilight Basilisk when using a Dragon summoner because of its Reach ability. However, its potential was not useful in this matchup because of the Blast damage added by the battle condition.

I hope you liked the outcome of this battle. Although our opponent had all the advantage in this matchup, we were still able to conquer the odds and win the game. Till next time everyone. Have a great day!

What is Splinterlands?

Splinterlands is a digital, collectible card game built on blockchain technology. It is similar in concept to games like Magic the Gathering and Heartstone where you build up a collection of cards, which all have various different stats and abilities, and use them to battle other players in skill-based matches. By using a blockchain technology, players can buy, sell and trade their digital assets freely just as if they were physical cards, and all transactions are recorded publicly and immutably.

Splinterlands FAQ:
https://splinterlands.com/?p=faq

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