Splinterlands | Melee Mayhem Battle Challenge

Another game rules is highlighted in the Share Your Battle Challenge which is also called the Battle Mage Secrets for Splinterlands. This is the one where Melee Monsters can attack from all Positions!

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What I wrote last time on this game rule:

Since the last time, some powerful new Melee Monsters have come to my attention for this game rule as I now have the option to play at max level. One of them is the Dumacke Orc which I see many players (bots) play in last position. Since most matches include some sneak attack wich 90% of the time is done by Melee Monsters, it is quite safe at just 1 health while that 8 armor and the 3 abilities (Shield/Retalliate/Thorns) are excellent to counter sneak. However, this one is not always 100% as useful with this game rule as there is less incentive to play sneak monsters.

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The other 2 game rules of this match were that no neutral cards could be used and only rares or commons and there was a total of 50 Mana to be used.

As often, I opted for the Possibilus Summoners which works great with Melee attack. The Diemonshark was the obvious choice for a main tank which my opponent also used. I opted for the Sea Monster in 2nd place as it has some protection against blast as it self-heales while it also has the thorns ability. The Coastal Centry in 3rd place is one of the current meta cards that has a ton of damage output while the Deeplurker with the Demoralize ability (I didn't know until now it actually had that) and the poison is strong to possibly kill smaller monsters of the opponent in turns 2 or 3. Assoming my opponent was going to play mostly Melee, I wanted some extra armor and played the Venari Wavesmith for that. In last place, I played the Demented Shark to increase the damage output on my other melee monsters while it also has the thorns ability and some armor.

The Summoner made all the difference in this match as the trample ability helped to increase the damage output a lot. This made for an easy win in the end.

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Full Battle Replay

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Previous Weekly Challenges

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-	Maneuvers	Lost Magic	Lost Legendaries #2	Little League #2
Keep Your Distance #2	Holy Protection #2	Heavy Hitters #2	Healed Out #2	Going The Distance #2
Ferocity	Fog Of War #2	Five Alive	Fire & Regret #2	Fab Four
Explosive Weaponary #2	Even Stevens #2	Equal Opportunity #2	Equalizer #2	Earthquake #2
Counterspell #2	Close Range #2	Broken Arrows #2	Briar Patch #2	Born Again
Back To Basics #2	Armored Up #2	Aimless #2	Aim True #2	Rise Commons
Weak Mangic	Up To Eleven	Up Close	Unprotected	Target Practice
Taking Sides	Super Sneak	Stampede	What Doesn't Kill	Wands Out
Silenced Summoners	Rise Of The Commons	Reverse Speed	Odd Ones Out	Noxious Fumes
Melee Mayham	Lost Magic	Lost Legendaries	Little League	Keep Your Distance
Holy protection	Heavy Hitters	Healed Out	Going The Distance	Fog Of War
Fog Of War	Fire & Regret	Explosive Weaponry	Even Stevens	Equal Opportunity
Equalizer	Earthquake	Counterspell	Close Range	Broken Arrows
Briar Patch	Back To Basics	Armored Up	Aimless	Aim True