Splinterlands Social Media Challenge - Battle for Fun and Profit!

23 days ago

Hello Splinterlands Summoners! For this week's Splinterlands Social Media Challenge, I'll share one of my battles, the ruleset and how I chose my team.

Commander Slade vs Grund

Ruleset

The ruleset is for high mana battle. It has three rules:

Armored Up - All monsters have +2 armor
Melee Mayhem - Melee attach monsters can attack from any position
What Doesn't Kill You - All monsters have the enrage ability

Thankfully this battle allows the Water Splinter which I'd pick in this battle. The battle also requires 53 mana giving me a lot of room to choose my team. This should be a fun battle.

My Team

I picked the Water Splinter because it has strong melee units. I can also use some fun combos that I don't usually use.

Commander Slade

As usual he will take the first position. He is strong against fellow melee units with his beefy stats. Complimented by his Dodge and Enfeeble abilities, he can stand toe to toe with the best tanks in the game.

Flying Squid

It has the Blind ability which is great in this battle as I expect my opponent to use melee units.

Coastal Sentry

This is a fun unit to use that I don't have the opportunity to do often. With the Melee Mayhem ruleset, I can unleash her full destructive powers. She deals 4 melee damage and has Double Strike ability for a fearsome damage potential.

Legionairre Alvar

I picked this unit primarily because of his Demoralize ability which will reduce the melee attack of my opponent's units. He also has the Giant Killer ability to deal more damage to high mana monsters.

Kulu Mastermind

I usually use Deeplurker because it has a Poison ability but in this battle, I picked Kulu Mastermind. Kulu Mastermind's Weapons Training ability will give melee attack to adjacent no attack units and is perfect in this ruleset.

Merdaali Guardian

One of the best support units in the game with both Heal and Repair abilities. Beside Kulu Mastermind, she gains 3 melee attack and can attack from anywhere because of the Melee Mayhem ruleset.

Opponent's Team

I was a bit doubtful when I saw the opponent's team. Immortalis who gives Shatter ability to all units is one of the counters to Commander Slade. With one hit, all of Commander Slade's 8 armor will be destroyed because of Shatter. Thankfully, I have the Merdaali Guardian to repair and maintain Slade's defensive abilities.

Battle

My team has the better synergy attacking, debuffing and maintaining with heal and repair. Although his team is also strong, I finished the battle without losing a single unit.