NAGA BRUTE - THE MOST UNDERRATED DRAGON TANK MONSTER - GIVEAWAY #20

about 2 years ago

~ 😍 Hello all of my friends, Splinterlands Lovers worldwide 😍 ~

Thanks for coming and Welcome back to my blog, @queen-silvia, In this Social Media Challenge, I would like to share to all of you how underrated Naga Brute is, This monster is actually so cheap (23 cent only per BCX) and powerful but It has barely used by Splinterlands players. So this article will explain Naga Brute strengths and how to maximize its abilities in the battle field. The cards which has to be used along with him will also being explained. I am proudly present to all of you :

🐍 THE HIDDEN POWER OF NAGA BRUTE 🐍

GIF Source : https://tenor.com/view/dnd-dungeons-and-dragons-dragon-dragons-tiamat-gif-14672279

This article will explain about some of the following topics :

Reasons why Naga Brute is a strong tank monster
Battle link
Line-up preview
Battle analysis
Strategy explanation
Announcement of the Giveaway #18 winner
Giveaway #20

- REASONS WHY NAGA BRUTE IS A STRONG TANK MONSTER -

In my opinion, basically, a good tank monster should be able to hold or counter any kind of attacks, either melee, ranged or magic attack. Naga Brute has it all, Void armor to hold magic attack, Thorn and Return Fire to counter Melee and Ranged attack respectively. Let us review each of them :

1	VOID ARMOR and HIGH ARMOR

Alright, the first Naga Brute strength is his main ability (started from lv.1), Void Armor. This ability will make all of the opponent's magic attack hits armor first rather than his health points which means it will take lots of time for the opponent to kill Naga Brute while we can kill many opponent's monster before they do. This monster will be immortal if we can put supporting monster with repair ability.

2	THORN

His second strength is Thorn ability which makes him counter melee attack pretty well. The amplify ability will make it perfect as it will increase the damage taken by the attacker. So, putting Naga Brute with amplify monsters is such a good idea, here are the common used amplify monsters :

As we are using dragon splinter, feel free to use any monster depends on what splinters are available in the battle.

3	RETURN FIRE

The last strength is Return Fire. This ability makes Naga Brute is an appropriate tank monster against many kind of attack. He is good to counter melee and ranged attack monster but he has no counter against magic monster. So I would suggest to use Naga Brute only if we see the opponents spammed melee or ranged monsters in their battle. As this is a counter ability, Don't forget to put amplify monsters as shown above.

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Most of Return Fire only available in the gold league and above. In lower league, There are Lir Deepswimmer and Centauri Mage who has this ability. So this ability barely used in silver and lower.

- BATTLE LINK -

Well, Now we are moving into battle. Check out the battle link HERE

The match consisted of 23 mana which is very good in my opinion to build a sneak monsters team as dragon and life splinters are available. In life splinters we have Feral Spirit, in dragon we have Dhampir Infiltrator and in neutral we have Uraeus. Mana ranged from 20 - 25 are always a good option for sneak attack. You may try this and thank me later. 😘

Icon	Ruleset	Explanation
	Weak Magic	Magic attacks hit Armor before reducing Health. Protect, Repair, Rust are useful in this ruleset since armor is so powerful against magic attack.
	Heavy Hitters	Protect, Repair, Rust are useful in this ruleset. Use a monster with Stun ability. Once your opponent get stunned, he will receive double damage whenever your monster attack stunned monster.

Source of picture : https://www.splintercards.com/rulesets.php?rs=13

GIF source : https://tenor.com/view/pixar-monsters-inc-mike-wazowski-roz-stunned-silence-gif-16803328

- LINE UP PREVIEW -

Summoner	1^st position	2^nd position	3^rd position	4^th position	5^th position	6^th position

Daria Dragonscale	Naga Brute	Dax Paragon	Creeping Ooze	Dhampir Infiltrator	Feral Spirit	Uraeus

Summoner : Daria Dragonscale

REASON TO PICK UP
Gives additional 1 melee damage (which is perfect for Grum Flameblade)
Able to summon Dragon monsters

1^st position : Naga Brute

REASON TO PICK UP
Void Armor and High Armor
Thorn ability

2^nd position : Dax Paragon

REASON TO PICK UP
Amplify ability to increase Thorn damage

3^rd position : Creeping ooze

REASON TO PICK UP
Reduce enemies speed by 1

4^th position : Dhampir Infiltrator

REASON TO PICK UP
3 Melee attack (as of Daria's effect)
Sneak ability
Double Strike ability

5^th position : Feral Spirit

REASON TO PICK UP
3 Melee attack (as of Daria's effect)
Sneak ability

6^th position : Uraeus

REASON TO PICK UP
3 Melee attack (as of Daria's effect)
Sneak ability
1 armor to anticipate opponent's sneak attack

- BATTLE ANALYSIS -

Alright everybody, for now, let's jump into the battle analysis :

Round 1

In the first round the earth team is putting 2 monsters with the heal ability in the backline. They are Kron the Undying and Flesh Golem as the player hopes to activates the last stand ability for Kron the Undying. Unfortunately, this strategy is well countered by sneak team who has additional 1 melee attack with the help of Daria's effect. the total attack of sneak monsters is 10, the same attack as Kron health point. That's why Kron died in the first round 🤣. In this round, Fungus Fiend also died after receiving Thorn damage (3) as amplify increased the damage. This is the power of Naga Brute.

Round 2

In round 2, Flesh Golem has last stand ability which make his health point become 18. He also has 3 attack and 4 speed. At the end of this round, his health point become 8 after getting hit by all sneak monsters, Dax Paragon and Thorn ability. The Thorn gives 3 damage, the same damage as Flesh Golem did to Naga Brute.

Round 3

Finally, Flesh Golem died after getting attacked twice by Dhampir Infiltrator. Even Flesh Golem attack is not enough to break the Naga Brute's armor (9). Not a single monster from Dragon team died which shows us that this line-up is the best counter against Scarred Llama team as they used to put their strongest monster in the backline.

- STRATEGY EXPLANATION -

The key to beat player who used Scarred Llama Mage a lot is putting many sneak monsters and increase their damage using summoner's buff or inspire ability. This way, the opponent's strongest monster in the backline will die first before the last stand ability given to him. Instead, the last stand ability will go to another monster and since another monster is not as strong as the monster who have been "killed", winning match is much more easier as we have seen in the above preview.

- Announcement The Winner of Giveaway #18 -

Alright guys, now it's time for giveaway. We have 16 participants for the Giveaway #17. I'd like to say Thank you very much for visiting my blog and joined the giveaway. Here are the list of participants :

@nietokilll, @relf87, @rayius, @henruc, @shaggoth, @engilhramn, @eijibr, @hoosie, @luizeba, @amaillo-m, @flummi97, @blitzzzz, @mauriciolimax, @ianballantine, @amaari, @pero82,

I hope I don't miss out any names there. Regardless you win or not, I hope you guys keep supporting me by participating in my upcoming giveaways because sharing to the community is fun.

Here is the snapshot of the winner :

Congratulations to @relf87 for winning Gargoya devil, this card has Flying, Close Range and Deathblow abilities at maximum level which are very powerful in the battle.

1 BCX of Gargoya Devil has been sent to IGN : @relf87, enjoy and take care of that Gargoya Devil 👍. For other participants who didn't win, you can try your luck taking a part in the next giveaway below (Giveaway #20).

- GIVEAWAY #20 -

Alright, in the previous post we had some rare cards for the giveaways. In this giveaway post, there will be 3 rare cards that you could possibly win, Here are the cards :


Venari Wavesmith	Vampiric Blossom	Vulguine

I will use Wheel of Names for the drawing and the name picked out will be given any card you want on the comment section.

How to participate :

Please put any card you want (1 card) and your IGN (In-Game Name).
If you feel like the post is useful, feel free to follow me for more battle tips and tricks and 2 weekly giveaways continuously. I'll make sure we will be good friends and have many talks :)
Upvote is not a requirement but it will be greatly appreciated to increase the quality and the quantity of the next giveaway.
Only 1 person could win once a week.

Notes :

The cut off time is the pay-out of this post. I will put a comment "TIME'S UP" when the time is up.
The winner will be announced in the next giveaways.
If you want to give feedback or critics, feel free to leave any comments. As long they are constructive and not offensive, they will be appreciated.
I will tag all of the participants in the post where the winner of giveaway is announced to let you know the result. If you want me to not tagging you anymore, please let me know in the comment section.
Every time I posted blogs whether Art Challenge, Battle Challenge or Social Media Challenge, there will be 1 card (rare card) rewarded for the giveaway winner.