Share Your Battle: Grund

Prelude
Hello everybody, how is it going? It's time again for Share Your Battle. I was trying to find a match that can finally be same as the recommended card and yes I did. I will be sharing a battle from a brawl match. Grund is an interesting card, so let's begin today's sharing.

Thoughts on Grund

Lizard/Chameleon lookalike monster whom wields two big hammers. And this two hammers give it its ability even at level 1.

Let's look at the Level 1 base stats for Grund:

Mana	Attack	Health	Speed	Armour	Ability
10	3 (Melee)	10	3	NA	Double Strike

Bronze League - Health + 1
Silver League - Attack + 1
Gold League - Health +1, Trample
Beyond Gold - Health + 1, Cripple

What does Grund looking on growth?

This card is already a beast at level 1. The two hammers given double strike can effectively either do a whopping 6 damage or clear off armour and land another strike on health. Most tanks by now should be either de-armoured or taken significant damage from Grund's attack.

As it grows, it gains more health, giving it better survivability as it levels up and fending longer in higher leagues. The longer Grund stays on the field, the more damage it can do especially main tank falls and with the trample ability, it can just pulverize through any lineup. And as it evolve to its final form, it gains cripple that is a very scary ability to have especially with double strike.

Alritey, let's see start the battle sharing.

The Battle
Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sm_30BY0a3aDk6UcpaHPTV9&ref=vaynard86

Rules
Briar Patch, Explosive Weaponry, Earthquake
Mana Limit: 46

Lineup

Splinter	Mana Cost	Position	Reason
Obsidian	4	Summoner	Trusty Earth Splinter Summoner
Grund	10	1st	Frontline smasher
Quora Towershead	10	2nd	A brawl without Quora when able to is not a wise move
Queen Mycelia	4	3rd	Her protection is always welcome
Goblin Psychic	6	4th	Healing for longer sustain
Spirit Hoarder	3	5th	Backline healing
Mycelic Slipspawn	9	6th	Absorbing all the long distance attacks.
Total Mana:	46

Opponent Lineup

• Summoner - Thaddius Brood
• Position 1 - Cursed Windeku
• Position 2 - Arcane Thug
• Position 3 - Riftwing
• Position 4 - Silent Sha-vi
• Position 5 - Liza Fox
• Position 6 - Magi Necrosi

Prediction before pressing rumble
Very different lineup. I fielded Queen Mycelia to at least absorb one impact from Earthquake because of the 2 armour given from her. Opponent only have a flying Riftwing. Let's see how this turns out.

Let's get ready to rumble

Round 1, A super eventful round 1. Grund single handedly took out Cursed Windeku by smashing and also administering thorns. Arcane Thug took many back blast due to Grund's attack and when landing the killer blow on Grund, killed by thorns and all the blast damages from earlier. As the blast continues, Riftwing survived but Silent Sha-vi couldn't and fell too. Unfortunately, on my end Spirit Hoarder also couldn't absorb all the blast and fell as well.

Round 2, Another eventful round, after the earthquake took effect, an attack from Magi Necrosi, took out both Slipspawn and Goblin Psychic. On my end, my lineup took out Riftwing.

Round 3, A strike from the earthquake and my victory is secured with both Liza and Necrosi falling.

After Thoughts

A very fast paced match that ended real fast due to the ruleset. Blast, thorns and earthquake really cause damage to ripple off real fast. One think I believe I did right was to have high health cards in my lineup to sustain a lil longer.

Did my strategy work in this game? Grund's double strike makes it a real pain to opponent lineup. A typical headache Cursed Windeku was shredded up fast and because of blast, backline gets impacted quickly. Quora did what she need to do, heal and smash. While the remaining of the lineup all did what is needed to hold the lineup as long as possible.

Will I be using such a lineup in the future? Yes. This lineup is very useable in multiple occasions especially when it is carefully defined in multiple aspects, covering things like taunt, triage, tank heal and protect. It gives stability, damage and sustainability. The longer we drag, the longer it is to our advantage.

Double Strike
This ability is what makes Grund and other units that have double strike scary. It offers the ability to tear down armour and dealing damage subsequently as compared to a normal card that ends damage and armour level and we have to wait till the next turn before being able to deal damage again. However with this, the draw back will be, these attacks will be seen independently and we suffer the effects of thorns, return fire or retaliate based on each attack that was released. But there is another thing, double strike offers a 2nd chance to deal damage, should we miss the first strike. Nevertheless, double strike still proves to be a very strong ability and I have seen how good it is in the form of Axemaster, Silvershield Assassin and of course Grund.

Grund is an awesome card which is a beast in dealing damage and pulverizing the lineup because of the trample which is gained later. An amazing card to own and I strongly encourage you to get a copy as well and work on it to level it up. If I didn't recall, this card is the most expensive epic card for Chaos Legion and this card truly lives up to its price tag.

Wrap Up
I hope you guys enjoyed reading my sharing on Grund. I would really appreciate it if you liked and/or commented to let me know what are you thoughts.

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