Hi everyone, Welcome to my BATTLE MAGE SECRETS post. BATTLE MAGE SECRETS itself is a replacement for SHARE YOUR BATTLE CHALLENGE, where if SHARE YOUR BATTLE CHALLENGE takes 1 monster as its weekly theme while BATTLE MAGE SECRETS takes 1 Ruleset as its theme. And the theme for this week is...

FIRE & REGRET

"Up to Four Units can be used."

FIRE AND REGRET is one of the rulesets that gives additional abilities in the form of RETURN FIRE to all monsters in the battle arena. RETURN FIRE is an ability that can provide a counterattack if the owner receives an attack from a Ranged monster.

The way to get through this ruleset is of course by not using Ranged attack monsters so as not to be hit by the counterattack from the RETURN FIRE ability. But if you still want or are forced to use Ranged monsters, then it is better to use Ranged attack monsters that have ARMOR so that the backlash from RETURN FIRE ability does not directly hit the Health points of the ranged attack monsters. Also, bring monsters that have the REPAIR ability so that the ARMOR of the Ranged attack monster can be repaired.

RULESET & FORMATION

In addition to FIRE & REGRET, the Rulesets in this battle are...

LOST LEGENDARIES

LOST LEGENDARIES is a ruleset that prohibits the use of monsters with Legendary Rarity. However, you can still use Legendary Summoners because this ruleset only prohibits the use of monsters of that Rarity.

There is no specific way to handle this ruleset. It all depends on your knowledge of the cards, their abilities, and the Manacap and other Rulesets that come with them.

NOXIOUS FUMES

NOXIOUS FUMES is a ruleset that will give poison effects to all monsters in the battle arena. However, this does not apply to monsters that have the IMMUNITY ability.

Poison-affected monsters receive a 2-point Health reduction each round. To overcome this (in addition to using monsters with IMMUNITY ability), you can use monsters with CLEANSE ability to remove poison from the target monster (can only be used for monsters in the first position). Or you can bring a monster with the HEAL ability that can heal itself.

My Line-Up

Cards	Ability	Reason
	- Give additionals of 1 SPEED and 1 ARMOR to All Allies	I chose Kelya Frendul because I needed additional ARMOR to protect some of the Ranged Monsters I brought so that the counterattack from the RETURN FIRE ability would not directly hit their Health points. In addition, in the Water Element, some monsters have the CLEANSE ability to clean the poison from the monsters in the first position and monsters that have the TAUNT ability to attract the attention of the opponent's monsters.
	TRAMPLE + ENRAGE + RETALIATE	The main reason I use Diemonshark is because it has the RETALIATE ability which has a 50% active chance and counterattacks the opponent when it takes damage from attacks made by Melee monsters. And when its Health points are below 100%, it will get an additional Attack power and SPEED of 1.5 times through the ENRAGE ability.
	REACH + BLIND + BACKFIRE	I'm using Flying Squid because he has the REACH ability which allows him to attack from the second position. That way he can help Diemonshark attack the opponent's monsters in the first position. Flying Squid also has the BLIND ability that can reduce the attack accuracy of the opponent's monsters (especially Melee and Rang3d monsters) and the BACKFIRE ability that can attack the opponent's monsters that fail to land an attack on him.
	CLEANSE + AMPLIFY + SWIFTNESS	Because of the NOXIOUS FUMES ruleset, it is necessary for monsters to have the CLEANSE ability so that at least the monsters in the first position are free from the toxic effects given by the ruleset. In addition, River Nymph has the AMPLIFY ability which is useful for amplifying the effects of the RETURN FIRE ability and the SWIFTNESS ability to add SPEED to all my monsters.
	NONE	Although she doesn't have any abilities, Nerissa Tridawn has high enough health that she can still survive the effects of poison even though she doesn't have the HEAL ability. She also has a high Attack power that can directly reduce the Health points of the opponent's monsters.
	SWIFTNESS + STRENGTHEN	Although Supply Runner is a Ranged monster, I still need it because it has SWIFTNESS to increase the SPEED of my monsters again so that I can get the first turn to attack.
	TAUNT + CLOSE RANGE + VOID + RETURN FIRE	In addition to Supply Runner, I also brought Wave Brood because he is useful for attracting the attention of the opponent's monsters with his TAUNT ability. And even though he already has the RETURN FIRE ability, he also has the VOID ability in case the opponent brings magic monsters into the battle arena.

BATTLE START !!!

The opponent uses Possibilus the Wise as Summoner and uses Coastal Sentry who has DOUBLE STRIKE ability to fill the second position helping Diemonshark who is in the first position.

He also uses Moxian Rebel which gives an additional 1 Magic attack power to the two No-Attack monsters he carries (Ulundin Overseer and Grimbardun Smith).

In the first round, Diemonshark and Flying Squid attacked the opponent's Diemonshark. Nerissa Tridawn, River Nymph, Supply Runner, and Wave Brood directed their attacks at the opponent's Wave Brood. But Supply Runner and Wave Brood was hit by a counterattack from RETURN FIRE ability.

Meanwhile, on the opponent's side, Diemonshark and Coastal Sentry attacked my Diemonshark. The opponent's other 4 monsters directed their attacks at my Wave Brood, but only the attack from the opponent's Wave Brood managed to hit my Wave Brood (although it had to be hit by the counterattack from RETURN FIRE ability). Meanwhile, the attacks from Ulundin Overseer, Moxian Rebel, and Grimbardun Smith did not deal any damage to my Wave Brood because it has the VOID ability.

In the second round, my Supply Runner defeated my opponent's Wave Brood. My Diemonshark also defeated the opponent's Diemonshark and continued its attack on the Coastal Sentry. The Coastal Sentry was then defeated by the Flying Squid.

The first-placed Ulundin Overseer became the target of attacks from Nerissa Tridawn, River Nymph, and Wave Brood. Ulundin Overseer himself attacked Diemonshark.

In the third round, Supply Runner lost due to the poison effect. Diemonshark, Flying Squid, and Nerissa Tridawn defeated Ulundin Overseer. Moxian Rebel was defeated by River Nymph.

To see the entire battle, you can watch it at >> FULL BATTLE LINK
And this is the challenge link >> CHALLENGE LINK

Review of this battle

Luckily this time I was able to win the battle because the opponent was less precise in choosing the monsters to bring. Although we both used Wave Brood, the opponent preferred to use Magic monsters that only have an Attack power of 1 point and No attack monsters that have IMMUNITY ability. Because of this, the attack from the opponent's Magic monster does not deal any damage to Wave Brood because it has the VOID ability which can reduce the damage from magic monster attacks.

That was the post BATTLE MAGE SECRETS for this time. Thank you for visiting and taking the time to read. See you in the next post....

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