Splinterlands Battle Of The Week: Canceling the Rebellion Debilitations (@dkkfrodo)

The Ruleset

Here's my starting lineup

Summoner: Kelya Frendul

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With the ruleset and element pick that I got the summoner pick was a bit tricky at first but when I figured out that there is not one single good summoner to play here I just picked one
And the one was Kelya Frendul mainly because of his +1 speed and of the water element as I had best low mana magic monsters there
The +1 armor was nice but not the best for this battle as Back To Basics was active my enemy was surly going to play magic monsters who attack past armor anyway

1st Position: Halfling Refugee

Halfling Refugee was the my first tank for this battle
Main reason I like Halfling Refugee here a lot is that Back To Basics cancels his ability which would hurt my team anyway
Secondly because Halfling Refugee comes with a self killing ability he has amazing stats for mana cost
Weary - At the beginning of round 1, Weary units have a 10% chance to become Exhausted. This chance increases by 10% every round, up to a maximum of 80%. Exhausted units skip their turn and cannot Retaliate

2nd Position: Giant Alpine Skink

Giant Alpine Skink was my second tank for this team
One reason I played to melee monsters was that I ran out of magic monsters to play and the second reason was that for 8 mana second melee monster would almost always be better than magic monster in my rank
Shield - 50% less damage (rounded up) from physical attacks or 0 damage from physical attacks of 1 power

3rd Position: Venari Wavesmith

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Venari Wavesmith was my first magic monster for this team
Sadly again another great ability goes to waist for this battle but what so does my enemies so its okei
Protect - +2 armor to all allied units

4th Position: Magi Sphinx

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Next up in line is one lovely beta magic monster
Because of his level there was no ability to go into waist so pure stats on this guy

5th Position: Shock Trooper

6th Position: Pirate Captain

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For last but not least is my single ranged monster for this team
Mainly picked him because I only had 3 mana left and only ranged monsters left to play
But I was fine with it as he at least has 2 damage which is better than 1
Snipe - Magic and ranged attacks target the first non-melee enemy unit behind the first position

Starting board

Already after seeing the starting board I was confident I would win because my summoner and team was higher level and also I just had much more damage
But my predictions could still be off by a mile so lets start up the battle and have a look

Here's how the battle went

1st Round

After first round the board was still looking quite the same as in the start
My enemy had lost his first tank and almost his second one too
Meanwhile even tho I had not lost a single monster yet my first melee monster was at 1 hp and was going to fall in the next round
Even tho everything was going great so far, anything could still happen so lets keep watching

2nd Round

3rd Round

The 3rd round was huge for me I managed to take down one of his magic monsters and also his first ranged monster which only left him with two low hp monsters
If my attack turn calculation is correct the next round should be the last and then I can welcome my victory screen

4th Round

Summary

This battle was definitely heavily one sided but still fun to watch
The strategy to take away from this battle in my opinion is to play as many self harmful monsters as you can in battles were Back To Basics is active
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