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The Ruleset

• Rulesets - Weak Magic, Fog of War & Ferocity
• Mana Cap - 21
• Active Elements -

Here's my starting lineup

Summoner: General Sloan

• With the ruleset and element pick that I got I really did not have a lot to choose from
• only two elements were active one of them being dragon which kinda does not count, mana cap was low and also Fog of War canceled my plan of playing couple of low mana melee monsters
• So in my case I went with life element and General Sloan as he had low enough mana cost and I also was planning to play some kind of ranged monster

1st Position: Drybone Barbarian

• Drybone Barbarian was one of my main tanks for this battle
• Main reason I like Drybone Barbarian here a lot is his high damage due to Enrage
• Also his Retaliate might come handy in a battle where ever attack counts
• Enrage - +50% melee power and speed (rounded up) if not at full health
• Retaliate - 50% chance to counterattack successful melee attacks, even if defeated

2nd Position: Furious Chicken

• As I already played a lot of my mana I ran out of it but still had empty slots
• So in this case why not play him, in the worst outcome he tanks at least a single attack

3rd Position: Creeping Ooze

• Creeping Ooze another great low mana monster to play
• His stats are kinda useless other than his Slow which I really like and play often
• Slow - -1 speed to all enemy units

4th Position: Divine Healer

• Divine Healer was my first healer for this battle
• Even tho her stats are nothing to be proud about her Tank Heal ability on the other hand is an huge buff to my team
• Tank Heal - Each round, restores 1/3 of max health (rounded down) to the allied unit in the first position

5th Position: Venari Crystalsmith

• For last but not least is my second healer for this battle
• 1 mana more but now she also has decent stats
• Also as Venari Crystalsmith was a ranged monster she was going to get a damage buff from my summoner
• The idea behind my two healers was that Drybone Barbarian was going to deal the entire damage and both of my healers were going to keep him alive
• Tank Heal - Each round, restores 1/3 of max health (rounded down) to the allied unit in the first position

Starting board

• After seeing the starting board I had a feeling to battle was going to the person how attacks second
• That would have been easy as my enemy played a summoner who gives +1 speed but I sadly played monster with Slow so now I needed to hit the dice roll
• So the battle should be decided after the first round, lets have a look

Here's how the battle went

1st Round

• After first round the battle was already decided
• I managed to hit the dice roll and attack second which allowed me to take down his Drybone Barbarian and also one of him healers
• Even tho the battle was over lets still go over the end quickly

2nd Round

• After 2nd Round my enemy was left with a single Chicken standing
• I also managed to fully heal my Drybone Barbarian which meant I was going to win this battle without losing a single hp on any of my monsters
• Now I just needed to wait till the next round starts and the hit one out of three attacks I had

3rd Round

• It took me 1 attack to kill my enemies last standing monster
• After his Furious Chicken had fallen I took the victory
• Battle Replay Link

Summary

• This battle was definitely heavily one sided in the end but still fun to watch
• Even tho I won this battle with a dice roll the strategy to take away from this battle is that Drybone Barbarian is actually really good monster to play
• Little while back I really did not like him but then I tried him in couple of battles and turns out playing him is a viable tactic
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