Splinterlands Battle Mage - Fog of War
Hello Splinterfans!
This week we have the new Battle Mage Secrets weekly challenge with the ruleset Fog of War.
Fog of War is a good ruleset in that it hinders many melee attack options and monsters so that most players will then have a higher % chance of using a magic or ranged attack.
With melee sneak, snipe and opportunity monsters being neutralised, you can have some low health monsters near the back of your attack and not worry that they may get picked off so easily.
In today's battle I debuff the ranged attack and have a couple of tricks up my sleeve for the magic attacking opponents too.
My Team
This is a high-mana battle with also holy protection ruleset, plus only odd mana monsters can be used to really mix things up abit.
Summoner/ Monster | Reason |
---|---|
Quix the Devious | Ranged attack debuff |
Legionnaire Alvar | Magic shield |
Carnage Titan | Double attack |
Nerissa Tridawn | Strong magic attack |
Merdaali Guardian | Heal & repair abilitiy |
River Hellondale | Resucitate ability |
Swamp Spitter | Repair ability |
My opponents
Summoner/ Monster | |
---|---|
Camila Sungazer | |
Legionnaire Alvar | |
Flying Squid | |
Void Dragon | |
Nerissa Tridawn | |
The Vigilator | |
Swamp Spitter |
The rules for the battle are:
Holy Protection | All units gain the Divine Shield ability which reduces the damage of the first attack received to 0. |
Fog of War | All units lose the Sneak, Snipe and Opportunity abilities. |
Odd Ones Out | Only units with odd mana costs may be used. |
Battle
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ROUND 1 & 2 - Legionnaire Alvar vs. Legionnaire Alvar
We face off against each other and both have opted for the powerful Legionnaire Alvar with his huge shield that can protect also against magic attack and slow down your opponent's attack. Although I have an extra ace up my sleeve with River Hellondale that could come in very handy.

With the huge shields, we don't see the first victim until round 2 where my opponent loses his Legionnaire Alvar first. I then lose my Legionnaire Alvar but luckily River Hellondale revives him and with a full shield, this torments my opponent badly!
ROUND 3 - 6

It is not until round 6 when my opponent's Void Dragon finally falls.
ROUND 7 - 10
At round 7, their Nerissa Tridawn falls quickly and it is face-off time with The Vigilator. With his strong melee attack and double strike, he takes care of Carnage Titan in no time.
Luckily though, he is more attack and not so much defense and we manage to take him down in round 8. It is finally all over in round 9 with my opponent's Swamp Spitter being finished off without a fight.
Summary:
With the Fog of War ruleset, the focus usually then moves toward a magic or ranged attack. Being able to counter some of these are essential if you want to win.
Here I combined a strong magic shield monster with 2 shield repair monsters and a resuccitate monster to try and keep Legionnaire Alvar alive as long as possible.
How do you play the Fog of War ruleset?
Thanks for reading.
Credits:
The title image was created in Canva with images from cafepampas / Pixabay
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You had a pretty strong line up. Agor is even stronger though but maybe you didn't have it I don't know. Good job tho using this famous void shield revive armor repair and heal combo which can be super annoying :P by the way play GU its double rewards weekend!
Thanks! I am playing right now! Just bagged my first win! How are you doing?
I haven't started yet lol will start soon but not looking forward to playing 40 min control games. cant wait for the sealed/draft mode coming out at the end of this month :D
What is sealed / draft mode?
not sure more details will be later but it's confirmed already a new mode lol by kstreet. by the way first game already 40mins- 1 hour mirror match with curious wisp he gave up cuz i got mine out faster

Oh man, these games taking a long time!! I am doing badly now... where did Aegis of the Innocent come from! lol
aegis of the innocent what do u mean
This relic is giving me stress!
lol i thought they nerfed it?
I am 1W4L so far this weekend. what a disaster!
oops so starting saturday made no difference? x.x.
Not this time... I guess I need to try another deck
ya that might be it play your war deck?
Yay! 🤗
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Hi, I like how "River Hellondale" resurrected "Legionnaire Alvar", he only has 1 health and he lasts a lot.👍👍👍
They are a great combination together! 🙂👍
Thanks for sharing! - @yonilkar

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