Battle of the Day #136

Welcome to my new daily content: the battle of the day!

The battle: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_d64f193b6d58365e5fdf10686e25a111

This is a ranked Diamond match. The game had the following rule sets: Wands Out, Healed Out, and Equalizer. It was a 20 mana cap game with only Earth inactive. I went with Thaddius Brood, putting Dark Arborist in front. I followed it up with Revealer and Doctor Blight. For the last slot, I placed Venari Bonesmith. They opted for Quix, with Void Dragon in the first position. Next was Dax Paragon and Spirit Hoarder. For the final position, they picked Olivia of the Brook.

Since Void Dragon had Flying and Phase, combined with the Blind, there was at least 40% chance that any attack would miss it. With a speed difference of 4 for 3 of my units, they only had 20% chance to hit. Venari Bonesmith had better chances with 40%. It also wouldn't take damage from the Magic Reflect. But they also couldn't deal any damage to the Dark Arborist with the magic attacks. Only Olivia's melee strike could do something. I still needed Poison their Dragon, otherwise Olivia would eventually Mimic the Poison. In round 1, only the Bonesmith hit the Dragon. However, I was lucky enough to get the Poison. Olivia gained Immunity in round 2 but I also hit a few attacks, putting the Dragon to 1 HP. After the Poison of round 3, it went down. Without that big wall, my team eliminated the next 2 units, leaving only Olivia. In round 4, she had already gained Affliction and Magic Reflect. However, she needed Void to survive a bit longer. Since she didn't get that, my team won during this round.

The game looked easy, but I was very lucky at the start. If I only killed Void Dragon by turn 5 or 6, Olivia would likely have enough time to get all the abilities she needed to take over the game. Void was the most important one, but an early Scavenger would be perfect to get some extra HP. Immunity and Poison would have been great, too.

I hope you liked this new content!