Splinterlands Social Media Challenge - Testing out Olivia of the Brook

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Hello everyone! This is my first entry for this week's Splinterlands Social Media Challenge. Today I'm sharing a battle of mine in Modern Diamond Ranked.

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I fought an interesting battle where I used Olivia of the Brook. Let's first look at the card:

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This is one of the craziest cards ever printed. I don't believe it is overpowered, because it only shines in games that last a long time and she needs to survive. However, when it works, it is busted! I have it at level 2 and that's where Olivia matters. Don't bother with it at level 1 because it doesn't have Mimic. The rest of the levels are also not that important. Of course, Armor, extra HP, extra melee attack, and Reflection Shield are nice. Mimic is 95% of the card and it works like this: starting at round 2, at every start of a round, this card gets a random ability from the enemy team. It also has a 25% chance of getting a random ability from the attacker, when it gets attacked. There are also a few rules that make it better. Dispel only removes 1 ability, in reverse order, they were gained. Debilitations and a few other abilities that would be useless or detrimental can't be copied. Games that last 10 rounds and Olivia survives, that's 9 abilities gained. It's easy to see how she can become very OP, in the right situations.

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Here's the battle: https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_6983f3931858e9f3e8f1ca6a552d3d11

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This game has the following rule sets: Armored Up, Taking Sides, and Wands Out. I went with Lily Shieldpaw and started with Void Dragon. Next, I went with Rage, followed by Iziar and Olivia. I ended the team with Chaos Dragon and Oshuur Constantia. They opted for Immortalis and placed Mycelic Slipspawn in front. The rest of the team was Blackmoor Nymph, Lord Thanalor, Regal Peryton, Suidae Shaman, and Goblin Psychic.

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Round 1 - nothing except for very low damage happened.

Round 2 - Olivia gained Dispel. Iziar died in one shot to Suidae Shaman, got Resurrected, and died again.

Round 3 - Olivia gained Affliction. I was able to kill the Splispawn thanks to Affliction and the double Martyr buffs.

Round 4 - Olivia gained Immunity and killed the Nymph. My Void Dragon also died and Rage got Dispelled.

Round 5 - Olivia gained Void.

Round 6 - Olivia gained Giant Killer and killed Regal Peryton.

Round 7 - Olivia gained Tank Heal.

Round 8 - Olivia gained Recharge. She still was able to attack this round and took out Goblin Psychic and Suidae Shaman. I'm not sure if that's a bug but it dealt 3x damage despite not waiting a turn.

Round 9 - Olivia gained Scavenger. This time she Recharged.

Round 10 - Olivia gained Rust and killed Lord Thanalor with 3x damage.

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What a crazy game! Just look at how many abilities she has! At level 2 she won this game while the rest of my team supported her and made sure she survived.

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What do you all think about this game? Would you have done anything different? Let me know in the comments! Thank you for reading!!

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Olivia gaining Recharge but gets to attack immediately with 3x of the power? That's crazy!!!

Nice post. I learned a lot about Olivia.

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I guess it has something to do with Recharge triggering at the start of the round, same as Mimic. So it gained the Recharge after it could trigger.

Thanks

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