Splinterlands Community Engagement Challenge: Hidden Gems!

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Hello guys, this is my entry to the "Splinterlands Community Engagement Challenge: Hidden Gems!". If you want to participate and read more about the challenge, click here.

I am getting back to Splinterlands after a while, and there are a lot of new cards and even rulesets that made the game even more spicy. But I got to collect those cards slowly. For now, I have old cards and can rent some which are familiar to me. Even in those old sets, there are many cards that I often overlook and rarely see someone playing them. One of those cards is Khmer Princess.

I will tell you why I think it is an underrated unit and why and where in the lineup it works well. But before that, let's look at its stats in detail.

Khmer Princess

CARD
RARITY	Rare
ELEMENT	Earth
Attack Type	Magic
MANA COST	2
ABILITIES/BUFFS	Heal (level >= 4)

Khmer Princess is a rare unit from the Earth element capable of doing magic attack damage. It has no abilities at level 1,2, or 3, but at level 4, it gains a very useful ability called Tank Heal, which makes it one of the most useful tanks, costing just 2 mana to use. This fits extremely well for me as I mostly play in leagues like Silver. Khmer Princess is one of the best choices in low to mid mana cap battles by providing a very cheap alternative to healing. It's lower-speed words as well. By the time its turn comes up, the frontline unit will have taken some damage, which can be healed.

Let me show you a sample battle that I recently played using both of the above-mentioned cards. Let's see the lineup for that battle and talk about my strategies later.

My Lineup & Strategy

This is my lineup for the battle

Position	Summoner/Monsters
Summoner	Mylor Crowling
Position 1	Grund
Position 2	Gelatenous Cube
Position 3	Goblin Thief
Position 4	Goblin Psychic
Position 5	Khmer Princess
Position 6	Parasitic Growth

It was a 41 mana cap battle with the following rulesets:

• Even Stevens: You can only summon units with even mana costs.

• Lost Legendaries: You cannot summon legendary units.

There were only two elements allowed in this battle. Fire and Earth. I chose Mylor Crowling as my summoner from the Earth elements. It gives the thorns ability to all my units, which is effective against melee attackers. As you will see in the battle later, it proved extremely effective.

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My tank in this battle was Grund, which had a lot of health, dealing 4 melee attack damage with the Double Strike ability, so it can strike twice each round.

The next one was a defensive unit, Gelantenous Cube. It comes with a lot of health as well as scavenger ability, so it lasts a long time. These two units made my frontline very powerful, perfect for the units to heal them back each round without letting them die quickly.

Goblin Thief was used as an easy way to add more firepower to my lineup. Its sneak ability allowed it to deal damage to the enemy backline in hopes of defeating low-health monsters at the back.

I used Goblin Psychic and Khmer Princess together. Both of them had a similar role in this battle. Their tank heal ability would be perfect to heal up those tanky units at the start. I could use both because of the 41 mana cap battle. If it were a smaller mana cap battle, I would have used only Khmer Princess as a cheap way to have a good support character.

Now that my lineup was set with a good balance of offensive and defensive capabilities, it was time for battle.

I will share my battle here, which I have uploaded to YouTube.

Conclusion

This battle showcased why Khmer Princess is very underrated and why I think I would use it more often. With such a low mana cost, the ability to heal your tank in the early game can be a game-changer, especially in lower mana cap battles where there are not many alternatives. And some rulesets limit your options, like what I get, it can be a wise choice to use it as you see fit. If you can pair it with another healer, it would be even more effective and would give you a sense of relief despite its low health.

Let me know your thoughts about these cards and their synergy.

Thanks for reading...

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