Martyr ability is having a great support effect, cause once the monster with the martyr is defeated, adjacent units gain +1 to all stats. This mean you can get 2 monsters become stronger with more attack, faster with more speed, tougher with more health (and the potential of more heal ammount), and gain more armor.

The challenge of using the martyr ability is how to trigger it's effect before the main monsters that you want to give the buff is eliminated. Get it's triggered on right time will be very important aspect. Sometimes, they are become the last monsters that stand which not giving any benefit for the team 😂

Hack for Auto Martyr

On normal circumtance, martyr need the enemies to defeat them, but there is ruleset which they could get eliminated by the time without needed enemies to hit and eliminate them.

First is noxious fumes. This is the most easiest way to trigger the martr, because on each turn, all monsters with no immunity will take 2 direct damage into their health. You just need to wait the monsters with martyr is eliminated with the poison.

Next there is the earthquake. Just like the poison, monsters will take 2 damage this turn, but you need to carefully calculate the armor and repair ability, because damage on earthquake will considered as physical damage which can be blocked by the armor which can be repaired as well.

Next there is opportunity ability. The trick for trigger on this ruleset is, making sure that your martyr ability is having the lowest health point on your team. But be carefull with the front monsters cause they will always being the target from opponent tank. Once their health point is become the lowest, enemies will aim them first, and so the next monsters that become the tank.

Next there is the ruleset which can hurt back your martyr monsters. Just like earthquake, the damage from the return damage is considered as physical, so you need to carefully think about armor and repair. One more obstacle from this strategy is that your monsters can miss their attack, which will cause delay for the martyr ability.

Last the sneak ruleset. This is a little tricky because the last monsters will get aimed, so you can normally only can help 1 monster in front of the martyr. But there is another trick to get 2 martyr, which is getting a monster with camouflage on the last position, so it will also get the martyr effect from it!

Battle Example

I will give you a battle example of the use those abilities on the battlefield.
You can watch the battle on this link https://next.splinterlands.com/battle/sm_Xdaw0WFAtZ5vuku5j3Yv

I will also give the preview about it on this section.

Ruleset and formation:

This is a brawl match with gladiator, and there is are you not entertained ruleset, so each team could use at least 2 gladiators here. There is also the sneaker and earthquake ruleset.

Both team max out the usage of gladiators by put 2 of them on the battlefield. My enemies combined the melee and magic monsters and having a tank with shield on the back plus the retaliate ability to hurt by my team. Meanwhile, I try having 2 martyr monsters to boost the flying magician on my team and the quora plus the tank gladiators.

How the Battle Goes

At 1st round, my back monster is getting eliminated, but luckily it's not by the gladiator, cause they can grow stronger !

At 2nd round, the one getting eliminated is enemies gladiator on the back, and luckily it's by my Quora which makes her growing stronger !

My team almost wiped out after getting earthquaked, but here is the turn back moment, with 2 martyr is activated !

At 3rd round, my tank is eliminated, and left with 2 monsters that is already getting martyr effect

Finally, I can win the match !

Conclussion

Martyr is having powerfull support effect with the boost for all stats of a monsters. It's even become dangerous if triggered for the gladiators, but you need to have a trick to activate the trigger before the main monster is eliminated. With the right strategy, martyr can save your day !

Final Words