Splinterlands Weekly Battle Challenge: River Nymph

Edition: CHAOS LEGION
Rarity: RARE
Element: WATER
Attack: MAGIC
Abilities: Cleanse, Amplify, Swiftness

This is one of my favorite cards for battles in the mid 20s mana range.

Battle Rules:

• Armor up (+2 Armor)
• 24 Mana

With "Armor Up", it is likely the opponent may go magic, I need a tank that reduces magic damage

Position #1: Tank - Xenith Monk

• Void negates 1 magic damage
• Magic Reflect returns half of the magic damage, and benefits from River Nymph's Amplify
• Heal for longevity

Position #2: Pelacor Bandit

• This is one of the best cards for the Water Splinter
• Sneak to attack the opponent from behind bypassing the tank
• Flying increases chance to evade physical attacks
• 6 Speed attacks first lowers the chance of getting hit, great as the secondary tank
• This card is also the insurance policy to deal with anti-magic line up, which is what I will be using the most this battle

Position #3: Ice Pixie

• Shatter to negate "Armor Up"
• Only 2 mana for 2 magic damage!
• Flying and 5 speed, great for tanking after my frontline gets destroyed

Position #4: River Nymph

• Amplify the Magic Reflect of Xenith Monk by 1 damage
• Swiftness to increase the speed for attack order and hit/miss chance

Position #5: Angelic Mandarin

• Triage to heal the back-line (which is Angelic Mandarin itself)
• Silence to reduce opponent's magic attack by 1, in the event the opponent thinks the same and use a magic heavy line up
• 7 health, 2 ranged, and 4 speed is very good for a 3 mana cost card

Position #6: Doctor Blight

• This is one of the most overpowered card, especially in the Diamond/Champion league
• With Camouflage, it sits hidden in the very back damaging and poisoning the opponent without getting targeted
• While accumulating health from the Scavenger ability, until the last doctor standing
• With Weaken, it is a free and immediate 6 health reduction to the opponent

Conclusion:

• It turned out the opponent uses Baakjira and Merdaali Guardian combo, huge HP pool with Tank Heal and negated my magic damage
• Pelacor Bandit and Angelic Mandarin are the MVPs. My back tank outlasted the opponent's back lane
• Victory is well within grasp after Pelacor Bandit took out Merdaali Guardian
• Doctor Blight's Affliction have stopped Baakjira's self Heal, but not Merdaali Guardian's Tank Heal

Link to the video: Click here for the battle play back!