Social Media Challenge - Fighting The Hippos

Prelude
Good day to all, hope that all of you are having a good week so far and having many memorable battles in Splinterlands. Today would like to share on a match that is interesting to me as I go up against an Ulund Bloodline. I am unable to use this bloodline yet because I do not own the Life Ulund Archon which I have been keeping in view of. But before I go own this card, I need to also know to they function. So this match is actually a good education for me on what to do when we potentially face a Ulund lineup.

So let's see how the match turn out.

Battle Sharing

Reference Battle
Battle Link: https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_533e682e9861a065c6f97dbcdc58d781?ref=vaynard86

Ruleset: No ruleset, free for all. Which will really see how each bloodline excels
Mana Limit: 36

Selection Analysis
We have only 3 splinters available for selection - Water, Life and Death. This is actually very tough for me because I only have Archon that can fit a water lineup. The other 2 splinter, I only have their foundation Archon which I feel it will take up additional 2 mana which is not as favourable.

So here is my selection of the lineup. I've chosen to go with Gorgug The Endless from Orc Bloodline. The card that suppresses opponent range attack by 1 and also gives the orcs on my side the enrage ability that boost stats when card is not at full health. Leading the frontline will be the water tank master, Commander Slade. This is a heavy duty card that hits really hard and is able to dodge attacks and best of all, when it hits, opponent card's melee attack drop by 1. The next card in the lineup is the only Orc in the lineup which is Steppe Stalker which has close range and will not be afraid if it goes to first position. Following which will be Shock Trooper, the high risk high return card that will shave off 1 health from my whole lineup and can possibly cause me to lose the game if I do not finish fast enough. Next is Tidal Tsunamist which is a straightforward card that does 2 sneak attack. I added Razor Hound in the lineup so that I can gather 1 more health to buy me 1 extra turn for Shock Trooper. Last in the lineup is a padding due to I have 1 additional mana and best is to use meat shield Halfling Refugee.

On my opponent end, my opponent used Bella Ratajowlski which leads the Ulund bloodline. This is interesting, opponent chose Taye Loreswift as their tank which is a little on the weaker side in terms of stats. 2nd in the lineup is Calabash Sage which has a whopping 4 range attack. Next is a legendary card, Bellowmancer which has taunt and amazing stat line. Last on my opponent lineup is Mystic Mudbinder which has oppress.

My opponent lineup looks very bulky, with all these hippos having big stat line but at the same times, a couple of them are upgraded. This potentially will be a problem as big stats with shield is not something I would like to deal with. Considering that I have self destruct timer in Shock Trooper, can I overcome these gigantic Hippos?

Round by Round Synopsis

Round 1 - Loads of exchange but 0 casualty in this round. This Bellowmancer can sure soak up loads of damage which my Commander Slade is also subjected to the same kind of bombardment.

Round 2 - The round opened with Commander Slade taking our Taye Loreswift while Shock Trooper clearing Bellowmancer. Things suddenly looked really bright just that I will need to clear my opponent fast before Shock Trooper stumbles me.

Round 3 - Round 3 opened with Commander Slade being zapped Mystic Mudbinder but my lineup also cleared off Calabash Mage and now we are dealing with the final card on my opponent lineup.

Round 4, Yes, time to pick up the scraps in this round as we just finished off the match with a nice win though initially thought we would be intimidated when facing such a bloodline.

Battle Summary
What I thought could be a tough match ended up with an easy win. So it does seem like the way to handle this Ulund linep is to pack sufficient Magic attackers in the lineup and wear them down instead of clearing their shielded skins. However, Ulund is also a strong bloodline and I will be also trying to obtain a copy of their Archon and see how I can use them to my advantage.

Wrap Up
Thank you all for dropping by the post and walking through with me the various strategies and gameplay that I wanted to share with the community so that everyone improve their gameplay. If you have good strategies on how I can even better my selection, do share with me in the comments.

See you next time!

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