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Super Sneak is not new to me; I know this rule for a long period of time.
There are many strategies you can use when given the super Sneak rule. The first strategy I was using was melee monsters. I used melee monsters all through the battle since the rule allowed all melee monsters to attack in any position; I was very good at using melee monsters.
In 2022, I won the majority of battles with the Super Sneak Ruleset. This was because I used monsters with shield ability in first and last position.
It got to a stage where using melee monsters did not work again because the players read my game and came up with a strategy that was hard for me to defeat.
One of the players I encountered came up with magic monsters whereas I used melee monsters.
In round three of the battle, all my monsters were eliminated in the battle. I watched the battle again to check what happened.n
Later, when I was given Super Sneak again, I used melee monsters because that was my best strategy then. The opponents paired together used magic monsters from the beginning to the end. I couldn't destroy any of his monster's; I was defeated hands down.
When the defeat was too much, it made me flexible in strategy. I began to use different strategies, and read the rules.
After a few days I came across Super Sneak, I decided to use magic monsters. That was how I love magic monsters in Super Sneak rule.
In the battle I am going to share today, I will tell the reason I used the strategy;
Thorns ruleset
The moment I saw this rule, I knew that using melee monsters wouldn't be good. This was because melee monsters must have contact with targeted monsters; and when the melee monster attacks a targeted monster, the thorns damage the health or armor of a targeted monster.
That is the reason I did not bother to use melee monsters.
I did not bother to use range monsters because a ranged monster will damage the armor before health.
If I had used range monsters in this battle, I would have lost the battle.
Ruleset
Back To Basic: Monsters lose all abilities.
No matter how powerful are the abilities of monsters; such abilities are useless whenever "back to basic rule" is activated.
This is the reason I did not bother about the ability of my Opponent's monsters and my opponent.
Super Sneak: All melee monsters have the sneak ability.
Briar Patch: All monsters have the thorns ability. This is the reason I could not use melee monsters in this battle.
Click here to watch back to basic, super Sneak and Briar patch Rulesets
Battle Arrangements
Kelp Initiate
Splinter: Water
Level: 3⭐⭐⭐
Speed: 5
Health: 5
Mana: 5
Kelp Initiate came on board to delay the attack; I was selected because of 5 health. It is rare to see a monster with 2 mana that gives 5 health.
Inclusion of kelp Initiate delayed opponent monsters in this battle.
Diemonshark
Splinter: Water
Level: 2⭐⭐
Speed: 4
Armor: 6
Health: 8
Attack: Melee
Mana: 8
I wanted this monster because of the high number or armor and health with just 8 mana. That was the reason the monster was not easy to eliminate in this battle. It took times before diemonshark was eliminated in this battle
Djinn Oshannus
Splinter: Water
Level: 2 ⭐⭐
Speed: 5
Health: 11
Attack: Magic
Mana: 8
Though, there is no attacking monster that would not attack in this battle; unless a ranged monster led the attack.
The magic attack and health was the main reason why I used the monster.
The moment opponent sea stalker led the lineup, it could not attack but Djinn Oshannus was able to attack in any position.
Nerissa Tridawn
Splinter: Water
Level: 2⭐⭐
Speed: 2
Health: 10
Attack: Magic
Mana: 9
Nerissa Tridawn was impeccable, the four magic attacks were incredible. Nerissa Tridawn led the attack to the last round.
Nerissa Tridawn's health was another reason for selecting her. The high number of health made it impossible to eliminate. If I had selected ice Pixie in that position it would have been eliminated.
Captain Ghost
Splinter: Water
Level: 2⭐⭐
Speed: 2
Health: 8
Attack: Magic
Mana: 7
I did not look at the speed of Captain Ghost, I was looking at the range attack; I knew that the magic attack of all the monsters would attack the health directly.
Ice Pixie
Splinter: Water
Level: 2⭐⭐
Speed: 3
Health: 2
Attack: Magic
Mana: 2
This is the best position for this monster. This is because my opponent did not use a melee monster that would have destroyed ice Pixie from behind.
Round 1
The summoner he used gave +1 additional speed and+1 armor to all my opponent's monsters. That was the reason most of his monsters attacked faster than my monsters.
Kelp Initiate was the first monster to be destroyed in this battle.
If not because of the 'back to basic rule', it would have been difficult to destroy Baakjira. Baakjira had void ability which would have reduced damage done by magic attack.
Toward the end of round one, Baakjira was finally eliminated in this battle.
Therefore, both players had 5 monsters left in this battle.
Round 2
If not because of the armor of diemonshark, it would have been eliminated which would have exposed the rest of the monsters to attack.
By the end of round two, we had 4 monsters left. My happiness was that one of his powerful monsters was eliminated, which was Djinn Oshannus. That was how I knew that victory was certain for me.
Round three
Djinn Oshannus led my lineup and Igor Darkspear led my opponent's lineup. Hence, Igor Darkspear could not attack because it is a ranged monster while my Djinn Oshannus was attacking.
At the beginning of round three, Igor Darkspear and Angelic Mandarin were eliminated.
Round four
Djinn Oshannus was eliminated at the beginning of round four. Djinn Oshannus was the last monster that was destroyed from my lineup.
By the end of the battle, I was left with three monsters.
In conclusion, it is good to use magic monsters because I was able to register victory due to my strategy. That is the reason you should also use this type of strategy.
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