Splinterlands is a complex game, and it allows for various cards and strategies. Each fight is different as there are various rulesets applied, and this can give specific cards an advantage depending on how you use them. In this post, I talk about a great battle where I won because I used Giam Root.
Featured cards
Giam Root is an earth splinter that costs 9 mana. This card has strengthen to start. Leveling this card increases its attack. Since this is a foundational card, it can only go up to level 2.
This is a card that I like to use often in Foundational fights if the mana allows for it because of its high health. This means that the rest of my monsters can deal more damage before moving up to the frontmost spot.
Rule Set, Battle, and Plan
The rulesets this time are Weak Magic and Collateral Damage. This means that monsters gain the reckless and void armor ability. There is also 40 mana available, and I can use every splinter except water and dragon.
| Splinter | Mana Cost | Position | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelia | 6 | Summoner | +1 Health |
| Giam Root | 9 | 1st | Strengthen |
| Dread Tafarian | 9 | 2nd | Heal |
| New Beluroc Aegis | 8 | 3rd | Taunt |
| Mad Gearhead | 6 | 4th | Reach |
| Total Mana: | 38 |
The focus of this lineup is to keep my monsters alive while dealing damage and outlasting my opponent. My archon is Aurelia for the +1 health. Giam Root is my tank with strengthen followed by Dread Tafarian with heal, and New Beluroc Aegis with taunt. Mad Gearhead won't be able to attack until two of my monsters die. So I plan to just let my opponent kill himself as I soak up the damage and have Dread outlast my opponent.
Round 1
At first glance, I think that I have this match won because my opponent has so many monsters that can attack, so the collateral damage will be huge. The only concern I have is that poison monster, as it can kill off my monsters over time if I get unlucky.
Round 10
A few rounds later, my opponent's lineup is reduced to 1 monster, and I still have two. I have this match won becaus my Dread will outlast my opponent. Any damage my opponent deals will b healed up.
I won the match later that round.
Conclusion
The battle this time did go exactly as planned. I outlasted my opponent through the us of Collateral damage. The combination of Giam Root and Aegis allowed me to avoid dealing any collateral damage to my team while my opponent essentially killed off his own team.
You can see my entire match here.
What did you think of my match? Was there anything you would have done differently? I think it is quite interesting to see how different players use the same card.
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