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 Sorrow Harvester.
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Sorrow Harvester is a death splinter that costs 7 mana. This card starts with weaken. It doesn't learn any new abilities when it levels, but it does gain 2 health, making it a tankier monster.
Rule Set, Battle, and Plan
The rulesets this time are Global Warming and Fog of War. This means that all monsters start off burned, and all monsters lose the opportunity, sneak, and snipe abilities. There is also 44 mana available, and I can use every splinter except earth and dragon.
| Splinter | Mana Cost | Position | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thalgrimore | 6 | Summoner | -1 Health |
| Nim Guard Captain | 7 | 1st | Void |
| Black Widow | 8 | 2nd | |
| Sorrow Harvester | 7 | 3rd | Weaken |
| Lenore Nevermore | 6 | 4th | |
| New Beluroc Aegis | 8 | 5th | Taunt |
| Total Mana: | 42 |
The focus of this lineup is to keep my monsters alive while dealing damage and outlasting my opponent. My archon is Thalgrimore for the -1 health. Nim Guard Captain is my tank with void. After that is Black Widow as my backup tank. Sorrow Harvester has weaken to lower down my opponent's health. Lenore Nevermore is a good backup monster if the burn lasts longer, and New Beluroc Aegis has taunt. With my archon and Sorrow Harvester, my opponent loses 2 health so burn will kill him faster.
Round 1
At first glance, I think that this match is my win. My opponent doesn't have many high-health monsters, so they will die soon from the burn. I just have to outlast my opponent, and I have plenty of monsters that can attack even during the second round.
Round 2
A few rounds later, my opponent's lineup is reduced to 4 monsters while I still have all of mine. However, the burn will wipe out three of my opponent's monsters while I will have all of my monsters alive.
I won the match later that round.
Conclusion
The battle this time did go exactly as planned. The strategy to use my archon and Sorrow Harvester to reduce my opponent's health by 2 worked out massively in my favor. It finished off three monsters at the start of the second turn, and made this match trivial. There wasn't much my opponent could do with the remaining monsters.
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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