Hello, everyone today I will have a discussion about Community Engagement Challenge: new promo card Night Stalker, we will talk about the ability, strength, and the battle using this card. You can buy this card approximately at 9 October 2024 or you can go to this Link to see the timer.

Note
This discussion may only suit someone with limited resources who can't rent or buy expensive/strong cards. Cause in my scholar account I only have a standard card, cheap to rent or buy like Chaos Legion card or older, and rent several cheap cards like Arkemis the Bear, Doctor Blight, etc, so my knowledge is limited. I usually battle in the Diamond League and barely can reach Champ 3.

Night Stalker Ability

Ability	Description
	Targets the last Monster on the enemy Team from any position. If this unit move to the first position the it will attack the enemy unit in the first position.
	If the target has 2 or less health after a successful attack, perform another attack against the same unit, this can only happen once per round. If the enemy unit has 2 or less health and it's miss the second strike then this unit will stop attacking.
	Does additional damage to Monsters adjacent to the target Monster. Additional damage is equivalent to main damage divided by 2, rounded up.

Note :
This unit has dual element Death and Fire, meaning it can be used if we choose Death or Fire element.

The Battle Using This Card

This card was not available yet so I asked my friend to challenge me so I could test this card (From the lobby, click "Challenge", then select "Ghost Cards". Put the name of another player who is available and log into the game at the same time.)

Battle 1, I'm using BLTZ-WIZARD-710, my friend use KING8D account with Night Stalker unit :

In this battle we lost, we focused on disabling the enemy armor by using Noa the Just which can decrease the armor by -2, but the Blast ability from the enemy unit Night Stalker destroys our unit's armor adjacent to the attacked unit. The Execute ability triggers when the enemy Night Stalker tries attacking the Chaos Agent whose health decreases (left with 2 health) by the Blast effect this happens when Night Stalker is hit and kills our Noa The Just. I will show you what I mean below :

Battle 2, in this battle I'm using Night Stalker unit (BLTZ-WIZARD-710). The Blast ability from Night Stalker helps to disable the Divine Shield from the Holy Protection ruleset. :

Best Card Combination

The elements that are famous for the team that has the ability attacking the enemy in the last position are the Water and Life elements, with this new unit, the battle is more varied and we can use a strong team with Sneak abilities from the Fire and Death elements. The strategy of using Sneak abilities is widely used, especially in battles with low to middle mana caps.

Sneak ability melee team from Fire element :

Sneak ability melee team from Death Element :

The advantage Having Even Mana

Usually in battle with Even Stevens ruleset we will be safe from attacks by units with Sneak ability because there are only a few choices available. With the new Night stalker unit and using Dragon summoner we will have a team with a strong Sneak ability in the Even Steven ruleset :

Conclusion

In this post, I only discuss the melee unit with the Sneak ability, although there were several units with the Sneak ability like the range, or dual attack type unit for example :

The reason I don't discuss this unit is because this unit is rarely used and usually its stats/abilities are below those of melee units.
This new unit Night Stalker is a great card, especially in low to middle mana battles, as you can see in the first battle it helps to reduce/destroy the armor of our unit adjacent to the attacked unit because of the Blast ability. The Execute ability not only attacks the same unit but can attack the next unit when the unit it attacked first dies (Noa The just) and the second unit (Chaos Agent) is only left with 2 health, I think it works like Trample ability but require the second unit health reduce to 2 or less. This Execute ability if triggered and hit the enemy will greatly damage the enemy because it has a Blast effect.

A further test is needed to determine if the Night Stalker will immediately attack the next unit adjacent to the unit it attacked if the health is 2/below or it needs to kill the target first before can attack the next target which the health drop to 2 or below.
In the second battle with the Holy Protection ruleset, the Blast ability disables the Divine Protection in the unit adjacent to the target attack

Thank you, my friend, for taking the time to review my battle report. I appreciate your efforts and would be grateful if you could provide me with feedback on any mistakes you find by leaving a comment.

If you are new and want to try this fantastic strategy card battle game feel free to use my referral code https://splinterlands.com?ref=poplar-22 to join.

Credit

Thumbnail using Canva.
Divider took from @kyo-gaming.
Card description, Image, and graphic were taken from https://Peakmonsters.com and https://Splintercards.com