Hello everyone, today I will discuss the new reward card from Fire element Drybone Hobgoblin from Splinterlands which you can get by draw a card using Glint Shop.
Disclaimer :
This discussion may only suit someone with limited resources/who can't rent or buy expensive/strong cards. I only have a standard card in my scholar account, Chaos Legion card or older, and I rent several cheap cards like Arkemis the Bear, Doctor Blight, etc. I battle in the Diamond League.
Drybone Hobgoblin Ability
| Ability | Description |
|---|---|
 | Reach ability, melee unit with this ability can attack from 2nd position. |
 | Immunity ability, Immune to negative status effect. |
 | Shatter ability, if this unit attacking the enemy unit with armor and hit it will destroy the armor. |
Note :
The ability and stats above will show all at level 10/max level, I only have this unit at level 7 but it is already good enough to use it in the Diamond League battle in.
Rulesets Compatible With This Unit
 | Armored Up, All Monsters have 2 armor in addition to their normal Armor stat. With the Shatter ability no matter how big the armor will destroy if hit by the Drybone Hobgoblin. |
 | Noxious Fumes, all units start the battle poisoned. This is the best ruleset for using this unit because Drybone Hobgoblin has the Immunity ability. |
The Battle Using This Card
I will show the battle with this unit, the Fire who is already strong in Noxious Fumes becomes stronger with this unit.
Battle using Drybone Hobgoblin. , I'm using BLTZ-WIZARD-710, battle in the Diamond league :
 | Noxious Fumes, already explained above. |
 | Healed Out, all Healing ability is disabled. |
 | Equalizer ruleset, all monsters have the same HP based on the highest HP the monster has in the battle. |
In this battle although my Drybone Hobgobline still can't show the true power cause only level 7 without having to have a Poison effect it lasts until the last round and helps Exploding Rats kill the Grimbaldun Smith. Grimbaldun Smith has Immunity and Repair abilities (every round will restore some armor) so it needs 2 units to decrease the health as you see in the picture below :
Conclusion
In the battle example above, we managed to win the match because:
- The enemy only brings 1 unit who has Cleanse ability (remove negative status from the unit in the first position) Scavo Chemist and Grimbaldun Smith who has immunity to handle the ruleset, while we bring Scavo Chemist, Drybone Hobgoblin, and Forgotten One.
- If we don't bring Drybone Hobgoblin in this battle we will lose:
As you can see in the picture above the health of Grimbaldun Smith is 10 while all of our units have lower health, if we only have Exploding Rats it can't break the Grimbaldun Smith armor, and at level 21 will have Fatigue effect, Starting at Round 21, all units will be affected by Fatigue. Fatigue will inflict one damage to all unit's health points at the end of the round. For all subsequent rounds, Fatigue damage will increase by one additional damage, those will kill all of our units first before can kill Grimbaldun.
- This new reward card makes the fire stronger in the low to middle mana battle with the Noxious Fumes ruleset. Now with 19 mana and summoner Tarsa we can use this unit below :
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