Overview
The new Weekly ruleset Challenge is an amazing twist that I am enjoying so far and I hope there will be twists like that in the future to keep this Challenge's fresh. 😁
This week the ruleset is the Five Alive, which means that only up to five monsters can be used.
The upcoming Battle ruleset
| Ruleset | Description |
|---|---|
| Five Alive | Up to five Units can be used. |
| Back To Basics | Monsters lose all abilities. |
| What Doesn't Kill You | All monsters have the Enrage ability. |
The mana cap for my next battle was 30, which is not that much, but at least the Five Alive ruleset will help me little bit, because I only need to choose five monsters for my battle.
The Back to Basics ruleset is not really my favorite, because it will eliminate all the abilities of the monsters on the battlefield, so it would be advised to choose the biggest and strongest out of your pool. Luckily the Summoners will still has their abilities, so it is important to choose one that suits the best of your "naked" lineup. 😁
The Enrage might help a bit as well, because all the monsters on the battlefield whom are damaged will receive a 50% increase on their stats. 😉
My lineup
 | I think Possibilus the Wise would be the best option in here, because he has one very important ability out of his three and that is his Reach, which means that the second monster in my lineup will always be able to attack behind from the actual tank. He also gives +2 health and Trample for his minions. 😊 |
| The Diemonshark is a pretty strong monster and even in the Back to Basics ruleset he acts the same as he would in a normal battle. He is fast and has quite a lot of damage, armor and health to be my main tank. 😁 |  |
 | usually the Deeplurker has the Opportunity ability, which means that he would attack the lowest health monster from the enemy team and from any position. This time I had to take advantage of the Reach ability from Possibilus, so my Deeplurker would be able to attack from the second position with his high damage output. |
| The Djinn Oshannus is an excellent magic attack off-tank in case all of my melee attack monster dies, because he has great speed to dodge the enemy attacks and high health to sustain a lot of damage. 😇 |  |
 | Igor Darkspear will be my main damage dealer in the late game, becasue he cost only two mana and has two ranged attack damage, which will be a huge help later on when only my Djinn Oshannus is alive. 🤗 |
| I could use my Hardy Stonefish just before my Oshannus to protect him a bit more, but I thought it would be nice to deal some extra damage at the end if only few monsters left on the battlefield. 😅 |  |
The Battle
My opponent brought Possibilus the Wise as well, because he is simply one of the best Summoner if you want to take advantage of his Reach ability to deal a lot of melee attack damage. 😎
The enemy tank was Mantaroth who is generally a pretty strong monster (and expensive), but luckily in this battlefield he is nothing more than a meatshield thanks to the Back to Basics ruleset, which confiscated all of his abilities. 😁
In the first round our tanks were took all the hit and both survived the wave of attacks. Luckily my team was quicker than his tank and my Deeplurker killed their tank easily and even received the an extra attack against their Pelacor Bandit using his gifted Trample ability.
His Baakjira was a bit though to deal with, but he didn't had any attack damage, so in the fourth round we killed him as well. 💪
My opponent had only two monsters left on the battlefield and my Enraged Deeplurker managed to kill both of them in a single round and to won this battle for me. 😇
Battle Result
Did your strategy work? What will you try differently next time?
My strategy worked as expected, because it is very difficult to counter the amazing abilities from Possibilus the Wise. I think my opponent made a mistake not to take account the Back to Basics ruleset and if his Mantaroth would have his abilities the outcome might be a bit different. 😊
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Thank you so much 🙏 that you took the time to read my Weekly Battle Challenge. I hope it was informative and you liked it. 🤞