SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! MINOTAUR WARRIOR

Hello guys,

Today I am going to share with you another battle in @splinterlands.

Battle details:
I played with earth splinter. And my opponent used fire splinter against me.

It was a battle of total 32 mana with one rule:
Equalizer: The initial health of all monsters is equal to that of the monster on either team with highest base health.
Lineup.

I had my MYLOR CROWLING level 6, FAILED SUMMONER level 8, MINOTAUR WARRIOR level 8, MAGI OF THE FOREST level 5, SPIRIT OF THE FOREST level 3, HALFLING ALCHEMIST level 4 and KRON THE UNDYING level 3.
And my opponent had his/her cards as MALRIC INFERNO level 6, GELATINOUS CUBE level 7, LORD ARIANTHUS level 3, SAND WORM level 5, FLAME IMP level 6, ELVEN CUTTHROAT level 5 and GOBLIN SHAMAN level 6.

Let me talk about monsters that I used in this battle.

~I chose the summoner MYLOR CROWLING. level 6

This rare earth summoner grants Thorns to all friendly monsters. This card needs 3 mana.This is my favorite non legendary earth summoner because I think that Thorns ability is really great. Especially combined with healing.
Market.

~FAILED SUMMONER. level 8

Edition: UNTAMED
Rarity: COMMON
Element: EARTH
ABILITIES: Magic reflect at level 1, Demoralize at level 6, Strenghten at level 10.

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Magic reflect: When hit with magic damage, does reduced magic damage back to the attacker.
Demoralize: Reduces melee attack of all enemy monsters.
another ability at level 10 is Strenghten: All friendly monsters have increased health.
He needs 2 mana.
Market.

It is hard to imagine a better tank that only cost 2 mana.

~MINOTAUR WARRIOR. level 8

Edition: ALPHA
Rarity: COMMON
Element: EARTH
Attack: MELEE
ABILITIES: REACH at level 1, PIERCING at level 6.

This is a earth monster, in this level it has melee attack(2), Speed (5), Health (5), Armor(1)

It has two abilities at this level which are-
REACH: Melee attack monsters with reach ability may attack from the second position of the team.
PIERCING: If melee or ranged attack damage is in excess of the target's armor, the remainder will damage target's health.

This card needs 4 mana.
Market.

I chose this monster because I believed that with reach it will do a nice damage while hiding behind of FAILED SUMMONER.

~MAGI OF THE FOREST. level 5

Edition: BETA
Rarity: EPIC
Element: EARTH
Attack: MAGIC

This is a earth monster, in this level it has magic attack(4), Speed (3), Health (4).

This card needs 4 mana.
Market.

A low mana cost monster that does a lot of magic damage. And I love using magic attacks.

~SPIRIT OF THE FOREST. level 3

Edition: ALPHA
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: EARTH
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Flying and Snipe at level 1, Tank Heal at level 2 and Protect at level 3.

This is a earth monster, in this level it has ranged attack(2), Speed (6), Health (8).

It has four abilities at this level which are-
Flying: Has an increased chance of evading melee or ranged attacks from monsters who do not have flying ability.
Snipe: Targets enemy monsters with ranged, melee or no attack that are not in the first position.
Tank Heal: Restores a portion of the monster in first position health each round.
Protect: All friendly monsters gain +2 armor.
This card needs 7 mana.
Market.

This monster gives armor to my team and heals my tank. that is an awesome combination with Thorns from my summoner.

~HALFLING ALCHEMIST. level 4

Edition: PROMO
Rarity: EPIC
Element: NEUTRAL
Attack: RANGED
ABILITIES: Halving at level 1, Redemption level 4.

This is a neutral monster, in this level it has ranged attack(1), Speed (2), Health (2), Armor(1)

It has two abilities at this level which are-
Halving: Each time this monster hits a target, the target's attack is cut in half(rounded down)
Redemption: When this monster dies it does 1 damage to all enemy monsters.

This card needs 2 mana.
Market.

I love Halving. It is probably one of the best abilities in the game because it works against all 3 attack types. The fact that this monster only needs 2 mana means that almost have to have it in my team.

~ KRON THE UNDYING. level 3

Edition: UNTAMED
Rarity: LEGENDARY
Element: EARTH
Attack: MAGIC
ABILITIES: Heal at level 1, Divine Shield at level 2 and Last Stand at level 3.

This is a earth monster, in this level it has magic attack(3), Speed (2), Health (11).

It has three abilities at this level which are-
Heal: Restores a portion of the monster's health each round.
Divine Shield: The first time the monster takes damege it is ignored.
Last Stand: Gains increased stats if it is the only monster on the team alive.
This card needs 10 mana.
Market.

This is probably my favorite earth monster. Healing + good magic attack is already great. but combined with Last stand those abilities become insanely powerful.

On the battlefield.

In the beginning of this battle most of my team were attacking my opponent's GELATINOUS CUBE. SPIRIT OF THE FOREST was targeting LORD ARIANTHUS. ELVEN CUTTHROAT and SAND WORM were attacking my KRON THE UNDYING. And the rest of opponent's team were targeting my FAILED SUMMONER.

At this point I was carefully optimistic because my team had a lot of healing and my opponent's monsters were taking damage each time they attacked me(thanks to thorns and magic reflect).

My KRON THE UNDYING was starting to lose health but I was not worried because it seemed thar it will last long enough to either destroy ELVEN CUTTHROAT and SAND WORM or at least leave them barely alive. So I believed that this exchange will be in my favor.

I lost my KRON THE UNDYING but at this point enemy team also had taken a lot of damage. So I was confident that I will win.

With main weapon (SAND WORM) now placed in first position my opponent's no longer had any chance to win. Decimating the rest of his team was easy task.

Finally GOBLIN SHAMAN fell and I won this battle.

                                   Battle Results 

This was a tournament battle so I did not win either Dec or League Rating. My strategy worked but not very well- I did not expect to lose KRON THE UNDYING. But in the end my teams healing and armor combined with thorns ability of my summoner were enough to reach victory. So I am glad that I picked MYLOR CROWLING as my summoner.

MINOTAUR WARRIOR is a decent monster and in this battle it served me well. But it is not a monster I use often.

I would prefer having more magic attack monsters. So I would be tempted to replace MINOTAUR WARRIOR with SPIRIT SHAMAN, DWARVEN WIZARD or WOOD NYMPH.

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Thank you and have a nice day.