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what's up Splinter Player around the world how are you doing? I am sharing my battle this time in new format of battle challenge that discussion about what if we cannot using neutral element monster in battle with Taking Sides ruleset. So basically we cannot utilize and bringing neutral monster in the battlefield. And many support monster that having pretty good ability is in Neutral element such as Supply Runner or Dr Blight or Lux Vega and there more. But, if you getting used with this gameplay, without neutral monster is not very a big problems, here i am having some good battle that i want to share with you guys.
Taking Side ruleset description is No neutral units may be used. So basically we just depends on the elements only without using any neutral monsters. As i said before some of Neutral monster is having very crutial benefits in battle. But, if you are getting used with this gameplay i think without neutral monster will not give any hard battle. Maybe if you are too much depending with Lux Vega or Dr Blight you will feel the battle and the arrangement harder than usual because of this ruleset. But overall i think without using neutral monster is not a big problem. we can using Dragon element though.
Strategy Phase
As you can see in the picture above this battle have 3 ruleset. The first ruleset is Explosive Weaponry that means all monster will having blast ability, this ruleset will make the battle faster than usual. The second ruleset is Taking Side that means we cannot using Neutral monster units as i explained above. The last ruleset is Silenced Summoner that means all summoner will not giving any granted,buff or debuff ability to monster. The manacap that can be used in this battle is 55 which means this battle will be the battle of the titans since the manacap is very big this time. The only inactive element is just fire element. So we can choose other element and having so many choice in this battle. So, after looking this ruleset. i think i need some strategy that make opponent lose speed and my team getting speed buff so that my team will attack first and having chance to beat opponent first before my team got beaten. This is my strategy, you can look in the table below.
| Card | Position | Ability | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Summoner | -1 Range attack -1 Speed | Okay i am using this summoner because i can having additional choice to my line up arrangement. without neutral monster it will be make my choice less than usual so i need to adding my choice again by using dragon summoner since in dragon element having so many legendary monster that having good ability in battlefield. | |
 | Frontline Tanker |     | I am choosing Baakjira for frontline tanker because this monster is very badass in Diamond League and when reaching level 4 this monster is having pretty good ability and status to be a good frontline tanker. I am having advantage by this monster ability slow to make opponent losing 1 speed since my Summoner cannot give any buff and debuff in this battle due the Silenced Summoner ruleset. Not only that this monster having Heal ability that can make endure as long as possible then Void ability will help my team prevent if opponent using magic monster to attacking my frontline tanker. | |
 | Frontline Attacker |    | Carnage Titan is very suitable in this battle because this monster having double strike ability that can make this monster attacking twice in one round. And with blast ability that ruleset given this monster will giving splash damage to second lineup in opponent line up. Then this monster having shield ability that can reduce damage if opponent using melee or range monster to attacking my frontline tanker so the damage will be minimum damage if got hit by splashing damage from range and melee damage. | |
 | Main Attacker |    | Deeplurker is having decent role in this battle, this monster will hunting down the weakest health on opponent side, but this monster having one weakness. If the opponent using taunt monster and having force field ability. this monster will very useless. But, still this monster will be needed to bring to scare opponent side with opportunity ability. And poison ability will having chance to make opponent having poison effect after got attacked by this monster. | |
 | Support healer |   | Angeic Mandarin is key monster in support system in my line up, With Triage ability this monster will healing my monster that getting splash damage by blast ability from opponent attack, and silence ability will make opponent magic monster will get debuffed so it will make opponent line up weaker if the opponent bringing magic monster in their line up. | |
 | Main Attacker |     | Using Chaos Dragon in this ruleset is pretty good one because if the opponent using taunt monster it will not any effect to this monster, Chaos Dragon will be still attacking randomly with using scattershot ability that Chaos Dragon have. And Blind ability will giving blind effect to opponent line up so the opponent having chance to missing attacking my line up | |
 | Taunt Tanker |    | I am using Wave Brood to prevent if opponent bringing any melee monster like Deeplurker that having opportunity ability, So opponent will attacking taunt monster first before hunting the lowest health in my line up. And having Angelic Mandarin that having triage ability will make my Wave Brood will survive longer and make my team will having chance to beating up opponent monster first before my team got beaten. |
So, this is my line up. Because i am using my Scholar account from Balthazar guild so all monster is using chaos legion edition NFT cards. But, dont ever underestimate Chaos legion only cards it will be troublesome sometimes. So, lets see if my strategy will be works or not in this battle.
Battlephase
Ohh come on, this time i am encountered with my scholars friend in same guild. But, yeah sometimes can be encountered since the battle very randomly. Hopefully this time i am not get beaten embarrassingly to my guildmate.
So, lets see how the battle going.
Round 1 Part 1
As usual in round 1 both parties got buff and debuff from both summoners and monsters. In this battle my team got
- 1 Health buff from my Baakjira ability Strengthen
- Blind Effect from opponent Chaos Dragon ability Blind
In opponent side got
- 1 Speed Debuff from my Baakjira ability Slow
- 1 Melee Debuff from my Deeplurker ability Demoralize
- 1 Magic Debuff from my Angelic Mandarin ability silence
- Blind effect from my Chaos Dragon ability Blind
- 1 Melee Buff from opponent River Helondale ability inspire
- 1 Speed Buff from opponent Naga Assassins ability swiftness
Basically both line up having pretty similar purpose that is make opponent blind and slower than us, to prevent opponent attacking first. And with more faster it will having chance to beat opponent line up first. After buff and debuff the battle started and opponent Naga Assasins attacking first to Wave Brood, following by my Angelic Mandarin attacking opponent Diemonshark. It just damaging opponent armor.And what the good news is my Deeplurker giving poison effect to opponent River Helondale since River Helondale is having the lowest health in opponent line up.
Round 1 Part 2
So round 1 continue after my Deeplurker giving opponent River Helondale poison effect and splashing damage to adjacent units, then my Chaos Dragon attacking opponent Nerissa Tridawn and make splash damage to adjacent units. So River Helondale will be down in the next round due the poison effect. And opponent Chaos Draong countered attacking my Deeplurker and make adjacent units get damage by blast ability. Overall in this round both parties still tastes the damage and no monster got defeated in this round. But,overall both parties got badly injured at the moment. Sadly in opponent line up there is no healer so it will be hard in the next round. Contrary to my line up, i am still having Angelic Mandarin that having triage ability that can healing my teammates from second line up until the last line up, but usually it will healing taunt monster first.
Round 2
Started round 2 as i said before opponent River Helondale will be fainted by poison effect. And make opponent Melee attack will be debuffed again due the inspire ability from River Helondale gone. Then opponent Naga Assassin attacking my Wave Brood and got return fire effect and leaving just 1 HP left and be a next target of my Deeplurker attack. Opponent Diemonshark give huge damage to my Baakjira. Thankfully i am bringing Baakjira as a frontline tanker so Baakjira health still can repress opponent attack and my Carnage Titan can compress the damage with shield ability. Then my Angelic Mandarin hit opponent Diemonshark. And as i said Naga Assassins got beaten by my Deeplurker make opponent lose speed debuff. Then my Chaos Dragon attaking opponent Nerrisa Tridawn and beat it. And it gives huge impact from blast effect to opponent Carnage Titan and Opponent Chaos Dragon. And this time my Carnage Titan beat opponent Diemonshark and luckily opponent Diemonshark did not activate retaliate ability and can rest in peace. Then opponent line up just leaving with 2 monster left that is Carnage Titan and Chaos Dragon. Carnage Titan is not too strong in this case but Chaos Dragon is more troublesome. But it supposed opponent cannot beat my line up since the opponent line up just leaving with 2 monster only. and my line up still in complete form
Round 3
And yeah after my Angelic Mandarin and my Deeplurker attacking with giving some blast damage to opponent line up, opponent line up got very badly injured and my Carnage Titan just finish it off with double strike ability. yeah opponent cannot doing anything with just leaving 2 monster only.
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Carnage Titan Madness
Conclution
See with this experience i can say that without neutral monster, the battle still can be fascinating and easy to be arrange unless you are to much depending to OP summoners and monster that is neutral units such as Lux Vega or Dr Blight. But, when the dragon element active in 8Taking Sides* ruleset, i think using Dragon element is pretty good strategy to adding some additional choice to your line up. But again, you need to make compatible with the other ruleset. Combination with all ruleset still needed to make your line up perfect even though you cannot beaten opponent that using Battle Helper as a cheater to beat your line up since dev still doing nothing with helper even after the proposal accepted, Yet helper still active in this game. No one knows that helper totally inactive. And that makes schollar account very hard to climb up and play. But it is okay as i can still play it is okay even i am more stressed to meet up with bad RNG and algorithm. Overall combination 2 element in Taking Sides ruleset is reccomended. so you can utilize dragon units and one other element units.
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