Exploring the Chaos: Weapons Training

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Introduction

Hi! @saydie here playing Splinterlands everyday.

This is Exploring the Chaos where I take a look on Chaos Legion cards including thier subsets such as Riftwatchers and the Reward cards, as they brought new abilities and strategies that changes how the game was played.

Last time, I have talked about the soulbound card rewards which we can get from our daily and season rewards and how they are used to formed new strategies across the game. This time, I will have a more in-depth review for the recently new added abilities to the game with the arrival of soulbound rewards and I would start with the Weapons Training ability which allows non- damage cards such as Baakjira or Lord Arianthusto gain attack when they are next to cards that have this ability.

Icon	Ability Name	Description
	Weapons Training	Adjacent monsters gain half of the attack of the monster with this ability if the adjacent monsters have no attack themselves.

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Weapons Training Cards

Ferexian Hero

Ferexian Hero's Lore

Edition	Soulbound Reward
Mana Cost	8
Element	Fire
Rarity	Legendary
Card Type	Melee
Abilities	Weapons Training Reach Reflection Shield
RF Burn Value	Unavailable
GF Burn Value	Unavailable

Card Stats

Weapons Training will give adjacent monsters with not attack damage half of Ferexian Hero's attack.
Reach allows Ferexian Hero to attack at the second position.
Reflection Shield will provide immunity against Blast and reflected damage.

Cards Printed

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Kulu Mastermind

Kulu Mastermind's Lore

Edition	Soulbound Reward
Mana Cost	9
Element	Water
Rarity	Legendary
Card Type	Melee
Abilities	Weapons Training Opportunity Shield Enrage
RF Burn Value	Unavailable
GF Burn Value	Unavailable

Card Stats

Weapons Training will give adjacent monsters with not attack damage half of Ferexian Hero's attack.
Opportunity allows Kulu Mastermind to attack monsters with the lowest health.
Shield reduces melee and range damage.
Enrage increases the attack and speed of Kulu Mastermind when it receives damage

Cards Printed

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Ava the Undaunted

Ava the Undaunted's Lore

Edition	Soulbound Reward
Mana Cost	8
Element	Earth
Rarity	Legendary
Card Type	Range
Abilities	Weapons Training Shatter Close Range Oppress
RF Burn Value	Unavailable
GF Burn Value	Unavailable

Card Stats

Weapons Training will give adjacent monsters with not attack damage half of Ava the Undaunted's attack.
Shatter will remove all the armor of the target monster.
Close Range will allow Ava the Undaunted to be able to attack at the 1^st position.
Oppress will deal twice the damage on monsters with no damage.

Cards Printed

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Skok Duskblight

Skok Duskblight's Lore

Edition	Soulbound Reward
Mana Cost	8
Element	Death
Rarity	Legendary
Card Type	magic
Abilities	Weapons Training Fury Resurrect
RF Burn Value	Unavailable
GF Burn Value	Unavailable

Card Stats

Weapons Training will give adjacent monsters with not attack damage half of Aves Sturgis' attack.
Fury will deal double damage on monsters with Taunt ability.
Resurrect will revive a defeated monster.

Cards Printed

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Aves Sturgis

Aves Sturgis' Lore

Edition	Soulbound Reward
Mana Cost	6
Element	Life
Rarity	Legendary
Card Type	magic

Abilities	Weapons Training Divine Shield Rust
RF Burn Value	Unavailable
GF Burn Value	Unavailable

Card Stats

Weapons Training will give adjacent monsters with not attack damage half of Aves Sturgis' attack.
Divine Shield provide immunity to the first attack of the opponent.
Rust will remove the armor of all the opponent as long as Aves Sturgis remains on play.

Cards Printed

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Berix Snakeye

Berix Snakeye's Lore

Edition	Reward
Mana Cost	10
Element	Dragon
Rarity	Legendary
Card Type	Range
Abilities	Weapons Training Void Armor Oppress True Strike
RF Burn Value	Unavailable
GF Burn Value	Unavailable

Card Stats

Weapons Training will give adjacent monsters with not attack damage half of Berix Snakeye attack.
Void Armor prevents direct damage on the health of Berix Snakeye until it has an armor.
Oppress allows Berix Snakeye to deal double damage for monsters with no attack.
True Strike makes all attack from Berix Snakeye to never miss its target.

Cards Printed

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Zyriel

Edition	Promo
Mana Cost	7
Element	Life, Death
Rarity	Legendary
Card Type	Summoner
Abilities	Weapons Training Life Leech Divine Shield Rust
RF Burn Value	500
GF Burn Value	12500

Card Stats

Weapons Training will give adjacent monsters with not attack damage half of Zyriel attack.
Life Leech increases the health of Zyriel every time if inflicts damage to the opponent.
Divine Shield makes Zyriel immune to the first attack that hits it.
Rust reduces the armor of all opponent monsters.

Cards Printed

Zyriel was a promo card currently on sale which would last for 30 days that can be bought using 80,000 DEC or 80,000 Credits but a 50% discount can be obtained for using a cap 160 Vouvhers per card.

^Note:

^{Print rates of the card was taken by the time of writing this post and is subject to change depending on when you check on it. Source: Peakmonsters, Splintercards}

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Weapons Training in Action

Battle 1: Ferexian Hero

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League League Modern Format}	27 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire ^{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_f246d00d1b38d4978db775f70934e5e9&ref=crimepoet}
^{Explosive Weaponry}	All Monsters have the Blast ability.
^{Silenced Summoner}	Summoner do not give any stat buffs or debuffs or grant/use any abilities.
^{Close Range}	Range attacks may be used in the first position in battles.

This battle with 27 mana cap comes with Explosive Weaponry, Silenced Summoner and Close Range rule set so I used Scavo Chemist to reduce the range if my opponent will use range monsters while also reducing their speed but because I have Ferexian Hero next to it, it was able to gain 2 melee damage and was able to attack the opponent.

Battle 2: Kulu Mastermind

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League Modern Format}	49 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire. Water, Death, Dragon _{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_0887916a3a6ed01bf630d0a83a17769c&ref=agonyaccepted}
^{Broken Arrows}	Range attack Monsters may not be used in battles.

For the 2^nd battle, we have a 49 mana cap match with Broken Arrows rule set so the only monster that can deal damage were either melee or magic monsters so what I did was placed Baakjira as my main tank since it has huge health and has Void to reduce magic damage although it can't attack. But with Kulu Mastermind next to it, it gains 2 damage with Weapons Training and was able to inflict damage to Legionnaire Alvar.

Battle 3: Skok Duskblight

Conditions	Description
^{Gold League Modern Format}	55 Mana Cap Available Elements: Death, Life, Water, Earth, Dragon _{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_95627664f57b8acb59e7fcfca6559936&ref=agonyaccepted}
^Earthquake	Non-flying Monsters take 2 Melee damage at the end of each round.
^Unprotected	Monsters do not have any armor and do not get armor from Abilities or Summoner Buffs.
^{Silenced Summoner}	Summoner do not give any stat buffs or debuffs or grant/use any abilities.

For this battle, there is a 53 mana cap with Earthquake, Unprotected and Silenced Summoner and because of this, summoner abilities cannot be used and non- flying monsters will received damage so I have most of my monster with Flying ability but Wil-o-Wisp and Riftwing does not have damage but both were able to use magic attacks with the help of Skok Duskblight's Weapons training ability.

Battle 4: Aves Sturgis

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League League Modern Format}	50 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Water. Earth, Life, Dragon ^{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_7fed641ba6ecef4e0e42ea0c686e59f9&ref=agonyaccepted}
^{Evens Stevens}	Only Monsters with even Mana costs may be used in battles.
^Unprotected	Monsters do not have any armor and do not get armor from Abilities or Summoner Buffs.

With this battle, we do have a 50 mana battle with Evens Stevens and Unprotected for the rule set so only monsters with even mana can be used and what I do was to focus on magic while also placing Pelacor Conjurer for my tank as it got the Magic Reflect ability which reflects damage to the attacker and was also extremely fast so hitting it with melee and range attacks will be difficult, The only downside for this card is that it has no attack but with the help of Aves Sturgis, it has gained 1 magic damage and was able to hit Drybone Raider with it.

Battle 5: Ava the Undaunted Bearix Snakeye

Conditions	Description
^{Diamond League League Modern Format}	41 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Water. Earth, Death, Dragon ^{Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_3ec40c9bc7acf94376df552efef4ce4a&ref=crimepoet}
^{Target Practice}	All Range and Magic attack Monsters have the Snipe ability.
^{Healed Out}	All healing abilities are removed from Monsters and Summoners.

On this last battle, the mana cap has been set at 41 mana and with Target Practice and Healed Out rule set. I have used a combination of anti-magic, anti-range lineup but my Onyx Sentinel and Scavo Hireling does not have attack but with the help of Bearix Snakeye and Ava the Undaunted, both of them has earned 2 range damage but one thing I have learned was that Weapons Training does not stack up if it got the same attack type as Scavo Hireling should have earned 4 range as it was between 2 monsters with Weapon's Training ability.

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Final Thoughts

The Weapons Training ability has indeed change how Non- damage monsters have been used and gives them more utility now more than ever. While some non-damage cards such as Pelacor Conjurer and Lord Arianthus can deal indirect damage they can now deal direct damage with the help of this ability as it was used at the right time. For now, I can say that the most used card on my collection was Kulu Mastermind but I will expect that I will have more use to the rest when I reached max level of them. The promo card, Zyriel, was also promising with it capable of being used on either Life or Death and even Dragon and stuck up multiple attack type but since it was range, it will also have the same problem with Bearix Snakeye so I hope it was just a bug and will be fixed.

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Exploring the Chaos: Weapons Training

Introduction

Weapons Training Cards

Weapons Training in Action

Final Thoughts

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