Share Your Battle! Kulu Swimhunter

Prelude
Hello everybody, it's time again for Share Your Battle. This week we look at Kulu Swimhunter. A card that I feel that I should be using more.

Thoughts on Kulu Swimhunter

This is the image that comes to my mind when I look at Kulu Swimhunter.

Master of the sea, bringer of shipwrecks. That's what comes to mind, but will it bring shipwrecks to opponents, let us examine Kulu Swimhunter in depth.

Let's examine the base stats of Lvl 1 Kulu Swimhunter

Mana	Attack	Health	Speed	Armour	Ability
4	2 (Range)	4	2	0	NIL

Bronze League - Speed + 1, Health + 1
Silver League - Speed + 1, Health + 1
Gold League - Attack + 1, Speed +1
Beyond Gold - Attack +1

From the stats, Kulu Swimhunter is a raw attacker with no abilities. How will it fare, let a battle do the talking. Let's go!

The Battle
Link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_4fffb2f3b2bcc7cf8e8587f737fb4da2&ref=vaynard86

Rules
Weak Magic
Mana Limit: 24

Lineup

Splinter	Mana Cost	Position	Reason
Kelya Frendul	4	Summoner	Good summoner to aim for headstart and additional armour protection
Serpent of Eld	7	1st	Evasive tank. The more it evades the longer it last.
Torrent Fiend	0	2nd	0 mana padding for protecting backline
Venari Wavesmith	5	3rd	Adding more protection with +2 Armour
Ice Pixie	2	4th	Little pixie doing magic damage
Kulu Swimhunter	4	5th	Backline attacker
Igor Darkspear	2	6th	Backline attacker
Total Mana:	24

Opponent Lineup

• Summoner - Kelya Frendul
• Position 1 - Serpent of Eld
• Position 2 - Creeping Ooze
• Position 3 - Venari Wavesmith
• Position 4 - Axemaster

Prediction before pressing rumble
Very similar lineup with same tanks but advantage on opponent side with a creeping ooze to slow me down. With an Axemaster fielded against me which has double strike also possible a disadvantage on my end.

Let's get ready to rumble
Round 1, Everything relatively in tact, just battling out amongst the 2 Serpent of Eld.

Round 2, Both tanks taken out, opponent creeping ooze also taken out. It will be a test of how fast each side can take down one another.

Round 3, All blast to take out one another's armour. Opponent last bit before Axemaster exposed.

Round 4, Opponent Venari Wavesmith down, Axemaster becomes sitting duck, and we emerge victorious!

After Thoughts
My strategy on stacking worked with every 1 additional monster with 2 more armour from Venari Wavesmith and it successfully warded off the double strike from Axemaster.

How did Kulu Swimhunter fare? Relatively doing what it is supposed to do, slamming down opponent frontline from behind. However, I believe the effectiveness of Kulu Swimhunter will drop as we advance into higher leagues with many cards developing abilities and those abilities will make it tough for Kulu Swimhunter to shine. Other than that, when it is back to basics, it is also good for Kulu Swimhunter.

All in all, not a bad card to own and level up. It deals decent damage and gets "faster" as it levels up.

Rule Set Assessment

This table is generated using Koodies's Splintertools #3, created by @koodies

Rulesets	Kulu Swimhunter
	I cannot miss. Awesome
	Protection!
	Awesome, I am on fair ground
	I am prohibited.
	Allows me to attack when on first position.
	Neutral
	Neutral
	Allows me to take out monster on other positions
	I can be played
	Helps do stray damage to other cards
	I cannot be played
	Neutral
	Neutral
	Neutral
	Protection as well
	Neutral
	I can be used
	I can be used
	Not affecting me
	I am ranged
	Neutral
	Neutral
	I can be played
	Neutral
	Neutral
	Not affecting me
	Neutral
	Awesome!
	I can hit better
	I cannot be played

Wrap Up
I hope you guys enjoyed reading my sharing on Kulu Swimhunter! I would really appreciate it if you liked and/or commented to let me know what are you thoughts.

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