Outplayed and Outcast

Hey battle mages, I mentioned in my Battle Strategy Post Last Week that I’ll hopefully be sharing sample battle of the strategy I shared to show you how efficient it can be. Well, I will be delivering as promised in this post today. Unfortunately, this battle does not fit the criteria I taught to use the strategy in, but I just wanted to use it in battle for you to see, so this battle did not end with me smiling. My loss honestly left me in shock, which is all the more reason I’m sharing it. Okay, let’s talk details now.

Up to Eleven | All units have Amplify (increases damage of Retaliate and all Punishment abilities – Corrosive Ward, Magic Reflect, Return Fire, and Thorns – by 1; does not stack

Opponent’s Lineup

If you remember the post I referenced earlier, I mentioned that the strategy I shared was best suited to defend against melee heavy monsters. My opponent's line up as you can see is not exactly very melee based. Sure, they have two melee monsters, but their use of magic monsters gives them an edge over me, unfortunately. I believe this played a huge role in their winning.

My Lineup and Strategy

This is the exact strategy I shared about in my last post. Cryptic check, Cursed Windeku check, Kulu Mastermind check, Disintegrator check, Tank Heal check. And as I advised in that post, I had about 3 unfilled positions for flexibility.

I obviously anticipated that my opponent would come to battle with a melee lineup, which is why I came with this strategy. Lucky for them, they doged me.

I know that when I was sharing my strategy, I advised you to put Cursed Windeku in first position like I did, so that it's thorns would do considerable damage. For this battle in particular, the ruleset amplified the thorns ability of Cursed Windeku, which was a completely lucky coincidence I didn't even consider when I was selecting my lineup.

In second position, I put Kulu for his opportunity, followed by DeepLurker which also has opportunity. I wanted to bring Merdaali Guardian next to Kulu so she could be weaponised, but I didn't do it because one, even with the weaponised melee, it'd be useless in that position. At the same time, it would now be closer to front line, which is bad considering it has such a low health. I needed it as farther back as I could, whiles also being aware that if it went to far back, it would be susceptible to snipes. So middle was just perfect spot to put it.

After Merdaali, I lined Dhampir Stalker. Funny name. Anywho, as I'm sure you already know, I don't fancy ranged attacks much, so I chose him because I was cornered and he had a considerable range attack, so yeah.

In last position, I had Djinn Oshannus. Good choice, but because my analysis didn't really pan out, he's in the wrong position. His void magic would've been super handy if I put him in first position. But still, since my opponent didn't have sneaks, he lived long enough to cause some good damage to my opponent's line up.

The battle itself

I'm going to let you watch the battle to help me figure out when the odds tipped in my opponent's favor, because I can't tell the exact point in the battle. Things look pretty good in the very early parts of the battle, until I think around round 4, then my optimism slowly faded until my smile got completely wiped off my face.

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