Reverse Speed: The only Rule That Gives Chance To Monsters With Lower Speed

Reverse Speed: The only Rule That Gives Chance To Monsters With Lower Speed

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What a best time to share my strategy on reverse speed.
Sometimes when you have the best monsters doesn't work in all rules.
I remembered a day that I was paired up with a player of level one summoner. One of the greatest mistakes I did that very day was to use Helios Matriarch summoner. I used this summoner because I was given 69 mana caps which could accommodate any monster. I wanted to use powerful monsters that could destroy my opponent's monsters. I neglected the fact that monsters with the lowest speed attack first and have a higher chance of evading attacks.
I went ahead to use Helios Matriarch which give additional speed to all friendly monsters.
In round 1, 5 out of 6 opponent monsters attacked my monsters before one of my monsters could attack. By the end of round one, one monster was eliminated from my lineup.
I was unable to destroy one of my opponent's monsters in the battle; while all my monsters were eliminated.
That was how I realized that following the rules is very important in this game.

There were several times I was paired up and won the battles against players of higher monsters and summoners. Therefore, smart strategies work in some of the battle rules.
In this my blog today, I will be sharing my strategy when reverse speed is given.

We all know that reverse speed is one of the rules in Splinterlands. This rule gives the opportunity to all monsters with lowest speed in the Splinterlands to attack first. That is the reason that players who understand the rule often use monsters with lower speed when this rule is given.

Reverse speed is the only rule in the Splinterlands that gives monsters with lower speed opportunity to attack first; the rest of the rules support high speed monsters.

Ruleset
Reverse Speed: Monsters with the lowest speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attacks.
With this rule in this battle, it is important to use monsters with lowest speed; and that was the reason I used monsters With lowest health such as Riverboat Captain, sandworm and Nerissa Tridawn.
Weak Magic: Magic attacks hit armor before reducing health.
This is the reason I used Venari Wavesmith so that the monster could give armor to all friendly monsters. Therefore Venari Wavesmith gave two armor to all friendly monsters.
Healed Out: All healing abilities are removed from monsters and summoners.
There was no need to use the healing ability monster in this battle because this rule nullified it. That was the reason I did not use a healing ability monster.

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Monsters Arrangements
The Kraken
Splinter: Water
Level: 1⭐
Ability: Taunt
Speed: 4
Health: 14
Armor: 5
Attack: melee
Mana: 12
I knew the kraken would not be able to attack as much as possible in this battle due to its higher speed. Placing the kraken in the morning position was the strategic plan to delay monsters from attacking other monsters. Without the kraken in this battle, two of my monsters would have been eliminated in the second round of the battle- Riverboat Captain and Venari Wavesmith.
The Kraken's taunt ability was able to delay an opponent's opportunity and sneak monsters from damaging other monsters.

By the end of round 1, no monster was eliminated but the health of my Kraken was damaged to 3. Without kraken, I believe important monsters in this battle would have been destroyed by sea weed, Kulu Mastermind and sandworm.

Djinn Oshannus
Splinter: Water
Level: 2⭐⭐
Ability: Void and Phase
Speed: 5
Health: 11
Armor: 2
Attack: Magic
Mana: 8
The battle I fought a few days ago taught me a lesson. My opponent used magic monsters while I was relying on melee monsters. Within a twinkle of an eye, all my monsters were eliminated. This was the reason I used Djinn Oshannus; I knew that if there was magic monster, Djinn Oshannus would be able to reduce the damage.
Unfortunately, there was no magic monster in my opponent's lineup.
In the beginning of the second round, my Kraken was eliminated. Then, Djinn Oshannus led the attack; opportunity monsters and a sneak monster had opportunity to attack in different directions. Opponent Kulu Mastermind was able to attack Venari Wavesmith while opponent sandworm attacked Riverboat Captain because it was the last monster in my lineup.
Few seconds later, I eliminated the Kraken of my opponent. Then, we both had 5 monsters left.
Therefore, all my monsters had opportunity to attack a monster in the first position except Sandworm.

Nerissa Tridawn
Splinter: Water
Level: 2⭐⭐
Ability: None
Speed: 2
Health: 10
Armor: 2
Attack: Magic attack
Mana: 9
4 magic attacks were incredibly good. These 4 magic attacks were the reason I selected Nerissa Tridawn for this battle.
Nerissa Tridawn led the battle in the third round after the elimination of Djinn Oshannus.
Again, we both had 4 monsters left at the end of the third round.
In the beginning of the fourth round, we also had the same number of monsters left in this battle. But by this time, I was not happy that a monster that gave armor to all my monsters was eliminated.

Sandworm
Splinter: Neutral
Level: 4⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ability: Sneak
Speed: 2
Health: 6
Armor: 2
Attack: Melee
Mana: 9
If you are looking for one of the best monsters for reverse rule; Sandworm is one of them. The Sandworm's attack faster with this type of rule. This is the one of the rules that sandworm is very proactive.

Venari Wavesmith
Splinter: Neutral
Level: 4⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ability: Protect
Speed: 3
Health: 4
Armor: 2
Attack: Magic
Mana: 5
If not this monster, it would have been very easy to eliminate my monsters. Venari Wavesmith gave all the monsters 2 armor which made it difficult to destroy them. I knew that after the elimination of the kraken, without Venari Wavesmith, it would be very easy to eliminate the rest of my monsters.
That was the reason I added Venari Wavesmith in my lineup to delay.

Riverboat Captain
Splinter: Water
Level: 1⭐
Ability: None
Speed: 1
Health: 4
Armor: 2
Attack: Magic
Mana: 6
Riverboat Captain's speed was one of the reasons I selected it. Riverboat was the first monster to attack in my lineup. The blast ability was incredible; and the blast was a addition bonus for me.

In conclusion, when playing reverse rule, a player should use monsters with the lowest speed.

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