SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! KULU SWIMHUNTER - Splinterlands

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The rule set for this match was Equal Opportunity(All monsters attack the enemy with the lowest health), Noxious Fumes (All monsters lose 2 Health per round), 46 Mana Cap, and no Earth or Dragon Splinter.

Usually when Earth Splinter is available, my opponent's will put together a magic heavy team but since the rule set excluded that Splinter I was comfortable not worrying about finding an anti-magic team.

Instead I went with Kelya Frendul as my summoner, the one I own is Level 4. He gives all friendly monsters an extra point of armor and speed.

I led with a Leviathan rental, due to its Taunt ability, my other monsters won't have to worry about being attacked for a couple or few rounds which is nice. I like using Taunt monsters because it protects the rest of my team and if properly supported can result in a loop where my opponent gets stuck attacking only my Taunt monsters while the rest of my team wears them down.

In 2nd, I put Venari Wavesmith. They havbecause of its 2 magic damage which bypasses enemy armor and it's Protect ability which gives all friendly monsters two extra armor points. I like combining Kelya's armor perk with Wavesmith's armor perk, and a hefty monster with lost of armor like Leviathan or Diemonshark.

In 3rd, I chose Nerissa Tridawn because of her heavy magic damage of 3 and large health which acts as a good attack spong should she end up in 1st position.

For 4th, I went with Djinn Oshannus whose a pretty reliable powerhouse with decen magic damage of 2, high speed of 5 which is 6 with the summoner Kelya, and mine is level 2 so he has Phas which lets him dodge magic according to his speed stat which is high.

In last, I put Merdaali Guardian whose job is to basically keep fixing my front-line's health with her Tank Heal ability. Armor-repairers and tank-healers are great for Taunt-monster teams because while half your team works as a shield, the other three monsters are on the attack without interruption for a couple or few rounds.

Now for the Weekly Challenge monsters--Kulu Swimhunter. Honestly I don't use this monster too often. Maybe only in low mana battles due to his decent range damage of 2 and decent speed of 3 which become 4 thanks to the summoner Kelya. While Leviathan is attracting all attacks with Taunt and Merdaali regularly fixes its health, I have three magic monsters act as a great offensive buffer which allows Kulu Swimhunter to dish out its range damage without worry of being attacked until the enemy manages to defeat Leviathan.

In the end, my strategy worked and Kulu Swimhunter wasn't taken down until Round 4, and not even by an enemy attack but the regular poison from the Noxious Fumes ruleset.

I'm not sure what I would change since magic is very advantageous to use in battles with monsters who have a lot of armor. Perhaps I would've used Wave Brood instead of Merdaali as a back-up Taunt monster but I'm not sure if the mana cap would've allowed that. The biggest threat for me in this battle was Deeplurker and the poison rule set.

Kulu Swimhunter looks cool, like he'd be one of Cthulhu's bodyguards if he was a little less blue and more grey or purple. Other than that, he has no abilities and his range damage is okay and isn't impressive until level 6. I prefer using monsters with abilities so if I'm going to use a monster with no abilities they usually have above-decent stats. Kulu Swimhunter feels more like a low mana-cap battle monster, rather than someone I'd choose for a heavy-hitter or ability-focused team.

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