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*Splinterlands — Share Your Battle Challenge*
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<h2>Sometimes it takes a combination to win</h2>
Finding the right synergy of abilities is often the key to victory, but this battle stood out to me as the combination of Summoner buff and card abilities were the only thing that saved me. 

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|https://images.hive.blog/160x225/https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/cards_by_level/chaos/Thaddius%20Brood_lv4.png|The Briar Patch ruleset made me think magic attack was a possibility. Close range meant ranged could be a high probability as well, but with the low mana count a leaned towards magic and thought Thaddius' debuff would be an advantage.|
|https://images.hive.blog/160x225/https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/cards_by_level/reward/Revealer_lv3.png|For four mana Revealer comes with decent health, two magic attack and the Stun ability|
|https://images.hive.blog/160x225/https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/cards_by_level/reward/Venari%20Bonesmith_lv4.png|The Life Leech and Poison ability can be a game changer at low mana. The one magic attack isn't great, but the Poison ability makes up for the low attack if it hits.|
|https://images.hive.blog/160x225/https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/cards_by_level/chaos/Life%20Sapper_lv4.png|I love doubling up on Life Leech and the two magic attack is nice as well.|


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<h2>An Interesting Case</h2>
When this battle loaded I thought I didn't have a chance. What I failed to think about was the strategies I outlined above.  

**Round 1** - Not working out as I had hoped so far. Bonesmith and Revealer missed thanks to Oshannus' Phase ability so no hope of Poison or Stun helping out. Sapper hit and gained a health. 👎

**Round 2** - This is not going well, a nearly identical round. Phase is killing me. 👎

**Round 3** - Wow! Stun and Poison both hit this round Bonesmith's Life Leech isn't kicking in because of Oshannus' Void, but the Poison hitting is making up for that 👍
 
**Round 4** - Bonesmith is not doing much now that Poison has taken effect and the one magic attack cannot break through Void. He will make a good meat shield once Revealer eventually falls.  Stun doesn't stick this round, but Revealer hits for one damage. 🤷‍♂

**Round 5** - Sapper keeps hitting and gaining health and Stun strikes again. I'm going to need that health in the back line as Revealer only has one round left and Bonesmith will be a sitting duck soon. 👍

**Round 6** - Sapper hits again, but Revealer missed. At this point any round Sapper hit sand gains health is a good round 👍

**Round 7** - Oshannus is off Stun and takes down Revealer, but Sapper hits again 👍

**Round 8 - 11** - Sapper is able to get up to 11 health with Bonesmith taking the heat for three rounds. From here on out it will be up to Sapper to get through Phase so that it can maintain it's 11 health until Fatigue sets in 👍

**Round 12 - 20** - The RNG was on my side as Sapper only misses once and goes into the fatigue rounds still holding 1o health 👍

At this point the battle is over in two rounds. After Merdaali falls, my opponent loses tank heal. Between Sapper hitting and Poison, Oshannus falls by round 23.

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<h2>Use the abilities</h2>
Without Poison, and Stun Sapper would not have been able to collect enough health to outlast my opponent. Thanks to the synergy of Life Leech, Poison and Stun, what looked like a loss turned into a fun win.
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