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![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYHZyvSGR4teq1B1JubX4yGNd7CxcJ3ZBf7kVrHBw8CiQ/image.png) ###### I am sure all of us are in Festive mood as Christmas is around the corner and $Bitcoin is going nearer to the moon!!! ###### Here I am with another blog for Splinterlands with details of a nice battle I thought of sharing and also some nice cards I received from 5 Untamed packs I purchased today including a *Legendary* **Scarred Llama Mage**. ###### So, here I go with the details of battle first!!! ###### It was a battle of Water Splinters with me using **Alric Stormbringer** and my opponent with **Valnamor**. ###### This battle wasn't won by me and I even I didn't lose it!!!! Yes, it was a tied battle and the point here I want to mention is about the mightiness of **Gelatinous Cube**. ###### I normally use **Lord Arianthus** whenever I battle with Water Splinter. But, since I saw the battle is with *Earthquake* ruleset, I thought of using **Gelatinous Cube** since it can *heal* itself. ![Line.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVT6ZAFpiN3LKV24KewpyyTyDpjNbrZiAax577pp4SzdK/Line.jpg) ## Battle and Lineup: ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYHZyvSGR4teq1B1JubX4yGNd7CxcJ3ZBf7kVrHBw8CiQ/image.png) https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=fd2302a56528cc55e492eab92e74de68fa813f83 ###### As we can see from above screenshot of the battle, it was a battle with just 29 MANA cap and involved rulesets of *EarthQuake** along with *Keep Your Distance* which means, only *magic* and *ranged* attack monsters can be used in this battle. ##### Lets go thru the lineup I used and also what opponent had. ## My Lineup: #### 1. Gelatinous Cube: ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmfWJ2K6pU9CwCg5ynWmKyg7mwy1y2Azx72Dg3EEdao5wQ/image.png) ###### The simple reason for using this at the front is because of *Keep Your Distance* battle ruleset and also to avoid the early exposure of second line monsters since this can *heal* itself. --- #### 2. Prismatic Energy: ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUTvKUpBo86bdTJHV1ZeQ73u5eGMzoVJZYvLLcZyRprAd/image.png) ###### My most used monster at second position whenever I use *Water* splinter is **Prismatic Energy** for the reason that, it being a *magic reflect* monster, we can get rid of magic monsters with this and **Lord Arianthus** at the front. --- #### 3. Furious Chicken: ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/coolguy123/iDHfD0D5-image.png) ###### Used this just in case any *Opportunity* monster is used by opponent and this can absorb that by sacrificing itself and protect other low MANA monsters. --- #### 4. Sea Genie: ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/coolguy123/se3LLdYj-image.png) ###### This being an *Earthquake* battle, I thought this will be a good one since it's a *flying* monster and also can *strengthen* the monsters I used. --- #### 5. Albatross: ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/coolguy123/KLSZZSgX-image.png) ###### Needed a *healer* for this *Earthquake* battle and no other one we can think of **Albatross** as it's also a *flying* monster. --- #### 6. Water Elemental: ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/coolguy123/XYbRh51R-image.png) ###### Last but not least, this *self healing* monster with good *speed* is a good one and moreover, this can also give a good 3 *ranged* attack. --- ###### Opponent also used **Water** splinter and almost identical lineup and his monsters were, **Lord Arianthus**, **Coral Wraith**, **Crustacean King**, **Gelatinous Cube**, **Albatross** and **Water Elemental**. ###### Anyone who looks at these 2 lineups with the summoners used can easily get into the conclusion that, opponent will easily win this because of his better summoner, speed it adds to the monsters. ###### But, there was a different story, let's go thru the battle. ![Line.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVT6ZAFpiN3LKV24KewpyyTyDpjNbrZiAax577pp4SzdK/Line.jpg) ## Battle: #### Round 1 and 2: ###### Except for **Furious Chicken**, all the monsters were intact until round 3 even though this was an **Earthquake** battle and by round 3, **Water Elemental** I used got removed because of the *snipe* attack of **Coral Wraith**. ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNfPTeps99Hrd5mxLoFu9yap8xLL1of6PukLtKeUjTGWk/image.png) --- #### Round 3 and 4: ###### By the end of round 4, all I had was **Gelatinous Cube** as **Lord A** inflicted **magic reflect** on the *magic* monsters I used and opponent was going strong with **Lord A**, 2 *healers* **Crustacean King** and **Albatross** and **Gelatinous Cube** along with **Water Elemental** still surviving. ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWk9aR6o8GnvnwAzx16EnPB5P1pWWAcNWSDYNhkVkL7Tb/image.png) --- #### Round 5 to 21: ###### Except for **Crustacean King**, which got removed in round 5, all other monsters being either *flying* monsters or getting *healed*, survived till level 21 and *fatigue* started after that and the lone warrior for me was **Gelatinous Cube** which also kept *healing* itself to survive!!!! ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmeHr5Ss6amQ9p9yzwuyEYGpureKhVxiLnDEbdAKgyQ8G1/image.png) --- #### Round 22 to 24: ###### It was all *fatigue* in rounds 22 to 24 and by the end of that, we had only **Gelatinous Cube** left on both side and from that point onwards, we can think that, only draw is the possible result since both are *un-attacking* monsters. ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVpnzz9cV5FWysgNzcZHbpUEVvMiqz96GWwxYHxK7Xfzd/image.png) --- #### Round 25 to 31: ###### By round 31, we could see both **Gelatinous Cube** were very tired and died due to *fatigue* bringing an end to this battle. I think that's the most number of rounds I played in a battle!!! ![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUJWr2wCzyi7XeynCmnh3F2nfB4RyB5eiUSdpfg5PfE16/image.png) ![Line.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVT6ZAFpiN3LKV24KewpyyTyDpjNbrZiAax577pp4SzdK/Line.jpg) ###### This battle shows that, **gelatinous Cube** is way better than **Lord Arianthus** when we have **Earthquake** ruleset and this is already my most favorite non-attacking monster. ![Line.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVT6ZAFpiN3LKV24KewpyyTyDpjNbrZiAax577pp4SzdK/Line.jpg) ## Details of Cards I got from Untamed Packs: ###### I was fortunate to purchase 5 *Untamed* packs from hive-engine as I had some *hive* and I wasn't disappointed as I got a *Legendary*, an *Epic*, a *Gold Foiled* and a *Summoner* as part of the 25 cards I got and details are as below: --- ###### Here are the details of cards in 2 pics: ![Untamed 2312201.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVnQskZaZqAUiPGDYRpY1xWuCRir6vgbZH13ioycpgXhi/Untamed%20231220-1.JPG) ###### As we can see above, in the first set, I got an *Epic* **Coral Wraith**, a *gold foiled* **Sniping Narhwal** with a *summoner* in **Mother Khala** being a most notable ones. ![Untamed 2312202.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmRNKUDJJ6xeNLmrjkBFSvNzMotFg4XB2WAhjusjiYGqJw/Untamed%20231220-2.JPG) ###### And here we can see above the major one in the form of a *Legendary* **Scarred Llama Mage** which is worth $12.5 and helped me to level up my 2 existing cards I got from airdrop to level up to level 2!!!! ![Line.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVT6ZAFpiN3LKV24KewpyyTyDpjNbrZiAax577pp4SzdK/Line.jpg) ##### So Splinterlands is something to cheer for me today with that *satisfying* draw against a higher ranked opponent with **Gelatinous Cube** and then those nice cards I got including the *Legendary*. #### Hope you enjoyed going thru this blog about the battle and cards!!! ## Wishing you all Good Day :) ![Line.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVT6ZAFpiN3LKV24KewpyyTyDpjNbrZiAax577pp4SzdK/Line.jpg) #### Join the new Official Telegram for Splinterlands via link given below to participate in contests and have fun. #### https://t.me/splinterlandsHQ --- ##### Not yet signed up for Splinterlands? ##### You can join using my referral link: splinterlands.io and get some monsters from me :) ##### Also, try monstermarket.io if you haven't already for your steemmonsters cards and packs purchase and get instant cashback with every card purchase. ![Line.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVT6ZAFpiN3LKV24KewpyyTyDpjNbrZiAax577pp4SzdK/Line.jpg) Thanks for the votes, comments and resteems. 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