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Introduction

It's not the first time I've commented on 02 summoners that stand out even at level 01, Yodin Zaku and Scarred Llama Mage (Greengineer, 2022-a, 2022-b, 2022-c). They are extremely powerful and at times can ignore game rules like Earthquake and Noxious Fumes.

When I see someone with many battles with one of these 02 summoners in the history, I always try to mount a counterattack to eliminate their advantages. I recently found a Yodin user in a situation where I couldn't use my most natural counterattack, which is the use of summoner Lir Deepswimmere (Greengineer, 2022-a), as the Water Splinter was not available. Also the game had Earthquake and I could not neutralize the damage caused by this rule using the summoner Brighton Bloom (Greengineer, 2022-d), as the Dragon Splinter was also unavailable.

But before commenting on the battle, let's analyze Summoner Yodin Zaku and understand why he has so much power:

+1 Ranged Attack - With this buff it increases the firepower of monsters with ranged attack.
+1 HP - This buff increases one HP of each monster on the field, increasing the survivability of monsters with high attack and low HP.
Blast - It is the most powerful buff of this summoner, it makes all monster attacks hit at least 02 opponents, being able to hit 03 if Snipe or Opportunity skills are in play.

The combination of these 03 buffs make this card form an unbeatable team even at level 1 using low level monsters. Unlike Llama (Greengineer, 2022-b), Yodin is favored in higher MP matches.

The strategy before battle

The match featured the aforementioned Earthquake and the Fog of War, had 36 MP available and only Fire, Life and Death Splinters could be used. Due to my opponent's history full of Yodin, there was a high probability that he would come full damage aiming to end the match before Earthquake eliminated his team.

Not being able to adopt the same strategy, i had to search among the available Splinters that had more monsters with the flying skill. Analyzing it, I found that Splinter Life was the best candidate. Another point was that knowing my opponent could come with Yodin, I would need a line of defense that could delay the devastation caused by his high firepower until Earthquake did the work of eliminating his monsters. Since I had Fog of War active I wouldn't have to worry about Sneak and Snipe skills, meaning most of the damage would hit the first two positions.

Thus, as primary and secondary tanks I selected the Silvershield Paladin and the Chaos Knight, both with the Shield skill. With the Flying skill I chose Uriel The Purifier, Adelade Brightwing and with the remaining 04 MP I could only select the Thunderbird, leaving 01 MP that I used to put the Gargoya Scrapper on the front line in order to delay at least 02 hits of my opponent, as I combined these monsters with Summoner Lorna Shine who provided Divine Shield to everyone.

Once the cards were selected, I was hoping that my enemy would come with the Yodin without worrying about Earthquake, which is what happened:

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The battle

My opponent came with Yodin Zaku, putting Cerberus as a main tank, Fineas Rage as a secondary tank, and placing the following monsters as ranged artillery: Fire Demon, Fire Beetle, Ferexia General, and Pyromaniac. Three of these monsters had the Sneak or Snipe abilities, but due to the Fog of War rule they couldn't use these skills.

None of my opponent's monsters had the Flying ability, so they were all at the mercy of Earthquake's damage.

After the first round I lost my Gargoya Scrapper but I still had my 2 tanks alive. Adelade recovered part of my Silvershield Knight's shield and the first wave of Earthquake was about to start.

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At the end of the second round I lost my 02 tanks and my enemy lost his Cerberus with the combination of Earthquake damage with my Thunderbird attack. My Uriel missed the concentrated attack on Fineas Rage, but his Flying skill allowed a miss from the Fire Beetle's attack.

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In the third round, my Uriel's Flying ability made my opponent lose 2 more attacks, allowing my Adelade to survive. A last wave of Eathquake would start and only one enemy monster had enough HP to survive it.

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In the last round the Fire Demon couldn't attack so there was only the coup de grace, which was delivered by the Thunderbird.

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While the missed attacks helped keep more allies alive until the end of the match, my Uriel had enough HP to hold out until Earthquake did all the work of eliminating my enemies.

I hope you enjoyed this strategy of countering Yodin by taking advantage of the presence of the Earthquake rule. Follow the battle link if you want to follow in detail: Greengineer (2022-e).

References

@greengineer (2022-a, January 04). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! SPINEBACK TURTLE. PEAKD. @greengineer/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-spineback-turtle

@greengineer (2022-b, January 22). Battle analysis: A llama in trouble. PEAKD. @greengineer/battle-analysis-a-llama-in-trouble

@greengineer (2022-c, January 29). Battle analysis: Prince Rennyn hunted a Llama EN-US/PT-BR. PEAKD. @greengineer/battle-analysis-prince-rennyn-hunted-a-llama-en-uspt-br

@greengineer (2022-d, February 02). SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge! DRAGONS! EN-US / PT-BR. PEAKD. @greengineer/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-dragons-en-us-pt-br

@greengineer (2022-e, February 01). Battle Link. Splinterlands - Collect, Trade, Battle!. https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_3fedeb5f7688f51a4ba0101f72982fd8&ref=greengineer

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Introdução

Não é a primeira vez que comento sobre 02 summoners que se destacam mesmo no level 01, o Yodin Zaku e a Scarred Llama Mage (Greengineer, 2022-a, 2022-b, 2022-c). Eles são extremamente poderosos e em alguns momentos podem ignorar regras de jogo como o Earthquake e o Noxious Fumes.

Quando vejo alguém com muitas batalhas com um destes 02 summoners no histórico sempre busco montar um contra-ataque visando eliminar suas vantagens. Recentemente encontrei um usuário de Yodin em uma situação na qual não conseguiria utilizar meu contra-ataque mais natural, que é o uso do summoner Lir Deepswimmere (Greengineer, 2022-a), pois o Splinter de Água não estava disponível. Além disto a partida contava com Earthquake e eu não poderia neutralizar o dano causado por esta regra utilizando o summoner Brighton Bloom (Greengineer, 2022-d), pois o Splinter dragão também estava indisponível.

Mas antes de comentar sobre a batalha vamos analisar o Summoner Yodin Zaku e entender o porquê de tanto poder:

+1 Ataque à Distância - Com este buff ele aumenta o poder de fogo dos monstros com ataque à distância.
+1 HP - Esta carta deixa aumenta um de HP de cada monstro no campo, aumentando a sobrevivência dos monstros com alto ataque e pouca vida.
Blast - É o buff mais poderoso deste summoner, faz todos os ataques dos monstros acertarem ao menos 02 oponentes, podendo acertar 03 caso habilidades Snipe ou Opportunity estejam em jogo.

A combinação destes 03 buffs fazem esta carta deixar um time imbatível mesmo no level 1 utilizando monstros com level baixo. Diferente do que ocorre com a Llama (Greengineer, 2022-b), o Yodin é favorecido em partidas com MP mais alto.

A estratégia antes da batalha

A partida contava com o já mencionado Earthquake e o Fog of War, tinha 36 de MP disponível e apenas os Splinters Fogo, Life e Death podiam ser usados. Devido ao histórico de meu oponente cheio de Yodin, havia uma grande probabilidade dele vir full damage objetivando acabar com a partida antes que o Earthquake eliminasse seu time.

Não podendo adotar a mesma estratégia tinha que buscar dentre os Splinters disponíveis aquele possuía mais monstros com a habilidade vôo. Analisando verifiquei que o Splinter Life era o melhor candidato. Outro ponto era que sabendo que meu oponente poderia vir com o Yodin, precisaria de uma linha de defesa que pudesse atrasar a devastação causada por seu alto poder de fogo até que o Earthquake fizesse o trabalho de eliminar seus monstros. Como havia Fog of War ativo não precisaria me preocupar com habilidades Sneak e Snipe, significando que a maioria do dano atingiria as duas primeiras posições.

Desta forma, como tanques primário e secundário selecionei o Silvershield Paladin e o Chaos Knight, ambos com a habilidade Shield. Com a habilidade Flying escolhi o Uriel The Purifier, a Adelade Brightwing e com os 04 de MP restantes só podia selecionar o Thunderbird, sobrando 01 de MP que utilizei para colocar o Gargoya Scrapper na linha de frente a fim de atrasar pelo menos 02 hits de meu oponente, uma vez que combinei estes monstros com a summoner Lorna Shine que providenciou Divine Shield para todos.

Uma vez selecionadas as cartas era torcer que meu inimigo viesse o Yodin sem se preocupar com o Earthquake, que foi o que aconteceu:

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A batalha

Meu oponente veio com o Yodin Zaku, colocando o Cerberus como tanque principal, o Fineas Rage como tanque secundário e posicionando os seguintes monstros como artilharia à distância: Fire Demon, Fire Beetle, Ferexia General e Pyromaniac. Três destes monstros possuíam as habilidades Sneak ou Snipe, porém devido à regra Fog of War não puderam utilizá-las.

Nenhum dos monstros de meu oponente possuíam a habilidade Flying, estando então todos a mercê do dano do Earthquake.

Após o primeiro round eu perdi meu Gargoya Scrapper porém ainda estava com meus 02 tanques vivos. A Adelade recuperou parte do escudo de meu Silvershield Knight e a primeira onda do Earthquake estava para iniciar.

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No final do segundo round eu perdi meu 02 tanques, meu inimigo perdeu seu Cerberus com a combinação do dano do Earthquake com o ataque de meu Thunderbird. Meu Uriel errou o ataque concentrado no Fineas Rage, mas sua habilidade Flying permitiu um desvio do ataque do Fire Beetle.

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No terceiro round a habilidade Flying de meu Uriel fez meu oponente perder mais 02 ataques, permitindo a sobrevivência de minha Adelade. Uma última onda de Eathquake iria iniciar e apenas um monstro inimigo tinha HP suficiente para sobreviver à ela.

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No último round o Fire Demon não podia atacar então só restava o golpe de misericórdia, que foi dado pelo Thunderbird.