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The Reach ability is a game-changer in Splinterlands that lets your monsters attack from the second position. This makes it super useful when you're setting up your lineup or by simply making your tank a tad bit tankier by adding a monster in front. Understanding how to use it can really make your team shine.

Some monsters can swing the tide of battle when given Reach like Coastal Nymph when paired with a strong frontline tank. They deal melee damage from a spot that usually doesn’t take damage which adds more firepower to your lineup while keeping them in a safe position.

This battle is simpler than a lot of my other battles. Not because it's simpler means it's worse. This battle showcase what you can use Maneuvers rule of combat for during the times you can't unleash that beast of a monster you have called as a carry.

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All About Xenith Monk…

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💪 Stats | Kelya Frendul

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Kelya Frendul is a Rare summoner from the Chaos Legion Series.

Level 8 Rare summoners allow the use of:
Level 4 Legendary monsters;
Level 6 Epic monsters;
Level 8 Rare monsters;
Level 10 Common monsters.

It's okay. Rare summoners are decent. They don't need as much card to level up as common summoners nor their cards per piece is as expensive as Epic or Legendary summoners. They are in the okay state for me.

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💊 Abilities 💊

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+1 Armor. All friendly monsters gain an extra armor for this battle.

The extra armor can serve as an extra layer of health in a lot of situation. Armor's mechanics is weird. If your opponent has 10 damage and your monster has 1 armor, that 10 damage will all go to armor and leaves your health unscathed. This works for both melee and range damage.

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+1 Speed. All friendly monsters gain an extra Speed for this battle.

The extra speed is good but not always. This only increases the chance that your opponent will miss their attacks but it's not a sure way for them to miss.

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💊 𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱. 💊

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💪 Stats | Xenith Monk

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Really good stats for a tank. While he doesn't deal a lot of damage, the low mana cost is good for when fighting in limited mana cap like in this battle. The health is good as well since he has Heal ability and can be a great potential if you have summoners or monsters that can increase this monster's health.

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💊 Abilities 💊

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At level 2, Heal is unlocked. [Support] At the start of this monster's turn, restore the its health by 1/3 of its max health.

The higher the max health of your monster, the higher the restoration from Heals as well. For 4 mana cost and 8 health, this monster is a really good monster for a tank. If you have a monster with Strengthen ability, you can increase this heal amount by 1.

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At level 6, Void is unlocked. [Defense] Monsters with Void ability reduces the incoming magic damage by half. If the damage is 1, before the effect applies, the damage is negated and becomes 0.

Good ability against magic damage. It works well with Heal ability. It reduces all magic damage this monster gets by half which is really good for a tank.

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At level 8, Magic Reflect is unlocked. [Defense] [Damage] Any opponent's monsters with magic damage that attacks this monster will take magic damage back by half the amount.

It's a strong ability if your opponent has a lot of magic damage because this ability also passes through armor.

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💊 𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱. 💊

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💡 Battle Highlights 💡

🔻 Click the link below to see the full battle: 🔻
https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_19b0ff5f75ee8fd1189114efbd69be5b

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🎯 Rules of Combat 🎯

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

22 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 22 mana.

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Silenced Summoners Rules of Combat Tips: Try to use summoners with low mana cost since that summoner will not activate its attack either way.

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Maneuvers Rules of Combat Tips: This is an excuse to have your carry be protected. You can use any tank then behind it is your other melee carry like Quora Towershead and that would lead you to victories.

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💊 Abilities Used During This Battle 💊

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Monsters in

🔴 RED

are my opponent's. Those in 🔵 BLUE are mine.

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Round 1

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Djinn Oshannus's attack killed
   Torrent Fiend
   .
2. Kulu Mastermind
   's Opportunity attack killed Spirit Hoarder.

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Round 2

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Kuli Mastermind
   's Opportunity attack killed Halfling Refugee.

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Round 3

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Djinn Oshannus's attack killed
   Commander Slade
   .

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Round 4

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Kulu Mastermind
   's attack killed Xenith Monk.

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Round 5

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Djinn Oshannus's attack killed
   Kulu Mastermind
   .

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+1 Armor. All friendly monsters gain an extra armor for this battle.

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🔹 ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ 🔹

^{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Kelya Frendul: Kelya Frendul wasn't really helping in this battle because of Silenced Summoners rule of combat. The high level though is good so I can use my high level monsters.

1. Halfling Refugee: One of my favorite 1 mana cost monster. Low mana filler that has 6 health. The Weary debilitation isn't really a big deal because I will use this monster whether he can attack or not just because it has 6 health at 1 mana cost.
2. Xenith Monk: Placed on the 2nd position because of Reach ability given by Maneuvers rule of combat. He's good overall but nothing special.
3. Djinn Oshannus: I am glad I had him at max level. The 3 magic damage is really good as it passes through armor which allowed me to reduce the opponent's health consistently.
4. Spirit Hoarder: I was thinking the opponent would use some Sneaks ability but I was wrong. He just died early because of the opponent's Opportunity ability.
5. Igor Darkspear: A really efficient low mana cost unit with Stun. Stun allows your opponents to skip their turn when this is applied to them. For a 2 mana cost unit, this is a really strong ability if it applies.

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🔸 ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ? 🔸

Yes. Even if Halfling Refugee, Xenith Monk and Spirit Hoarder died early, I still had good monsters to overpower the opponent.

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🔹 ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE? 🔹

Spirit Hoarder doesn’t really have a good combo in this game. Angelic Mandarin does the same thing and has higher health as well and works good with monsters with Void ability because Angelic Mandarin has Silence ability. It's not a big deal but it's a better choice.

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🔸 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Kelya Frendul and Xenith Monk in Maneuvers Rules of Combat

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕? 🔸

The only reason I did this is because I can use Halfling Refugee as a filler to make Xenith Monk survive a little longer. Regardless of the positions, I just didn't have a really good mana cap to play with and add stronger monsters so I kind of got stucked with the monsters I played in this battle. Everything worked great so it's okay. This is not my best lineup though.

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