Hello Everyone!
I noticed this week, there was a challenge issued to use the Dragon Splinter. I am very new to this game (4 days in), so I am still learning how the various basic mechanics work, and as such never was recommended to use the Dragon Splinter. This challenge gave a unique opportunity to explore this splinter that varies from all the rest.
What is the Dragon Splinter? At first, I believed this splinter to be a higher mana cost splinter with powerful cards, limiting it to only being useful in high mana challenges or challenges requiring use of only certain splinters (or daily quest of course!). Little did I know that the Dragon splinter allows you to pair with another splinter of your choice, actually expanding your options!
Excited by this concept, I rushed in to take on a few battles. My first battle did not go well, with Drake of Arnak not helping well against an Alric Stormbringer magic based team in a poor matchup. However, my next battle was a well fought affair!
I came across a master of the death arts, @cosco. This mighty summoner appeared to be a master of the death splinter, as examining previous matchups showed this was clearly his favorite to use. Therefore, I anticipated a big melee setup would not work well, and settled upon a tough life setup with protected healing and ranged and magic damage focus.
@cosco did indeed choose a death focused team. However, he made a move I did not anticipate, opting to roll out... you guessed it.... Drake of Arnak!
The matchup was ready to go!
In reviewing the matchup, Drake of Arnak was clearly a great choice for my opponent. Every enemy took at least 1 extra hit due to the extra armor, and this extending every summons life and kept his team going much longer. However, Unicorn Mustang and Wood Nymph put in a ton of work, and this simply proved too much to overcome.
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_3391ccfd29b738c9b28b5021ab3b3eda&ref=mythjon
This battle and the entire experience with the Dragon Splinter has opened up a brand new line of thinking. I can see that the Dragons, while more complicated to play and costly, can open up an entire new array of possible strategies! I absolutely plan on taking full advantage of this splinter as I continue to move up the ranks and acquire new cards. The Dragon Splinter alone takes the strategy of this game to a whole new level!
Hello, @jonthemyth! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive - congratulations and welcome! It would also be awesome if you could do an introduction post, so our community can get to know you better. For an example of what an intro post is like, you can check out this one by my friend & curation team member -
Keeping Up With the Buzz - My Introduction to the Hive Community.
Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - Hive Communities . Based on what you said in your post, I think you'll find these communities particularly interesting to start off -
Splinterlands
Hive Gaming Community
Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched Newbies Guide should be helpful to you, as it is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works.
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For now, @lovesniper will follow your account and we are looking forward to seeing your intro post. Also, please mention (also known as tagging) @traciyork & @lovesniper in your intro post in order for us to be notified, so we can consider your post for OCD curation. Lastly, feel free to hop into the OCD Discord server if you have any questions!
Thanks for sharing! - @ashikstd
Well done on the battlefield.
You better follow the instructions of @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team.
@steemmonsters 😊