In this article I want to show you what my favorite counter against the Water Magic Comp is. Because I am in the lower Leagues in the range from Bronze 2 to Silver 3 and because I just started out with this game I think that a lot of people wont be interested and probably already know this counter. But for those people like me who just started out and just can’t find a way to beat those Water Magic teams consistently here is your solution! :)
The Problem
In my divisions I often encounter teams that are build as follows. They select the water Summoner Alric Stormbringer which gives every Monster on his team a +1 Mana boost. Additionally to that they select as many magic Monsters as possible. The real deal breaker is when they also have the Venari Wavesmith on their team. This means that every monster gets an additional 2 armor and is pretty much undestroyable in the first round. In my opinion this is a very strong combo, especially in the beginning stages of the game. Essentially, this is a standard comb that you can encounter. It has a very solid tank with 8 health and 5 magic monsters which are all protected by additional armor.
The Counter
So, how do we battle this kind of enemy. Well, I learned very quickly that if an opponent played a lot Water-Splinter in his recent battles, the chance is big that he will do it again since selecting this team in the lower leagues very often secures the win. This means that whenever I see my opponent playing a lot of Water I automatically pick my counter. And before I get into my strategy, I want to acknowledge that there are several ways of countering this combination and it is also probably not the best build for the lower leagues, but in my experience so far I always struggled to win against these kinds of enemies.
My counter includes picking the Earth Splinter and with that the summoner Lyanna Natura which gives each of your monsters a plus one Health boost. This is very important in my opinion because it determines how much damage you can make in the first round of the battle. Furthermore, there are two very essential elements to this build. The first and probably most important one is the Unicorn Mustang. With its void ability and its 10 health it basically can take 10 Magic hits which would result in at least two rounds of battle when we look at the opponents team from above. The second essential part is the Failed Summoner. In the beginning stages of my playtime I often overlooked this monster because it had no attack and I considered it worthless at this stage of the game. But then I learned about its ability: Magic Reflect. This opened my eyes to this beast of a card! What this ability essentially does is to reflect the magic damage that it took and deal a portion of it back to the firing enemy. And because this is considered Magic damage as well it ignores the armor of the enemies.
Additionally, due to the extra one health it will take 3 hits and not just two which results in one extra reflect and therefore one extra damage! This means that with a little bit of luck we can take out both of the fairies out because they only have one health each. After this happens the Mustang will only have to take Magic damage from 3 other Magic Monsters which will be slowly assassinated by both of my sneak attackers. Here, I want to point out the Goblin Sorcerer which is basically the third ingredient to choose for this team. Because he is also a magic card he will ignore the armor of the opponents monsters which is basically the death sentence for the opponent’s build. It will slowly but surely eliminate every other magic monster left while the Unicorn Mustang brushes off every single Magic Attack.
Conclusion
The result of this battle is obvious now that I explained my strategy behind it. The Earth Splinter wins and the battle can be seen in the following link:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_fc1173d3fff840dda07c5abc66593184&ref=ga38jem
With this being said, I hope I didn’t bore any experienced player here with and really hope that I could help any new players around! If you know any better strategy against this Water Magic Combination I am always eager to hear your tips and tricks!
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On 2nd December 2021
I joined the game last season and I was only able to open 5 chests. I was successful only once in completing the task. I hardly ever go into it as it takes too much time. It would take me months to understand the logic in the cards.