Hello friends of Publish0x and players of Splinterlands,
Each week the Splinterlands team organizes a weekly contest on the Hive blockchain.
This is my participation post this week.
The protagonist of this post is the card Naga Brute which is also the protagonist of the contest of Splinterlands titled "Share Your Battle" this week.
The topics I will cover in this post are the following:
Topics
- Card: Naga Brute
- Description, Statistics and Abilities.
- Cost, Levels and Ratings
- Level Considerations
- A battle of mine with Naga Brute
- My battle formation.
- Final considerations
- Battle considerations
- Considerations about Naga Brute
Card: Naga Brute
Description, Statistics and Abilities
Naga Brute is a card that is part of the collection Dice.
It is a Common card and is a card of the Dragon element.
Naga Brute of level 1 has the following statistics:
- It has a medium mana cost (6)
- It has no attachment points
- It has 4 life points and has 7 armor points.
- It has very low speed (1)
- It has an ability: Void Armor
Cards that have the Void Armor ability when attacked by an opponent's card with a magic attack suffer a decrease in armor points before suffering a decrease in life points.
Cost, Levels and Ratings
The cost of Naga Brute (Level 1) lowest on the market is 0.11 $ (December 5, 2020)
In the following image you can see the complete statistics 
Level considerations
Level 5
The level that in my opinion has the best ratio benefits / price is the fifth level.
To reach the fifth level you need 60 cards to combine and the total cost is 6.60 $.
At level 5 Naga Brute acquires a new ability: Thorns.
Thanks to the Thorns ability when Naga Brute receives an attack from an opponent's Melee attack card, she attacks the card that attacked her.
Compared to level 1 it increases the life points of one unit (4->5) and increases the armor points of two units (7->9).
Level 8
To reach the eighth level you need 220 cards to combine and the total cost is 24.2 $.
When Naga Brute reaches level 8 it acquires another ability: Return Fire.
Cards that have the Return Fire ability are able to launch a reduced attack in response to a ranged attack.
Max level
To upgrade Naga Brute to the highest level you have to buy 400 cards but the price is too high ($44) and there are much better cards without attack to buy.
Now let's see how Naga Brute behaves on the Battlefield.
A battle of mine with Naga Brute
If you want to see the battle you can do it from this link: https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=a3c9368d068b590daa94ff6c38c5485c05eeda92&ref=libertycrypto27
In the battle of this post I had the following conditions to respect:
- Reverse Speed: The speed attribute of the cards is reversed: the cards with the lowest speed become the fastest cards and vice versa.
- Taking Sides: Neutral element cards cannot be used.
- Mana Cap: 38.
- Summoners that can be used: Water, Death, Dragon.
My battle formation
The maximum number of cards that can be deployed in battle is 7 ( 1 Summoner + 6 monsters)
I have chosen to deploy 6 cards (in order of position):
Naga Brute - Captain's Ghost - Dragon Jumper - Ruler of the Seas - Crustacean King - Water Elemental
Daria Dragonscale (Summoner)
First position
- Naga Brute (Level 1) -
Why did I choose Naga Brute (Level 1) in first position?
Honestly the choice was dictated by one reason only: Naga Brute is the protagonist of this week's "Share your battle" contest.
I would have preferred to put in first position other cards like Sea Monster, The Kraken or Frost Giant that have a good number of life points but also a good attack.
But the weekly Splinterlands contest is often useful for me to evaluate and try cards that I don't usually use frequently.
To choose Naga Brute I had to wait for a battle with the Reverse Speed battle rule that allows Naga Brute to lose one of its weak points (the low speed).
The combined use with the Crustacean King card increases its armor points by two units (7 -> 9).
Second position
- Captain's Ghost (Level 2) -
Why did I choose Captain's Ghost (Level 2) for the second position?
When the battle rule is Reverse Speed I try to choose for the most attacked positions (the first two and the last two) cards that have low speed and Captain's Ghost has a speed equal to 2 and is a good card to deploy in this battle.
It is a good card, it has a good number of life points (7), a good attack (2) and a good ability (Poison).
Third position
Dragon Jumper (Level 1).
Why did I choose Dragon Jumper (Level 1)?
I chose Dragon Jumper because it's a really good card.
It has a good attack (3) and thanks to its ability it will attack the weaker opponent cards.
Thanks to the combined use with the Daria Dragonscale Summoner its attack increases by one unit (3 -> 4).
Fourth position
Ruler of the Seas (Level 3).
Why did I choose Ruler of the Seas (Level 3)?
Ruler of the Seas is one of my favorite cards and is one of the cards I always use when the required element is Water.
It has three very useful skills:
- Blast
- Swiftness
- Silenced
It has an excellent magical attack (3) and a really strong ability: Blast.
In the battle of this post it has a counterproductive ability (Swiftness) because it increases the speed of all my cards but its other abilities and its characteristics make it a difficult card to keep out of battle.
Fifth position
Crustacean King (Level 7).
Why did I choose Crustacean King (Level 7)?
Actually my Crustacean King is level 8 but the Daria Dragonscale level allows me to use it only at level 7.
It's a very useful card of the element water and that, like Ruler of the Seas, I deploy almost always.
In the battle of this post allows my cards to have two additional armor points.
It has a low cost in Mana (3) and has two very good abilities: Tank Heal and Protect.
Crustacean King is one of those cards that cannot miss in any card collection.
Six position
Water Element (Level 3)
Why did I choose Water Element?
It's a card I like because it has a very good attack (3) and above all it has the ability "Heal".
Thanks to its ability it is able to restore 2 life points at each round of the battle.
It also has a very good speed (5) but in the case of the battle I shared it becomes a weak point.
Without the battle rule Reverse Speed is an excellent choice for the last or penultimate position.
Summoner
The Summoner I have chosen is Daria Dragonscale - Level 4..
It is one of the summoners I use the most.
Thanks to its ability (+1 Melee attack) the Dragon Jumper card gets one more attack point (3 ->4).
The choice of cards depends a lot on the choice of the Summoner and his ability.
To deploy Naga Brute I had to choose a Summoner of the Dragon element and I chose Daria Dragonscale but having two cards with magic attack I would have increased my attack strength if I chose Arlric Stormbringher.
Final considerations
Considerations on the Battle
My opponent starts with an attack points advantage over me.
I have an advantage relative to the total (life points + armor points).
I have 12 total attack points while my opponent has 16 total attack points.
During the first round both me and my opponent lose a card.
I lose Naga Brute who shows all its fragility in first position (at least if we consider level 1).
My opponent loses the Soulstorm card targeted by my Dragon Jumper.
During Round 2 my opponent loses two more cards:
- Undead Rexx
- Boogeyman
At the beginning of the Round 3 my advantage is great because my opponent has 2 cards out of 3 with distance attack and when Haunted Spirit and Dark Astronomer get to first position they will lose their attack.
The battle ends during Round 4 with my victory.
The cards that contributed most to the victory were Crustaceand King, Dragon Jumper and Ruler of the seas.
Considerations on Naga Brute
Naga Brute is a not very useful card at level 1.
Before now I had never used it in battle.
Its major defects are:
- low speed (1)
- few life points (4)
For a card to be placed in first position are two elements that put together do not allow you to have so much advantage over your opponent.
I prefer to use in battle Gelatinous Cube that I consider much stronger than Naga Brute and above all it has a much lower cost than Naga Brute.
But when the rule of battle is Taking Sides very strong cards like Lord Arianthus and Gelatinous Cube cannot be used and Naga Brute could become a possible and valid choice.
The battle utility of the Naga Brute card increases when the battle rules are:
- Equalizer
- Reverse Speed
- Rise of Commons
- Taking Sides
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