Last week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Dragon Splinter, and we've defo been here before, but fair play, Dragons are awesome!
And in this battle I showcase just ONE legendary dragon card that REALLY packs a punch in Bronze league at only level one: the Dragon Jumper which does a massive three damage with a fast opportunity attack.
The battle below features the Jumper playing a central attacking role.
The Rule Set and Line Up
- Mana cap 25
- Standard Rules (Bronze League!)
Summoner - Dragon Shield Dude
- ShieldBearer - Taunt!
- The Chicken - blast soak
- Amoursmith - repair
- Dragon Jumper - the main attack card
- Healer - tank heal
- Bard - cleanse can come in handy against poison/ stun.
Did my strategy work?
Beautifully, to see it in action click here!
- Round 1 - BOOM! Straight off the bat the Dragon Jumper takes out the Pixie which is GOOD given all those high magic attacks.
- Round 2 - Boom again! The jumper takes out the other pixie!
- Round 3 - Third Boom! This time the Medusa
- Round 4 - And now the Spineback turtle, there's a pattern here!
- Round 5 - And the Mystic!
- Round 6 - Full house, the DJ also takes out the Elemental!
How important was The Dragon Jumper??
Well 6/6 about says it all - down in Bronze many monsters have low health and three damage is sufficient to take out many monsters in one hit - as was the case with the first five, even if the final one needed an assist.
The DJ was crucial - had he not taken out that Pixie, reducing my opponent's first round magic attack to 6 from 8, there's no way the Shield Bearer would have healed to be able to soak up more magic attacks.
I did also needed the decent tank I had with repair and heal - and he held out well, but I had the chicken and the Armoursmith to soak up a couple more attacks.
And SHAME on my opponent for (YAWWWNNN!) going for the all out magic attack and STILL LOSING even though Shieldbearer is weak against magic.
And those magic attack cards cost you - the price you pay is lack of shields, which is a mess against opportunity.
Final Thoughts: Dragon Jumper: Worth Levelling Up?
He's expensive to take to Level 4 - but you do end up with an awesome card for 7 mana - 5 damage, which is easy enough to pimp up to 7 with a couple of buffs, and stun - NB you only get stun at L4 so if you are going to level this one up, it's L4 or don't bother, keep him at L1 IMO!
So maybe having said that, this is a card that is better in Bronze, certainly MUCH better value than playing a maxed version!
If you don't yet play Splinterlands, why not give it a go?
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