My BATTLE MAGE SECRET Weekly Challenge! Holy Protection

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Hello there, this is my entry to the latest "Battle Mage Secret Weekly Challenge!". If you want to participate or learn more about the challenge, click here. This week we must formulate a strategy with the Holy Protection ruleset.

RULESET: Holy Protection

With the Holy Protection ruleset in action, all units gain the "Divine Shield" ability which reduces the damage of the first attack received to 0.

Holy Protection is an interesting ruleset as the first damage received will be reduced to zero. We can use this to our advantage and use units with resurrect ability so every time the unit resurrects it can take one more hit. Also, using extra armour is a good idea in this ruleset. I prefer filling all the available monster slots even if you have to use two weaker units instead of one as both will benefit from that first attack reduction and it will be advantageous for you. Having a unit with Blast is a good idea too.

Let's see how this ruleset affects my lineup and how I strategies for the following battle. This is an older battle but it is good for me to teach how this ruleset can be used in our favour.

My Lineup

This is my lineup for the battle

Position	Summoner/Monsters
Summoner	Obsidian
Position 1	Unicorn Mustang
Position 2	Oaken Behemoth
Position 3	Regal Peryton
Position 4	Goblin Psychic
Position 5	Queen Mycelia
Position 6	Chaos Agent

It was just a 32-mana cap battle and had the 'Holy Protection' ruleset that grants the 'Divine Shield' ability to all the units on the battlefield.

Only 'Water', 'Earth' and 'Death' elements were active during this battle. I had 32 mana to work with so I could afford to use a strong tank at the front. I went with the Earth element and used Obsidian as my summoner which increased the magic attack of all my mages by 1.

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I used the Chain Golem as my tank. It is an impressive attacking unit dealing 3 melee attack damage and comes with good health and a lot of armour on its own. Its shield ability makes it a good tank and you will see how much it helped this lineup during the battle stage.

Spirit Hoarder was placed in the second position in my lineup. It comes with a 'triage' ability and can help in healing the friendly backline. I preferred low mana cost units which would utilize all my available slots and this was a mage too so it would take advantage of the summoner buff.

In the third position was Doctor Blight, another similar stats to the previous one but comes with more abilities. It just costs 4 mana and wouldn't take damage because of its 'Camouflage' ability. Also, it has chances to apply affliction to its target making them unable to be healed in the battle. This is extremely effective against strong and beefy tanks with healers.

I needed a unit that could support my Chain Golem and heal it up so I used the Goblin Psychic as it comes with 'tank heal' ability. Not only that, it deals 2 magic damage on its own and is a powerful striker. No wonder it comes at a 6 mana price tag.

Queen Mycelia was another important piece in my puzzle as it gave 2 extra armour to all the friendly units which is extremely efficient against melee and ranged attackers. And it only costs 4 mana so it was an easy choice for me.

Last but not least was Uraeus, another melee attacker dealing 2 melee damage and costing just 3 units. I placed it in the last position just to shield the Queen Mycelia which seemed like a more important unit in this lineup. It only comes with 2 health points but attacks from the end of the enemy lineup because of its 'sneak' ability.

Now that my lineup was set, it was time for battle.

I will share my battle here, which I have uploaded to YouTube.

Note:

• Text dividers are from freeztag.
• Card images are from @splinterlands.

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