Yabapmatt's Subjugation Report: The First Praetorian Bounty

The way that Battle is fought between Battle Mages are through Arena Combat where they could take the avatar of a Summoner which lets them use its abilities and Manifest creatures that corresponds its element at the cost of some mana. The arena also comes with different rulesets which are conditions that alters the Combat Arena and based on this conditions, the Battle Mages will choose which is the best lineup to be used in order to win the battle. And with my Battle against yabapmatt, this were the following rulesets and mana cap.

Conditions	Description
Diamond League Modern Format	31 Mana Cap Available Elements: Fire, Life, Earth, Death
Five Alive	Up to five Units can be used in the battle.
Unprotected	Monsters do not have any armor and do not get armor from Abilities or Summoner Buffs.
Manuevers	All units gain the Reach ability.

Analyzing the Opponent's Potential Lineup

Upon learning the rulesets and mana cap, the first thing that I think about is what lineup my opponent will use in this battle and the first thing that I could think of was the possibility of my opponent using Eternal Tofu for 7 mana as its summoner given that it can give Divine Shield on up to 3 units to compensate the armor that it lost due to Unprotected ruleset while with Maneuvers melee units such as Jared Scar will gain Reach ability and can attack on the second position while there is also Venka the Vile which can just attack in any position because of its Charge ability and both of this units have 7 melee damage for 14 mana which could easily destroy any lineup. That leaves it with 10 mana which it can use to place Pelacor Conjurer on the first position for 2 mana to counter magic attacks and has an increased chance of all types of attack with Flying that gives it 25% chance to evade melee and range attacks as well as Phase which allows it to evade magic attacks while the remaining mana will be used for something like Time Mage that could reduce the speed of all opponent units with Slow and Venari Crystalsmith to sustain the damage that the tank receives with Heal.

Summoner	1st	2nd	3nd	4th	5th

Building My Team against the Opponent's Potential Lineup

Summoner: Immortalis- Although I envision that my opponent would focus its main damage on melee attack, I can't completely cross out the possibility of them using Magic as most monsters does not have an ability to evade its attack. That is why for my summoner, I've chosen Immortalis as it can give the Void ability on all its ally units.

1^st Position: Mycelic Slipspawn- With my fear that the opponent will use melee units with huge damage output, I have chosen Mycelic Slipspawn as my main tank due to its Forcefield that will turn any damage that is more than 5 that it receives to 1. It also has Slow that would reduce the speed of all opponent units and Taunt to avoid the potential attacks from Sneak, Snipe and Opportunity.

(On this Point, I mainly use range units in case my opponent uses a Splinter with Magic Reflect)

2^nd Position: Fungus Flinger- I used Fungus Flinger as my secondary unit for its Blind that increases the miss chance of all the opponent's melee and range attack by 15% and has Affliction that can prevent the target from being healed. Also, upon its death, it will trigger it's Martyr which will increase the stats of the units adjacent into it.

3^nd Position: Supply Runner- I deemed that for the third position, it would be better to use Supply Runner since it has the fastest speed among my units and will benefit the most when Martyr was triggered given that it has both Swiftness and Strengthen which increases the speed and health of all ally units by 1.

4^th Position: Venari Seedsmith- Placing Venari Seedsmith next to the last position gives it more time to increase its max health for each monster that was defeated through Scavenger while at the same time, it can afflict its target with Poison which will inflict 2 damage to the target each turn.

5^th Position: Xenith Archer- At this point, I only have 2 mana remaining so with not that many option, I decided to place Xenith Archer as the final unit in my lineup. I can also use Acid Shooter instead to have another Poison unit but have rather choose to focus my attack to kill my opponent as fast as posible.

Summoner	1st	2nd	3nd	4th	5th