The Old School Water Dynamic Duo

Hello Splinterland Summoners

We meet again on my Splinterlands post. On this opportunity I will share one of my stupid meta, yeah stupid, which in the past many people used this one. I do not know why recently people do not use it as often as in the past, maybe the new cards bring a lot more powerful meta, or maybe they are bored with it.

so how about me? I do not own any Legendary summoner, it is the reason why I rarely use them. When I feel I need them or I want some refreshment, I rent them in.

This time, or this season, I am spamming this stupid duo meta in my rank battles.

The first one of this duo is a summoner, a Legendary Summoner precisely. Elias Max Fruitt had his days in the past that everyone almost using him for months.

His ability to buff +1 melee damage and +1 armor seem to work specifically for Melee Unit, however people are not using this Legendary Card for building up a strong melee team. People using him to create an OP unit.

He has strategic ability to pic a unit to get extra couple of abilities, Piercing and Armor Strike. This is the real hack, all you need is to get a real tank with thickest armor and that one will be a juggernaut!

Commander Slade is one o the most suitable for that role. He has a thick armor which gives him a secondary hard attack. So thick armor + hard hitter = disaster for his opponent. And his speed is very good, which helps him hit sooner and rarely miss.

This duo becomes a stupid combo that people could spam them and get a good winrate. It is not because they are not counterable, but because not many meta can withstand this attack.

So Let see how it works.

Against Fellow Giants

I love this battle, because none of my opponent's units that are weak. They are all giants. Look at their tank, the Blue Wyrm Travesty... 7 Melee damage, and a slow ability. This gives a feeling like we are facing against SAITAMA of One Punch Man...

But of course... That Saitama Dragon dies first from Commander Slade second attack. Blue Wyrm existance becomes meaningless in this battle, or maybe atleast he buys one turn by being a meat wall only.

The battle continues with Commander Slade being BRUTAL!! come one 12 damage per round with a piercing ability. It is almost like a guarantee to kill a unit every turn.

4 units and I only need 4 round to wipe them all. I do not see any my opponent has a weak line up. All their units are heavy hitters, and all of them have execute ability.

However they have no chance against Commander Slade, as simple as that. He becomes OP unit thanks to Elias the Summoner.

In 6 vs 6 Condition

Ok here is the second battle sample, I pick a battle of 6 units against 6 units. As you can see, my opponent's units are slightly better, they have two epics and one legendary, but he has one big mistake there. But its ok, my point is to show how this OP Commander Slade will perform.

Here is what happens, when Commander Slade gets his chance to move, his second attack killed both units, Oridrum Graybrow and Molten Elemental. Thorn doesn't work against Commander Slade.

His second move in the second round is as fatal as the first one. Basically blast ability makes it worse. And this is the result:

Everything ends on round two, I have some units that event they have no chance to move at round two, because opponents have died all.

Unlike the first battle, my opponent in the second battle is a bit weaker. He doesn't try to exploit the ruleset, if he does, he would bring all hard hitter or move as fast as possible. However there is possibility he doesn't do that because he has limited units. The result, their team got dominated by my Commander Slade.

The second battle explains why this duo is spam-able. They make an OP Commander Slade, which most people could not counter it if they only have limited units. I know you could figure out how to counter this duo, but in the end you will need a certain unit, or some set of combo which could easily defeated this duo.

However those requires units that most casual players like me, do not have in our line up. This duo is easily countered if you have those strong units, but again, many do not have them.

So what do you think? feel free to have different opinions on this one and see you on Splinterlands Battles!

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