Greetings Summoners! Welcome to Battle Mage Secrets. The Battle Mage Secrets is a challenge where every week players must test their strategic skills in battle for specific rules.

This week the specific rule is "Heavy Hitters". All units gain the Knock Out ability. Be sure to include a unit with Stun in your lineup to trigger the Knock Out ability.

This battle was played in a Splinterlands tournament where only the Chaos Legion and Riftwatchers editions were allowed to play. It was in the "Summoners' Novice Beginner Training" tournament, so only level 1 cards were allowed. Let's see the rules, the team and the details of the battle.

Battle Rules & Strategy

This is a 58 mana battle with 3 battle rules (Are You Not Entertained?, Ferocity and Heavy Hitters) where only Fire and Earth elements are allowed to play.

Icon	Name	Description
	Are You Not Entertained?	Players may play one additional Gladiator Card per battle.
	Ferocity	All units have the Fury ability.
	Heavy Hitters	All units gain the Knock Out ability.

Strategy & Tips

• Use some card with Stun to trigger the Knock Out ability.

• Use a powerful Gladius card to benefit from the "Are You Not Entertained?" rule.

• Do not use monsters with Taunt unless you think they are essential to your strategy. Otherwise we will be at a disadvantage due to the "Ferocity" battle rule.

• A good tank and a balanced line up of Magic and Ranged monsters is a good idea.

• To benefit as much as possible from the effect of our summoner, we will try to use as many Magic attack monsters as possible.

My Lineup

Obsidian grew up in the remote village of Stonebluff as the last remaining Earth mage. Each year, Earth elementalists went off to compete in the contest, leaving Obsidian to train the next generation of warriors. She wished to join the contest of champions, but the village elders advised her against it, saying she needed to stay behind and focus on training others to use Earth magic. She grew resentful of the way she was treated, knowing she was better than previous mages before her. So, she planned her revenge. In a mine near the village, she taught classes on Earth magic and gained the trust of her students. Her teachings were strenuous and those who could not follow techniques were punished, forced to magically hold obsidian above their heads until it fell on them. She eventually learned to use obsidian to enhance the powers of others. And there was one apprentice she took under her wing. Someone who carried equal anger in his heart. She amplified his abilities in combat practice against other students, making him stronger and more ferocious than his opponents.

Obsidian: I really like this Summoner as it gives +1 magic attack to all friendly magic attack monsters.

Arkemis the Bear: This card gives +2 armor to all friendly monsters. I think it’s very useful since many of our monsters have no armor. Armor will allow us to resist more attacks from enemy monsters with melee and ranged attacks.

Quora Towershead: In my opinion one of the strongest cards in the game. It is a very complete and versatile card. She has incredible stats. She restores a portion of the Monster's health each round and every time she defeats an opponent, she gets +1 to all stats. She is unstoppable.

Magi of Chaos: This is an amazing magic attack that in combination with our Summoner will have +1 additional magic attack, so it does 3 damage each round. This card is Neutral, so we can use it with all elements.

Goblin Psychic: This card will help us to keep our tank alive as long as possible thanks to its Tank Heal ability, which restores a portion of the monster in the first position's health each round.

Uloth Dhampir: This monster has Stun. When a monster with Stun hits a target, it has a chance to stun the target causing it to skip its next turn.

Mycelic Slipspawn: All enemy monsters will target Mycelic Slipspawn thanks to its Taunt ability. It is very useful to protect the rest of the friendly monsters.

The Battle

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I think my strategy worked well. My opponent played very well and with a strategy very similar to mine. He is a very good player!. I am happy with my victory and the strategy I used. I have won 20 SPS for finishing 2nd in this tournament. I won 18 battles out of 22.

Personally I don't really like the Heavy Hitters battle rule, since I play in the bronze league and there aren't many monsters with Stun to enjoy this rule. However in this battle I managed to activate the Knock Out ability thanks to the Stun of "Uloth Dhampir" and it was amazing. It helped me win the battle!

Battle results

Tournament ranking