Splinterlands SHARE YOUR BATTLE Weekly Challenge - Feral Spirit, "I may look like the Cheshire Cat in Wonderland, but my claws are sharper!"

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The theme for this week's challenge looks like a cat. In fact, for the longest time, I always thought it's name was Feral Cat! ๐Ÿ˜„ This shows the power of imagery. Your mind forms a connection with the image. Anyway, without further ado, I bring you the FERAL SPIRIT!

โ€œWould you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?โ€
โ€œThat depends a good deal on where you want to get to,โ€ said the Cat.
โ€œI don't much care whereโ€”โ€ said Alice.
โ€œThen it doesn't matter which way you go,โ€ said the Cat
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From Alice in Wonderland - because the Cheshire Cat bears a startling resemblance to our resident Feral Cat (Spirit) ๐Ÿ˜œ

In Splinterlands lore however, the Feral Spirit is nothing like the smiling illustration depicts or the Cheshire Cat in Alice. They're spirits trapped between dimensions who bite and slash. Very dangerous and scary indeed! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ‘ป


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The Feral Spirit in Splinterlands is an essential card which will almost always be in the starting deck of most Life players who're going for a melee attack build (teamed up with Silvershield Knight and Assassin). At level 1, it has 1 ATTACK and 4 SPEED, with NO ARMOR and 2 HEALTH.

These stats make the Feral Spirit a fragile unit which needs to be well protected as 1 hit will almost definitely be enough to finish it off.

The Feral Spirit's true strength lies in it's SNEAK ability, which allows it to kill off unprotected backline support units! At 3 MANA cost, it's really cheap too! This is most definitely a top tier card! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป



Even the release of Chaos Legion does not reduce it's relevance. It's direct competitor, the Stitch Leech, whilst having more firepower and health, and costing the same amount of MANA, does not have the same FAST 4 SPEED that it has. Therefore, the Feral Spirit remains very viable and is still widely used.


๐Ÿ“ŠCard Stats by Level๐Ÿ“Š



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As we can see here, the main purpose of the Feral Spirit is to be a first strike backline killer. Stats wise, it's speed and attack gets higher at higher levels, reinforcing it's ability to do what it does best!


๐Ÿ“Important Rulesets Rundown๐Ÿ“


Here, I detail the list of combat rulesets that may affect the Feral Spirit.


Feral Spirit
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Even though it has high speed, always good to guarantee a hit
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Gives itself more protection, but makes it harder to take down opponents, which is its main purpose
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Loses it's SNEAK
N.A
N.A
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Low HP means it'll die instantly
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Opponents have more HP means it'll lose it's purpose of a fast kill
similar to SNEAK
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Odd cards can't be used
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป First strike means even more damage potential to take out more of the backline before they can react
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Loses it's SNEAK
N.A
N.A extremely unlikely the backline unit will be stunned
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Makes the backline harder to take down instantly
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป No melee units
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Costs 3 mana
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป It's a common
N.A
N.A doesn't really affect it's SNEAK
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Will die instantly with it's low hp
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Odd mana unit
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป It's fast speed makes it slow
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป It's a common
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Doesn't really depend on Summoner abilities
N.A by the time it takes damage, it'll probably be dead
N.A
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป All it's abilities stay intact
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป It already has SNEAK, will make all units have it's ability
N.A
N.A
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป It'll definitely deal it's full damage
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Melee unit
N.A


โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ›กMy Battle Showcase๐Ÿ›กโš”๏ธ


Let me present a battle I fought recently in which I used the Feral Spirit. My opponent used the EARTH splinter. At first glance, seeing the nearly ALL GOLD FOIL lineup with MUCH higher LEVELS AND the INFAMOUS LLAMA KRON combo, I thought I was doomed. What chance did I have against someone who clearly out levelled me? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

I would say that the Feral Spirit was DEFINITELY one of 2 MVPs (together with the silvershield assassin), the 2 of them having single handedly turned the tide of battle. The SNEAK attacks destroyed Kron and the Flesh Golem, ensuring that LAST STAND never had a chance to come into effect for those dangerous units! It ended up being a PERFECT VICTORY, with ZERO casualties. ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†


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LINK TO FIGHT WITH MY FERAL SPIRIT


๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฏ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™‚๏ธLINEUP CHOICES๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฏ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™‚๏ธ


1st CARD SLOT

BLINDING REFLECTOR was chosen as the Main Tank. Its high Armor and Health makes it perfectly suited to the role.


2nd CARD SLOT

FURIOUS CHICKEN chosen to fill the slot as a 0 mana filler to take 1 hit of any SNIPE/OPPORTUNITY attacks or to take a hit if/when the Tank goes down.


3rd CARD SLOT

CRYSTAL WEREWOLF Reduces Magic damage and to act as the secondary tank.


4th CARD SLOT

SILVERSHIELD KNIGHT gives melee units more damage.


5th CARD SLOT

FERAL SPIRIT sits here in this slot to partially keep it safe.


6th CARD SLOT

SILVERSHIELD ASSASSIN occupies the last slot as it's higher than normal HP makes it rather tanky for absorbing sneak damage.


โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ›กBattle Action Report๐Ÿ›กโš”๏ธ


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As you can see, my opponent used the Failed Summoner as his tank, which was a pretty good choice, being a tanky unit with 8 HEALTH and the MAGIC REFLECT ability. His Flesh Golem was the secondary tank with the Wood Nymph protected in between the Golem and Krom and also healing the tanks. Krom sat right behind being the invincible LAST STAND tank if that came to pass. His entire team was VERY strong with lots of healing.

The battle started out looking like it was already his game. An entire team of GOLD FOIL cards - What chance could I possibly have? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ BUT as it wore on, I soon realised that the SNEAK units were taking down his back units first, and thus not allowing the dreaded LAST STAND to ever come to pass for Kron and Flesh Golem. My Blinding Reflector was admirably holding the line.

Slowly, but surely, the sneak attacks wore down the opponent's team and the battle was won comfortably, without a single casualty on my side! Even though I had a huge scare at the start at the sight of my opponent's team, the SNEAK attacks from the Feral Spirit (and silvershield assassin) were what proved to be the edge I needed to eventually overpower my opponent. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป


๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ”ฎHindsight is 20/20๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ”ฎ


Would I have done anything differently? ๐Ÿค” This is one of those rare instances where I would say that the lineup I could field is just about as optimal as they come. From my summoner choice all the way to my pick of every card and their position. This is the strongest possible hand (based on the cards I have available to me) that my opponent could face. ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ‡


๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ’ญEnding Thoughts๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ’ญ


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I definitely can appreciate the Feral Spirit and it's strengths. This is one of those cards which are very strong if surrounded with the proper team. The damage role it brings to the battlefield will give a player the edge in squeezing out every tiny advantage to get the win. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

For any players looking to try out the Feral Spirit, I hope this article has given you some insight into its potential. ๐Ÿ˜‰


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Interesting game

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Glad you enjoyed it! :) The results of this match were very surprising and unexpected to me actually.

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