Gem Meteor: Dead Rocks Breathed Life
Introduction
Hello there! @Saydie here, playing Splinterlands everyday!
I'm here again for this week's Share Your Battle Challenge with the featured card: Gem Meteor. It is a 5 mana- cost range splinter for the Neutral with 5 health, 4 Speed, 1 range attack and has the Scattershot ability at level 1.
The Battle that I will show to you belongs to bltzr-wizard-726 which is the scholar account awarded to me by Balthazar guild that has max level Chaos Legion deck and is playing on the Diamond League of the Modern Format but before I show you the battle, let us learn more about this card.
Gem Meteor
| Mana Cost | 5 |
|---|---|
| Edition | Chaos Legion |
| Element |  Neutral |
| Rarity | Epic |
| Attack Type |  Range |
| Abilities |  Scattershot Piercing |
| RF Burn Value | 100 DEC |
| GF Burn Value | 2500 DEC |
Lore
When the cosmos was borne into creation and the stars were placed into the heavens, everything had its place and travellers crossed the known worlds by the shapes they had joined together in the sky. As centuries passed, some of these stars were destroyed, either striking other objects or simply their light dying away, obliterated into tiny pieces. Meteors lit up the night for evermore, tracing lines in the blackness as they shot through the sky.
Astronomers have studied this phenomenon for many years and attribute the trailing light to a gathering of crystal dust upon the meteor. A crystal that holds great value when it falls to the land and is acquired by the people. But then chaos arrived, angry that mortals should benefit from such riches thrown from the heavens. Uul breathed life into these dead rocks and created the Gem Meteor, a creature that soars through the sky and flings crystal shards from its body at anyone unfortunate enough to get in its way. These crystalline missiles splinter and crack upon impact, ricocheting into everything nearby and inflicting devastating damage. Sometimes the meteorites descend into such a frenzy that they become completely indiscriminate about who or what they fire their shards at. Continue Reading...
Card Stats
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Note:This are the market price for the Quix the Devious by the time that I checked on it and is subject to change depending on when you check for prices. Source: Peakmonsters and Splintercards
Card Review
Prons
- Neutral Element monsters can be used in combination of any elements and are available on rule sets most of the time.
- Very fast monster even at the base level.
- Scattershot will be useful on avoiding Taunt.
- Piercing allows the excess damage from the armor hit the target's health.
Cons
- Range monsters cannot on default cannot attack at the first position.
- Cannot focus- fire on a single target because of Scattershot.
- Will be disadvantageous to use under Reverse Speed and Fire & Regret rule sets.
Gem Meteor is a range splinter for the Neutral element. With this having the Scattershot ability at level 1, it can attack random opponent every turn, unaffected by Taunt monsters and can be good on Explosive rule set but at the same time, it's inability to focus- fire on a specific target can cause a monster to stay longer in the game or lose a game. At level 5, it gains the Piercing ability that deals the extra damage from armor to the target's health which works well at Armored Up rule set. As this card cost 5 mana to use it will be available during Odd Ones Out rule set. But take note that range monsters at default cannot attack at the first position so if you were going to use Gem Meteor, make sure to place it as far as possible from the first position and avoid using it on Reverse Speed rule set where the slower monster gets to attack first and Fire & Regret where it will received Return Fire damage every time it attacks.
Battle Conditions and Team Line- up
Rule Set
| Conditions | Description |
|---|---|
 Diamond League Modern Format | 46 Mana Cap Available Elements Fire, Earth, Life, Death |
 Spreading Fury | All Monsters have the Enrage ability. |
 Odd One Out | Only Monsters with odd Mana costs may be used in battles. |
Opponent's Line-up
| Card | Position | Mana Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Summoner | 5 | Lux Vega is a Legendary promo card for the Splinterfest and is the very first Neutral summoner that gives +1 Speed, Armor and health to all ally monsters. Monster Cap: Common- 10, Rare- 8, Epic- 6, Legendary-4 |
 | 1st | 11 | Coeurl Lurker is a 11 mana melee monster with the Taunt which attracts all abled damage towards this monster while Dodge and Phase gives an opportunity to this monster to evade melee, range and magic damage. |
 | 2nd | 7 | Djinn Renova is a magic monster with the Strengthen ability that increases the health of all ally monsters as long as this card is alive and Triage that heals the back- line monster that received the most damage. |
 | 3rd | 3 | Stitch Leech is a melee monster with the Sneak ability that allows this card to attack back- line monsters and Life Leech which allows this card to gain health every time it deals damage to the health of opponent monster. |
 | 4th | 7 | Adelade Brightwing is a magic monster with the Flying that gives it 25% chance to evade melee and range attacks while the Repair ability restores the armor of an ally monster every turn. It also has the Ressurect ability which brings back an ally monster that was defeated with 1 health. |
 | 5th | 3 | Spirit Hoarder is a magic monster with the Triage ability which heals the back- line monster with the most damage, Dispell that remove all positive status effect from the target and Blind to give 15% evasion chance to all ally monsters. |
 | 6th | 9 | Sand Worm is a melee monster with the Sneak ability that allows this card to attack back- line monsters. |
| Total Cost | 46 |
My Team
| Card | Position | Mana Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Summoner | 6 | Conqueror Jacek is a Legendary Fire summoner that gives +2 speed, Pierce and Scattershot ability. Monster Cap: Common- 10, Rare- 8, Epic- 6, Legendary-4 |
 | 1st | 9 | Forgotten One is a melee monster with the Immunity which makes it unaffected by negative status effects. It also has Retaliate which gives chance to attack the melee monster that attacks this card and Pierce which deal the excess damage from armor to the target's health. |
 | 2nd | 5 | Radiated Brute is a melee monster with the Reach ability which allows this card to attack even at the 2nd position and Enrage that will increase the speed and attack of this card by x1.5 when it received damage. |
 | 3rd | 5 | Djinn Apprentice is a magic monster with the Deathblow ability which deals double damage when there is only one monster left. |
 | 4th | 7 | Djinn Inferni is a magic monster with the Giant Killer which deals 2x damage on monsters with 10 or more mana and Stun to cause the target to skip a turn. |
 | 5th | 5 | Gem Meteor is a range monster with the Scattershot ability which targets a random monster every turn and Pierce that deals the excess damage from the armor to the opponents health. |
 | 6th | 9 | Lava launcher is range monster with the Close Range ability that allows this card to attack even at the first position and Stun which will cause the opponent to skip a turn. |
| Total Cost | 46 |
Battle Phase
With the active rule set Spreading Fury which gives Enrage ability and Odd Ones Out that limits the monsters that can be use on only those with odd mana cost, the opponent uses Lux Vega with gives an increase on speed, armor and health. For the tank, it uses Coeurl Lurker that attacks all abled attacks on it using Taunt and it has the Dodge and Phase that gives chance to evade melee, range and magic attacks. Then the opponent has Djinn Renova, Adelade Brightwing and Spirit Hoarder for magic monster and Stitch Leech and Sandworm to do Sneak attack on my back- line.
I, on the otherhand, decided to go with a Fire team with Conqueror Jacek that though lots of the abilities becomes redundant, It will give me + 2 speed and will give me higher chance to evade melee and range attacks as well as be the first one to attack. I use Forgotten One for my Tank as it have the Retaliate ability to counter any melee monster that attack this card then I followed it by Radiated Brute because it has the Reach ability that allows it to attack even at the 2nd position. It was followed with magic by the two Djinns with Djinn Apprentice and Djinn Inferni that depending on the target, both can deal 2x the damage to the opponent. The final members of my team was the range group with the featured monster for the battle challenge, Gem Meteor and Lava Launcher.
During the first round Djinn Inferni was able to deal 10 damage to Coeurl Lurker with the Giant Killer and another 9 damage from the Enrage Forgotten One that was supposed to defeat it but then , it got a Ressurect from Adelade Brightwing. The rest of the opponent monsters also got some damage despite the Taunt as I was running a team with Scattershot ability and despite having two monsters with Sneak attack, only Sandworm gets to attack because Stitch Leech was Stun by Lava Launcher.
For the 2nd round, Forgotten One was got done by Coeurl Lurker then it was followed by Stich Leech which is done by Gem Meteor. After that,Coeurl Lurker gets defeated by **Radiated Brute followed Adelade Brightwing that falls to Lava Launcher. Sandworm did not get the chance to attack because it was Stun by Djinn Inferni but this not stop Djinn Renova and Spirit Hoarder from attacking, taking down Radiated Brute at the end of the turn.
Despite being on the category of a mid- high mana match, the match has ended very quickly that it only takes 3 rounds for the enemy to be defeated. At this round, Gem Meteor was able to defeat Spirit Hoarder while defeating Sandworm goes to Djinn Inferni. For Djinn Renova, it was Lava Laucher that deals the final blow and seals the fate of the opponent.
Here is a replay of the battle which at you can watch at 3speak or in Splinterlands.
Did your Strategy Work?
My strategy works well within this setup as I was able to defeat monsters that could be a headache if left unattended because the opponent has the Taunt ability using the Pierce and Scattershot ability which are also the ability of Gem Meteor that has also defeat two monsters within this match.
Do You Like
I am more of a magic man than a range man because they cannot attack on the first position but since Gem Meteor is a card that I can use together with other elements, then it will be something that I have within my deck.
What will you try differently next time?
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Dragon Element is not available within my battle this time but I would like to use it together with Byzantine Kitty because of the Speed and True Strike or with the help of Archmage Arius and Selenia Sky can have more range damage.
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Thanks for sharing! - @marianaemilia
Nice analysis and explanation, good job!
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