Splinterlands: Grimbardun Smith's Immunity helps out in Global Warming

Splinterlands is a complex game, and it allows for various cards and strategies. Each fight is different as there are various rulesets applied, and this can give specific cards an advantage depending on how you use them. In this post, I talk about a great battle where I won because I used Grimbardun Smith.

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Grimbardun Smith is a neutral splinter that costs 6 mana. This splinter starts with the immunity ability. Leveling up this card only increases the stats of this monster, and it learns void at level 3, shield at level 5, and repair at level 8. I use this card often when there is a bad status effect, such as burn or poison, or when I have the extra mana to have a high stat monster for weapons training.

Rule Set, Battle, and Plan

The rulesets this time are Global Warming. This means that all monsters start off burned. There is also 54 mana available, and I can use any splinter except for earth.

This fight is interesting because of global warming. You will take damage every single turn unless you cleanse it or if you are immune to the effects.

Splinter	Mana Cost	Position	Reason
Marlai Singariel	6	Summoner	+1 magic
Chaos Rear Guard	4	1st	Shield
Mantaroth	11	2nd	Shield
Mystic Scaleweaver	9	3rd	Slow
Ulundin Overseer	11	4th
Daarg Deadblast	7	5th	Weapons Training and Swiftness
Grimbardun Smith	6	6th	Immunity
Total Mana:	54

My summoner is Marlai Singariel for its +1 magic. My tank is Chaos Rear Guard with shield. My backup tank is Mantaroth with shield too. Then I have Mystic Scaleweaver with slow. I have Daarg Deadblast for the switftness and weapons training. Next to it are two monsters without any attack, and one of them is Grimbardun Smith.

The focus of this lineup is to keep my monsters alive while my magic monsters wipe out my opponent. With weapons training, I am able to give Grimbardun Smith magic damage so it can deal damage and stay alive at the same time.

Round 1

At first glance, I think that I have the advantage in this match. My opponent may have quite a few strong monsters and taunt, but I have Grimbardun Smith with immunity. At the same time, my monsters will slowly deal damage against my opponents monsters.

Round 3

My opponent and I are both down to 3 monsters left. However, my backline is more healthy than my opponent. As I can't miss, I don't see anyway of my opponent turning this around.

I won that match later that round.

Conclusion

The battle this time went exactly as planned. I made my lineup in a way that would deal magic damage against my opponent while also making them suffer from the burn effect. Grimbardun Smith was good in that effect because it stayed alive until the very end, and it had magic damage due to weapons training. It's interesting to see how some cards without uses finally have some good lineups.

You can see my entire match here.

What did you think of my match? Was there anything you would have done differently? I think it is quite interesting to see how different players use the same card.

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