Splinterlands Battle Mage — Briar Patch (Thorns)

Hello Splinterfans!

This week we have the new Battle Mage Secrets weekly challenge with the ruleset Briar Patch.

Until the Briar Patch ruleset came along, the only chance we had to use the thorns were with the mighty Mylor Crowling who gave your team an awesome advantage and punished anybody daring to use a melee attack against you.

When the ruleset was announced, it was thought that the power of Mylor Crowling was put to bed. This however is not the case! Whilst the usage of Mylor Crowling has gone down, those who do use him have an even bigger surprise advantage against their opponents now in my opinion.

However, we are now talking about the game ruleset where all monsters will have the thorns ability. What is the best way to play this ruleset? Should you switch to a ranged or magic attack? Should you buff or de-buff? So many options.

On to this week’s battle.

My Team

This is a lowish mana battle and I will need some decent attack plus defensive capabilities.