Hello Splinterlands Community, the challenge for this week is to showcase the brute strength of Grund in the battlefield. It is one of the strongest melee unit in the earth element which can bring havoc to the enemy team.

About Grund

Grund is an epic earth unit that deals melee damage to the enemies which belongs to the Chaos Legion set. The current lowest price for a regular foil card is $1.406 while the gold foil card is currently listed at $11.99 on the marketplace as of this writing. It is one of the most expensive epic unit in the Chaos Legion Set considering its overall statistics at level 1, in addition to that it has a very powerful ability that makes this card very powerful in battles.

The figure above shows the complete stats of Grund from Level 1 up to its maximum Level of 6. Since it is an epic unit it would require 46 cards to upgrade this card to its maximum level but considering its price on the marketplace, it would take some time to achieve this goal. Based on the figure above, I can say that upgrading this card to at least Level 4 would be great in order to increase its melee damage and its health at the same time it unlocks its second ability which is Trample. The Trample ability allows this card to perform another attack on the next monster of the enemy team if this card was able to take down its target monster which is very plausible with its double strike ability that allows this card to strike twice each round.

My Battle

This is the ranked battle I want to share where I used Grund alongside with melee monsters from the earth and neutral element to take down all opponents. If you're interested on the outcome of this match, you can watch it by clicking the battle link below.
https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_dfae979494884907e7c25bd0ab8fe38a

The Ruleset

Aim True

There is only one ruleset present for this match which is Aim True. This ruleset gives all monsters in the battlefield the ability to deal their attack to the target monster successfully each round. The ruleset make sure that attacks from monsters always hit their target, this ruleset also makes the flying ability from monsters not much effective which is shown on the ranked battle that I have shared.

My Lineup

Summoner: Wizard of Eastwood

I used Wizard of Eastwood as my summoner for this battle. It is a earth summoner that reduces the armor of all enemy units by 2 if ever the enemy monster has an armor at the beginning of the match. The armor debuff from this summoner fits very well with Grund as it makes the job easier for Grund to take down every enemies in the battlefield. It also a good counter against Kelya Frendul summoner that provides bonus armor to all the units in the team at the start of the match.

Monster 1 : Grund

I placed my Grund in the first position since it is the most durable unit on my team. It deals massive melee damage to enemies with its double strike ability. This unit also has a great amount of health which makes this card not only a offensive unit but can also serve as a frontline unit for the team.

Monster 2 : Screeching Vulture

I also used Screeching Vulture in this battle. It deals melee damage to enemies and it has the flying ability and opportunity ability. The opportunity ability is very useful in this match as it allows this card to take down the most vulnerable monster in the enemy team.

Monster 3 : Uraeus

I also used Gold Foil uraeus in this battle. It also deals melee damage to the enemy team and also has an armor gives this card some durability against melee and ranged opponents. This unit has the sneak ability which makes this card to target the opponent monster that is currently placed in the last position.

Monster 4 : Fungus Fiend

Lastly I placed my Fungus Fiend in the last position, it is also deals melee damage to the enemies however it does not have any ability which makes this card incapable of dealing damage if it is not placed in the first position unlike Uraeus and Screeching Vulture. It does not cost any mana which makes this card a good bait against enemy monsters that has sneak and opportunity ability.

ROUND 1

During the first round my team was able to take down the enemy's Albatross. The armor debuff from my summoner was very effective in that round as it counters the armor buff coming from the enemy's summoner. It is also the reason why my Grund was able to deal a decent amount of damage to the Djinn Oshannus.

ROUND 2

During the second round my Fungus Fiend was defeated by the enemy's Pelacor Bandit at the same time the Pelacor Bandit was also taken down later on that round by my team. This gives me a number advantage heading on the next round wherein the enemy team has only one offensive monster while I still have 3 offensive units.

ROUND 3

During the third round my team was able take down the opponent's Djinn Oshannus in which guarantees me the victory. The remaining opponent monster left is Merdaali Guardian who was able to heal itself before my Screeching Vulture and Uraeus was able to deal damage in which makes the enemy unit survive this round.

ROUND 4

On the fourth and final round my team secures the victory after my Grund successfully deals the killing blow to the enemy's Merdaali Guardian. Overall my team has only one casualty which is Fungus Fiend and the durability of Grund was very evident in this match where it absorbs the magic damage from the Djinn Oshannus at the same time the double strike ability from Grund was a major key that secures me this win.

Grund is a very powerful card that deals massive melee damage to the enemies. It has a great amount of health alongside its melee damage and speed which fits very well with its Double Strike ability. For this battle I manage to secure the victory using my Grund as the main source of damage on my team with the support of Uraeus and Screeching Vulture. The Double Strike ability from Grund.was very useful in taking down the opponent's Djinn Oshannus considering that the enemy team has a healer that restores the health of Djinn Oshannus each round. The ruleset in this match also favors my team since the enemy team has two flying monsters which gives them the capability to dodge melee and ranged attack that was negated by the Aim True ruleset. There are other possible team combinations that can be build with Grund and I will share it on my future posts.

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