This week's Splinterlands battle challenge theme is Reverse Speed.

I love the reverse speed rule, it is probably one of my favorite rules.
Today I participated in a Gold Foil Bronze Tournament sponsored by Splinterlands and came across a battle with reverse speed against @goldninja. This was a bronze tournament so most of my cards were handicapped to lower levels, this strategy also works well with level 3 or 4 summoner.

The battle can be found here

Rules were Fog of War and Reverse Speed

With a 26 mana cap

Fog of War: Means that monsters loose the sneak and snipe abilities.
Reverse Speed: Means monsters with the lowest speed attack first and have the highest chance of evading attacks.

Summoner Selection:

For my strategy I normally pick either Tyrus or Daria, if the mana cap was 28 or above I would have picked Daria and used truthspeaker for the armor bonus. I normally need an armor bonus for my strategy so I used Tyrus in this battle.

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Monster Selection

1rst Position: I choose the Clay Golem because of the 1 movement speed, he dodges so many things in reverse speed and the 3 melee attack that hits everything. The 8 health combined with the void ability makes him a great tank, combined with Tyrus(or Truthspeaker) armor ability and viola you have an awesome tank. As I have pointed out in my previous posts; I love my chain golem as a tank, but its 2 speed makes it a little more vulnerable and at level 1(bronze) it doesn't have void.

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2nd position: I used my Luminous Eagle for this position because it has reach and the highest attack with reach of all the available cards. Starting at level he has 1 armor of his own which is useful. The 3 speed is in the middle so it doesnt'always hit and doesn't always miss.

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3rd position: I put Cave Slugs in the third position because it has opportunity and has a speed of 1 so it will be hitting everything it attacks. I love the opportunity ability as my slugs target the weakest monster first and hit them with a 3 melee attack that mows down opponents quickly. The 5 health makes a decent backup, backup tank.

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4th Position:
I choose Silversield Bard for my 4th position because I had 1 mana left over after picking my other monsters and wanted to utilize her cleanse ability and make 1 more monster in the way of my 2 healers. Also her 1 health plus 1 armor makes her a great meat shield for any opportunity attacks.

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5th Position:
I choose the Armorsmith for position 5 because he heals the armor of my team and needs to be protected because he is a little vulernable with no armor of his own. This ruleset makes it easier to protect him because of the Fog of War. I love the armorsmith because he is like having a 2nd healer on my team except he doesn't just target the tank, he targets whichever monster needs the armor the most.

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6th Position
I put my Divine Healer last so she wouldn't take any damage but ranged, she keeps my main tank from dying by healing it every turn.

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Conclusion:

My strategy worked very well for this battle as the silversheild bard was my only casulty.

I beat a player that is ranked 1000 points great than me.