Splinterlands share your battle: REXXIE 🦖

in #splinterlands6 years ago

I there! I'm really excited about this post. Rexxie is one of my favourite "old school" cards. I love the drawing and it can be really strong in some circumstances.

Card analysis

I think Rexxie is having a second youth with some new 'Inspiring' reward and untamed card released after beta.
The power of Rexxie is on its High melee attack and the trample ability. Infact, excluding Exploding Dwarf which is a really extreme card, Rexxie is the lowest-Mana 6-melee card in the game.

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His weaknesses are clear to all who have used him:

  • Shielded and/or armored opposite tanks.
  • Fast-dodged opposite tank + Blind

Rexxie is an offensive tank who likes to RUN👟👟. If the first attack does not inflict serious damage to its opponent, bad things happening: its high health (up to 12) is not enough, because he is too much vulnerable as a tank. No shield, no void, no self heal --> Lots of fresh dinosaur meat available!

Example of hard-to-beat Rexxie's opponents (omitting really strong tank shielded legendaries):

For the same opposite reasons, he results really strong against high health 'void' tanks:

Use cases

In general I see him at ease in low-medium mana matches, where we often see monsters overused as haunted spirit or flesh golem. Rexxie eats them in one bite!


Best game modes are:

  • Broken Arrow: probable to have a 'void' tank in front --> no shield, no armor.. LOL!
  • Unprotected
  • Rise of common, lost legendaries, taking sides: eliminates Lord ariantus, chain golem, and other legendary defensive tank really hard to overcome.

In an hypothetical game mode with 'only common' monsters, Rexxie would be first in class. 🤓

WTF situation (fake):

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Ok, too much words.. Let's come to action!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️

The match

League: Gold II 👑
Armored Up
Mana cap: 38

The match is really simple, I just applied the second rexxie use case (Rexxie + Inspire monsters in support) in a game mode were I was not expected to do so, and thanks to sporcerer I removed that 2 additional armors:

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Before the match I didn't give breakfast to Rexxie and then I told him few motivational words: "do what you do best: ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!"
Well, it worked. The game is here, but it can be easily summarized by the following gifs:

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Sporcerer lay the table, Rexxie feeds and 16 opposite's mana evaporates ✌️😎😎😎

Cheers!

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Excellent post, madgol.
I also found pairing Rexxie with Javelin Thrower can be a big help.
She goes first, stripping away armour; giving him a higher chance of killing the tank and triggering trample.
In gold league I look for ways to include Minotaur warrior too, as he's slightly faster than Rexxie (in gold). Between Javelin thrower and Minotaur warrior it's rare for a slow tank to still be standing after Rexxie hits.

might need to get one of them :)

Great post, congratulations, some cards are underestimated and underused, but they can make a difference at the right time, I think this is the case.

Yeah I totally agree

I am not a big share your battle fan but yours is really well done. I love the GIFs. Keep it up!
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Thanks! :)

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Holy crap!
First... that was some record time at getting your post out.
And I asked... and you DELIVERED.
I LOVE this! You totally gave me excellent examples of when and when NOT to use our sweet meaty friend.
And gifs? ANd screenshots?! Be still my heart! 😍
Great job!
🥰@carrieallen


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