Introduction

This week we have a look at the last stand ability. This is a very rare unit. At the moment of writing this post i only had one.

After this post i got two 😍

This ability can be an life saver when you last unit is boosted and killing the enemy before they kill you :)

Ability

Gains +50% to all stats if it's the only Unit on the team alive.

Last Stand will increase all stats of a Unit by 1.5X (rounded up) when the Unit is the last standing.

Official ability information from splinterlands: List abilities

Synergies / strategy

Abilities benefits

Taunt - Direct attacks away from the unit you intend to have its last stand by focusing your opponent's attacks elsewhere

Stun - If your opponent uses stun, your unit will not be able to attack even if Last Stand is in play.

Be aware of abilities
Forcefield - A double-edged sword - your Unit with Last Stand will benefit from extra protection from attacks of 5+. However, if your opponent plays a card with forcefield, your last standing unit's attack of 5+ will only deal 1 damage.

Deathblow - When you last stand unit is boosted also you enemy with deathblow that does 2x damage when there is only one enemy left.

Ruleset benefits
Fog Of War - With Sneak, Snipe, and Opportunity disabled, your intended Last Stand Unit is more likely to make it to the end - full health stat intact!

Be aware of ruleset
Reverse Speed - Consider whether the boost in speed to your Unit with Last Stand will harm the outcome of your battle.

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Select / favorite

Mine last stand units:

This week it was not hard to pick a favorite. While writing i bought a Runemance Atuat for 4.5$ to get him at a level where it gets last stand. This ability is very powerful.
battle stats of this unit:

As you can see i do not use it often. and only high mana battles.

Strategy

High mana game with only ranged units that are all poisoned.

Rulesets

Going the Distance:
Only range units may be selected.

Noxious Fumes:
All units are poisoned at the beginning of the match. Note units with immunity are not poisoned and it can be cleansed.

FiveAlive:
Only five units can be selected.

The Lineup

Summoner

Card	Reason
	Logically with going the distance it always good to pick Quix for the -1 range attack. You know you will be facing ranged attackers lol

Units Lineup

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5

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Runic Skyclaw (lvl 6)
Even it cannot attack i placed it here because of the high speed in the hope for many misses.

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Lava Launcher (lvl 6)
Second unit is a closed ranged unit so it can attack in the front. The stun should help reduce the potential closed ranged unit of my opponent

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Drybone Raider (lvl 2 GF)
It made the team for the double strike and it will be boosted before its killed

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Firecaller (lvl 10)
With the martyr it in the team in this position to boot Tinderlock. I Don't mind the low health on this one its mend to go down in one or two rounds.

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Tinderlock (lvl 6)
Star of this week i hope it will survive the poison. It has 11 health so that should give him some rounds

The Battle

Reference

Link to the battle:
Link to battle

Rounds

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Start :

There we go... some similarity in the line up. all front attack so that is great for my Tinderlock to unleash it last stand.
I got some nice evade chance. my opponent has some extra close ranged units. I dislike his supply runner that is a good choice for its swiftness and strength.

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Round 1:

4 misses, the first part of the plan is working. With this speed i wander if the last stan is needed.
Still some high health unit left to kill.

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Round 2:

Forgot about the poison that hurts. pretty close to the team some will die next round by the poison.
Then it will come down to part 2 and 3 of the strategy. Martyr and as last the last stand. The last stand will bring up the health and will keep it alive for somewhat long against the poison.

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Round 3:

Part 2 is executed the martyr has done its part. Poison will take out another two units next round.
Then the last stand will be needed to kill of the last unit.

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Round 4:

From 5 health to 11 health and in one blow my Tinderlock kill the Molten Ash Golem which makes it a win.

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Conclusion

At the moment of writing this post i noticed again how rare the last stand ability is.
In very specific cases this is a very use ability that can just swing the battle your way.
In the end a pretty sure victory:

Previous ability strategy posts

Below you will find references to the other ability strategies / analysis posts.

Ability	post
Affliction	Ability post: Affliction
Amplify	Ability post: Amplify
Backfire	Ability post: Backfire
Blast	Ability post: Blast
Blind	Ability post: Blind
Bloodlust	Ability post: Bloodlust
Camouflage	Ability post: Camouflage
Conscript	Ability post: Conscript
Close Range	Ability post: Close Range
Cleanse	Ability post: Cleanse
Cripple	Ability post: Cripple
Deathblow	Ability post: Deathblow
Demoralize	Ability post: Demoralize
Dispel	Ability post: Dispel
Divine Shield	Ability post: Divine Shield
Dodge	Ability post: Dodge
Double Strike	Ability post: Double Strike
Enrage	Ability post: Enrage
Flying	Ability post: Flying
Forcefield	Ability post: Forcefield
Fury	Ability post: Fury
Giant Killer	Ability post: Giant Killer
Halving	Ability post: Halving
Headwinds	Ability post: Headwinds
Heal	Ability post: Heal
Tank Heal	Ability st: Tank Heal
Immunity	Ability post: Immunity
Inspire	Ability post: Ispire
Knock Out	Ability post: Knock Out
Last Stand

That's all for this week hope you enjoyed reading this ability strategy/analysis. See you all on the battlefield.

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