Introduction

This week target practice. With this rules some of the latest's soulbound cards or cards with martyr become very interesting.

Ruleset

All ranged and All magic units gain the Snipe ability.

With the snipe ability an unit will Targets enemy Monsters with Ranged, Magic, or no attack that are not in the first position.

Note: here that is you have an ranged or magic unit with opportunity it will turn into an snipe ability

Official ruleset information from splinterlands: List-of-In-Game-Rulesets

Abilities Synergies / Strategies

Martyr - Because you the chance is higher that you can predict where your opponent will attack units with martyr have an advantage so you can boost unit early in the match.

Magic reflect / Void / Void armor / Silence - there is an higher chance that your opponent will select an magic unit try to benefit from the target practice rules there for protect yourself with some magic attacks.

Return fire / Headwinds / Protect -
similar as magic protect you can also protect against ranged attackers with these abilities.

Avoid

None that i can think of just be aware of unit with no attack/magic or ranged units where you place them they likely be first targets.

Example battle

Strategy

Nice high mana match up with earth and water. Because of the magic reflect i assume less magic units so water with an melee team it will be.
With the Target practice into the mix you can think of how the enemy will attack and focus on that unit.

Rulesets

Target Practice:
This week rule set. All unit will gain the snipe ability. So ranged and magic units will attack range or magic units that are not in the first position or units without any attack type.

Counterspell:
All units will gain the magic reflect ability. So all magic unit will receive magic reflect damage. Simple avoid magic units or bring void with you.

Armored Up:
All units will gain to extra armor. With the knowledge that the chance on magic is limited nice to have. Think off to bring shatter or an magic unit with void.

The Lineup

Summoner

Card	Reason
	Because my play will be heavily melee and i want to boost my second position the reach of this summoner is currently most important.

Monsters Lineup

#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6

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Diemonshark (lvl 6)
Very strong tank and when it gets enrage it does an ton of damage. This unit is very often in my front line with an water melee play.

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Coastal Sentry (lvl 8)
This is the unit that shines with Possibilus the Wise. Double attack with trample of the summoner great unit.

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Venari Marksrat (lvl 2 GF)
This is the key unit with this strategy i will be targeted by opportunity units and snipe units in combination with River Hellondale this will boost adjacent unit twice.

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Deeplurker (lvl 8)
Strong unit with opportunity and poisen also one of my most selected units.

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River Hellondale (lvl 3)
This is selecte mainly for the resurrect of the Venari Marksrat. Because i go heavily on the melee the extra inspire, +1 melee damage is very usefull the only thing it need to stay alive long enough to resurrect Venari Marksrat, tricky with magic reflect, but confident that my opponent will target the correct unit.

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Merdaali Guardian (lvl 6)
Risky in the back so my River Hellondale is not in he last position to be killed before it can resurrect. when no sneak unit are used this will nicely heal up the front.

The Battle

Reference

Link to the battle:
Link to battle

Rounds

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Start :

Lets analyse the lineup.
Indeed my assumption is correct there are two units that will target my Venari Marksrat.
That will be the boost that will lead me to victory in this battle.
I do not see many troubles so lets look at the rounds.

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Round 1:

Two misses on my side one of my River Hellondale which is only nice so it does not gets any magic reflect damage before the resurrect.

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Round 2:

First boost and resurrected now my Coastal Sentry is already very strong. It has killed on this round and therefore also got an trample

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Round 3:

Second kill of Coastal Sentry with another trample this makes it very useful unit in combination with Possibilus the Wise. In the end of the round the second boost this is over for my opponent these units are now so strong.

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Round 4:

Yet another trample just one more round.

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Round 5:

Coastal Sentry finished it off with an kill and an trample kill love this combo.

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Conclusion

This battle demonstrated that with certain rule sets you can determine more precisely where your opponent is going to attack. Note your opponent knows that also and can make use of the same strategy 🤣.

This setup with the martyr unit in the third position is great to boost you units. There are also few nice earth strategies that used this. Martyr in combination with Quora or any other bloodlust unit is also a very strong play with this rule set.

Previous ruleset strategy posts

The series continues, below you will find references to the other ruleset strategies / analysis posts.

Ruleset	Post
Briar patch	Ruleset post: Briar patch
Aim True	Ruleset post: True aim
Aimless	Ruleset post: Aimless
Up to Eleven	Ruleset post: Up to Eleven
Armored Up	Ruleset post: Armored Up
Back to Basics	Ruleset post: Back to Basics
Broken Arrows	Ruleset post: Broken Arrows
Close Range	Ruleset post: Close Range
Counterspell	Ruleset post: Counterspell
Earthquake	Ruleset post: Earthquake
Equalizer	Ruleset post: Equalizer
Equal Opportunity	Ruleset post: Equal Opportunity
Even Stevens	Ruleset post: Even Stevens
Explosive Weaponry	Ruleset post: Explosive Weaponry
Fire & Regret	Ruleset post: Fire & Regret
Fog of War	Ruleset post: Fog of War
Ferocity	Ruleset post: Ferocity
Going the Distance	Ruleset post: Going the Distance
Healed Out	Ruleset post: Healed Out
Heavy Hitters	Ruleset post: Heavy Hitters
Holy Protection	Ruleset post: Holy Protection
Keep Your Distance	Ruleset post: Keep Your Distance
Little League	Ruleset post: Little League
Lost Legendaries	Ruleset post: Lost Legendaries
Lost Magic	Ruleset post: Lost Magic
Melee Mayhem	Ruleset post: Melee Mayhem
Noxious Fumes	Ruleset post: Noxious Fumes
Odd Ones Out	Ruleset post: Odd Ones Out
Reverse Speed	Ruleset post: Reverse Speed
Rise of the Commons	Ruleset post: Rise of the Commons
Silenced Summoners	Ruleset post: Silenced Summoners
Wands out	Ruleset post: Wands Out
What Doesn't Kill You	Ruleset post: What Doesn't Kill you
Stampede	Ruleset post: Stampede
Super Sneak	Ruleset post: Super Sneak
Taking Sides	Ruleset post: Taking Sides
Target Practice

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

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