Fear the shadows of Dhampir Infiltrator

It's been a while since I had posted some Spliterlands content due to busy days. As a come back post, I will be sharing about an interesting new reward card from Dragon splinter.

DHAMPIR INFILTRATOR is one of the newest sneaky killer in the Splinterlands. They are great for killing backline monsters. Rumor has it that they are employed by the Gloridax Empire as a spies, thieves and assassins. They have a haflf-vampire lineage in which they get their unrivaled strength. They are feed with blood from Dragons to enhance further their abilties.

Stats and Abilities

Stats:

• Attack Type: Melee
• Damage: 1 to 2
• Speed: 2 to 4
• Armor: None
• Health: 2 to 4
• Capacity: 4

Abilities:
	SNEAK: Targets the last monster on the enemy team instead of the first monster
	DOUBLE STRIKE: Monster attacks twice each round
	CRIPPLE: Each time an enemy is hit by a monster with Cripple, it loses one max health
	AFFLICTION: When a monster with Affliction hits a target, it has a chance of applying Affliction on the target causing it to be unable to be healed

The combination of Sneak and Double Strike allows Dhampir Infiltrator to execute backline monster in an instant. This ability combination is not new to us as we already seen this with SILVERSHIELD ASSASSIN from Life splinter and KATRELBA GOBSON from Gladius. It will be very exciting to have two monsters with this skill combination in a single line-up. Also, there are other monsters with Double Strike ability, pair with battle ruleset that provides Sneak ability for melee, then we can already replicate this skill combination.

The combination of Cripple and Affliction is definitely a good counter against monsters who relies on healing abilities. The amount of health to be recovered from healing abilities depends on the max HP of the monster, with this Cripple makes the heal less effective each time it hits the monster. Although the Affliction status will already counter the healing abilities, Cripple helps while Affliction is not yet trigger. Keep in mind that both Affliction and Cripple can be countered using Cleanse ability.

Monster Compatibility

Dhampir Infiltrator is a melee monster with Double Strike ability. This means that abilities that increases the damage of melee monster will greatly benefit Dhampir Infiltrator as the damage increased will affect both of its attacks. A plus one damage will be equivalent to a 2 melee damage.

Monsters with INSPIRE ability will be the best suitable monster to play with Dhampir Infiltrator.

• Demented Shark (Water)
• River Hellondale (Water)
• Pirate Captain (Water)
• Chaos Knight (Life)
• Angel Of Light (Life)
• Silvershield Knight (Life)
• Brownie (Earth)
• Beetle Queen (Fire)
• Orc Sergeant (Earth)
• Enchanted Pixie (Water)
• Evangelist (Life)
• Shadowy Presence (Death)
• Ferexia General (Fire)
• Tusk The Wide (Fire)

I am also excited to pair Dhampir Infiltrator with Silvershield Assassin (Life) or Katrelba Gobson (Earth) since both of them has the Sneak and Double Strike abilities. Aside from these two, any monster with Sneak ability is also good to team up incase you want to build a Sneak line-up.

Summoner Compatibility

DARIA DRAGONSCALE is the Dragon summoner that increases the melee damage of all friendly monsters on the line-up. Similar with what we want from Monsters with Inspire ability, an additional melee damage will greatly help our monster.

Aside from DARIA DRAGONSCALE, ARCHMAGE ARIUS is also a Dragon summoner that can increase the melee damage of our monsters. Although it is a bit pricey since aside from melee, it also increases the damage for both magic and range attacks.

Ruleset Compatibility

Rules
Little League - Only Monsters & Summoners that cost 4 Mana or less may be used in battles.	Dhampir Infiltrator only requires 4 mana. In this low mana battles, Dhampir Infiltrator will greatly shine and be as deadly as it can be. Fighting against monster with higher mana is not a problem as well since it is not going to tank damage from opponent. Most likely, it will be place in the backline to avoid direct hit from opponent

How to Counter Dhampir Infiltrator

Dhampir Infiltrator is a melee damage so most counters against melee monster will also be effective against this monster.

1. THORNS and RETALIATE ability is the one we need to avoid when using Dhampir Infiltrator. Since it has a Double Strike ability, this means that every time it attacks a monster with Thorns ability, it will receive a 2 melee damage in return. Retaliate also works for both attacks from Double Strike. This means that enemy can also trigger Retaliate twice on a single round. Dhampir Infiltrator does not have Armor to abosrb those damage so it best not to use this monster when facing a line-up with Thorns and Retaliate.

2. SHILED ability to reduce the damage taken from melee attacks.

3. DEMORALIZE ability to reduce the melee damage of all enemy monsters.

FEATURED BATTLE

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_2382b79e4b20587d8536eeb8afc38736&ref=jpleron

Battle Condition
Rule #1	Aim True: Melee and Ranged attacks always hit their target.
Rule #2	Melee Mayhem: Melee attack Monsters can attack from any position.
Mana Cap	60
Allowed Splinter	All

MY LINE-UP

In this match, since melee monsters are capable of attacking from any position, I opted to go for the all melee line-up with the Dragon and Fire deck combination. As I observed from the enemy's previous matches, I predicted he/she will used Earth splinter. In the latest update, it is very easy to predict which Splinter your enemy will use because of the Daily Focus.

Summoner:

• Daria Dragonscale : I opted to used Daria Dragonscale to increase the melee damage of all friendly monsters in my line-up. It also allows me to use Dragon monsters for this match.

Monster:

1. Grum Flameblade - has the abilities that can counter Magic line-up. Since my opponent has the Earth Daily Focus, I predicted that he/she will use a heavy magic lineup. Having Grum Flameblade allows me to tank more magic damage.

2. Forgotten One - has a high melee damage as well as high armor and health. This is good to have in this ruleset since it can attack even at the backline.

3. Desert Dragon - also has a high melee damage with Trample and Piercing ability. Even if the monster has armor, the attacks from Desert Dragon can damage directly the health of the monster allowing it a chance to trigger Trample if ever it kills the target monster.

4. Disintegrator - has the Trample and Demoralize ability. Demoralize reduces the melee damage of opponent monsters while Trample allows it to take another attack in case the target monster was killed.

5. Dhampir Infiltrator - our featured monster is a deadly assassin that attacks backline monster twice. The additional melee damage greatly helps this monster since the effect is almost doubled.

6. Djinn Chwala - this monster has the Thorns ability in case enemy uses monsters with Sneak attack as well. Since the chance to have melee monster is very high due to the ruleset, having a monster with Thorns can be a great counter.

Take Away:

• I really enjoyed using Dhampir Infiltrator since it can fit almost any line-up. Even with low mana battles, it can be a great addition. Or if you are having a Sneak line-up, this is still a good card to add. It's price is now cheap so I suggest to get this card and level it up to enjoy this awesome monster.

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