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Hello splinterlands lovers, how are you feeling today? Looking at the weekly battle challenge for this week is very easy for me. After I looked at the monster's name we are going to use to battle, I did not look well, instead of using a Xenith archer, used a Xenith monk. what a mistake!
Well! I love @splinterlands because even if you don’t have a particular monster for a weekly challenge, they welcome you to use any monster and share your experience. 
Therefore, I will be sharing how I used Xenith monk in this battle, it is not that I don’t have Xenith archer but I have written more than 500 worlds before I realized that the monster to use is Xenith archer. 

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 It is a wonderful day for me because the new update has been effective. I have never won up to 10 focus chests in a day, my highest daily focus chest was 8 but today I won 11 which never happened before. 
This simply means that I am getting used to the new update which was very difficult for me to understand when it was started in the middle of June.
I understand that as we are moving from one level to another in the game, the battles are becoming tougher and experienced players are paired, which could reduce my winning rate. But I believe that if I can keep on playing in this way, I will surely come out with something at the end of every season

IMPORTANCE OF XENITH MONK IN THE BATTLES
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 Xenith monk is a rare neutral monster with healing ability, one thing I love about this monster is that when lower mana is given in the battles, Xenith monk is one of the choice monsters to use. It does not require much mana in battle, I used this monster whenever lower mana are given to me especially when healing ability is activated in the battles. 
Another importance of Xenith monk is that it is one of the neural monsters available when little league rule is given in battles.
The little league simply means that only monsters and summoners with 4 mana and below can be used in battle when this rule is given.  Most of the time, the Xenith monk is my favorite to lead such battles because of its healing ability which is a big advantage for me. I knew that the monster would not die easily in such a battle. 
It is a monster that is available to all summoners in splinterlands. Whatever summoners you want to use to battle, you can use Xenith monk with it. 
 It is a powerful monster with good health; as the level increases it becomes more powerful to attack and to withstand tough battles. 
Level six of Xenith monk possessed void ability which reduces magic attack and level 8 has reflection ability. 
The health is so awesome from level one to the last level and the speed is also incredible. 


RULESET
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Broken arrow: whenever you see the picture of broken arrow in battle rule, such battles tell us that ranged monsters may not be available in the battle. 
When I checked my monsters available to fight this battle, there were no ranged monsters in it. All I saw were magic and melee attack monsters.
 



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[click here](https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_6b6ab3438bf9ba4e7afc136f890498cb&ref=chrisamuda) to watch the battle. You need to watch this battle. 

MONSTERS ARRANGEMENT

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XENITH MONK: I have monsters that can start the battle because 26 mana were given. I believed that the Xenith monk could do the same job. The Xenith monk was able to lead the battle to victory without being eliminated in the battle. 
The healing ability was the major weapon for the Xenith monk in this battle; this monster was able to use it maximally for my victory. 

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DJINN OSHANNUS: My reason for using Djinn Oshannus in the second position was that if the Xenith monk is eliminated, djinn Oshannus can lead the battle to victory due to its magic attack. Magic attack monsters can attack in any position and that is one of the biggest advantages of magic monsters. 
The void ability also motivated me; well! When arranging monsters for battles since I am not 100% sure of the monsters that my opponent would use, the best thing to secure victory is to use powerful monsters. Djinn Oshannus is one of the powerful monsters in my monster collection and I also believed that my opponent would use magic monsters whose ability would reduce damage done. 

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MERDAALI GUARDIAN: The importance of using Merdaali guardian is to continue supporting Xenith monk in terms of health. This monster is one of the monsters with tank heal ability in Splinterlands; it gives a certain amount of health to the first monster in the lineup.
Merdaali guardian gave health to the Xenith monk in every round, which was the reason the monster was able to lead the battle to victory.  

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ICE PIXIE: The magic attack was very important to support my team and deliver the victory. 

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VENARI WAVESMITH: I needed to get armor for all my monsters because most of them can be eliminated in just one attack. This is because there are monsters with one, two and three health in my lineup. To make sure such monsters would not be eliminated once, there was a need for me to select a venari health smith so that such monsters can stay longer in the battle. 
If not, venari wavesmith, furious chicken, ice pixie and  merdaali guardian would have been eliminated once.

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FURIOUS CHICKEN: the best position is the last position to delay sneaky monsters from behind. 
What is your thought about the Xenith monk? 
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