Hi guys, sharing my weekly battle challenge for today and I chose **TIDE BITER** as my monster challenge, I will be sharing my match with him, his general stats, and thoughts on him.



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First, we have to know the story of ***TIDE BITER*** and according to the splinterlands lore; The vampire now simply known as the Tide Biter was once a human. He was a sailor who loved the seas, and his adventures were successful due to his powerful water mana spells. As a mage and captain of his ship, he commanded great respect and admiration. When a vampire attacked and caught his boat on the open ocean, however, he was nearly killed. Bitten and thrown to his death in the water, the sailor thought his time had come.

His powerful connection with the water saved him. He healed his mortal wounds, but could not stop the vampirism from transforming him. He knew his old life was gone. He embraced a new life of piracy, sailing under the moon and drinking the blood of murderers and thieves. If he were to be cursed with this disease, he would use its power to enact his own form of justice.

The Tide Biter is fueled with a vengeance for the manner of his change. Sailing across the seas of Praetoria, he hunts the vampire that turned him. With the love of his crew behind him, he sails the open waters of the Splinterlands, forever hunting his quarry.


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**TIDE BITER** has 3 abilities which are **REACH** that will be automatically available at level 1, **REFLECTION SHIELD** at level 3, and lastly **TRUE STRIKE** at level 6.




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|https://i.imgur.com/25Bwhis.png|MANA|3|
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|https://i.imgur.com/FYVCX0P.png|ARMOR|0|
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|https://i.imgur.com/US0QI1C.png|HEALTH|4|
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|https://i.imgur.com/aX5r1Vu.png|SPEED|4|
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|https://i.imgur.com/NRb79R3.png|DAMAGE|2|





# <center>  CARD PRICE  </center> 


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**TIDE BITER** is an epic card from the water splinter which gives **100 CP** for the regular foil and **2500 CP** for the gold foil version.

At the time of writing, **TIDE BITER** regular foil is currently priced at **$0.137** and it requires 10 bcx to upgrade to level 3 which will cost **$1.37** and will also give **1000 CP**.

The gold foil version costs **$6.467** and it will be automatically upgraded to level 2 it will require 2 bcx to upgrade it to level 3 which will cost **$12.934** and also gives **5000 CP**.

Playing this card is also possible without owning it, via renting. Currently, you can rent level 1 regular foil of this card for **0.1 DEC/Day** while the gold version costs **6.667 DEC/Day**, and for level 3, the regular foil costs **1.333 DEC/Day** while the gold foil costs **6.667 DEC/Day**.


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# <center>WEAKNESS AND STRENGTHS  </center>  

**STRENGTHS**, **TIDE BITER** is one of my favourite monster in the game especially at level 2, which will be great against monster with **BLAST** ability or with the **EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY** ruleset, and with his above-average stats he will be one of the greatest monsters in the low mana cap games.


**WEAKNESS**, this monster's only weakness is he has no armor which makes him vulnerable for a secondary position.

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# <center>  RULESET  </center>

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The game has a 27 mana cap and with the rulesets **EARTHQUAKE** https://i.imgur.com/CLJhF92.png and **EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY** https://i.imgur.com/ytp5HOn.png. This makes **TIDE BITER** excellent in this match, his **REFLECTION** will nullify the **BLAST** damage thus I need monsters with **FLYING** ability and support monsters that will further increase my win rate.


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# <center> SUMMONER  </center>  



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**KELYA FRENDUL** is the best fit for **TIDE BITER** because of his +armor and +speed buff, it will increase both of it's defensive and offensive capabilities.


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# <center>  TANKS </center> 


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**GARGOYA LION**, is one of the best available tanks in my lineup, his **VOID** will counter any magic damage and his **FLYING** ability will nullify the **EARTHQUAKE** damage, this monster can tank against both magic and physical damage.

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**TIDE BITER** is the secondary tank and damage dealer at the same time, his 4 speed and 2 damage will be excellent with the **BLAST** will make him a great damage dealer and his **REFLECTION SHIELD** will nulify the **BLAST** damage that will make him a great tank.


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# <center> SNEAK COMBO </center> 


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**URAEUS**, is the finisher for my **SNEAK** duo, he will be eliminating the backline of the enemy monsters.


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**PELACOR BANDIT** is the first **SNEAK** monster that will either remove the armor of the enemy backline or reduce the HP while my **URAEUS** will finish it off.

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# <center> UTILITY MONSTERS </center> 

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**VENARI WAVESMITH** is the main support of my lineup and the main magic damage dealer, his +2 armor will increase the durability of all of my monsters that will protect them from the **EARTHQUAKE** damage.


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**ANGELIC MANDARIN** is the secondary support in my lineup, his **TRIAGE** ability will counter any **SNEAK** monsters and will buy more time for my damage dealers to win me the game.

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In the battle of the **KELYA**, the enemy went for 3 support monsters while I went for an aggressive 2 **SNEAK** and 4 frontal damage monsters.


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<center> [Battle Link Here](https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_7103ac099f15178f8f2767501bdf202d&ref=kraaaaa) </center>



**<center>ROUND 1</center>**

**TIDE BITER** was the game changer and the MVP in this round, thanks to his **REFLECTION SHIELD** ability the **BLAST** damage was nullified, while the enemy was receiving damage from both my frontal and **SNEAK** damage monsters.

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**<center> ROUND 2  </center>**

The game ended in the second round, the **EARTHQUAKE** damage removed the armor of all of the enemy monsters and killed off his main tank, which made all of his monsters vulnerable to my **SNEAK** damage along with their **BLAST** damage which won me the game.


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# AFTERTHOUGHTS

**TIDE BITER** is one of my favorite monsters in the game, I always use him whenever I can. Both in high and low mana cap games, especially in the **EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY** ruleset. 
I won't be changing my lineup because I won the game comfortably without losing any monsters.


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