Hi there!

This week challenge is not about a single monster, but about an ability: OPPORTUNITY 👁️

Nice ability, controversial.. Extremely useful and lethal in most occasions, a waste of mana or also dangerous in others. In general this is a really appreciated ability and this reflects on card cost: quite high.
___ ## Ability analysis Opportunity is an ability of certain ***MELEE*** monsters to have as a target the lowest-health enemy monster. It is an amazing way to finish some nearly to die opponent: - Kill rear monsters not reachable by snipers and sneakers (usually healing guys) - Kill rear monster who has been weakened by some kind of reflect (magic or return fire) - Finish tanks close to die (before they can be healed) It's a very effective and flexible ability which adds a lot of more possible tactics and variability to the game. ___ ## The cards

___ At today there are 8 cards with this ability and we can separate them in 3 groups: - [Scavengers](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@madgol/splinterlands-share-your-battle-maggots) - Flying - [Spy](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@madgol/serpentine-spy-backfiring-killer-in-splinterlands) With screeching vulture (my favorite) being a flying scavenger (see uage [here](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@madgol/the-cube)) ___ ## Usage tips Here some tips about usage of this amazing cards: ___

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= Puppets hunting 🐔

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= HELL YEAH 😎😎😎

___ Caution in playing with opportunity if you think you'll play against the following monsters: ___

Enchanted defender is the second more armored card in the game (behind only the 10 armor of diamond dragon) and having only 1 health he probably will be opportunity target. Really dangerous that thorns!

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Exploding Dwarf is the enemy number one. Infact, when hitten by opportunity he will retaliate with a 50% probability: 6 PIERCING MELEE + BLAST + TRAMPLE. Really, really dangerous!

___ This can happen: ![Don't to this at home](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/madgol/upgzrKKZ-ed-1.gif)
At the same time opportunity is really effective (but high *Miss!* chance) against:

___ ## [The Match](https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=b21afbe78448d138e1f099826cff42698859cc62) ⚔️🛡️ I wrote a lot about the ability. The match is a simple example of pairing it with other functional monsters: ![](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/madgol/Uk9zqfrc-image.png) I played a strong card as a tank, then put puppets for enemy opportunity and then placed my spy ready to attack retaliated sneakers. The tactic was a success: Spy + Cerberus worked perfectly together and SPEED drove me to victory! Thanks for reading, cheers! ___ *New to Splinterlands? [Sign up](https://splinterlands.com?ref=madgol) and enjoy!*