Ant Miners?!

You mean the card I am slowly, obsessively collecting everyday to one day, hopefully, max out?

This is my week.

I love this card, I really do, unfortunately, I am currently playing in Silver level battles, and don't have the ability to use Ant Miners where he REALLY shines. That's okay though, I'll figure it out.

Ant Miners is a FIRE COMMON Card that costs about $.40 currently, making him a very cheap, accessible card. He is deceptively powerful though, and has a huge power spike at Level 6, becoming one of, if not, the best Fire Splinter Low Mana tank in the game currently available. There will be lots of noobies who reach Gold or Diamond and suddenly realize his use, as I did when I first hit Gold.

I would love to show his potency here, but unfortunately, I can't rent up to Gold without a massive loss currently.

Preferred Summoner

I think Antminers benefits the most from Alric out of the two starting summoners, where +1 Melee makes him a more deadly melee threat. Yodin and Plado are also fine options, and IMO, Plado is the best choice for Ant Miners out of all summoners.

Including Dragon summoners into the mix, Drake of Arnak, Daria Dragonscale, or Brighton Bloom are likely the best choices, as they empower Ant Miners either offensively or defensively.

I will be using Alric, as he is low-cost and empower Ant Miners more when Ant Miners does not have Shield.

Preferred Modifiers

Ant Miners REALLY shines in Equalizer Rounds, where its health boost makes it a force to be reckoned with and allows it to very adequately tank and 'heal' 1 health when an enemy dies.

Ant Miners also shines in Armor rounds, where he gains the tankability he needs to shine.

Ant Miners is a tank, though he doesn't look it at first, and so any modifier that gives him better tanking capabilities is a huge bonus. If that can't be captilized on, Antminers needs some Melee love, though he won't get to use it often, with his low speed.

The Battle Ahead (Number 1)

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_05bef8103feb8cee95cce304c0935a58&ref=jakkal

This doesn't even count as a battle lol... Ant Miners did nothing!

It was still an interesting match, if my matchup had chosen a different magic attacker or a different tank, I likely would have lost. But maybe that would've been Ant Miners' moment to shine?

For this battle, he sat in the middle and mined HP, ignoring the rest of his team and leaving them to fend for themselves.

Seems pretty fitting for Ant Miners below Level 6. He's biding his time and waiting for his power spike to start doing the hard carry.

Seems like we need another battle!

The Battle Ahead (Number 2)

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_dc5b00a4a5c85a0153ab916e89981885&ref=jakkal

There's a better battle! Still not ideal, as Ant Miners really shines with Shield, but I'll take it, here he managed to function as an off tank, and his Armor gave him a chance to survive Cave Slug's first attack, allowing him to end up killing Cave Slug next round.

Would I have won without him? Most likely. But he still performed a nice function, and could've been the difference between winning and losing if Divine Healer had been Level 3 with 1 Magic Attack.

Reflection

Ant Miners is not a super useful card from Level 1-3, and I completely understand why noobies don't value him, but once he gets +1 Armor, and when he finally gets that Shield ability, he becomes a force to be reckoned with in low mana battles. Definitely don't overlook this little guy if you ever want to be a Fire main, as he will empower your Low mana teams greatly.

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