Learn About Mimic Ability
Here is the explanation of mimic ability that I cited from the official site :
At the beginning of round 2 and each following round, gain a random ability from the enemy team. 25% chance to gain a random ability from an attacker when hit. Dispel removes one mimicked ability in the order they were gained. Debilitations, Targeting abilities, Ambush, Weapons Training, Flank, Reach, Charge, and Taunt cannot be mimicked.
So on each round (start from 2nd round), monster with mimic ability can copy enemies ability randomly, plus 25% chance to copy the attacker ability. And the best part is that dispel only remove 1 ability as the order they gained ! This mean we can protect allies if enemies have protect, have a debuff if enemies having them, and much more ability to help the team get the win !
Monsters with Mimic Ability
Thanks for the searching ability of splinterlands site, we can easily find monster that having specific ability.
As we enter the mimic ability, we will only find 1 monsters on it. It's Olivia of the Brook, which is the latest epic reward series monster. We can only find her through the glint shop or the chest from league advance.
The mimic ability is started at 2nd level, so you need to level her up into 2nd level to use the mimic ability. She also got the opportunity for aiming the weakest monsters. This could really help especially if she got the bloodlust ability copy !
She cost 6 mana cap, but is having weak stats. Good things is she got 2 kind of attack, magic and melee. So she can fit the magic and melee ruleset. You need to protect her cause she having just 4 health point. But all those weak stats can be covered once she copy many usefull ability from the enemy !
Battle Example
I will give battle example that you can watch on the https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_bb3e4bb75dc0f6f9f9007c2ed678391c
I will give a review of it as well on this post :
The ruleset for this match is Ferocity, Even Steven, and No Neutral, with 43 mana cap which is medium high for many strategy option, and all splinters available.
Here is the formation of both team.
Both team using the Grand Master Rathe for theis Summoner, this mean magic damage would not very effective cause they will hit armor, plus there is armor addition to protect the team, and amplify to hurt more with the counter damage. I try to spam magic damage, and having the Olivia on the 2nd from the back to make her safe. It will be safe enought to prevent from the front monsters and sneak monsters.
How the Battle Goes
At the end of 1st round, nobody yet eliminated. And on this turn, Olivia mimic the protect ability from enemies, which is very usefull combined with void armor from GM Rathe.
At 2nd round, my tank is eliminated while my enemies still complete. At the start of 3rd round, Olivia is mimicing the headwinds ability to reduce enemies range damage.
At 3rd round, my enemies lose 2 monsters while my team still with 5 monsters. And at the start of 4th round, Olivia copy the usefull double strike ability, which work very well cause she got melee and magic damage.
At 4th round, my enemy lose the front monster again, which left him with just 3 monsters left. Meanwhile, my team still with 5 monsters on the field. Olivia gained repair ability at the start of 5th round. Another great ability combined with the void shield from GM Rathe.
No one is eliminated at 5th round, and Olivia gained Dispel at the start of 6th round to remove all buff for the front enemy.
At 6th round, my enemy lose 2 monsters which makes him just left with 1 monsters. Olivia gained Tank Heal at the start of 7th round, another usefull ability gained !
Now it's all over with Olivia end the battle with her double strike.
Conclussion
Mimic Ability is having huge potential with the ability copied on every turn with no limit and only remove 1 for each dispel. Despite the dangerous copy of ability, Olivia which the only monster with mimic ability is quite fragile cause she have low stats. You need to protect her, and if you do it well, she can grow on every turn to bring victory for your team !
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