Here's my most used build for Water Splinter in which the renting price is cheap for less than 15DEC per day overall. This build is ideal for novice and in bronze leauge trying to go to Silver.
Water Splinter is most known for Magic Damage but you can also mix it with some of their strong range monsters. But my build usually focused with magic.
Note: This build can be used at higher rank if you rent higher level summoner and monster.
For the Summoner:
Alric Stormbringer can boost magic attacks and my primary summoner in this rank. You can also use Bortus if you see that enemey lineups are Magic.
For your tank:
Torhilo the frozen (optional) for less than 10 Dec per day. No doubt this monster is one of the best lower tier tank you can use. But I rarely use it as I have my personal favorite free tank.
Serpent of Eld is the best free tank you can use in high mana cap. With the dodge ability plus added armor, this monster can easily protect your back monsters.
Spineback Turtle is my personal favorite free tank, as it has armor and decent HP. The weak attack damage doesn't really matter as it highly serve its purpose as tank. This tank is good in high mana as well as low mana cap making it very flexible. Although it's free, I highly suggest you to rent the Alpha version just under 1 dec per day as it adds to your overall rewards.
For your primary attack:
Captain's Ghost is my most favorite magic monster in water splinter in this bronze to silver rank. With good magic damage and beefy HP this can be placed in second position. You can also rent it in very cheap price.
Sea Genie is next in very cheap dec per day, this is also good with 2 magic damage and the HP is not bad either as most sneak and snipe monsters in lower rank can't easily one hit it. The flying ability is also very useful when you need it.
Additional monsters in the list are:
- Medusa
- Ice Pixie
- Albatross (damage absorption)
For Neutrals:
- Creeping Ooze
- Sand Worm
- Enchanted Pixie
- Chicken (optional as renting now is expensive)
Here's my sample lineup:
You can see the difference between the tanks.
You can also mix ranged attacker in high mana cap. Axemaster is very ideal with it's speed and double strike ability. While Water Elemental can tank your last position.