So, by now I've fully returned to #Splinterlands regularly after few months of inactivity. I managed to reach **Gold II** League using lower leveled monsters than I did before (now, using only Lv2/Lv3 summoners.) I did play a bunch of battles recently, but most of the Rulesets I encountered in the last two days weren't suited to use the only *Opportunity* ability monster that I own: **Parasitic Growth.** I did use him in few battles, and while I could use a battle that showcases his power, I decided to show you a battle that showcases the Opportunity monsters' weakness: -------------------- ![screenshot.1590135423.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ahmadmangazap/saGqvDex-screenshot.1590135423.jpg) #### [Click [Here] to Watch the Battle](https://steemmonsters.com/?p=battle&id=73478f31dc397f5b81c877a2ab55e6d72427ec51) -------------------- The battle above shows one of the worst cases when Opportunity monsters won't shine: **Furious Chicken & Other Filler Monsters.** One of the best ways to counter Opportunity ability is to put a Low-Mana monster with the role of being targeted by the Opportunity ability. While it's still useful to kill these *filler monsters,* doing so protects the actual monsters that need to be rid off. **I love the strategy of this.** When you predict that the opponent will use a monster like that, it will change how to use your opportunity ability. **Don't you think so?** --------------------- #### Answering Carrie Questions: As @carrieallen said in [the weekly contest post:]() **"most opportunist monsters are of lower health and speed."** She asked few questions I'll be answering her this section: ##### How do I deal with this? How I protect them for as long as possible? I think having this ability is a good compromise for being slow and weak. I usually put my Opportunity users in the middle position so that they don't aren't reached by a monster who kills my tank, and they won't be assassinated by a **Sneak** ability monster. The weak point of this strategy is when the opponent uses Opportunist with a higher Speed/Health than the one I'm using. I usually blame my luck if this happened. The slow speed actually makes them very useful in **Reverse Speed** Ruleset battles. I don't fail to put **Parasitic Growth** in any battle that has the Ruleset. Though in normal situations, he's likely to die before killing any opponent's monster, especially if the opponent had a Opportunity ability themselves. > ![screenshot.1590137125.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ahmadmangazap/nSOQP2B2-screenshot.1590137125.jpg) The stats of the Lv3 monster I have While **Parasitic Growth** is a Neutral monster, I tend to use him mainly with my Fire Splinter teams (using *Goblin Mech* as a Tank,) because of the extra attack point the summoner **Malric Inferno.** Another Opportunity monster I'm interested in is **Serpentine Spy** which is better than Parasitic Growth in almost every aspect (except health.) I'll probably buy him from Peakmonsters sometime in the future. #### What do you think?