ELEMENTAL ARMORY BENCHMARK · LEVEL 5

Qwen3.8 27B at level 5, match 1

Lost 1 to 2 with Fire/Water/Light/Lightning against the rival's Lightning/Wind/Ice/Water. The rival in its seat lost the same match. All of Qwen3.8 27B's matches.

RESULTLost

ROUNDS1 to 2

LEVEL5

DECISIONS4

ILLEGAL0

MODEL TIME22.3 min

COSTlocal, no list price

TOKENS IN / OUT7,139 / 5,802

REQUESTS4

The decks

Its deck	Fire Flame Wheel ★★★, Backdraft ★★ Water Healing Pool ★, Splashdown ★★ Light Starfall ★★★, Radiant Guard ★ Lightning Skystrike ★★, Contact Arc ★★
The rival's deck	Lightning Spark Pair ★, Ricochet Bolt ★★ Wind Countergust ★★★, Tailwind ★ Ice Blizzard ★★★, Frost Comet ★★ Water Crosscurrent ★★★, Tidal Orb ★★

The deck reply

*Missing:* Water, Wind.
    *   Weakness: Water and Wind.

    Comparing the two sets:
    Set A (Fire, Water, Light, Lightning): Weak to Lightning.
    Set B (Fire, Water, Light, Dark): Weak to Water and Wind.
    
    Set A is better because it only has one weakness (Lightning), whereas Set B has two (Water, Wind). Also, Lightning's stun is more valuable than Dark's drain in a low-HP meta for disrupting the opponent.

    Let's stick with **Fire, Water, Light, Lightning**.

    **Final Card Picks:**
    1.  **Fire:** Flame Wheel (3★), Backdraft (2★). Reliable orbit + wall synergy.
    2.  **Water:** Healing Pool (1★), Splashdown (2★). Sustain + AOE.
    3.  **Light:** Starfall (3★), Radiant Guard (1★). Burst + Defense.
    4.  **Lightning:** Skystrike (2★), Contact Arc (2★). Stun control + Contact damage.

    This mix prioritizes:
    -   **Flame Wheel:** Hard to dodge, constant damage.
    -   **Healing Pool:** Keeps HP up.
    -   **Starfall:** Big nuke.
    -   **Skystrike:** Stun to set up kills.
    -   **Backdraft/Splashdown/Radiant Guard/Contact Arc:** Secondary damage/defense layers.

    All cards are 2★ or 3★ except Healing Pool (1★) and Radiant Guard (1★). The 1★ cards are support/sustain, which is efficient. The 2★/3★ cards provide the main damage.

    Order of hand:
    1. Fire
    2. Water
    3. Light
    4. Lightning

<deck>
Fire: Flame Wheel, Backdraft
Water: Healing Pool, Splashdown
Light: Starfall, Radiant Guard
Lightning: Skystrike, Contact Arc
</deck>

The game's players on this match

Player	Result	Rounds
Qwen3.8 27B	Lost	1 to 2
Rival in your seat	Lost	0 to 2
Starter player	Lost	0 to 2
Sharp player	Won	2 to 0
Tuned player	Won	2 to 0

Every round

The drawings show both balls' paths from the opening launch, as the game shows the arena: the model's ball in blue starting at the bottom, the rival's in red from the top. The table has each round's launches, who won, the health left and what every card did, the game's own battle details, with the reply that chose it. The match file carries an arcade-session/1 envelope: the seed and these launches replay this exact match at Elemental Armory commit 78afdf2.

Round 1: Lightning against Wind, won

Round 2: Fire against Water, lost

Round 3: Light against Ice, lost

Round	Its launch	Rival's launch	Result	HP left	Battle details
1	Lightning at -90°	Wind at -152.4°Lightning rides Wind	Won6.2 s	48 / 132rival 0 / 132	Its cards: Skystrike: 1 hits, 29 damage; Contact Arc: 3 hits, 103 damage Rival: Countergust: 0 hits, 0 damage; Tailwind: 3 hits, 84 damage	Reply <launch>Lightning -90</launch>
2	Fire at 0°	Water at 90.3°Water douses Fire	Lost10.5 s	0 / 132rival 38 / 132	Its cards: Flame Wheel: 0 hits, 94 damage; Backdraft: 0 hits, 0 damage Rival: Crosscurrent: 0 hits, 0 damage; Tidal Orb: 3 hits, 132 damage	Reply <launch>Fire 0</launch>
3	Light at -90°	Ice at -34.8°Light thaws Ice	Lost4.0 s	0 / 132rival 108 / 132	Its cards: Starfall: 0 hits, 0 damage; Radiant Guard: 1 hits, 24 damage, 1 blocks Rival: Blizzard: 2 hits, 119 damage; Frost Comet: 1 hits, 13 damage	Reply .4 (close to -180/back? No, -152 is roughly bottom-left from their perspective? Wait. "0 launches straight at the rival's starting spot". So 0 is "forward". -90 is "left". Rival's perspective: 0 is straight down towards you. -152.4 is almost straight back/right? No, angles are relative to the ball's forward. If I pick -90, I am launching to my left. Let's go with Light and -90. It aligns with your previous success and avoids the straight-line vulnerability that might have contributed to the loss in Round 2 (where you took heavy fire from Tidal Orb which traveled straight, presumably, and you were in the middle). By going to the side, you might evade similar straight-line projectiles (Ricochet Bolt, Frost Comet) more easily if the opponent aims straight. <launch>Light -90</launch>

Round

Its launch

Rival's launch

Result

HP left

Battle details

Lightning at -90°

Wind at -152.4°Lightning rides Wind

Won6.2 s

48 / 132rival 0 / 132

Its cards: Skystrike: 1 hits, 29 damage; Contact Arc: 3 hits, 103 damage

Rival: Countergust: 0 hits, 0 damage; Tailwind: 3 hits, 84 damage

<launch>Lightning -90</launch>

Fire at 0°

Water at 90.3°Water douses Fire

Lost10.5 s

0 / 132rival 38 / 132

Its cards: Flame Wheel: 0 hits, 94 damage; Backdraft: 0 hits, 0 damage

Rival: Crosscurrent: 0 hits, 0 damage; Tidal Orb: 3 hits, 132 damage

<launch>Fire 0</launch>

Light at -90°

Ice at -34.8°Light thaws Ice

Lost4.0 s

0 / 132rival 108 / 132

Its cards: Starfall: 0 hits, 0 damage; Radiant Guard: 1 hits, 24 damage, 1 blocks

Rival: Blizzard: 2 hits, 119 damage; Frost Comet: 1 hits, 13 damage

.4 (close to -180/back? No, -152 is roughly bottom-left from their perspective? Wait. "0 launches straight at the rival's starting spot". So 0 is "forward". -90 is "left".
Rival's perspective: 0 is straight down towards you. -152.4 is almost straight back/right? No, angles are relative to the ball's forward.
If I pick -90, I am launching to my left.

Let's go with **Light** and **-90**. It aligns with your previous success and avoids the straight-line vulnerability that might have contributed to the loss in Round 2 (where you took heavy fire from Tidal Orb which traveled straight, presumably, and you were in the middle). By going to the side, you might evade similar straight-line projectiles (Ricochet Bolt, Frost Comet) more easily if the opponent aims straight.

<launch>Light -90</launch>

Angles are as each side sees the arena from its own end: 0 is straight at the other ball's start, and positive turns clockwise.