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Battle of Angamos, a Common card
The Battle of Angamos was a naval encounter of the War of the Pacific fought between the navies of Chile and Perú at Punta Angamos, on 8 October 1879.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Battle of Angamos quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Battle of Angamos card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The Battle of Angamos was a naval encounter of the War of the Pacific fought between the navies of Chile and Perú at Punta Angamos, on 8 October ____.
Answer
1870s. The Battle of Angamos was a naval encounter of the War of the Pacific fought between the navies of Chile and Perú at Punta Angamos, on 8 October 1879. From the Battle of Angamos article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Schnapsen. Schnapsen 65 · Battle of Angamos 62 · Rolls-Royce 20/25 59 · M111 offensive hand grenade 54 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The battle was the culminating point of a naval campaign that lasted about five months in which the Chilean Navy had the sole mission of eliminating its Peruvian counterpart.
- In the struggle, two armored frigates, led by Commodore Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas and Navy Captain Juan José Latorre battered and later captured the Peruvian monitor Huáscar, under Rear Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario.
- After the loss of the frigate Independencia at Punta Gruesa, Grau sought to challenge the outnumbering Chilean fleet with a harassing strategy, focused on inflicting as much damage as possible while avoiding a full-scale engagement.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Battle of Angamos article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Battle of Angamos
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Battle of Angamos (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Somerscales, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
