I have been in a rut with Splinterlands. I have lost more games then I care to admit and I also just started to feel like it was a pure grind with no joy. That was until I started to buy more cards on secondary and level up certain cards. Now with a better foundation I am battling better and getting higher rankings (at least this season).
But with that I knew I needed to start to pay attention more to my strategy and my overall mindset to the game. It wasn't until I started to document all the Abilities and Rulesets/Modifiers, that I think I really started to understand the game dynamics more. I am battling and starting to really think about what cards to play and where to put them in the lineup. I am trying to be intentional with all of that based on all the previous battles I have done.
That is why this particular battle stood out to me. I put a lot of time into the units I was picking and what order I was going to place them in.
The battle was "Up Close and Personal" meaning only Melee units.
Also 28 Mana was the max.
I knew I was going 'Death' element because I just upgraded my Cursed Windeku and my Dolfar Darkflak cards to level 2.
You can watch the battle here if you want: https://next.splinterlands.com/battle/sl_c9a1411fa2eae892738fd82d088e4d4e?ref=cherokee4life
So my team was as follows:
1st Position was Cursed Windeku because he has 10 health but also has 'Thorns' which means any melee attack against him would do 2 damage to the opponent as well. And since this was a full Melee battle I knew this was the only 1st position card I could reasonably pick.
2nd Position was Shadow Snitch. And he was picked because he has "Reach" ability so he can attack from the 2nd position. I knew if my opponent had Cursed Windeku in their first position this would stink but didn't have much options here.
3rd Position was Silent Sha-Vi because of his 'Sneak' ability to attack the card in the last position. That with his 2 melee damage I knew was a good choice.
4th Position I wanted another sneak card so I went with Fenmoor Haunt because well sneak and 2 melee damage was key!
5th Position was Disintegrator only because he has 6 HP and 2 shield and has 'Demoralize' ability that reduces the opponents melee damage by 1. This was going to be key because Thorns does 2 damage back on Cursed Windeku so if he was attacked by 1 melee damage he would return 2 damage. That was my strategy.
Summoner: I also went with Dolfar Darflak instead of Thaddius Brood because Thasdius cost 1 more mana and his abilities were to reduce health by 1 and reduce magic attack by 1 to your opponent. I didn't need magic attack reduced because this was a only Melee battle. The -1 health would have been nice but I rather save the 1 mana for a stronger Unit card because I didn't know how many unit cards they would have.
Without further ado though lets get into it!
Round 1
And my opponent went with Thaddius Brood because they always do. What I was surprised about was their choice not to use Cursed Windeku. I feel like everyone uses him on death battles but win for me.
Besides that I was not to impressed with his overall team but we shall see who wins.
Round 2
I didn't lose any troops in Round 1 and quite honestly didn't take too much damage. They lost their 1st position 'Corpse Fiend' but he was just a meat shield anyways for them.
Speed is on my side and Cursed Windeku is still going strong so I am not worried.
Round 3
Still going strong! I just need to wipe out his Silent Sha-Vi and then I am in the home stretch!
Round 4
It's over folks. By the start of Round 4 its a done deal. I didn't lose any troops and I clean sweeped my opponent. I am not the best player out there not even top 1,000 honestly but I am starting to pick up some strategy and I hope you like my battle as much as I did!
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER BABY!
