Hello to any of my readers and "Dear (weekly) Diary" 😜
It's that day of the week in which I find the most interesting Splinterlands experience I've had over the past week to share! That fits in perfectly with the theme of the weekly Splinterlands Social Media Challenge too!
But first, a quick look at what happened this week in the world of crypto.
It has been a somewhat mixed week for crypto this week. On one hand, the Uptober effect hasn't quite materialised yet. On the other, BTC is still holding pretty steadily at the $62k mark. For all the volatility expected from the US jobs data and Chinese economic stimulus news, crypto as a whole has been a calm oasis in this storm. Could a huge rally still happen from now till the end of the year? Is this the last chance to buy BTC (and HIVE 🤑) on the cheap? Who knows?
Of course, I could be completely wrong too, so, please do not heed my advice for your own investment purposes! 😜📈🚀
A brief introduction before I start though...
Good Day to all Splinterlands players! (and people of HIVE! 😜) I've made it a point to blog about my weekly progress and experiences in Splinterlands/HIVE in my "weekly diary". Splinterlands & HIVE are what I'd consider to be my entry point into the World of Crypto, and I intend to use this as a means to look back on the path I've taken in the years ahead.⏳⏳⏳
This is now the 151st consecutive week writing in my Diary (of sorts) detailing my Splinterlands Journey ever since I started this game. I talk about what has gone on my personal Splinterlands playing experience, my weekly Guild Brawl Reports, and also any Splinterlands ingame news. 🎉🥳🎊
No week goes by in Splinterlands without some news event happening though. And here's my pick of some of the most interesting ones in my opinion. 📰📰📰
🗺️🧳✈️Updates on my Splinterlands Journey🗺️🧳✈️
This week's Social Media Challenge is all about sharing our remarkable Splinterlands moments. I'd have shared my daily and weekly activities in the past, BUT, usually, nothing really special really happens in my daily Splinterlands daily grind, so let's hope this is more interesting for reading?... let's get down to it! 🤣
The winds of change are sweeping through the Splinterlands as the Chaos Legion era makes way for the new Rebellion reward cards. However, with all of that happening, my collection of new reward cards are still rather sparse and there doesn't seem to be anything in particular which stands out to me. So I guess we should just move on to the most exciting thing about Splinterlands — the game itself!
My quest for more Gold Foil Legendary cards from my rewards chests "The New Glint Shop" continues on ("Greed is Good!" 😈). It's STILL a 0.008% chance, at base level, ridiculously low chance to pull a legendary gold foil, in case you were wondering 😉. Here's to more jackpot strikes in the future (i hope) 🤞🏻🍀🤞🏻🍀🤞🏻🍀.
⚔️🛡️My Battle Showcase🛡️⚔️
The removal of League Level limits in battles allowed some really interesting matchups. No longer are "low level" players protected by their league limits. This often leads to some very lopsided battles. However, there is also the opportunity here to punch above your weight and secure a David VS Goliath win. As always, let me once again showcase some really great underdog victories I have achieved this past week!
Let me present a battle (or some battles) I fought recently in which I managed, against all odds, to win these players who out levelled me on an order of magnitude that I couldn't imagine. Victory or defeat would lie in the small details. 😱
I would say this was a fight of epic lop-sidedness! 😱
If it wasn't bad enough that I was facing a MAXIMUM level opponent VS myself at just a puny level 4, I was also using mostly level 1 units. Simply put, it was more akin to a level 1 VS max levels! 😱 The opponent was using a max level deck with his level 8 RARE summoner Pembrook Nymph. And if that wasn't enough, his units were maxed out with far superior levels to mine! This battle of "Water Magic" had me at the clear disadvantage as I was going to lose out to the opponent purely to sheer power and level.
At the end of the day, there were a few factors which resulted in my unexpected win.
Firstly, the ruleset FOG OF WAR meant that my opponent would be, in all likelihood, be restricted to just certain units.
This inadvertently also benefitted my lineup as I could then just focus on just the frontal defences of my team instead of having to worry about other abilities like SNEAK and OPPORTUNITY.
In fact, to throw the opponent off guard, I would completely defy his expectations by using some sacrificial cannon fodder, so to speak, in order to delay him for as long as I could in order to allow my plan to take effect.
Next thing of note was the lower MANA COST RESTRICTION of 22 mana. This meant that the vast array of units available to a high level opponent would be whittled down to even less choices.
Making the most of such restrictions would turn out to be advantageous to me.
I went for a strategy deciding to focus on piercing through any physical armour by focusing on Magic Attack type units. If the quality of my units could not match up to the opponent with his higher levels, perhaps making a gamble on countering his lineup would be enough to turn the tides in my favour.
This would prove to be a masterstroke as the opponent did indeed decide to go for fully physical damage lineup. This meant that there would be nothing to stop the magic attack dps that I would unleash on his unsuspecting forces.
Thankfully, I also had one more trick up my sleeve thanks to my unit, Water Caller, too! It's STUN ability would prove to be extremely useful in further delaying the opponent's frontal attacks thanks to the occasional lucky stun.
This turned out to be my saving grace in the end as my hyper focused gambit succeeded in gaining an advantage against the opponent's superior levels, eventually wearing him down. Even though my units were seriously lacking in firepower compared to my opponent's, my tanks did manage to absorb the brunt of the damage as I had hoped for. This allowed my Magic Attack Type units to take out his frontline with ease! I guess this was akin to a desperate roll of the dice hoping for that 1 in a million jackpot win! 🤣
In the end, all I can say is that luck was on my side. 😜
Who would have guessed that my lowly teams would have been able to pull off such David VS Goliath upset wins? I guess nothing is impossible and sometimes, all you need is some luck and great strategy!
💭🧐💭Ending Thoughts💭🧐💭
I definitely can appreciate how utilising the most of your deck's strengths can lead to unexpected outcomes. This is one of those situations in which Davids can beat Goliaths if surrounded with the proper team. The role every single carefully selected unit brings to the battlefield will give a player the edge in squeezing out every tiny advantage to get the win. 👍🏻
For any players who feel daunted with the new battle level changes, I hope this article has given you some insight into the potential of every single card regardless of it's level. 😉
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