Week 157 of my SplinterDiary๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“š. Beating the Expensive Max Level Lux Vega with just a Free Summoner?

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Hello to any of my readers and "Dear (weekly) Diary" ๐Ÿ˜œ

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.

BTC looks simply unstoppable. For the past few weeks, my review of the past week in crypto has always been reporting a new all time high and this week is no different yet again! BTC has now reached the $99k level and everyone has eyes on it breaching the unheard of level of $100k next. Analysts have however pointed out a massive sell wall at this mark and it looks to be a huge psychological barrier at the moment. If that is breached, the floodgates will open and who knows how high BTC will go to next? Is this the last chance to buy BTC (and HIVE ๐Ÿค‘) 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! ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿš€


A brief introduction before I start though...



Good Day to all Splinterlands players! (and people of HIVE! ๐Ÿ˜œ) 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.โณโณโณ

This is now the 157th 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. ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽŠ

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. ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ“ฐ


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๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿงณโœˆ๏ธUpdates on my Splinterlands Journey๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿงณโœˆ๏ธ

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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! ๐Ÿคฃ

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 โ€” the game itself!


My quest for more Gold Foil Legendary cards from my rewards chests "The New Glint Shop" continues on ("Greed is Good!" ๐Ÿ˜ˆ). It's STILL a 0.008% chance, at base level, ridiculously low chance to pull a legendary gold foil, in case you were wondering ๐Ÿ˜‰. Here's to more jackpot strikes in the future (i hope) ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป๐Ÿ€๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป๐Ÿ€๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป๐Ÿ€.


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โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธMy Battle Showcase๐Ÿ›ก๏ธโš”๏ธ

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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. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ


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LINK TO MY FIGHT

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I would say this was a fight of epic lop-sidedness! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

If it wasn't bad enough that I was facing a MAXIMUM level opponent VS myself at just a "puny" level 6, I was also using mostly level 1 units. That meant despite my "mid ranged Summoner level", my team was actually a lot lower in level in reality. Simply put, it was more akin to a level 1 VS max levels! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

The opponent was using a max level deck with his extremely rare level 4 LEGENDARY summoner Lux Vega Brood from the Promo edition while I was only using the "free" Helios Matriarch from the Rewards edition. And if that wasn't enough, his units were maxed out with far superior levels to mine! This battle of "Dragon/Life VS Neutral/Water" 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 HEAVY METAL/EQUALIZER/STAMPEDE meant that my opponent would be, in all likelihood, be restricted to ARMOURED units. This would also infer the probability that his unit choices would either be restricted to heavy armour and that I should focus on fielding a bunch of "cheap" units with the emphasis on Magic type attacks to bypass the armour.

  • This inadvertently also benefitted my lineup as I could then just focus on overwhelming the opponent with quantity instead of quality, seeing as I would have suffered an overwhelming disadvantage on that front just based off the difference in our levels.

  • In fact, to throw the opponent off guard, I would completely defy his expectations by focusing on non melee attacks completely, so to speak, in order to throw him off guard to allow my plan to take effect.

  • My strategy would be to depend purely on lasting as long as possible using some very tanky frontline units to absorb the brunt of the initial damage. To further enhance my strategy, I would depend on the WEAPONS TRAINING ability to further enhance my units with multiple attacks. Throw in a mix of units with RANGED AND MAGIC DAMAGE and my team was all set. This would be a risky move as a similar strategy by a higher level opponent with superior unit stats would have derailed my strategy completely.

  • Next thing of note was the MANA COST RESTRICTION of 28 mana. This meant that my opponent would not be able to unleash his full arsenal of heavy hitters with a vast array of abilities against me.

  • Making the most of such restrictions would turn out to be advantageous to me.

  • 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 levels and stats compared to my opponent's, my unit choices managed to absorb the brunt of the damage as I had hoped for. This allowed my RANGED and MAGIC DPS units in the backline to take out his entire army with ease! I guess this was akin to a desperate roll of the dice hoping for that 1 in a million jackpot win! ๐Ÿคฃ

In the end, all I can say is that luck was on my side. ๐Ÿ˜œ


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!

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๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ’ญEnding Thoughts๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ’ญ

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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. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

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. ๐Ÿ˜‰


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Oh the old splinterlands interface in battles, I still don't believe it has been updated to a new one

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