One of my best Twitter accounts is Splinterlands. It keeps me informed about all the important news in the ecosystem and #Hive posting events like a media challenge. In my opinion, those challenges are an incredible way of increasing the pride of being part of this community, as every player shares his/her game experience with others, allowing others to learn about everyone's successes and mistakes. For this one, I bring the last brawl report from my guild, THGaming Brawlers and I also share the result of our other 2 most competitive guilds, THgaming 1 and 2. Hope you like it!
THGaming brawl reports
Last day lord Fomo Aggy sent a message to all community that major changes were expected to come with a 1.5 land release before the end of Q1. We've got just a few months to load up DEC and Cards before the Land 1.5 version comes true tons of Cards and DEC gets drained by sinks (lands) to generate in-game resources. Guilds play specific roles allowing them to complement our card collection even for ranked. So don't underestimate any card/reward you've been given. You won't find specific value today but maybe tomorrow you will.
Referred to our guilds, we got those results:
THGaming Brawlers (Tier 3) - 1st place! The guild has won the spoils of 106 Crowns in the latest brawl! Also, each fully participating member was awarded 5,300 Merits and 53.959 staked SPS.
THGaming 1 (Tier 1) - 6th place - The guild has won spoils of 9 Crowns in the latest brawl! Also, each fully participating member was awarded 485 Merits and 7.977 staked SPS.
THGaming 2 (Tier 1)- 3rd place The guild has won spoils of 15 Crowns in the latest brawl! Also, each fully participating member was awarded 692 Merits and 10.918 staked SPS.
We made it since we became a tier 3 guild! 1st place! And tied in wins with the second but we took much fewer losses. This means what a great performance each of us had. Every member was awarded 54 juicy SPS and almost 3 Gladius packs (5.300 merits). That's a huge reward and encourages every brawler to focus to become Tier 4!
Guessing the cards that will dominate the game
Since new soul-bounded cards went live, Gladius cards have won much more interest from all of us. In this section, I would like to share the detail of a specific card that will be very important in top-ranked leagues as it levels up. In my previous post, I talked about Betrol Gobson and how he could empower the Sneaking / Opportunity Nature team as we were a low mana creature with great value. For this one, I bring another great value creature for just 2 Mana: Alfredo from the Water summoner!
I love 2 mana creatures with a specific role on the board. They can allow me to complete my strat with low mana requirements. For a max level, Alfredo's we got a decent ranged carry, that has 3 attacks, 4 speed, and 5 health. This is great value just for 2 mana. His raw stats make it worth the investment.
From his base stats I would like to highlight health. 5 health is not a joke and even more with water summoner that has tons of supports // buffs. He can reliably back cover the backline of your army while hoping bloodlust to trigger while getting support from Angelic's triage.
As we are in the speed meta, where every single army tries to win the speed modifier fight (Lux, Kelya, Quix, Naga Assasin, Baakjira, Time mage, Supply Runner...) are top-used creatures/summoners just for the speed modifier. Also, opponents bring complementary abilities like dodge or blind to increase evade rate. In this scenario, True Strike shines. Alfredo never misses his hits, and this is proof of reliability.
Finally what transforms Alfredo into a truly versatile Ad carry is close range. Alfredo has great base stats for just two mana, has plenty of access to water supports that can help him to trigger bloodlust, never misses his hits, and can play a role as an off-tank/ Emergency tank thanks to his close-range ability. Also, the new ruleset Going the Distance (just rangeds in the board), allows him to take a front position for just two mana
We've been told that guilds would represent an important part of the game. Brawls generate SPS rewards (remember that SPS is the governance token of the game that today has the utility of voting proposals, staked on the game offers a 24% APR, and it'splannedtoreplaceCPforrankedandrewards),andnowtheBrawlrewardswillbeplayedonranked.NowthatDECandCreaturesinksareexpectedtocomebeforetheendofQ1,everysinglecreatureonyourarmywillgrantsuccessinthearena!Can'twaittoplayAlfredoinhigh-rankedleagues!
Show me the battles! - weapon's training Masterclass from @investor777
I will keep this battle marked with a special star in my database of epic battles. As I've written in other posts, I was expecting new abilities to be played in maxed-level combats and change the whole combat dynamics. I will remember for a long time a great placement of Kuku Mastermind. It was a mid-range (34 Mana, knockout with Sneaking ruleset). The board looked as follows:
First of all, I would like to congratulate my friend for having a level 3 gold foil Kulu Mastermind. Let's see how much this card is worth in two years. Kulu's outstanding performance transformed Baakjira and Merdali into a 3 melee monster + with all their abilities. The sneak ruleset even allowed Merdali to attack. This movement brought my army's friend +2 attacks. As simple as astonishing.
Also loved Diemon's placement, covering backline attacks and absorbing a ton of damage. Also, Igor Darkspear made a great job enabling Baakjira to do 6 damage to a stunned Unicorn.
Show me the battles! - 2 soulbound creature's from @thecuriousfool
There's always a first time for almost everything in life. And this post is about the first time. If my previous battle has told about how to take maximum profit from weapons training, my friend @thecuriousfool has brought me the first time that I've seen two gladius creatures in the army. He was facing a 46 Mana Battle Standard ruleset and the board looked as follows:
There are certain abilities that outstand in low-level matches. And protect is one of them. I can remember Venari's Wavesmith glory days with Alric where he alone brought me to silver. Arkemis rules low mana battles with protect, giving extra resistance to backline carries,
He placed With and Damon in the middle of the army being ready to trigger their blood lust. Dhampir is on the back with his 5 health and 2 armor giving his bot mates enough time to carry the match for the win!
I leave you the entire battle here. Great point for THGaming 1
Hive - Splinterlands is a great ecosystem to grow in the Crypto world, we are in the best community and we play a game with a solid project and a great future. The only thing we've got to do is believe in the project and fight hard in the arena! Thanks for reading and feel free to share your thoughts.
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