It's been quite an eventful Splinterlands week for me and there are a couple of cool things I'd like to share with guys. The first one is Brawls. Some time ago when I picked up my Splinterlands enthusiasm again I also started to take part in Brawls to help my guild. Well, the thing is...it's been very quiet on that front lately and pretty often it looks like this:
So, if you happen to know a guild that is recruiting and is searching for active bronze/silver players, let me know! 🙂
Nevertheless, I've been doing quite well in battles and got some nice SPS rewards as well as Merits. I am currently halfway through getting my second Gladius pack and have already made a kind of wishlist in my head on what it could hold inside...
This week I also signed up for 3Speak and started publishing some battle videos to try it out. My plan is to expand to create more in-depth Splinterlands content once I get my gear sorted out.
Here's the latest video about the Fog Of War ruleset strategy. I actually wanted to share this again because I made this pretty cool signature video with Canva and put it at the end. What do you think?
Don't you just love the Soulbound cards in battles? Feels like each day I'm coming up with new strategies and use cases with them! There are so many possibilities once you start figuring out how they fit with a certain ruleset, how to combine their abilities with some old card you haven't used in ages, and so on.
The idea of Soulbound summoners having the Conscript buff is just awesome. Even though I'm lacking some gladiator cards, I'm still having so much fun with the ones I have. Here is a great example of a battle with Soulbound and Gladiator cards that turned out to be very exciting to the very end:
Since we're talking about Soulbound, my first goal in that sector is to get the summoners upgraded to the second level. This is where I was just the other day:
Yesterday I took a major leap towards my goal by pulling this gold foil beauty out of a daily chest:
PEMBROOK NYMPH is a Water splinter summoner with the Conscript buff mentioned earlier while she's also providing +1 health to all friendly monsters.
I'm really excited about this one and it's a great pull in many ways. First of all, being a GF version it equals 5 regular summoners and as it happens, Pembrook Nymph was the summoner I owned the least amount of copies.
Secondly, Water is my favorite splinter and I'm currently in the midst of building a stronger water deck for the Silver League. After getting this card from a chest I immediately upgraded Venari Wavesmith and Swamp Spitter to level two.
Usually, I'm renting Alric Stormbringer but Pembrook Nymph will offer a great alternative for him, and not least because she brings that one gladiator with her.
In my case that gladiator just happens to be my favorite one - ISGALD VORST.
This is just too good melee monster even on level one. This is because besides Bloodlust she also has the Opportunity ability meaning she'll be targeting the weakest unit on the enemy team.
Isgald Vorst has a melee attack of 2 so there's a really good chance she'll defeat the first creature she attacks(at least in the lower leagues). This will then trigger the Bloodlust ability making her attack stronger for the next round and for the next prey.
Not only that, her other stats will grow too so it'll be much harder for the opponent to take her out.
PRO TIP: If you have a feeling that your opponent might be using Sneak monsters for example, why not sacrifice a Marksrat? If Isgald Vorst is placed adjacent to Marksrat she'll benefit from the Martyr ability and will be even more lethal when it's time for her to attack. She'll also be able to take out stronger enemies and armor when pumped up.
Check out this video to know what I mean:
She's ice-cold and definitely not the worst... Sorry about that, let's move on!
Considering the Soulbound cards, one thing I've been thinking about is whether they'll become unlocked in the future and whether I should be prepared for that. At the moment my strategy is to only upgrade them to a level that matches the summoner levels - otherwise, I'm keeping them as singles.
It would be interesting though if and how they would become tradable. Would it happen in an instant or would they be released gradually - or, would there be some sort of unlocking fee in the form of DEC for example.
Also, that would be a huge supply of cards especially when new editions are also on the horizon. Then again, Land will require cards to be "staked" which will create demand and hopefully, we'll see new players joining which would of course also create demand.
What are your thoughts about "taking off the Soulbound chains"?
As for my next steps, I think it will be wise to stay in the Bronze League at least for the upcoming season. I took a short trip in the Silver III and even though I managed to win a few battles I quickly realized that my rewards are reduced due to my low-level cards.
Therefore I'll stick around in Bronze and work on my deck, focusing especially on Water but try to upgrade other splinters summoners and key monsters too.
I have been accumulating some Legendary monsters which I keep as kind of a reserve and which I could sell and then fund my deck building. At the moment most of these are rented out and that way are funding my energy boosting(playing more).
Since Land expansion is out of my reach at the moment I'm totally focusing on building my deck and enjoying the joy of discovering new cards and ways to use them with older cards and different rulesets.
I'm gonna end this post here because it's getting time open those daily chests but please do leave a comment! What are your favorite Souldbound monsters?
Thank you for reading, hope you have some awesome end-of-season rewards!
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