Welcome to my 35th #BrawlReport as part of the 
I am battling in Fray #1 for this brawl.
We didn't have any members go undefeated in this brawl. We still took first place though! Everyone performed strongly and that led to our great finish.
We earned 14 crowns and 754 merits for finishing in 1st place in this brawl. We also finished in first place last time, so we are now in a 1st place streak! Let's see how long we can keep it going.
I had a total of 9 battles in this brawl, which is the most I have had to go up against so it appears that every guild entered Fray #1. However, several of those opponents never submitted a lineup in their battle so I won by default. A win is a win, but it's kind of unfortunate to see so many teams fail to enter battles in Fray #1.
Featured Battles
Battle #2 - Win
In this battle, I used a bloodlust card that I don't normally pull out, Whistling Damon. I decided to use a range bloodlust card since the battle buff was Close Range - allowing for range to be used in the first position. My choosing of a -1 magic, -1 health summoner also proved prescient as my opponent used a +1 magic summoner so I essentially neutralized that.
I made quick work of eliminating this opponent with my combination of melee, magic, and range attacks.
Battle #5 - Loss
I love battles that have a higher mana limit and this one with a 60 mana cap is right up my alley. The combination of the Opportunity buff also makes it a bit more interesting as it puts all the melee cards in play from any position.
I used my rented Yodin summoner along with a Chimney Wallstop gladiator card for the bloodlust ability. The first thing I notice is that my opponent does not have any bloodlust cards in play, which usually bodes well for my chances at victory.
I relied entirely on melee attack for my lineup and also eexpected my opponent to do the same so I included a Disintegrator with it's -1 melee effect. In hindsight, maybe I should have placed this card in the back to ensure the -1 melee effect lasted throughout the battle. In fact, I think this led to my undoing in this battle. My opponent also had a -1 melee monster in their lineup and it was in the middle and protected. I also struggled with the speed difference between my cards and their first two that led to several whiffs early on.
It sucks to lose these high mana battles because I usually do so well with them. I just couldn't get any traction going against this opponent.
Battle #9 - Win
In this battle, I only had 16 mana to work with so I switched things up and deployed Mylor Crowling as the summoner paired with a Quora Towershead gladiator card. I love the Quora Towershead card because it combines bloodlust, regeneration and two types of attack - melee and magic.
My opponent focused on using melee attack and it just wasn't up to the task of overcoming the multi-faceted attack and regeneration features of Quora Towershead. This was my 9th battle in this brawl and it was nice to end on a high note with an easy sweeping victory using one of my favorite gladiators.
I'm happy to see our guild performing so well lately and hope to see us hit three consecutive first place finishes next time!
On a personal note, I've noticed that the new rewards system is really not working for players like me. My last season chest had some merits in it and that's all. Even when I push for Silver or Gold league, I end up with some horrible chests and that requires spending quite a bit on rentals. When I complete the daily chests, I end up with something like 0.0002 SPS in each one... worth basically nothing. I'm not sure what the angle is here for the game devs but I really only continue to play because of the PIZZA guild brawling since regular gameplay just isn't fun or profitable anymore.
What are your thoughts on the current rewards system? Are you playing for rewards anymore or other reasons?
@hive.pizza #BrawlReport?kennysgaminglife spearheaded the #BrawlReport project as a way to get PIZZA guild members more engaged in the @Splinterlands community. Here's what he had to say:
*Starting with the brawl that just ended, I've invited/asked members of the #HivePizza guild to publish a #BrawlReport, breaking down their highs & lows, where they need help, questions they have, strategies they love, and so on. The idea is to help us all reflect a bit, learn a bit, share a bit, earn a bit, and connect a bit :-)
Check out the latest update on the Hive Pizza token project. We also have an announcement in there about the newest PIZZA guild! We are up to four Splinterlands guilds now and are consistently well-ranking.
Check out the other recent #BrawlReport posts from the #HIVEPIZZA family:
