BEATING THE RANK #1 GOLD PLAYER: Alric VS Valnamor
What is going on everybody, today I have an amazing battle to share with you all. I recently became the official operator for the #oneup cartel and with that, I have gotten access to the cartel-monster account. It has been a fun grind the past couple of days climbing through all the ranks and sitting pretty up in gold 1 currently ranked #42.
As I was grinding up the leaderboards yesterday I faced the one and only @ula.ocean the #1 ranked gold player in the game currently. The ruleset was blast and knock out and there was only water and fire available for the splinters. Thinking they would definitely go magic as magic does work in the blast ruleset I prepared my best magic/reflect lineup.
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From the get-go I was worried he had Valnamor and I had Alric but worry not as this old man still has some serious wisdom on the young whippersnapper. I went with Lord A and Prismatic Energy as my gruesome twosome, I figured if they go magic my idea was to double reflect everything he threw at me. Lord A having void same as Prismatic Energy was a big clutch in this battle reflecting a ton of that magic right back to him.
The other monster I needed to bring in was ruler of the seas getting that ever so helpful swiftness but also picking up silence at level 3. To even further that I went with elven mystic to get another silence on him reducing his damage to null pretty much. The only one that would do damage is his ruler of the seas. However, I would reflect that damage back and since he didn't have any other monsters with void in the back he ended up hurting himself more than helping.
Also, the addition of mermaid healer was clutch as well to sustain my backline. I didn't focus on the knock-out ruleset as they did going with medusa and dwarven wizard to try and get those stuns off and possibly doing a ton of damage. Thankfully they didn't go off and we took out medusa before she could really do anything, that combined with the endless reflects worked him and once we dropped his ruler of the seas I knew it was GG.
So this goes to show that even with a more powerful summoner if you can come up with the right formula you can beat it. That is why I love this game so much there are so many options to go with and the mind games you and your opponent play with each other is so fun. Trying to predict what they will go and nailing it is a great feeling. This was definitely the best win of my Splinterlands career so far and I hope to get many more. Let me know what you guys thought of the battle in the comment section below.
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That's great to hear! Congrats.
No clue about all those cards, waaaaay higher than my league. 😋
I still have to figure out how to get some power to actually move up in the leagues lol.
I was happy that I just started to get the hang of it and actually win games, just to realize I'm stuck and can't advance without power.
So, I'm waiting for those 5 chests at the end of the league to hopefully get something that gives enough power to move up to bronze II. I'll be fine as long as I don't quit and keep at it I guess. lol
A total newbie. 😌
Look at those shiny cards. Don't even know their names yet.
The battles looks cool though.Thanks for sharing
Wow, that was a pretty rare battle. A lvl 3 Gold foil Ruler of the Seas vs a lvl 3 Ruler of the Seas. That was a normal ranked match, wasn't it? There are only 101 total cards of them in circulation. Great video!
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Yea man this is what I am talking about. #Cartel #OneUp squad. I feel blessed I was able to join the squad. And I am so happy for you that you have the chance to play this boss ass account. I drop the atomic elbow on some of these fools. Keep up the great work brother. And lets grind grind grind.
HAHA The atomic elbow let's goooo much love brother this battle was amazing and yes I;m very grateful to be a part of it and running such a badass account.
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