Got Lucky to Beat a Captain Frankie on Splinterlands Tourneys!
Welcome Splinter-natics and HIVEeees! Hoping you are enjoying your summer getaways and rest for this year fella's! It's 44 degree Celsius heat index here in our country with a gas price that so high and an unstable supply of electrical power supply. Summer seems not that enjoyable in our area so let me just enjoy what life is offering me right now.

This time, I will share some battle experience from some tournaments that I joined in splinterlands. If you are not aware yet, tournaments are part of splinterlands game that you have a chance to earn some rewards based on the requirements and sponsor prizes. You just have to join, mostly you will pay some entrance fee which I think are affordable then you have the chance to win prices that are lots of the amount compared to what you paid. Just be aware of what you are joining.
A Battle from the Tournament of Modern Bronze

Under the sponsorship of SPS DAO, this Modern Bronze tournament is one of the few that I can play with. Mostly of the SPS DAO tournaments are good choice in joining tournaments but its kind of hard. Yeah, there are certain difficulties playing tourneys because it requires a good set of cards that can at least bring you a win and claim a prize. This is a good point of splinterlands game. There are challenge that you should take on and of course, prize comes next. That is also the essence of tournaments so it is still a good experience and fun too. So right now I am against life splinter under the summoning of captain Frankie that is a legendary summoner of the said splinter. Captain Frankie is a good choice for the melee and range attack monster units that grants them Inspire, True strike and Piercing abilities. That's gonna be painful for sure when it is formed with the right team. Ok for my team, its not that bad I think for I am limiting magic damage formed team in the form of Kylia Silverlief as my Summoner. Anyu Huntswoman and Mantaroth formed my frontal tank and offense for these cards have their abilities a good set for that part. It just sad that they have healing capabilities so they can stay more for long in the battle field. Vengeful Monk, Virid Venomancer, Ghostly Blacksmith and Ruin Keeper will provide my team's offensive capabilities. My opponents team is tough specially the tank Gearnut is present. What is the game changer here is the presence of Anemia in the ruleset. Let's find out how did I push my luck on this battle.

Just in round 1, I almost depleted my cards with those attacks coming from the other said. Mantaroth of my team provide its best abilities that it can offer to keep the balance in the battle. Luckily there are attac misses from my opponent's team that it did put my team into too much pressure that yield to loosing the battle.

Round 2 should be where I gain the upperhand. Lossing the frontal support of the range attack dealers is big blow to my opponents offense. Mantaroth still standing tall in this round of battle. Anemic Ruleset really provided a great help in my team in this battle.

Vengeful Monk took the last blow and ended the battle. Its my win with variables.

Here is my ranking with this tournament. Not that good but still get me 26.6 sps which is more than enough to cover the const of my entry for this tournament. Congrats to the placers which are renowned player of splinterlands of course.
- All in all experience in Playing tournament is a bit of a curiosity and a gamble. But at least, you will know your account capabilities. Just be ready if you got beaten right?
You can watch the full battle HERE.
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This is it for this blog.
Thank you for your time!
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