Hello Hive gaming community! I’m taking part in the Splinterlands Community Engagement Challenge. For this week, I’ll be writing about my Path to Power. I started to play this game a few months ago. I played Hearthstone before and I thought this is like that game. It's a lot different that we just have to lay our cards and the battle will be automated unlike in Hearthstone. That aside, my Path to Power in Splinterlands was a process.

• Learning

• Testing

• Actual Combat

• Levelling Cards

⚔️🛡️ Learning 🛡️⚔️

I struggled when I started playing Splinterlands. I often lose matches that made me frustrated. I decided to write what cards my opponents were playing. I listed down the mana, element, position of cards. Each time I go into combat I will refer to my list and check if it applies.

This was the list I made. I used it for a few weeks and later I didn't need it anymore. I already have it in my head which cards to play whether it's twenty four or sixty mana. I also learned some tricks like putting the Spellmonger or Scales of Justice card in front. After having the list, I tested it in battles.

⚔️🛡️ Testing 🛡️⚔️

There were many choices for each mana limit. For example, I had four choices in twenty six mana matches.

I tested each in my matches which works best and stuck with it. I still keep the other choices in reserve in case the available elements don't include my top choice.

⚔️🛡️ Practice and Mind the Modifiers 🛡️⚔️

Soon I didn't need the list anymore and had the choices in my head to be pulled in actual combat. I also have to adjust the line up depending on the modifiers. I also had the best teams memorized for specific modifiers. Like having Earth in Noxious Fumes or Life element in Earthquake modifiers.

I'm happy that over time, I climbed in the rankings to gold league from my humble beginnings in bronze.

⚔️🛡️ Card Levelling 🛡️⚔️

As my playing skills grew, so did my card collection. I earn reward cards from playing daily. I collected more cards and combined them to upgrade their levels. Recently, our guild leader, snowboardingpete gifted me with cards including the death archon. As a result, I was able to upgrade my death archon to level 3, good enough for a level 2 legendary card. So I bought an additional legendary Little Sister and I now have a level 2 Little Sister. It will give me more choices in Earthquake modifiers.

⚔️🛡️ Actual Combat 🛡️⚔️

I'm putting into actual combat the things I learned. The modifier in the match was Earthquake and Equal Opportunity. There were only two elements available and I chose Death element.

I chose units with high health to not die from the earthquake. Most of my units have five or higher health with the exception of Sorrow Harvester. She is needed in the line up because she helps decrease the opponent health. My Little Sister was at level 1 when I played this match so she was not included in the line up. The opponent cards have lower health. Maybe he forgot that the modifiers include Equal Opportunity so we can include melee cards like New Beluroc Aegis and Spinetail Fiend. They will not sit idle from their position because of the modifier. The advantage in health gave me the victory.

⚔️🛡️ Summary 🛡️⚔️

The Path to Power is not easy. Players will have to give their time to study and memorize the teams they will use depending on the available mana. The position of the cards is also important to consider. Players have to be attentive to the modifiers like in the actual combat I showed. My opponent did not consider that melee units can attack from any position and used units with lower health. Devote time and attention and anybody can climb the Path to Power in Splinterlands.

Thanks to mhowii for the free blog dividers he shared in his post.

For players looking for games in Hive, I invite you to play the following games. They can be played for free in the links.

Moon https://moon.hive.pizza/
Runik Conquests https://runik-conquests.online/
Stakehouse Den https://stakehouseden.arcadecolony.com/
Splinterlands https://splinterlands.com/
Hyper-Rail Blaster https://play.unity.com/en/games/d4159504-bf99-4745-be2d-c11461596429/ball-blast-v250117