Eight Wins, One Loss That I’ll Remember Most
Greetings, Splinterlands warriors!
This brawl taught me something I’ve experienced many times before: winning feels good, but losing to the right opponent can sometimes teach you much more.
This time, I managed to secure 8 wins in the brawl. Of those, 2 were automatic wins because the opposing guild didn’t fill their battle slots. So, if I’m being honest, those two wins aren’t exactly something I should brag too much about. No sweat, no nervous anticipation, and certainly no holding my breath while watching a monster with only one HP left.
But still, a win is a win.
From my contribution, I managed to earn 24 points for the guild. Overall, ClaNFT collected 282 points, with 94 wins and 50 losses, allowing our guild to finish in third place.
The rewards were also pretty decent. Every member who participated fully received 2,400 Merits, while players with a Spellbook received 23,296 staked SPS.
It wasn’t a result that made me jump out of my chair screaming with excitement, but it certainly wasn’t something to be disappointed about either. For a brawl with fairly tough competition, third place is still a result worth appreciating.
However, as usual, I found myself more interested in one particular battle.
And as luck would have it, that battle was the one I lost.
When Eight Wins Still Feel Like Not Enough
Strange, isn’t it?
I came away with eight wins, yet the one thing that stayed in my mind the most was a single defeat.
That’s Splinterlands for you. Sometimes the win count becomes nothing more than the headline, while the loss contains the actual story.
At first, I was quite confident with the lineup I had put together. I felt that the combination of monsters I brought made sense against my opponent. But as the battle progressed, I started noticing something I hadn’t anticipated.
My opponent came in with Lux Vega as their Archon.
For me, simply seeing Lux Vega already made the battle feel different. This Archon provides an incredibly strong defensive foundation for the entire team. And as it turned out, my opponent wasn’t stopping there.
Behind that formation was Doctor Blight.
And that’s where things started getting interesting.
Doctor Blight isn’t simply a monster that sits in the back waiting for its turn to attack. With Scavenger, it can become increasingly dangerous as the battle drags on and monsters begin falling.
In other words, every time a monster dies, Doctor Blight gets another opportunity to extend its own staying power.
I started realizing that this battle wasn’t going to go according to plan.
The longer the battle lasted, the stronger my opponent’s foundation became. I might have been able to apply pressure early on, but their lineup had the ability to survive and grow stronger as the rounds progressed.
And in the end...
I had to admit their superiority.
Guilds: A Place to Learn Without Feeling Like School
If a new player ever asks me, “Should I join a guild?”, my answer is becoming increasingly clear: if you have the opportunity, join one.
Not simply because of the Merits or SPS.
The more valuable reward is the experience of seeing how other players think.
In a guild, we learn that a single ruleset can lead to many different approaches. We can discover that monsters we rarely use can actually be extremely useful under certain conditions.
We also learn to accept a painful truth: sometimes the lineup we thought was brilliant turns out to be nothing more than lunch for our opponent.
And that’s okay.
New players don’t have to become great players the moment they join a guild. Just start by filling your fray, trying different strategies, studying the battle results, and asking other members questions.
Over time, your eyes will become trained to read battles.
At first, you might only see:
“Oh, the opponent has a lot of monsters.”
Later, you’ll start noticing:
“Oh, they’re using Taunt.”
“Oh, there’s Scavenger.”
“If this battle goes long, that Doctor Blight is going to become increasingly dangerous.”
That change in the way we think is, in my opinion, far more valuable than simply adding more cards to our collection.
Conclusion
This brawl ended with a pretty good story for me.
8 wins, 24 personal contribution points, and ClaNFT finishing third with 282 points from 94 wins and 50 losses.
The rewards of 2,400 Merits and 23,296 staked SPS were also a nice bonus.
But among all those numbers, I’ll probably remember one particular defeat for much longer—the battle against the Lux Vega and Doctor Blight lineup.
Because winning gives us a good feeling.
But the right kind of defeat gives us a reason to learn.
And perhaps that’s how Splinterlands should be played. Don’t chase victories so obsessively that you forget to understand why you won. And don’t become so disappointed by a loss that you forget to ask why your opponent won.
Now it’s time to start collecting Merits again.
Who knows? Maybe the next Gladius pack is hiding some good luck behind a card we haven’t discovered yet. 😄
VONAK! 🔥
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