Splinterlands: Securing a Spot in Bronze Leaderboard using Focus Element

Hello everyone! Lester here! How's your grinding so far? Are you now playing for your Daily Focus or for a spot in the Leaderboard? Also, have you read the latest post from Splinterlands regarding Modern & Wild Ranked Formats? If not yet, check their post here - Modern & Wild Ranked Formats for the latest updates in Splinterlands.

For this post, I am trying to climb Bronze Leaderboard using my Focus Element which is Death. Will I be able to secure a spot in the Leaderboard using a single element? Have you also tried doing this before? Let's check it out!

So I started at 100 Rating at around 2Days and 7hours before the end of season with a ranking of 196,856. The current top 1 player is Schwarszchild and a regular in Bronze Leaderboard.

I rented all Death Summoners and rented a few neutrals. I wanted to make sure to cover all possible scenarios that's why I didn't skip any summoner. If the opponent used an all magic monster line-up in previous matches like from Water or Earth elements, I can use Thaddius Brood or Owster Rotwell or Mimosa Nightshade. If the opponent used an all melee monster line-up in previous matches, I can use Zintar Mortalis or Crypt Mancer like from Fire and Death elements. If the opponent used an ranged monster line-up in previous matches like from Light, Earth and Water elements, I can use Mimosa Nightshade or Contessa L'ament. I made also sure to rent flying monsters and other monsters with different abilities that can adopt to different rulesets like monsters with Opportunity for Fog Of War.

Everything is going well, until I reached the 2500+ rating. This the area where top players are battling their hearts out to defeat each opponent that they encounter. Here is the battle where I faced Voidwalk, a Bronze Leaderboard regular. Based on the opponent's history, this player was using range attack monsters. This is the reason I used Contessa L'ament. However, I still lose but had a tight battle.

After a few battles, I then had an encounter with Schwarszchild, the current top 1 in Bronze Leaderboard. And I was like, "Ohh-kaayyyy....". I knew I will not win this battle but still tried my best.

After a few round of losing, I thought of not wasting my effort by keeping my pride in using only 1 element to secure a spot in the leaderboard. So I decided to rent a few more cards. I rented Scarred Llama Mage, Kron the Undying and Flesh Golem from Earth Element, Byzantine Kitty and Selenia Sky from Dragon element and some range monsters from water element. After a few rounds, I got placed at rank 20 of the leaderboard after 9-10 hours of playing on and off.

Leaderboard of any league is a serious matter and I failed on getting a spot by using a single element. I realized that a single element could not cover all scenarios and rulesets. There are rulesets and scenarios that are more suitable for other elements. Or maybe I am not familiar enough on all the abilities and combos of Death element to cater all possible scenarios. Right now, I am still playing for a spot in Bronze Leaderboard and rented almost all summoners from all elements to increase my chance of winning each match. Wish me luck! 😁