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Hello there, Splinterlands community! Welcome to my very first post about this awesome game.

I’m a total noob on Splinterlands. I signed into the game for the first time back in March but I just started playing it about a week and a half ago. I’ve gotten to know what some things mean and do. I’ve seen myself go from playing blindly to actually planning strategies. I have to admit, the game is still really complicated for me. There are a lot of stuff I don’t understand but I’m willing to learn as the months go by.

When I started playing splinterlands initially, I fought just two battles which I lost of course. Even though I had read the guides and played the tutorial, I still had no idea what I was doing so I decided to take a step back and learn. The next time I played was on Sunday the 15th of may and out of sheer luck, I won the battle. As you can imagine, I was totally ecstatic. I was screaming so loud that I had won even though I had no idea what I did.

Winning my first battle got me very excited and made me want to commit more time and effort into Splinterlands. Today I want to talk about that battle and a few things I learned.

The Combat Rules and My Strategy

The Combat rules for that match were standard. The Mana cap was 18 and all the splinters were playable. As for my strategy, I didn't really have any. I just knew that I wasn't supposed to put a range monster at the first or second position so they won't move up and can be able to attack. With that in mind, I chose my splint and selected my summoner and monsters.

SUMMONER
NAME	TARSA
SPLINTER	FIRE
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	RARE
MANA COST	4
BUFFS	+1 MELEE ATTACK, +1 HEALTH

Starting on this game I liked the Earth splint but for this battle I decided to just try out the Fire Splint. Since Pyre just adds +1 Speed to the monsters, I decided to go with Tarsa so she can buff up my monsters a little more.

MONSTER 1
NAME	RADIATED BRUTE
SPLINT	FIRE
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	COMMON
MANA COST	5
ATTACK	2X MELEE ATTACK
SPEED	1X
HEALTH	5X
ABILITIES	REACH

Because the mana cap of the battle was 18, I needed to squeeze in all my monsters. So I knew I needed a monster that would hold for a long while in the first position. This is why I went for Radiated Brute. Plus I think he looks pretty cool.

MONSTER 2
NAME	SERPENTINE SPY
SPLINT	FIRE
EDITION	UNTAMED
RARITY	COMMON
MANA COST	3
ATTACK	2X MELEE ATTACK
SPEED	3X
HEALTH	1X
ABILITIES	OPPORTUNITY

I liked the serpentine spy right from the tutorials fight. With X2 damage, X3 peed and the opportunity ability, this monster makes up in skill for what it lacks in health. A great way to hit the unexpecting enemy lines but in this battle I didn't even know that.

MONSTER 3
NAME	ELVEN MYSTIC
SPLINT	NEUTRAL
EDITION	UNTAMED
RARITY	RARE
MANA COST	4
ATTACK	1X MAGIC ATTACK
SPEED	2X
HEALTH	3X
ABILITIES	NONE AT LVL 1

For the magic monster, I chose Elven Mystic. I wouldn't say I had any reason for choosing this particular mage.

MONSTER 4
NAME	XENITH ARCHER
SPLINT	NEUTRAL
EDITION	CHAOS LEGION
RARITY	RARE
MANA COST	2
ATTACK	1X RANGED ATTACK
SPEED	1X
HEALTH	2X
ABILITIES	NONE

Just like the Elven Mystic, I don't think I had any plan when I chose the Xenith Archer. I think I just wanted to fill up the mana cap and I felt like I needed to add a range monster and so I chose this one

The Battle

My Splinter	Enemy's splinter
Fire	Death

Round 1:

• Tarsa buffed up my monsters with +1 extra health and +1 extra melee attack damage but the enemy used Thaddius Brood to take away the extra health.

• Enemy's Death Elemental hits Elven Mystic, x1 damage, 2 health remaining.

• Enemy's Silent Sha-Vi hits Xenith Archer, x2 damage, 0 health remaining.

• Enemy's Undead Badger hits Elven Mystic, x1 damage, 1 health remaining.

• My Serpentine Spy hits Enemy's Undead Badger, x3 damage, 0 health remaining.

• My Elven Mystic hits Enemy's Crypt Beetle, x1 damage, 1 health remaining.

• My Radiated Brute hits Enemy's Crypt Beetle, x3 damage, 0 shield remaining.

• Enemy's Crypt Beetle hits Radiated Brute, x1 damage, 4 health remaining.

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Round 2:

• Enemy's Death Elemental hits Elven Mystic, x1 damage, 0 health remaining.
• My Serpentine Spy hits Enemy's Crypt Beetle, x3 damage, 0 health remaining.
• Enemy's Silent Sha-Vi hits Radiated Brute, x2 damage, 2 health remaining.
• My Radiated Brute hits Enemy's Silent Sha-Vi, x3 damage, 2 health remaining.

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Round 3:

• Enemy's Death Elemental hits Radiated Brute, x1 damage, 1 health remaining.
• My Serpentine Spy hits Enemy's Silent Sha-Vi, x3 damage, 0 health remaining.
• Radiated Brute hits Enemy's Death Elemental, x3 damage, 0 health remaing.

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Final Round:

• With the enemy down to one monster, my serpentine Spy has the highest speed and so it strikes the Enemy's Carrion Shade. x3 damage, 0 health remaining.

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Victory!

As the enemy's summoner disappears into the darkness, I emerge victorious for the first time.

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BATTLE LINK

My Mistakes and plans to improve

Of course I've made a lot of mistakes and I'm sure I'll make a lot more as I go. One mistake I made in this battle and others was going in without a plan. Even though I won this battle, I really didn't know what I was doing. It was sheer luck but I ran out of that luck. I played a couple more games after that and I didn't win a single one. I tried to be smart with my placements but I just didn't cut it.

Another thing I've been doing wrong is that I've been using monsters with the three types of attacks. What I mean is that in every game, I make sure I place at least one attack monster, one magic monster and one range monster. I used to think that was how the game was supposed to be played but when I watched some of my battles again, I realized that I'd been doing it all wrong. I noticed that many opponents did not use all the attack types. Many of them didn't even use range attacks in the battles. This is something I had been doing wrong because when a range monster gets to the first position, it just sits there as it is helplessly slaughtered.

Now what?

Well, I'm glad you asked.

Firstly, I really want to get a spellbook. I want to take this game seriously by investing in it. If I keep playing for free, I'm not sure I'll commit so much time and effort into it. I also want to be able to make money on splinterlands and be a real threat to anyone that crosses me. I just feel like getting a spellbook would bring opportunities that I wouldn't get otherwise so I'll just plan for that. When I get the money, I'll surely get a spellbook!

Also, I want to learn how to build good lineups and come up with awesome strategies that would help me stand a chance against my opponents. I have to move up the ladder. It won't be cool if I'm stuck in the novice league forever now, would it?

Conclusion

Like I said earlier, I'm a total noob in this game. I would really appreciate comments on how to get better or any useful info I need to know. Help a newbie out, would ya? :)

If you're new and you missed it earlier, you can join splinterlands with the referral link below. Don't be shy ;) I promise you won't regret it.👇

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Last but definitely not the least, special thanks to @ga38jem for his few but impactful words of encouragement!

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Thanks for your time!