The Catapult: My First Top 50 Placement
With the deadline rapidly approaching, a dramatic victory over @hossainbd got me into the top 50, placing me at rank 31. This was actually a lot deeper than I thought I would get. I decided to actually analyze the victory, to figure out what choices allowed me to win. One of my favorite things about the game is my ability to experiment with different cards, sometimes that reflects in my overall placement.
For this particular win, I narrowed it down to the quickness and dodging ability of the Serpentine Solider, coupled with timely shield refreshes from the Flame Monkey. My original justification for my choice was going for speed to get a jump on a tough opponent, but my back ranks quickly got shredded by the Blast Ability of Yodin Zaku. Despite this and it being a Healed Out round, my Serpentine Soldier only lost one health, thanks in part to Mr. Flame Monkey.
What could I have done differently? I feel like eliminating the Halfling Alchemist, and replacing him with the Ant Miners put right behind the Serpentine Soldier, would have negated the blast ability on my rear ranks, and help better protect my vulnerable sneakers.
Here is the full fight:
https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=53a4438d2723d7131838917e912ad7b48d91d55d
Was this win pure luck? What would you have done?
congrats! if i had put in the same team as you would have put halfling in second then cutthroat , serpentine spy, flame monkey and then kobold miner. would it have won, don't know
or would have just picked a totally different team altogether fk knows lol
oh, i am starting to like the ant miner dude.
31st? i finished way ahead of you - soft!🤣🤣 :)
Man, what's the weather like up there at 31st?
warm and cozy
I respect @hossainbd a lot. To me he plays like a human computer. I know he was playing for the #1 position as we talked earlier yesterday;)
Earlier he lost some important games against zaku and not using it. So I think as he was playing the clock himself and perhaps gambled with his own options. Zaku is a safe bet especially against a player he was perhaps unfamiliar But at 19 mana it’s a gamble. 5 mana legendary Plado would have won the game for him. Even a single magic attacker would have won the game for him. Even with the existing team I thought he had a chance mainly because of stun from the pixie. But it missed too many times. I say it’s a spectacular yet underrated game! But considering hossainbd was pushing for #1 and Josh never qualified in top 50 before; I think this battle I will remember for a long time. Will I replicate this strategy of Josh? No way :) not my style... I don’t like to experiment this much... not when I am playing the clock anyways and definitely not against hossainbd :) :)
Thanks, I hope I can feature myself regularly among the elite! ;-)
Wow exlente post mas cuando de juego se trate, gracias, te voto y te sigo.
Wait! The summoner has a blast ability? How does that work?
Yodin is the summoner, right?
You have much to learn padawan!
Yup, and he blesses everyone with blast!
It seems I really do! Starting to get an idea why there's so much hype over him. Does it kick in at level one, or only when he's levelled up?
You get it right away!
Ah you played the classic 'they expect snipe so play sneak' strategy - interesting to know you won against Zaku with that, great job.
I guess if Yodin can't hit he cant blast after all!
Haha thanks! Yeah, despite it working out, I think my big mistake was giving him something to snipe at.
Congrats!