Losing is okay if you can learn from it: My Splinterlands Battle Experience.

Hello gamer friends,
How are you all? I hope you are all having a great time in the world of Splinterlands. Today, I am going to share one of my battles with you. The rules of the game are—sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Today I lost, but to be honest, this loss taught me something new. Let's go straight to the battle.

Preparing to start the battle (Match Found)

When the matchmaking started, I saw my opponent,t MYTRUMPETJAMS. His rating was 740, and I was close. But the most interesting thing was the Mana Cap. When I saw 76 Mana on the screen, my eyes lit up! So much mana means the opportunity to use all the most powerful monster cards of your choice. The ruleset was Standard, meaning there were no special rules, just a battle of strength and strategy.

I was quite happy in my heart. I thought this time I would put down my best cards and blow away the opponent.

My team formation and strategy (Lineup Strategy)

I chose Water Element. My Summoner was Marlai Singariel. I thought that the armor and speed of the water team would put me ahead.

My lineup was something like this:

Tank: I put my strong Melee attacker in front, so that he can take more damage.

Support & Damage: I put a healer and some magic and ranged attackers in the back, so that I can attack from a distance.

My confidence was high. Taking advantage of 76 mana, I thought that no one would be able to break my defense.

Round 1: The beginning of the battle

Battle link
When the two teams faced each other on the battlefield, I knew that the fight would not be easy. The opponent brought Death Elemen,t and his Thalgrimore summoner looked quite scary.

In the beginning, his Cursed Windeku (Tank) was a headache for my metallic attackers. His Thorn's ability dealt counter damage to my attackers on every hit. I was attacking, but I was bleeding.

Round 2: Danger Signal

In the second round, things started to get out of hand. My healer was trying to keep the front tank alive, but the opponent's magic attacks and snipe attacks were weakening my back lineup.

To my surprise, my high mana cards were getting destroyed one by one. My armor was of no use because the opponent's magic attacks were directly reducing my health. At this point, I was thinking, "Eesh! If only I had taken some magic resistance cards, considering the opponent's death element!"

Round 3: Last try

In the third round, I had very few cards left in my hand. My main tank had already gone. Now it was just a matter of time. I wanted to at least have a respectable fight, but the synergy of the opponent's cards was much better than mine.

Result: Defeat

In the end, what happened was what happened. I lost the match and my rating dropped by 20. "DEFEAT" was written in big letters on the screen.

After losing, I was a little sad, because I was very optimistic about winning. But I was not disappointed.

What I learned from this loss

This battle taught me a great lesson.

1. It's not just about having high mana: It's not about having high mana that you can win; the right combination of cards is very important.

2. Understand your opponent's element: If I had understood that he could use Death Element and Thorns cards, I would have used more Magic or Ranged attackers, which kill from a distance without hitting him directly.

3. Beware of Thorns: Using melee attacks against cards like Cursed Windeku is suicidal.

That's the beauty of the game, Splinterlands. Every loss here prepares you for the next win. I've corrected my mistakes and will definitely come back stronger in the next match.