Splinterlands Meta Snapshot: The first position

Hey Monster Maniacs, as many of you know, the first position is one of the most important in the alignment of our @splinterlands teams, so much so that often our team is based on the synergy that the other cards have with it. Generally we place in this position strong cards capable of withstanding a lot of damage (tanks) but there are also cards that can surprise due to their speed or versatility. It is a dismissive position when obtaining the victory, even sometimes this single card can win the combat as if it was a single man's army.

I have dramatically changed my scrypt and modified the structure of the database, now I can load data much faster by consulting less times the APIs of @splinterlands, I fixed the problem with the bronze league, where I could not load data from the cards that are part of the starter set and put some margins for the levels of the cards in the different leagues. These filters are as follows:

	Common	Rare	Epic	Legendary
Bronze
Min lvl	1	1	1	1
Max lvl	3	2	2	1
Silver
Min lvl	3	2	2	1
Max lvl	5	4	3	2
Gold
Min lvl	5	4	3	2
Max lvl	8	6	5	3
Diamond & Champion
Min lvl	8	6	5	3
Max lvl	Max.	Max.	Max.	Max.

Only the battles where all the participating monsters have their levels within those ranges are added to the database, there is only one exception with the Furious Chicken, this can be of any level.

All the data shown below has a maximum period of 15 days and the great majority of the analyzed battles are of these first days of January.

Only monsters that have appeared at least five times in the database are shown.

7577 Battles Processed

Monsters

% Used	Monster	Wins	Losses	Winrate
20.74%	Goblin Mech	1686	1457	53.64%
10.24%	Haunted Spirit	753	799	48.51%
7.81%	Sea Monster	743	441	62.75%
6.96%	Silvershield Paladin	736	319	69.76%
4.55%	Spineback Turtle	214	477	30.96%
4.5%	Cerberus	367	315	53.81%
3.78%	Stonesplitter Orc	240	334	41.81%
3.77%	Pit Ogre	212	360	37.06%
3.22%	Silvershield Knight	199	289	40.77%
3.06%	Flesh Golem	221	243	47.62%
2.75%	Living Lava	265	152	63.54%
2.65%	Cocatrice	184	219	45.65%
1.75%	Prismatic Energy	159	107	59.77%
1.49%	Unicorn Mustang	128	99	56.38%
1.29%	Shieldbearer	54	142	27.55%
1.14%	Furious Chicken	105	69	60.34%
0.92%	Bone Golem	36	104	25.71%
0.82%	Serpent of Eld	60	65	48.0%
0.79%	Clay Golem	51	70	42.14%
0.78%	Rexxie	48	71	40.33%
0.73%	Phantom Soldier	58	53	52.25%
0.66%	Frozen Soldier	60	41	59.4%
0.65%	Stone Golem	61	39	61.0%
0.54%	Animated Corpse	38	44	46.34%
0.53%	Silvershield Warrior	33	48	40.74%
0.52%	Elven Defender	28	52	35.0%
0.48%	Giant Roc	22	51	30.13%
0.47%	Sacred Unicorn	46	26	63.88%
0.39%	Peaceful Giant	20	40	33.33%
0.36%	Crystal Jaguar	22	33	40.0%
0.35%	Magnor	28	26	51.85%
0.3%	Exploding Dwarf	11	35	23.91%
0.3%	Biceratops	17	29	36.95%
0.29%	Kobold Bruiser	20	25	44.44%
0.29%	Gelatinous Cube	17	27	38.63%
0.28%	Serpentine Soldier	27	16	62.79%
0.24%	Crystal Werewolf	18	19	48.64%
0.22%	Chain Golem	26	8	76.47%
0.21%	Molten Ogre	12	21	36.36%
0.21%	Baby Unicorn	15	17	46.87%
0.2%	Creeping Ooze	12	19	38.7%
0.2%	Giant Scorpion	8	23	25.8%
0.19%	Cave Slug	7	22	24.13%
0.17%	Lord of Darkness	23	3	88.46%
0.15%	Naga Warrior	11	13	45.83%
0.14%	Tower Griffin	6	16	27.27%
0.13%	Luminous Eagle	6	14	30.0%
0.13%	Tortisian Fighter	6	14	30.0%
0.12%	Brownie	9	10	47.36%
0.12%	Battle Orca	7	12	36.84%
0.11%	War Chaang	11	7	61.11%
0.11%	Water Elemental	4	13	23.52%
0.1%	Frost Giant	11	5	68.75%
0.1%	Minotaur Warrior	7	9	43.75%
0.1%	Rusty Android	8	8	50.0%
0.1%	Sea Genie	4	12	25.0%
0.09%	Centaur	2	13	13.33%
0.09%	Naga Fire Wizard	2	13	13.33%
0.09%	Cursed Slimeball	1	14	6.66%
0.09%	Grumpy Dwarf	3	11	21.42%
0.07%	Spineback Wolf	6	6	50.0%
0.07%	Undead Minotaur	4	7	36.36%
0.07%	Manticore	6	5	54.54%
0.07%	Elven Mystic	5	6	45.45%
0.06%	Kobold Miner	5	5	50.0%
0.06%	Ruler of the Seas	4	6	40.0%
0.06%	Failed Summoner	3	7	30.0%
0.05%	Cyclops	1	8	11.11%
0.05%	Mushroom Seer	4	5	44.44%
0.05%	Silvershield Assassin	0	9	0.0%
0.05%	Diamond Dragon	6	2	75.0%
0.05%	Ettin Spearman	1	7	12.5%
0.04%	Serpent of the Flame	5	2	71.42%
0.04%	Earth Elemental	3	4	42.85%
0.04%	Haunted Spider	0	7	0.0%
0.04%	Magma Troll	2	5	28.57%
0.04%	Phantom of the Abyss	7	0	100.0%
0.03%	Feral Spirit	1	5	16.66%
0.03%	Enchanted Defender	2	4	33.33%
0.03%	Serpentine Spy	0	6	0.0%
0.03%	Spark Pixies	2	4	33.33%
0.03%	Goblin Thief	0	6	0.0%
0.03%	Tortisian Chief	3	3	50.0%
0.03%	Gremlin Blaster	1	5	16.66%
0.03%	Screeching Vulture	1	5	16.66%
0.03%	Enchanted Pixie	0	5	0.0%
0.03%	Hydra	5	0	100.0%
0.03%	Skeletal Warrior	3	2	60.0%
0.03%	Albatross	1	4	20.0%
0.03%	Orc Sergeant	0	5	0.0%
0.03%	Horny Toad	1	4	20.0%
0.03%	Mantoid	1	4	20.0%

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5880 Battles Processed

Monsters

% Used	Monster	Wins	Losses	Winrate
11.81%	Flesh Golem	709	681	51.0%
11.69%	Haunted Spirit	769	606	55.92%
8.5%	Furious Chicken	517	483	51.7%
7.61%	Spineback Turtle	482	413	53.85%
6.78%	Sea Monster	403	395	50.5%
6.51%	Goblin Mech	269	497	35.11%
5.45%	Lord Arianthus	372	270	57.94%
5.41%	Cerberus	338	299	53.06%
5.39%	Silvershield Paladin	347	288	54.64%
2.45%	Sacred Unicorn	137	152	47.4%
1.85%	Prismatic Energy	97	121	44.49%
1.79%	Clay Golem	98	113	46.44%
1.51%	Chain Golem	93	85	52.24%
1.25%	Silvershield Knight	51	97	34.45%
1.2%	Crystal Werewolf	73	69	51.4%
1.04%	Animated Corpse	58	65	47.15%
1.03%	Serpent of the Flame	73	49	59.83%
1.02%	Serpentine Soldier	64	57	52.89%
1.02%	Stone Golem	64	57	52.89%
0.8%	Pit Ogre	45	50	47.36%
0.73%	Exploding Dwarf	43	43	50.0%
0.68%	Skeletal Warrior	42	38	52.5%
0.55%	Creeping Ooze	27	38	41.53%
0.53%	Cocatrice	33	30	52.38%
0.5%	Lord of Darkness	40	19	67.79%
0.5%	Crystal Jaguar	31	28	52.54%
0.5%	Unicorn Mustang	29	30	49.15%
0.49%	Frozen Soldier	36	22	62.06%
0.47%	Rexxie	22	34	39.28%
0.45%	Stonesplitter Orc	26	28	48.14%
0.44%	Frost Giant	33	19	63.46%
0.41%	Magnor	30	19	61.22%
0.35%	Peaceful Giant	18	24	42.85%
0.35%	Rusty Android	14	28	33.33%
0.34%	Molten Ogre	15	26	36.58%
0.33%	Phantom Soldier	14	25	35.89%
0.33%	Elven Defender	13	26	33.33%
0.31%	Giant Scorpion	13	24	35.13%
0.3%	Hydra	16	20	44.44%
0.3%	Shieldbearer	8	28	22.22%
0.29%	Chromatic Dragon	22	13	62.85%
0.29%	Living Lava	23	12	65.71%
0.23%	Undead Minotaur	6	22	21.42%
0.23%	Cursed Slimeball	20	8	71.42%
0.22%	Serpent of Eld	12	15	44.44%
0.2%	Failed Summoner	12	12	50.0%
0.19%	Silvershield Warrior	9	14	39.13%
0.18%	Spineback Wolf	8	14	36.36%
0.17%	Battle Orca	8	13	38.09%
0.16%	Raging Impaler	15	4	78.94%
0.16%	Baby Unicorn	6	13	31.57%
0.15%	Naga Warrior	7	11	38.88%
0.15%	Manticore	7	11	38.88%
0.15%	Kobold Bruiser	6	12	33.33%
0.15%	Gelatinous Cube	6	12	33.33%
0.14%	Minotaur Warlord	6	11	35.29%
0.14%	Phantom of the Abyss	5	12	29.41%
0.13%	Elemental Phoenix	5	11	31.25%
0.13%	Kron the Undying	6	10	37.5%
0.11%	Red Dragon	5	9	35.71%
0.11%	Dark Ha'on	8	6	57.14%
0.11%	Bone Golem	3	10	23.07%
0.11%	The Kraken	6	7	46.15%
0.1%	Crustacean King	6	6	50.0%
0.1%	Sea Genie	3	9	25.0%
0.1%	Naga Fire Wizard	1	11	8.33%
0.1%	Biceratops	7	5	58.33%
0.08%	Earth Elemental	3	7	30.0%
0.08%	Brownie	5	5	50.0%
0.08%	Ruler of the Seas	6	4	60.0%
0.07%	Minotaur Warrior	6	3	66.66%
0.07%	Divine Healer	4	5	44.44%
0.07%	Feral Spirit	2	7	22.22%
0.05%	Goblin Shaman	2	5	28.57%
0.05%	Giant Roc	4	3	57.14%
0.05%	Sabre Shark	0	7	0.0%
0.05%	Grumpy Dwarf	0	7	0.0%
0.05%	Hobgoblin	0	7	0.0%
0.05%	Luminous Eagle	2	5	28.57%
0.05%	Highland Archer	1	5	16.66%
0.05%	Cornealus	4	2	66.66%
0.04%	Kobold Miner	3	2	60.0%
0.04%	Pirate Captain	0	5	0.0%
0.04%	Medusa	3	2	60.0%
0.04%	Water Elemental	3	2	60.0%
0.04%	Angel of Light	2	3	40.0%
0.04%	Enchanted Defender	4	1	80.0%

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6967 Battles Processed

Monsters

% Used	Monster	Wins	Losses	Winrate
17.53%	Lord Arianthus	1387	1056	56.77%
8.34%	Haunted Spirit	542	621	46.6%
7.47%	Furious Chicken	556	485	53.41%
6.84%	Flesh Golem	504	450	52.83%
4.91%	Spineback Turtle	359	326	52.4%
4.74%	Sea Monster	269	392	40.69%
4.47%	Silvershield Paladin	328	295	52.64%
4.27%	Cerberus	284	312	47.65%
2.77%	Cursed Slimeball	222	164	57.51%
2.53%	Lord of Darkness	196	157	55.52%
2.16%	Goblin Mech	105	197	34.76%
1.89%	Serpent of the Flame	122	142	46.21%
1.79%	Prismatic Energy	101	149	40.4%
1.76%	Sacred Unicorn	110	136	44.71%
1.6%	Exploding Dwarf	82	141	36.77%
1.44%	Stone Golem	126	75	62.68%
1.43%	Serpentine Soldier	93	107	46.5%
1.34%	Chain Golem	99	89	52.65%
1.23%	Clay Golem	75	97	43.6%
1.22%	Frozen Soldier	86	84	50.58%
1.22%	Stonesplitter Orc	89	81	52.35%
1.21%	Naga Warrior	88	81	52.07%
1.16%	Cocatrice	96	67	58.89%
1.12%	Crystal Werewolf	92	65	58.59%
0.96%	Animated Corpse	46	88	34.32%
0.85%	Skeletal Warrior	66	53	55.46%
0.78%	Frost Giant	52	57	47.7%
0.67%	Peaceful Giant	57	37	60.63%
0.66%	Rexxie	41	51	44.56%
0.6%	Hydra	37	47	44.04%
0.57%	Chromatic Dragon	48	32	60.0%
0.53%	Pit Ogre	23	52	30.66%
0.51%	Manticore	43	29	59.72%
0.48%	Creeping Ooze	34	34	50.0%
0.43%	Magnor	33	27	55.0%
0.39%	Silvershield Knight	17	38	30.9%
0.39%	Phantom Soldier	19	36	34.54%
0.34%	Gelatinous Cube	20	28	41.66%
0.29%	Raging Impaler	19	22	46.34%
0.28%	Minotaur Warlord	18	22	45.0%
0.27%	Minotaur Warrior	17	22	43.58%
0.25%	Failed Summoner	18	18	50.0%
0.25%	Red Dragon	13	22	37.14%
0.23%	Molten Ogre	6	27	18.18%
0.22%	Elemental Phoenix	14	18	43.75%
0.21%	Unicorn Mustang	14	16	46.66%
0.2%	Gold Dragon	13	16	44.82%
0.2%	Spirit of the Forest	14	14	50.0%
0.17%	Spineback Wolf	12	13	48.0%
0.17%	Dark Ha'on	15	10	60.0%
0.16%	Shieldbearer	8	15	34.78%
0.15%	Elven Defender	7	14	33.33%
0.14%	Rusty Android	8	12	40.0%
0.14%	Living Lava	6	14	30.0%
0.13%	Enchanted Defender	10	9	52.63%
0.12%	The Kraken	10	8	55.55%
0.11%	Earth Elemental	8	8	50.0%
0.1%	Giant Roc	5	10	33.33%
0.1%	Biceratops	8	7	53.33%
0.1%	Cornealus	7	8	46.66%
0.1%	Water Elemental	10	4	71.42%
0.1%	Serpent of Eld	7	7	50.0%
0.09%	Silvershield Warrior	4	9	30.76%
0.09%	Brownie	9	4	69.23%
0.08%	Feral Spirit	8	4	66.66%
0.07%	Kobold Miner	5	6	45.45%
0.07%	Crustacean King	4	7	36.36%
0.07%	Grumpy Dwarf	2	9	18.18%
0.07%	Sea Genie	3	8	27.27%
0.07%	Undead Minotaur	1	10	9.09%
0.07%	Skeleton Assassin	5	5	50.0%
0.07%	Bone Golem	3	7	30.0%
0.06%	Sabre Shark	5	4	55.55%
0.06%	Medusa	2	7	22.22%
0.06%	Swamp Thing	5	4	55.55%
0.06%	Divine Healer	3	6	33.33%
0.05%	Naga Fire Wizard	3	5	37.5%
0.05%	Fire Spitter	5	3	62.5%
0.05%	Cyclops	1	6	14.28%
0.05%	Hobgoblin	1	6	14.28%
0.05%	Electric Eels	0	7	0.0%
0.05%	Crystal Jaguar	2	5	28.57%
0.05%	Battle Orca	1	6	14.28%
0.04%	Ruler of the Seas	2	4	33.33%
0.04%	Kobold Bruiser	1	5	16.66%
0.04%	Diamond Dragon	1	5	16.66%
0.04%	Spirit Shaman	4	2	66.66%
0.03%	Elven Cutthroat	2	3	40.0%
0.03%	Divine Sorceress	3	2	60.0%
0.03%	Silvershield Assassin	2	3	40.0%

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6261 Battles Processed

Monsters

% Used	Monster	Wins	Losses	Winrate
19.28%	Lord Arianthus	1278	1137	52.91%
8.0%	Furious Chicken	508	494	50.69%
6.11%	Flesh Golem	330	436	43.08%
5.95%	Cocatrice	439	307	58.84%
4.95%	Silvershield Paladin	315	306	50.72%
4.71%	Cursed Slimeball	323	267	54.74%
4.5%	Spineback Turtle	276	288	48.93%
2.82%	Lord of Darkness	194	160	54.8%
2.68%	Exploding Dwarf	162	174	48.21%
2.66%	Haunted Spirit	137	197	41.01%
2.63%	Cerberus	165	165	50.0%
2.56%	Naga Warrior	172	149	53.58%
2.47%	Stone Golem	162	148	52.25%
2.4%	Crystal Werewolf	165	136	54.81%
1.94%	Serpentine Soldier	125	119	51.22%
1.75%	Peaceful Giant	122	98	55.45%
1.38%	Chain Golem	69	105	39.65%
1.28%	Sea Monster	79	82	49.06%
1.23%	Frozen Soldier	78	77	50.32%
1.14%	Prismatic Energy	53	91	36.8%
0.99%	Serpent of the Flame	57	67	45.96%
0.84%	Hydra	46	60	43.39%
0.82%	Gold Dragon	53	50	51.45%
0.79%	Clay Golem	36	64	36.0%
0.76%	Stonesplitter Orc	46	50	47.91%
0.76%	Chromatic Dragon	48	48	50.0%
0.71%	Sacred Unicorn	22	68	24.44%
0.69%	Brownie	49	38	56.32%
0.67%	Goblin Mech	27	58	31.76%
0.66%	Frost Giant	40	43	48.19%
0.64%	Creeping Ooze	49	32	60.49%
0.56%	Earth Elemental	35	36	49.29%
0.48%	Failed Summoner	40	21	65.57%
0.47%	Dark Ha'on	31	29	51.66%
0.47%	Pit Ogre	28	31	47.45%
0.46%	Elemental Phoenix	26	32	44.82%
0.43%	Animated Corpse	19	35	35.18%
0.42%	Manticore	31	22	58.49%
0.39%	Red Dragon	18	31	36.73%
0.37%	Minotaur Warrior	23	24	48.93%
0.37%	Angel of Light	22	25	46.8%
0.35%	Minotaur Warlord	20	25	44.44%
0.33%	Raging Impaler	22	20	52.38%
0.29%	Rexxie	11	26	29.72%
0.25%	Spirit of the Forest	18	14	56.25%
0.23%	Sabre Shark	14	15	48.27%
0.23%	Skeleton Assassin	17	12	58.62%
0.21%	Magnor	12	15	44.44%
0.18%	Silvershield Knight	9	14	39.13%
0.17%	Feral Spirit	8	14	36.36%
0.16%	Shieldbearer	11	10	52.38%
0.16%	Gelatinous Cube	6	15	28.57%
0.15%	The Kraken	7	13	35.0%
0.15%	Kobold Miner	10	9	52.63%
0.15%	Skeletal Warrior	9	10	47.36%
0.13%	Swamp Thing	10	7	58.82%
0.13%	Living Lava	8	9	47.05%
0.12%	Fire Spitter	7	9	43.75%
0.11%	Goblin Shaman	5	10	33.33%
0.11%	Water Elemental	6	9	40.0%
0.11%	Silvershield Warrior	6	9	40.0%
0.11%	Electric Eels	10	5	66.66%
0.11%	Kron the Undying	10	4	71.42%
0.09%	Molten Ogre	3	9	25.0%
0.09%	Unicorn Mustang	9	3	75.0%
0.08%	Phantom Soldier	3	8	27.27%
0.08%	Crystal Jaguar	5	6	45.45%
0.07%	Javelin Thrower	1	8	11.11%
0.07%	Thunderbird	6	3	66.66%
0.07%	Cornealus	3	6	33.33%
0.06%	Rusty Android	2	6	25.0%
0.06%	Mermaid Healer	3	5	37.5%
0.06%	Spirit Shaman	5	3	62.5%
0.04%	Undead Priest	2	4	33.33%
0.04%	Elven Cutthroat	1	5	16.66%
0.04%	Sea Genie	2	4	33.33%
0.04%	Silvershield Bard	2	4	33.33%
0.04%	Enchanted Defender	2	4	33.33%
0.04%	Giant Scorpion	5	1	83.33%
0.04%	The Vigilator	0	6	0.0%
0.03%	Spineback Wolf	0	5	0.0%
0.03%	Grumpy Dwarf	0	5	0.0%
0.03%	Hobgoblin	2	3	40.0%
0.03%	Serpent of Eld	4	1	80.0%

1518 Battles Processed

Monsters

% Used	Monster	Wins	Losses	Winrate
20.81%	Lord Arianthus	316	316	50.0%
8.66%	Cocatrice	156	107	59.31%
8.46%	Furious Chicken	133	124	51.75%
5.66%	Flesh Golem	67	105	38.95%
5.4%	Spineback Turtle	77	87	46.95%
4.61%	Silvershield Paladin	68	72	48.57%
3.91%	Exploding Dwarf	68	51	57.14%
3.88%	Naga Warrior	66	52	55.93%
3.52%	Crystal Werewolf	59	48	55.14%
2.96%	Stone Golem	44	46	48.88%
2.83%	Peaceful Giant	47	39	54.65%
2.14%	Lord of Darkness	36	29	55.38%
1.51%	Serpentine Soldier	23	23	50.0%
1.41%	Cerberus	14	29	32.55%
1.31%	Haunted Spirit	14	26	35.0%
1.21%	Chain Golem	20	17	54.05%
1.11%	Frozen Soldier	20	14	58.82%
1.05%	Sea Monster	11	21	34.37%
1.05%	Failed Summoner	25	7	78.12%
0.98%	Serpent of the Flame	14	16	46.66%
0.98%	Brownie	18	12	60.0%
0.95%	Cursed Slimeball	22	7	75.86%
0.82%	Gold Dragon	12	13	48.0%
0.79%	Creeping Ooze	9	15	37.5%
0.72%	Shieldbearer	12	10	54.54%
0.69%	Prismatic Energy	9	12	42.85%
0.65%	Manticore	8	12	40.0%
0.62%	Clay Golem	5	14	26.31%
0.59%	Dark Ha'on	11	7	61.11%
0.52%	Chromatic Dragon	7	9	43.75%
0.52%	Raging Impaler	6	10	37.5%
0.49%	Stonesplitter Orc	7	8	46.66%
0.49%	Goblin Mech	3	12	20.0%
0.46%	Earth Elemental	4	10	28.57%
0.42%	Sacred Unicorn	4	9	30.76%
0.39%	Pit Ogre	7	5	58.33%
0.39%	Hydra	5	7	41.66%
0.36%	Kobold Miner	5	6	45.45%
0.36%	Minotaur Warrior	5	6	45.45%
0.36%	Silvershield Knight	4	7	36.36%
0.32%	Frost Giant	5	5	50.0%
0.32%	Minotaur Warlord	7	3	70.0%
0.29%	Swamp Thing	2	7	22.22%
0.26%	Feral Spirit	5	3	62.5%
0.26%	Skeleton Assassin	5	3	62.5%
0.23%	Angel of Light	5	2	71.42%
0.23%	Red Dragon	1	6	14.28%
0.19%	Animated Corpse	2	4	33.33%
0.16%	Water Elemental	4	1	80.0%
0.16%	Spirit of the Forest	3	2	60.0%
0.16%	Thunderbird	1	4	20.0%
0.16%	Magnor	2	3	40.0%

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Conclusions

• The Goblin Mech is a real monster in the bronze league, but doesn't have a great performance in the other leagues (at least not in the first position)
• The tank of excellence in the upper leagues is Lord Arianthus, as I'm sure we all know.
• Cursed Slimeball 22 - 7 - 75.86% (I'm so happy for your nerf, stink ball!)
• there are cards that are not tanks per se, but they do not do badly in this position, cards like the Furious Chicken, Exploding Dwarf, Failed Summoner, Cocatrice, can be a good choice at the right time.

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