[Splinterlands] Guild Brawl Journey Back to the Top

Hey Guys, its time to give the results of our latest guild brawl, ending this March with a bang. It's been a long time since we had completed all our frays, @jsundy and @haru-munyaa are back! It is expected though to have some fewer match counts because this brawl occured at the same time with end of season (which cause card's rental price to go up). Anyway, check out my post analysis on the brawl matches I had. If you want to check my previous post about why you need to join guild brawls, check this link

BRAWL RESULT

We're back at the number one spot! After been ranking 2nd or 3rd in the previous brawls and surviving with less battles than other guilds, we're able to taste the first spot earning more merits. Since we are now complete, in terms of frays submission, grinding the top spot is much easier with more chances to get a point.

Our guild received 21 Crowns as rewards while each of the participating member in our guild received 969 Merits. A bit low compared when we made 1200+ Merits for ranking 1st previously. This was due to low percentage of players joining this guild brawl. Probably because they are busy with the End of Season, or they had difficulty renting cards for this brawl because of the skyrocketing price of cards (an effect of the EoS).

I've opened another Gladius pack though nothing unusual or new cards. Anyways, we now have upgraded our Store level to 3 which means we will now get +40% Merits each brawl.

TOP BRAWLERS

• The top finishers of this brawl are:
  1st: @nothan01 with 7 wins and 2 losses
  2nd: @metamike23 with 5 wins (UNDEFEATED)
  3rd: @erman996 with 5 wins and 1 loss
  4th: @haru-munyaa with 5 wins and 3 losses
  5th: @lexiconical-1 with 4 wins and 2 losses
  6th: @jpleron with 3 wins and 1 loss
  7th: @papar with 3 wins and 1 loss
  8th: @jsundy with 3 wins and 3 losses
  9th: @jellyandbeeans with 2 wins and 2 losses
  10th: @zahara22 with 1 win (UNDEFEATED)
  11th: @ruiner7 with 1 win (UNDEFEATED)
  12th: @olaf.gui with 1 win and 1 loss
  13th: @scroff with 1 win and 2 losses

Booty Lickers Brawl Rewards:

Aside from the merits we get in brawl rewards, our guild leader also gives DEC rewards to the member who gets the most win per Tier.
Tier1: Fray1 - Fray4 = 25 DEC
Tier2: Fray5 - Fray7 = 50 DEC
Tier3: Fray8 - Fray10 = 100 DEC
Tier4: Fray11 - Fray13 = 150 DEC

And these rewards are multiplied based on the guild performance (1st place is x4, 2nd place is x3, 3rd place is x2).

And here are the results of the latest brawl (03/31/2022):
Guild - 1st place - 21 crowns | 969 merits
TIER1: @nothan01 7 wins | 25 x 4 (1st) = 100 DEC
TIER2: @metamike23 5 wins | 50 x 4 (1st) = 200 DEC
TIER3: @erman966 5 wins | 100 x 4 (1st) = 400 DEC
TIER4: @scroff @olaf.gui @ruiner7 1 win | 150 x 4 (1st) = 600 DEC

Additional rewards on top of Tier rewards:

Undefeated & Tier Champ = Tier prize x 1

• Tier2 (Fray6) @metamike23 = 200 DEC
• Tier4 (Fray13) @ruiner7 = 600 DEC

Undefeated only = Tier prize x 0.5
Tier1: (Fray4) @Zahara22 = 50 DEC

Does your guild gives you that kind of motivation to perform your best in every brawl? If you haven't found join a guild, I suggest to comment your ign below so we can check your profile just in case we have slots open.

Post Match Analysis

I've wanted to get a sweep, unfortunately I was defeated in a match where my opponent had the same line-up with me, but with higher level.

1. Match against GIGARAIJIN

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sm_fJbFGYNLS9M49EehoDAw&ref=jpleron

In this match, having a CLEANSE and HEAL ability is vital in order to survive the Poison damage at the end of each round. Since Melee monsters can attack from any position, is it better to deploy melee monster with high health as well.

	Kelya Frendul provides additional speed and armor to each monsters. The additional Speed will be vital since we want to attack first than our enemy. Both of us used the same Summoner making these buffs somehow neutralized.
	Diemonshark has high armor and high HP. This is a good tank since it has high armor and HP suitable for a Poison rule. It also has the Trample ability which gives Diemonshark another turn when it killed the target monster on its attack.
	Xenith Monk is a melee monster with Heal ability. Its healing effect can somehow neutralized the damage from being poison. And because of the ruleset, Xenith Monk can still attack even when place at the backline.
	Alva the Crusher was our Gladius monster for this round. Aside from the Bloodlust ability, it also has the Shield ability which can somehow reduces the damage of melee attacking monsters. With the ruleset, it can also attack even when place at the backline. The Bloodlust effect can somehow help it to regain some health when dealing a killing blow to enemy monster, atleast providing a 1 HP per kill.
	River Nymph has the Cleanse ability which is very helpful in this round to remove the Poison status from our main tank.
	River Hellondale has the Resurrect ability which returns monsters back to life after dying with 1 HP. Although in this round, it is the Chaos Agent being resurrected after dying from Poison damage.
	Chaos Agent is a neutral monster with no attack. It has the Dodge ability which helps to evade attacks from melee or range. Chaos Agent can be used as a decoy. I place it on the last position so it can take damage from Sneak, and Opportunity ability since it has low HP.

2. Match against TZOKY

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sm_to1ofJy1PVGUw74n43Dr&ref=jpleron

With the melee monsters being restricted in this match, most probably we will have a Magic Monsters at the front while having a few Ranged Monsters at the back. And with all monsters having the Snipe ability, you have to protect the monsters place at the 2nd position because most likely all attacks will be directed to it.

Given this prediction, I opted to use Thaddius Brood to go for the defensive strategy. I deployed Riftwing as my main tank having the Scavenger ability to sustain its health. And since we know that only the first monster will attack it, what we need to protect is the 2nd position monster. With that in mind, I placed Djinn Muriat with Void Armor ability and Scavo Hireling to repair its Armor. Void Armor absorb both Magic and Ranged damage, perfect for countering Snipe ability.

	Thaddius Brood reduces the magic damage and health of all opponent monsters. It is good for countering magic line-up and the minus 1 health is very crucial as well.
	Riftwing has a high high HP but has no attack. It has 3 abilities at level 5 although for this match, only the Scavenger will be helpful because of Magic attack will not missed.
	Djinn Muirat is a magic monster with high HP and Void Armor ability. Placing it on the 2nd position to absorb the damage from Snipe attacks both from Magic or Ranged is our main strategy. The Void Armor will absorb both attacks, regardless if its magic attack. What we need now is to sustain the Armor and Health of this Monster while dealing damage to our enemy monsters.
	Scavo Hireling is our main support for this match as it is responsible for repairing the Armor of Djinn Muirat.
	Witch of Warwick was our chosen Gladius card as it has a magic attack which is good for this round.
	Spirit Hoarder is a magic attack monster with Triage ability. It is our 2nd support for this round with the task of healing Djinn Muirat incase Scavo Hireling unable to sustaing the armor of Djinn Muirat thru repairs.

3. Match against PORQUITO

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sm_qplTpxBG875uh7liWXxP&ref=jpleron

With the high mana cap, I opted to used the Water Splinter. But it seems, both of us had the same plan. Unfortunately, my opponent has higher level cards than mine so those difference it Speed, Damage or Max Health is really crucial. I opted to use River Hellondale instead of Flying Squid for the additional melee damage from Inspire and also having the Resurrect ability.

	Kelya Frendul provides additional speed and armor to each monsters. The additional Speed will be vital since we want to attack first than our enemy. Both of us used the same Summoner making these buffs somehow neutralized.
	Diemonshark has high armor and high HP. This is a good tank since it has high armor and HP. It also has the Trample ability which gives Diemonshark another turn when it killed the target monster on its attack.
	Deeplurker is a melee monster with Opportunity abiloity. It's our supposed to be finisher since it will attack enemy monster with the lowest health.
	River Hellondale has the Resurrect ability which returns monsters back to life after dying with 1 HP.
	River Nymph has the Cleanse ability which is very helpful in this round to remove the Poison status from our main tank.
	Edith%20Emberstar was our Gladius card for this match. Our oppenent has a gold foil level 2 Edith Emberstar as well.
	Wave Brood has the Taunt ability to redirect all enemy monster's attack to it.

This is the end of my post analyis. Hopefully, you got something reading this post.
This is a bit short compare with my previous brawl report few players joined this brawl, and I even had one free win due to "Opponent fled"

By the way, shoutout to @damienwolf and @jannidepp from STRAY [PH] guild. They are the local streamers I've been following since playing this game. Although I haven't won any prize yet from @damienwolf streams, maybe he will send some cards after noticing this one. Been busy lately as well so haven't watched some of their latest streams. @damienwolf is also part of the SplinterlandsTV. Check this post to know more about it https://www.splintertalk.io/@splinterlands/splinterlandstv-is-live

Till next time!!!

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