Earlier today, since my rating was at 2817, I wanted to push my power via rentals up to 250 thousand so that I could end this season in the Diamond 3 League and get 40 chests.
But strangely for some reason, after completing a couple rental purchases, my rating went down from 2817 to 2799. I had not lost any ranked matches and played only tournament games so I was curious as to why my rating had gone down.
At first I wasn't sure what to do since my power was no temporarily far higher than what I usually battle with. If I won just one more match it would push me to 2800 rating and into Diamond 3 but I would probably be completing with much stronger players due to my much higher power.
It was a bit of a gamble. At first I did not do well at all and got absolutely demolished and sent back to 2600. That was a bit disheartening and I wondered if it would be better to just give up instead of potentially tumbling lower in rating. Instead I rented a Yodin Zaku, a Llama Mage, and Kron -- and blasted my way back up to 2804. It was lower than where I'd started but now I was able to officially be in Diamond 3 and can now hopefully expect the most chests I've ever received: FORTY.
Successful Rental Push to Diamond III - Splinterlands
