Hello Axie fam!
After a few weeks of grinding I finally made it back to the 1800's. Still getting 12 SLP per win but I think it's in the mid 1800's when we would see those juicy 15 SLP start popping out. It's been a long so I'm not that sure but if i remember it correctly the rewards depend on your opponents MMR and not yours. So, as you go higher the chances of encountering opponents with higher rating also goes up along with the rewards.
I'm shuffling my team every now and then but the combination that made me reach our current bracket is the adventure team. Yep! It's really weird but I'm getting used to it. Why is it weird? The previous seasons this team composition had a hard team maintaining a stable footing in the 1600's. If you read the previous logs that's also the reason why I decided to make a gamble and purchase my fourth axie with the remaining WETH balance. The purchase paid off as I managed to reach almost 2k MMR the previous seasons. I think the highest rating was 1950's.
The backline plant is still good to use this season but making the reptile has proven that it's a better match in 1 v1 situations against Dusk Terminators and Garish Poison backlines. Also, the midline aqua we got now is very unpredictable. It can either work for or against us . It's a matter of anticipation especially against birds with Dark Swoop but if can shield up just in time then we would have a better chance of winning the game.
Anyways, we got some interesting battle to share with you today. It's a kissing battle. Lol. Both Axie's have Axie Kiss so it's something you might want to look into. Of course, the opponent got that sweet bonus damage because the skill is native to his beast class unlike ours which is only a pauper hybrid. XD. Without further ado let's see the match.
Deadly Kisses
We're up against a BBP team. There's nothing fancy about the plant and the bird as we deal with these types lots of times already. Just give us the right cards and we have an idea how to counter play them. The problem was the beast. It got 3 high damage cards and Axie Kiss would be surely pretty annoying. We already knew that it would likely trigger because we just don't have high damage bird or aqua cards in our deck. There's a very little chance that we get lucky but let's see in this case.
The first round Cactus was a pretty good start. They passed and their plant took significant damage. When we encountered high damage beast we always make sure to utilize our plant as often as we could because it could be erased anytime when the enemy beast completed their card set. Although the probability was low the chances that their backdoor bird making a full combo was still there. If left undefended our mid would get rekt so we put up some shield. We got it right! It's better to waste an energy than to take chances of losing your mid. They used up all their energy this round. The enemy plant played Cactus but it's useless because we also bulked up our front. Although our mid was on the red it triggered the perfect scenario for the Axie Kiss. This time I hoped they would not get a Dark Swoop sooner or it would a waste.
It was only round 3 and we got no choice but to use Axie Kiss even though the effect would not trigger as it would just make the enemy plant in last stand. We don't want to waste much energy because they still got Rice for energy steal. We played Axie Kiss to kill their beast and Kotaro to either end it's last stand if they passed or to just do some damage and gain energy from the beast. Passing was not an option the following round. We needed to take the opportunity that our plant was still there. They would likely take it down with the beast but we're actually hoping for a bird move. That was a bad crit for out our side. We wanted to get that beast in low health but not low enough to trigger their Axie Kiss. Seriously, 2 hp remaining? We got no choice but to sacrifice our mid for the next round. They only got 3 energy so they'll likely use 1 for the bird and 2 for the beast to inflict massive damage to our backline reptile.
Too many crits! It seems like their beast was a better kisser than our aqua but it's also the end for them this round. We were only left with 3 energy for the next. It's thanks to Kotaro that we gained another one. With 146 health and 3 energy it's still doable. We got the right cards two catapults and a Bone Sail. The enemy passed because they only have 2 energies but that was enough to take them down with three cards. They all got long range cards so it would be difficult for them even if they had enough energy. Worse thing was that they die by reflect.
And that is all for today!
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