I've been playing exactly one month now on Splinterlands and last season made it to Champ 1...but now I'm on a mission to hit the top 20 or even top 10 this season on the Champ leaderboard..
The past 10 battles I played against top 50 and top 20 players on the leaderboard last season...and the last battle I defeated #1 overall SMK2000 who RARELY loses..here's a link to the battle...
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=cc55385c7c65de320c70bafde524244d00ddc81f&ref=wavegenius
It was even stevens so going to my Yodin strategy won't work since the best cards are mostly odd..so I decided to go high speed Valnamor/Ruler of the Seas strategy..99 mana battle.
We had nearly identical builds going into the battle but the big differences were I had my favorite card Parasitic Growth as an opportunity effect AND Corneleus with magic reflect...those two cards made the difference for the win. As you can see Parasitic Growth missed a couple times due to mostly Spirit Miner's blind effect..but the one time he hit was the one that counted. He NAILED Ruler of the Seas which is the most devastating card in this SMK2000's build. Once he was gone Corneleus went to work and was able to attack from the front row with RANGE as this was a ruleset. Reflecting all the magic and being able to attack, I pulled off the win.
My mission is top 10 or #1 BABY! If I can beat the unbeatable SMK2000 the sky is the limit