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Hello I'm dongreyy, the F2P player. (Spellbook only)
I am writing this post to say that I have reached Gold III in my 3rd Ranked Season of playing.
You might want to know how did I do it? Well, stay a while, and listen (Hello Deckard Cain)
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First, here are my top used summoners and cards.
Summoners
1.) Mylor Crowling (Earth/Green)
Mylor Crowling is helpful since he has the Thorns passive wherein if your monsters are damaged by a Melee Attack, they get to reflect damage back to the attacker. A very powerful ability especially in the Bronze and Silver Leagues, wherein players mostly play with melee monsters.
Now you might be thinking, why don't I just use magic to counter you?
Well, its when Unicorn Mustang and Mushroom Seer come into play
Unicorn Mustang is helpful especially since he's free for all players but most importantly, he has the Void ability, which reduces damage from magic attacks by 1, very helpful against Alric (Water/Blue) who grants +1 magic attack to all magic monsters, and then you have
Mushroom Seer, who has the Silence ability, which reduces the magic attack of all Magic Monsters by 1, which means that as long as this unit is alive, it will continue to negative Alric's passive of +1 magic attack to all magic monsters.
Then we have the Wood Nymph, who possess the Tank Heal ability which makes her an excellent support choice for keeping the frontline alive.
2.) Scarred Llama Mage
This is another Summoner I used, especially in high mana battles, it is because of the buffs it provides namely +2 Health, Last Stand, Affiction The Last Stand ability grants a 50% increase to stats whenever a monster is the only one alive in the team, and Affiction prevents the opponents monsters from being healed when it is struck. Very strong when paired with Kron the Undying
who can solo carry due to its increased stats thanks to Llama and the ability to self heal, both of them have the capability to hard carry your games.
3.) Lorna Shine
A Light Summoner who grants all minions the Divine Shield ability, making them ignore one attack of damage.
Now I did not use this summoner much, as I primarily focused on Earth, but what I can say is just follow the pattern of Melee>Magic>Ranged and you should be fine.
4.) Byzantine Kitty
This is a Dragon Summoner, meaning it is available to use as long as Dragons are allowed, with any element that is also allowed for the game. It possesses the abilities of +2 Speed making your monsters, most of the time hit first, as speed is used to determine dodge chance and who will hit first, along with that it also has True Strike, which means your monster's attacks will never miss, and finally Tank Heal, which as mentioned earlier will heal the frontline in battle.
Conclusion
Just take your time in climbing, make smart placements and you'll get there eventually, I wish you good luck and remember to take breaks once in a while.
I'd like to shout out the Discord Server Splinterlands, for being very helpful in my journey towards Gold rank, and I'd also like to drop my referral link here if you're interested in trying the game out. Referral Link
Yes you can try the game for free, but if you want to start your play to earn journey, you'll need $10 to purchase the spellbook, and if you sign up using my referral link, I'll get 500 credits which will be a big help as I am an F2P player. (Spellbook only)