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Hi again, all! King-of-Rockets, back again like Dilated Peoples with the Splinterlands goods. Got a fun little series I want to start called:

~~"Reasons Why I'm a Terrible Player"~~

~~"KOR's Greatest Misses"~~~~

"Lessons from Losses"

Now THAT sounds like a more positive title! This is where I share with you an "L" I took but learned something from. It's not just all about wins. It's the losses I really learn from. Well, at least that's what I like to tell myself so I can sleep better at night. But, I thought this would be a great way to share some Splinterlands tips and at the same time bare my soul to the universe and admit some of my "less shinier" moments.

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Link to the battle

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So to set up this battle, it has a 23 mana cap. This is what I consider low-medium so using a lot of low mana monsters with a heavy tank seemed appropriate, especially with the rulesets: First is "Up Close and Personal" which means melee monsters need only apply. I think it's funny how in video games we don't have another word other than "melee" for "character that only hits things really hard with their bare hands or handheld weapons". Anyway. Also, we drew "Equal Opportunity" where any monster that can attack will target the monster with the lowest health. Good times! Before I go on though, this is an important aspect to this story: I, as usual, got distracted while picking my team and by the time I got back to the screen, I had about 20 seconds. Sigh. Thanks a lot, short attention span. So although I'll be explaining my thoughts like I had fully thought this out, it was thinking through sheer panic. Okay, I'm ready to continue. I went with summoner Mylor Crowling who gives all monsters the Thorns ability which does 2 damage back to melee opponents if they hit you. A real thorn in their side. Har har.

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For the monsters, tanking for our team is good ol' Chain Golem. Besides "No Neutrals", he's always there when you need him to hit decently hard, good amount of health and shield, and all the defenses of a heavy bunker. And for what he does, not too much mana.

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Next up is Elven Cutthroat. It's a weird pick for second position. But I was trying to go for a fairly fast backline and she hits for 3. A little light on health but I was hoping for a lot of evade action. 3 mana is a bargain for her when at max level for at least Gold League.

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Moving on, I went with Cocatrice. Another usually strange pick in third position though Equal Opportunity makes this possible. And again, the theme I was going for was fast. And since nobody is better at the evade game than this mini dragon-chicken-eagle thing, he seemed to fit. 2 mana for him and that's dirt cheap.

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