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Hello to any of my readers and "Dear (weekly) Diary" 😜

It's that day of the week in which I find the most interesting Splinterlands experience I've had over the past week to share! That fits in perfectly with the theme of the weekly Splinterlands Social Media Challenge too! 

But first, a quick look at what happened this week in the world of crypto.

The crypto market has been buzzing with activity. Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a dip, currently trading around $101,931, down approximately 3% from its previous close. The intraday high reached $105,939, while the low touched $101,437. This decline is attributed to the White House's confirmation of sizable tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, leading investors to seek safer assets. 

In other news, Grayscale Investments announced the launch of a Dogecoin Trust, aiming to capitalize on the growing popularity of altcoins. Dogecoin, initially created as a meme, has evolved into a significant player in the crypto space, now ranking as the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Grayscale's new trust offers investors exposure to Dogecoin, reflecting the increasing interest in diversifying crypto portfolios.

What about HIVE? HIVE mirrored this trend, currently priced at $0.389, marking a 4.6% decrease. The token's intraday movements saw a high of $0.413 and a low of $0.389. Despite this downturn, HIVE's resilience remains evident, maintaining higher support levels compared to previous periods. Is this the last chance to buy BTC (and HIVE 🤑) on the cheap? Who knows?

*Of course, I could be completely wrong too, so, please do not heed my advice for your own investment purposes!* 😜📈🚀

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**A brief introduction before I start though...**

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*Good Day to all Splinterlands players! (and people of HIVE! 😜) I've made it a point to blog about my weekly progress and experiences in Splinterlands/HIVE in my "weekly diary". Splinterlands & HIVE are what I'd consider to be my entry point into the World of Crypto, and I intend to use this as a means to look back on the path I've taken in the years ahead.⏳⏳⏳*

*This is now the **167th** consecutive week writing in my Diary (of sorts) detailing my Splinterlands Journey ever since I started this game. I talk about what has gone on my personal Splinterlands playing experience, my weekly Guild Brawl Reports, and also any Splinterlands ingame news. 🎉🥳🎊*

*No week goes by in Splinterlands without some news event happening though. And here's my pick of some of the most interesting ones in my opinion. 📰📰📰*

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### <center>🗺️🧳✈️Updates on my Splinterlands Journey🗺️🧳✈️</center>

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This week's Social Media Challenge is all about sharing our remarkable Splinterlands moments. I'd have shared my daily and weekly activities in the past, BUT, usually, nothing really special really happens in my daily Splinterlands daily grind, so let's hope this is more interesting for reading?... let's get down to it! 🤣

The winds of change are sweeping through the Splinterlands as the Chaos Legion era makes way for the new Rebellion reward cards. However, with all of that happening, my collection of new reward cards are still rather sparse and there doesn't seem to be anything in particular which stands out to me. So I guess we should just move on to the most exciting thing about Splinterlands — the game itself! 

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*My quest for more Gold Foil Legendary cards from ~~my rewards chests~~ "The New Glint Shop" continues on ("Greed is Good!" 😈). It's *STILL* a ~~0.008% chance, at base level,~~ ridiculously low chance to pull a legendary gold foil, in case you were wondering 😉. Here's to more jackpot strikes in the future (i hope) 🤞🏻🍀🤞🏻🍀🤞🏻🍀.* 

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# <center> ⚔️🛡️My Battle Showcase🛡️⚔️ </center>

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The removal of League Level limits in battles allowed some really interesting matchups. No longer are "low level" players protected by their league limits. This often leads to some very lopsided battles. However, there is also the opportunity here to punch above your weight and secure a David VS Goliath win. As always, let me once again showcase some really great underdog victories I have achieved this past week! 

Let me present a battle (or some battles) I fought recently in which I managed, against all odds, to win these players who out levelled me on an order of magnitude that I couldn't imagine. Victory or defeat would lie in the small details. 😱 

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[LINK TO MY FIGHT](https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_7c1dbe388c8887e24ca921e41f956bc0?ref=blitzzzz)

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I would say this was a fight of epic lop-sidedness! 😱

If it wasn't bad enough that I was facing a MAXIMUM level SUMMONER opponent VS myself at just a "puny" level 6, I was also using mostly level 1 units. That meant despite my "middling Summoner level", my team was actually a lot lower in level in reality. Simply put, it was more akin to a level 1 VS max levels! 😱 

The opponent was using a max level deck with his MAXIMUM Level 8 RARE summoner Obsidian from the Chaos Legion edition while I was ONLY using a Level 6 RARE Helios Matriarch from the Rewards edition. And if that wasn't enough, his units were maxed out with far superior levels to mine! This matchup battle of "Earth VS Dragon/Earth" had me at the clear disadvantage as I was going to lose out to the opponent purely to sheer power and level. 

At the end of the day, there were a few factors which resulted in my unexpected win. 

- Firstly, the rulesets DEFLECTION SHIELD/FEROCITY meant that my opponent would be, in all likelihood, be restricted to non splash damage and non taunt units in his team. This would also infer the probability that his unit choices would be restricted to said units and that I should focus on fielding the most advantageous "Glass Cannon Sneak DPS team" as possible in order to take advantage of such a ruleset.

- This inadvertently also benefitted my lineup as I could then just focus on just choosing the strongest DPS Sneak units I owned for my team, instead of trying to fight on multiple fronts, seeing as I would have suffered an overwhelming disadvantage just based off the difference in our levels.

- In fact, to throw the opponent off guard, I would completely defy his expectations by focusing on just Melee units in a glass canon build, so to speak, in order to throw him off guard to allow my plan to take effect.

- My strategy would be to depend purely on lasting as long as possible using the Flying and Self Healing Pelacor Mercenary as my frontline tank unit, AND ALSO a unit which had the PROTECT ability like Queen Mycelia, to absorb the brunt of the initial damage. To further enhance my strategy, I would depend on the CONSCRIPT abilities thanks to my Summoner, Helios Matriarch, to allow the use of a powerful Gladius unit with the BLOODLUST ability. This would be a risky move as a similar move by a higher level opponent with superior unit stats would have derailed my strategy completely.

- Next thing of note was the MANA COST RESTRICTION of 36 mana. This meant that my opponent would very unlikely be able to unleash his full arsenal of heavy hitters with a vast array of abilities against me. I would thus be able to take advantage of this by fielding a leaner and more focused specialised lineup.

- Of course, this was not going to be a walk in the park as the opponent still had the obvious advantage of much superior levels.

- Fortunately, and surprisingly, the opponent played right into my hands by arrogantly deciding to field the Mycelic Slipspawn, which was a TAUNT unit, thinking that he would be able to blitz me through sheer force of his superior DPS, and ignoring the anti taunt effects of the FEROCITY ruleset.

- Even more importantly, thanks to the double damage to taunt units, my Gladius unit managed to grow even more powerful very quickly by landing a huge killing blow, to further compound the stat increases gained from Bloodlust.

- Making the most of such restrictions would turn out to be advantageous to me.

- This turned out to be my saving grace in the end as my hyper focused gambit succeeded in gaining an advantage against the opponent's superior levels, eventually wearing him down. Even though my units were seriously lacking in levels and stats compared to my opponent's, my unit choices managed to absorb the brunt of the damage as I had hoped for. This allowed my SNEAK DPS units to simply destroy him by letting the prevailing conditions and ruleset do the dirty work for me! I guess this was akin to a desperate roll of the dice hoping for that 1 in a million jackpot win! 🤣

In the end, all I can say is that luck was on my side. 😜 

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Who would have guessed that my lowly teams would have been able to pull off such David VS Goliath upset wins? I guess nothing is impossible and sometimes, all you need is some luck and great strategy!




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# <center> 💭🧐💭Ending Thoughts💭🧐💭 </center>

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I definitely can appreciate how utilising the most of your deck's strengths can lead to unexpected outcomes. This is one of those situations in which Davids can beat Goliaths if surrounded with the proper team. The role every single carefully selected unit brings to the battlefield will give a player the edge in squeezing out every tiny advantage to get the win. 👍🏻

For any players who feel daunted with the new battle level changes, I hope this article has given you some insight into the potential of every single card regardless of it's level. 😉

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### <center>🤑💰🍕Added Bonus of PIZZA Token🤑💰🍕</center>

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*I will use my staked 🍕PIZZA🍕 to share a slice of 🍕PIZZA🍕 with anyone in the comments who also **FOLLOWS & REBLOGS** my post in the interests of spreading the **Word of Pizza** 🤣🤣🤣*
*Just let me know if you've done that so I can easily keep track. 👍*
*Any fellow 🍕PIZZA🍕 connoisseurs who **!PIZZA** me will also receive 🍕PIZZA🍕 back from me. 😊*
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### <center>📣🍕SHOUTOUT to HivePizza📣🍕</center>

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The guys over at [PIZZA DISCORD](https://discord.gg/Xb5Ee4xtpP) have been very helpful throughout my Splinterlands journey. I strongly recommend that you guys check it out if you haven't already done so. 
PIZZA is an active gaming and creative arts crypto community on the HIVE blockchain. Popular games on HIVE like **SPLINTERLANDS, RISING STAR, EXODE, HASHKINGS, WOO, TERRACORE** have their own PIZZA communities here.
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<sub>Don't miss out more events that are always being organised. Join the [PIZZA DISCORD](https://discord.gg/Xb5Ee4xtpP). Even if you aren't interested in the 💰🍕🎁**GIVEAWAYS & AIRDROPS**💰🍕🎁, there is a vibrant and friendly community there awaiting you.</sub>

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<sub>Here's to wishing everyone all the best for the upcoming week 🎉🍀.</sub>

<sub>To any new players who wish to explore the world of Splinterlands, do feel free to sign up with my [REFERRAL LINK](https://splinterlands.com?ref=blitzzzz)😊.</sub> 

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