Hello Friends,

Good day to you all and I hope that this week is going well for you. 

The weekend is going on and it is time to play more games and also to watch some movies on OTT. Now weather is hot and I utilise the weekend time to watch more content on OTT platforms and also play games. Battle is fun and I wanted to write my better share post yesterday but thought of doing it today so now I am back to share my battle challenge participation. Netflix is a fantastic OTT platform where the variety of content is amazing similarly I like the battle experience on splinterlands game where the strategy opportunity and different ways to play better are amazing. If Netflix is the leader in OTT platforms then we can also say that splinterlands is a leader in web three gaming platforms.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/shriram19/23xKharkewGWofr4uBKqpCSYrL5SejcSffRGBL5v16rtHccVUiLumTSVdYNQGUoVfMs1n.png)

[source](https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battle-mage-secrets-weekly-challenge-sb2j9w)

The rule set for this week is completely different and I have not played more battles with this new rule set. This is a new rule set in the game and if I talk about my experience with this rule set it is very less because I have played very few battles. This is different because we can use only up to four cards in the battle no matter how much mana you have. After all, that is the maximum you can use in the battle because the slots are fixed. Even there is another similar rule set that allows us to play only with five cards which I think is a good experiment in the game.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/shriram19/23tGyeqTCzAJzfvzXhF7GrNNnZ6Vd74kNCq6LZFXY8hvHG5NtJ8uPxaDMRGGS2b1Edf84.png)


#### Challenge Rule this week - Fab Four 

This is an easy rule that allows us to pick up to four units in the battle and that is why this is called fab four. It's like we can peak 4 fantastic cards in the game and play the battles with the opponent player and if our selection and strategy are good we might end up winning the better else we might lose also. It's all about picking the right cards and placing them right else with four cards it's not easy to win but again it is also applicable to the opponent player so we need to play it right with the right set of cards and that to be the right placement for those monsters to fight and win.

> Up to four Units can be used.


#### Cards Picked for the Battle

For this battle, I have 51 mana and this is very good. I tried picking four mice cards out of the available cards but you can't say its an extraordinary card selection this is also not bad because I won the battle and it proves that my card selection and strategy were good. There are two more rules set with this battle but they are not very important because I was focused only on this rule set and wanted to win. Although I considered other rule sets also when I was picking the cards I can say that my card choice was good and because of that I won the battle and this is what matters.


I am sharing the cards below that I have chosen for the battle which can give you a better insight into this-

* Coastal Sentry
* Kulu Mastermind
* Deeplurker
* Dumacke Orc


https://i.imgur.com/0w45boS.png 



#### Battle details

I have already explained how I followed this rule set and what cards I have chosen to play with. Now I am explaining the battle and whatever strategy I followed to play the battle like this. Even though this rule set was new for me and I'm not much familiar with it. I think that anything new in the game means it is learning that we should go through and understand the different aspects of it because this is how we learn and later on this can help us improve the overall gaming. I have seen some players who are amazing and they're winning ratio is great but I'm not there and I think for me it will be a long-term journey to learn those tips and tricks to achieve such a nice winning ratio.


This is the battle link that you can go through to see how I played and it will help you have more details about this specific battle-

https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_b519e306ffcd58c9fd0484ba85af9f24&ref=shriram19

I am also sharing some battle snapshots below about this and I discussed in this post that this is a nice and fun battle.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/shriram19/23tRxGDeQWKyLzMpBvAXPfmG1wTdWA7HNcDK33Tk6hziSq69wDwUDRGFPMKJoTyau3eSk.png)


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/shriram19/23tRvMmAAfd1qCguyfs3Ms5bicqTkxzdtCx9znN3EPQbj2DYHXCd6pg6wJBd2bDkCv3FT.png)



![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/shriram19/23tRvei3BYednxrd3n7oHvH8F5ajWYdz8EN7ZLXmkdvDTzRyMpSG6W7j2knKBk6UuDauz.png)

I have won this battle and got 0.24 SPS along with 10k+ RP. I also got 20 points added to my rating as it was not steak. 


### Conclusion

This was a fun battle and there was a lot for me to learn because of the new rule set. Although I'm not sure I believe these new rule sets are brought to the challenge because this way community gets the chance to try different and this is how they can learn and improve because ultimately team wants the community to be more expert in the gaming and I should know almost everything about the game. Some people say that there are many changes in the game and these days a lot of frequent changes are happening which is true in a way but I think we need to understand that it is not just a traditional game. Sometimes even it is difficult for me also to keep myself updated but that's how it is and I try to cope as much as I can because this is fun and it helps me to learn a lot. After all, it is not just a simple game instead it is a project and it is built on the blockchain which itself is not a small thing so we need to understand and keep ourselves updated with ongoing updates.


**Declaration**- have used images from the splinterlands website wherever not mentioned for this post and these are not mine.


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