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#### <center>Splinterlands Focus Element: Death!</center>

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<div class="text-justify">Hello everyone! <b>Lester</b> here! How's your grinding so far? Are you now playing for your Daily Focus or for a spot in the Leaderboard? Also, have you read the latest post from Splinterlands regarding Modern & Wild Ranked Formats? If not yet, check their post here - <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/modern-and-wild-ranked-formats">Modern & Wild Ranked Formats</a> for the latest updates in Splinterlands.<br><br>For this post, I am trying to climb Bronze Leaderboard using my Focus Element which is Death. Will I be able to secure a spot in the Leaderboard using a single element? Have you also tried doing this before? Let's check it out!</div>

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#### <center>Lezz Go!</center>

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<div class="text-justify">So I started at 100 Rating at around 2Days and 7hours before the end of season with a ranking of 196,856. The current top 1 player is Schwarszchild and a regular in Bronze Leaderboard.</div>

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<div class="text-justify">I rented all Death Summoners and rented a few neutrals. I wanted to make sure to cover all possible scenarios that's why I didn't skip any summoner. If the opponent used an all magic monster line-up in previous matches like from Water or Earth elements, I can use Thaddius Brood or Owster Rotwell or Mimosa Nightshade. If the opponent used an all melee monster line-up in previous matches, I can use Zintar Mortalis or Crypt Mancer like from Fire and Death elements. If the opponent used an ranged monster line-up in previous matches like from Light, Earth and Water elements, I can use Mimosa Nightshade or Contessa L'ament. I made also sure to rent flying monsters and other monsters with different abilities that can adopt to different rulesets like monsters with Opportunity for Fog Of War.</div>

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#### <center>Let's Battle!</center>

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<div class="text-justify">Everything is going well, until I reached the 2500+ rating. This the area where top players are battling their hearts out to defeat each opponent that they encounter. Here is the battle where I faced Voidwalk, a Bronze Leaderboard regular. Based on the opponent's history, this player was using range attack monsters. This is the reason I used Contessa L'ament. However, I still lose but had a tight battle.</div>

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Here is the full replay in [Youtube](https://youtu.be/J55DcoyP9KA).

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<div class="text-justify">After a few battles, I then had an encounter with Schwarszchild, the current top 1 in Bronze Leaderboard. And I was like, "Ohh-kaayyyy....". I knew I will not win this battle but still tried my best.</div>

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Here is the full replay in [Youtube](https://youtu.be/BUQCBECEul4).

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<div class="text-justify">After a few round of losing, I thought of not wasting my effort by keeping my pride in using only 1 element to secure a spot in the leaderboard. So I decided to rent a few more cards. I rented Scarred Llama Mage, Kron the Undying and Flesh Golem from Earth Element, Byzantine Kitty and Selenia Sky from Dragon element and some range monsters from water element. After a few rounds, I got placed at rank 20 of the leaderboard after 9-10 hours of playing on and off.</div>

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Here is the full replay in [Youtube](https://youtu.be/tgQVcbh284w) of my last battle before securing the 20th spot.

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#### <center>Conclusion</center>

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<div class="text-justify">Leaderboard of any league is a serious matter and I failed on getting a spot by using a single element. I realized that a single element could not cover all scenarios and rulesets. There are rulesets and scenarios that are more suitable for other elements. Or maybe I am not familiar enough on all the abilities and combos of Death element to cater all possible scenarios. Right now, I am still playing for a spot in Bronze Leaderboard and rented almost all summoners from all elements to increase my chance of winning each match. Wish me luck! 😁 </div>

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<center>That's all and Thank You for reading my post. If you got interested in playing Splinterlands, here is my Game link - [splintercell-01](https://splinterlands.com/?ref=splintercell-01).
Visit @Splinterlands to view more amazing posts! And always keep on battling!!!<br><i>*Images used are from Splinterlands and edited in IbisPaint.</i></center>