Catotune's Top Battles Rundown: Champion league, Modern format - Mar 18, 2024
In this series, I analyze the top battles of the day to reveal which summoners and monsters are most successful for a given league and format. What better way to improve our Splinterlands skills than to study what the best players are doing?
For those of us who buy, rent, or rent out cards, I'm also hoping that this series can inform us of which cards to acquire for maximum effectivenes.
Stay tuned for a new report to be published daily, each covering the top battles for a different league and format!
MODERNFor simplicity I threw out matches ending in draws and surrender - all data is compiled from wins and losses. Here are the results from 130 of the top Champion league (modern format) battles from Monday, March 18, 2024:
Monsters with highest win rate
Argarux Magus - Water splinter
Win rate: 100.00% [4/4]
Argarux Magus is a Rare monster card from the Rebellion edition.
The card at level 8 was most successful in today's top Champion league (modern) battles, finding itself on the winning team for all 4 games in which Argarux Magus appeared.- You may want to watch @yukihyakubai's previous battle to see how they achieved victory with this card [1].
- The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Argarux Magus card is $0.51 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
Life Sapper - Death splinter
Win rate: 100.00% [4/4]
Life Sapper is a Rare monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
The card at level 8 was most successful during the top Champion league (modern) battles today, finding itself on the victorious team for all 4 games in which Life Sapper appeared.Exploding Rats - Fire splinter
Win rate: 100.00% [4/4]
Exploding Rats is a Rare monster card from the Reward edition.
In today's top Champion league (modern) battles, the card at level 8 achieved the most success, finding itself on the victorious team for 3 games.
Most winning monsters with at least 10 battles
(Excluding any monsters already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)
Corpse Fiend - Death splinter
Win rate: 80.00% [8/10]
Corpse Fiend is a Legendary monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
In today's top Champion league (modern) battles, the card at level 4 achieved the most success, finding itself on the victorious team for 7 games.- If you want to learn from an elite player, take a look at @shadowwolf888's previous battles, where they won 2 games with Corpse Fiend [1, 2].
- The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Corpse Fiend card is $1.57 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
Angelic Mandarin - Water splinter
Win rate: 65.00% [13/20]
Angelic Mandarin is a Rare monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
The card at level 8 had the most success in today's top Champion league (modern) battles, finding itself on the winning team for all 13 games where Angelic Mandarin triumphed.- You may want to see @kingsclown's previous battles to learn how they achieved 2 victories with this card [1, 2].
- When used in combination with the Rise of the Commons ruleset, Angelic Mandarin won twice.
- The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Angelic Mandarin card is $0.06 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
Celestial Harpy - Life splinter
Win rate: 64.29% [9/14]
Celestial Harpy is a Rare monster card from the Chaos Legion edition.
In today's top Champion league (modern) battles, the card at level 8 had the most success, finding itself on the winning team for all 9 games where Celestial Harpy triumphed.- If you want to learn from an elite player, study @yukihyakubai's battle history, where they won 2 games using this card [1, 2].
- The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Celestial Harpy card is $0.07 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
Summoners with highest win rate
Helios Matriarch - Dragon splinter
Win rate: 100.00% [2/2]
Helios Matriarch is a Rare summoner card from the Soulbound Rewards edition.
In today's top Champion league (modern) battles, the card at level 8 achieved success, winning 1 game.- You may want to watch @shadowwolf888's previous battle to learn how they beat their opponent with Helios Matriarch [1].
- You may want to watch @shadowwolf888's previous battle to learn how they beat their opponent with Helios Matriarch [1].
Tarsa - Fire splinter
Win rate: 100.00% [2/2]
Tarsa is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
The card at level 8 achieved success in today's top Champion league (modern) battles, winning 1 game.Underboss Fabino - Earth splinter
Win rate: 100.00% [1/1]
Note that while this card has a 100% win rate, it is based on only 1 match.Underboss Fabino is a Rare summoner card from the Rebellion edition.
In today's top Champion league (modern) battles, the card at level 6 was used in one battle by @mango-juice, which it won.- The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Underboss Fabino card is $0.79 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
- The lowest price for a Rebellion edition Underboss Fabino card is $0.79 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
Most winning summoners with at least 10 battles
(Excluding any summoners already featured in the "highest win rate" section above)
Astral Entity - Death splinter
Win rate: 70.00% [7/10]
Astral Entity is a Legendary summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
The card at level 4 had the most success in today's top Champion league (modern) battles, winning all 7 games where Astral Entity triumphed.Thaddius Brood - Death splinter
Win rate: 70.00% [7/10]
Thaddius Brood is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
In today's top Champion league (modern) battles, the card at level 8 achieved the most success, winning 6 games.- You could study @yukihyakubai's battle history to see how they defeated their foe with Thaddius Brood [1].
- The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Thaddius Brood card is $0.48 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
Kelya Frendul - Water splinter
Win rate: 58.33% [7/12]
Kelya Frendul is a Rare summoner card from the Chaos Legion edition.
In today's top Champion league (modern) battles, the card at level 8 achieved the most success, winning 5 games.- You may want to take a look at @instamental's previous battles to learn how they produced 3 wins with Kelya Frendul [1, 2, 3].
- The lowest price for a Chaos Legion edition Kelya Frendul card is $0.63 USD (Level 1) at the time of writing.
Splinters with highest win rate
Death
Win rate: 64.00% [16/25]
Death splinter had the most success against Dragon, beating that element 4 times in today's top Champion league (modern) battles.- This splinter performed well with the What Doesn't Kill You ruleset, where Death won 2 times.
- This splinter performed well with the What Doesn't Kill You ruleset, where Death won 2 times.
Neutral
Win rate: 56.00% [14/25]
Neutral splinter had the most success against Life, besting that element 6 times in today's top Champion league (modern) battles.
Water
Win rate: 52.00% [13/25]
Water splinter had the most success against Water, besting its identical element 6 times in today's top Champion league (modern) battles.
Final thoughts
Please feel free to leave me feedback in the comments. If you are new to Splinterlands, then please consider using my referral link to get started! It is a ton of fun to play, and you can earn SPS and win NFT cards every day!
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- Catotune
