Ahoy fellow Splinterlands player. In this video I'm levelling up my Kelya Frendull to level 5 so that she reaches the lower Gold League level. With getting her to level 5 I'm also going to be able to level up a few Monsters to their lower Gold league levels where some of them gain important new abilities!
For all the cards I'm upgrading I will be talking about why I'm upgrading those to the particular level that I'm upgrading them to. There are also some cards that I'm not entirely upgrading to Gold League level yet and for those I also explain why.
I suppose I'll briefly summarize about the upgrades here too, with more talk about it in the video itself.
Hardy Stonefish is the first card in the list and well this card is one I'm actually not upgrading currently. I rarely throw this card in my team, just sometimes in Low Mana battles it can be nice as it needs at least 2 Melee/Ranged hits to be taken out if there is no Armor Reduction. At level 4 it will give me a small penatly for low level if I do play it in Gold League, but since it's Gold Foil level 4 I hope that bonus from Gold Foil kinda cancels out the penalty for lower level.
Now the first card that I will be upgrading is the Kulu Swimhunter. This card was still at level 4 so not even maxed for Silver league yet. With this upgrade I'm getting it from level 4 straight to level 6. Where it gains +1 Ranged attack and +1 Speed compared to level 4. Unfortunately it does lose 1 Health, which it'll gain back at level 7. For now I'll have it at level 6 with the extra Ranged attack and Speed.
My Cruel Sethropod is level 4 in both Regular and Gold Foil. I placed some bids for a few extra Gold Foil copies but they never got filled and the price kept going up. I decided I'll start buying Regular foils for this video. So I'm levelling the Regular foil from level 4 straight to level 6. With that it gains +1 Armour and +1 Health. Not a big chance but it still makes it a little bit tankier especiall for Low Mana battles.
One of the important cards I'm levelling up that gain new abilities is the Flying Squid. I already had it at level 5, the max for Silver League, and now I'm upgrading it to level 6. It loses 1 Health unfortunately but for that drawback it gains a new ability: Blind. With this Ability all my opponent's Melee and Ranged Monsters will have an increased chance of missing. Seems like a great ability for just losing 1 Health. Also when I eventually upgrade it to level 7 it'll gain that Health back.
Another important card that gains a new ability at Gold League is the Deeplurker. Just like the Flying Squid I already had it at level 5 so I'm just upgrading this by 1 level. Going from level 5 to 6 it loses the Speed that it gained at level 5, which is a bit unfortunate for sure. But it gains the Poison ability now! Which can be really great if it hits a Monster thanks to its Opportunity and then lands the Poison that could really help with taking that Monster out. Especially if it's like a 1-2 Health Monster that just has really high Armour. This is one of the upgrades I was looking forward to the most.
Angelic Mandarin is the first of the Rare cards that I'm levelling. I already had this one at level 4, the max for Silver League for that Triage ability. Now it's time to get it levelled up though. Getting this one from level 4 to level 5 at a Gold League level it gains +1 Ranged attack. That extra damage could definitely help so it's important to get this card upgraded too.
One of the most important Rare cards to upgrade now that I'm upgrading to Gold league levels is Merdaali Guardian. She was still at level 3 because all she'd get at level 4 was an extra Health. Now I'm upgrading her straight to level 5 so she gets a new ability. Going from level 4 to level 5 she also loses a Health. Since mine was still at level 3 it's not really noticeable for me but it's still a fact. At level 5 she now gains the Repair ability. Really great ability! Now she can Heal and also Repair Armour. Which pairs really well with Kelya since she provides +1 Armour to all Monsters on the team.
Diemonshark at level 4 was already important with that Enrage ability. At level 5 it just gains +1 Health. But that makes it go from 8 Health to 9 Health which means when it receives healing it'll get healed for 3 now. That could make a huge difference in fights that take a bit longer so it's a great upgrade.
River Nymph doesn't gain much going from level 4 to level 5 either. Just like Diemonshark she already gained a new ability at level 4 and now at level 5 she just gets +1 Health. Still a cute card though and if I'm levelling the other Rare cards to level 5 there is just no way I'm leaving her behind.
The most important Rare card to level up now. Kelya Frendull because without levelling her up in this video the other upgrades I made wouldn't even matter xP Since I don't have any Dragon Summoners at Gold League level yet. So yeah this upgrade makes the most sense get Kelya from level 4 to level 5 so she's at lower Gold League levels and I can bring other Monsters at their lower Gold League levels into battle.
Nerissa Tridawn she just gains +1 Speed when I level her from level 2 to 3 but this also puts her at max Silver level and so she won't lose me any Focus Points when I play her in Gold League. Well her +1 Speed could also help if she attacks first.
Wave Brood gains +1 Ranged attack when I upgrade it. And since this Taunt also has Close Range it could definitely help a lot with some additional damage output.
I would've wanted to level Igor Darkspear to at least level 3 too and maybe even to level 4 which is its lowest Gold League level where it also gains the Stun ability. But my bids didn't get filled and the price kept going up a lot higher. So I didn't end up getting the missing ones for level 3 yet let alone for level 4. Perhaps another time!
Last but not least I upgrade Baakjira. From level 2 to level 3 it gains +1 Health and then it also gains the Heal ability. So now he is a high Health tank that can also Heal himself. Making him an even more amazing tank! Also in other rulesets like Poison or Earthquake you could throw him a bit later in the team since he'd keep healing himself every turn.
That wraps it up for these upgrades. Hopefully I can upgrade Igor Darkspear to level 3 or 4 soon!
Thanks for watching! (I hope you did, because I'm talking much more in the video than the text that I wrote here)
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