# Opponent selection for GW defence **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [October 22, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681 "2020-10-22T07:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dawid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dawid/32/62501_2.png) [@Dawid](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dawid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/1 "2020-10-22T07:16:23Z")
TLDR: its buggy selection or works as designed. Let me tell you a story, opponent guild had 135 battles that day. As a Champion, I had 1 defence battle, friend on the same level had 16 battles. Does it work as designed? ![20201022_090918](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/e/9e9d68cb9042440f1ebd5ff69e680f191220bcd3.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20201022-074004](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/a/6/a6f4dd74e7f236e9863783296a8a39c903ea3073.jpeg) ![20201022_091010](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/f/e/fe67c58ddd7c0bfdc26b1e3ee7e981d454b27dc8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Earnham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/earnham/32/63013_2.png) [@Earnham](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Earnham)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/2 "2020-10-22T20:19:00Z")
I would blame it on rng. It is possible to flip a coin and have it land heads 16 out of 17 times. I also wont put it past the designers of this game to have everything all screwed up and buggy as most of it is. ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/3 "2020-10-23T11:21:07Z")
> [@Dawid](#): > > As a Champion, I had 1 defence battle, friend on the same level had 16 battles. Does it work as designed? Depends on the details. Some questions that come to mind: - Are you both in the same guild? - Did you both look at your defense number at close to the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Dawid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dawid/32/62501_2.png) [@Dawid](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dawid)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/4 "2020-10-23T11:49:10Z")
We are at the same guild, at the same level on GW list, at the end of day, as opponent guild finished 135 battles, friend had 16 defence battles, I had one. ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/5 "2020-10-23T12:44:36Z")
> [@Dawid](#): > > We are at the same guild, at the same level on GW list, at the end of day, as opponent guild finished 135 battles, friend had 16 defence battles, I had one. Any chance you could post the defense teams you both had set? ---
**Author:** ![Dawid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dawid/32/62501_2.png) [@Dawid](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dawid)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/6 "2020-10-23T13:16:50Z")
Friend had classic Life and Death build with Orbweaver class. Had much worse results than me(4/12, I had 1/0). Maybe its well forgotten feature to skip opponent you dont want to face:) ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/7 "2020-10-23T13:43:05Z")
> [@Dawid](#): > > Maybe its well forgotten feature to skip opponent you dont want to face That’s what I was thinking. You seem to be around bracket 10 though, it feels somewhat unlikely everybody in your opponent guild would prefer fighting a L&D team. Odds for a 16:1 battle distribution to happen is slightly better than 1:10000, so it’s technically possible you’ve just hit the RNG jackpot. ---
**Author:** ![jpraveensn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jpraveensn/32/74494_2.png) [@jpraveensn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jpraveensn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/opponent-selection-for-gw-defence/66681/8 "2020-10-24T05:56:51Z")
> [@Dawid](#): > > Had much worse results than me(4/12, I had 1/0) How the perception changes in the higher brackets. Man, 4 defense wins are huge compared to 1 win. And defense losses become a regularity. 😜