Losing the winning streak was always a bigger deal to me than losing trophies, because it made the climb to rank 1 take that much longer. And crashing or quitting out of the client made you lose your win streak, so I just took the loss and whatever consolation prizes came along with it.
I sure wish I could put together a defense team that didn’t lose almost every battle, but I don’t think I have the troops, souls, or traitstones to do it. My old terrible team of Hero, Skeleton, Vampire Lord, Wight had a higher defense win rate than anything I’ve tried to put together since, though I doubt it would be so successful at the level I’m at now.