# Why does the game change my defense team? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [August 30, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-does-the-game-change-my-defense-team/29484 "2017-08-30T01:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![trickycdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@trickycdr](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/trickycdr)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-does-the-game-change-my-defense-team/29484/4 "2017-08-30T13:44:59Z")
Single troop defenses and weak defense teams used to be a way to get some variety in PVP and a break from the current meta/grief teams…then they borked it. > [@Single Troop Defenses](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/single-troop-defenses/24808): > > Hi Everyone, We noticed last week that the number of players using single-troop defenses in PvP was growing. While it was a reasonably rare occurrence, we were quite happy to indulge it as we considered some better solutions for PvP in the future. The plan was to eventually make some really neat updates, but only after we’d had a chance to fully think everything through… I’m not a fan of quick fixes (necessary though they may be sometimes). Anyway, we noticed that there were some pockets in … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-does-the-game-change-my-defense-team/29484)._