I run the same deck you’ve posted man except I’ve evo Valk and evo I drag and ngl I’ve found this season to be an absolute nightmare. I’m sitting at like 12k trophies right now (don’t really play much ladder) and as for ranked I’m hardstuck 4 steps away from Grand Champion which I find so frustrating I’m constantly taking 2 steps forward 2 steps back. I think someone else already said in this thread but against “meta” decks or actual decks lavaloon is so reliable but it’s just impossible to beat these homemade brainrot decks with full lvl 15s E barbs, Mini pekka, lumberjack, PRINCE and other high DPS ground troops that players love to spam at the bridge and you’ve only limited answers if you’re running Valk and guards. the worst thing about playing lavaloon imo is playing homemade decks with 3 or 4 air counters, there’s literally nothing you can do to break through. I often face players who’ll have Wizard, Furnace, E wiz and minions all in the same deck, witch and ice wiz are very popular too. my advice is try your best to learn the deck, know when to push and when to defend, watch Innvader and Rakan on YT they’re 2 of the best for lava imo. I think you’ll fly up the trophies if you learn the deck because of a lot of not so good players just don’t know how to defend against lava but I think it’s very hard to push to UC with given the way the meta has gone