In my latest video we do an in-depth dive into the latest legendary summoner Grandmaster Rathe. I highlight what cards you'll need to pick-up, how he will change the meta, and effective counters to beat this incredible summoner.
Rathe is the first of the 6 legendary summoners from the Chaos Legion edition airdrops. Each pack purchased through the Splinterlands shop before the release of Rathe had a 0.182% chance of receiving the airdrop. Which means that 1 in every 550 packs are guaranteed to receive the card.
This card is significant because the life splinter was already the most heavily armored Splinter amongst all other elements and now it's biggest weakness that was faced in magic attacks has been massively mitigated.
The card itself boasts +1 Armor to all friendly units, as well as the ability to block magic attacks through Void Armor whilst also amplifying any damage taken from thorns, return fire and magic reflect. This makes this summoner adept in both it's offensive and defensive capabilities.
Synergizing Abilities:
The abilities that will synergize the best with this new summoner are cards that have the protect, resurrect, repair, thorns, magic reflect, and return fire. So keep an eye on the pricing of cards with these abilities moving forwards.
Protect will now offer even further sustainability, repair will extend that sustainability, resurrect will multiply that sustainability, and thorns, magic reflect and return fire will now render higher amounts of damage.
**Cards To Pick-up:
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Cards with the shield ability which are usually already high in armor will now also receive a handsome buff with rathe. Not only will these cards be able to reduce damage from both melee and ranged, but they will now also be able to mitigate spell damage too. This essentially makes them complete all rounders being that their only previous weakness was magic attacks. In response, these could be fantastic pick ups. For the budget conscious, focusing on Chaos Knight could be the key here at less than $25 USD for a max copy.
Other favorites that will certainly be able to tip the scales in your favor are:
Adelaide Brightwing - Repair / Resurrect.
Uriel - A ton of armor, previously only susceptible to magic attacks.
Truth Speaker - Protect +2 Armor, Heal & Clense (great sustainability).
Armorsmith - Repair (sustainability)
Blinding Reflector - Magic Reflect with decent armor for low mana battles.
Pelacor Conjurer - Magic Reflect, great utility, low cost.
Summoners that Grandmaster Rathe counters:
+1 magic summoners (Alric, Valnamore, Obsidian, Delwyn) are now going to be met with a far harder task than previously vs Rathe's Void Armor, so if you're seeing your opponent playing these cards heavily in their previous battle picks, rathe could be a fantastic counter here.
Abilities that you'll need to counter Rathe:
The abilities that you're going to unequivocally require to deal with Rathe are Shatter, Rust and Piercing. With these abilities we can either forgo a units armor completely or at least remove it quickly. An honorable mention goes to the Weirding warrior which for the budget conscious. It's one of the cheapest cards with shatter. And at only $35 dollars for a max copy he's going to be a great pickup. Battering ram has had a huge buff here too seeing as this is an incredibly low mana cost and it is the only card with shatter that is neutral meaning it can be played in any Element or squad lineup. Gem meteor is also going to be great as it's going to be able to skip straight past the Shieldbearer / Rathe combo with scattershot whilst also having piercing with high damage and can also be played in any lineup being that it's a neutral card.
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