The Arrival of Riftwatchers - Life Splinter

This is the my fifth post regarding riftwatchers including the summoners. So far I am enjoying the riftwatchers set to include in modern lineup. Are you satisfied with their awesome abilities?

In this post, we'll quickly look the stats and abilities of each monsters specifically in the life splinter and I will give my opinion regarding those monsters. I've already made a post for the Fire, Water and Earth Splinter and I will continue to post death and dragon+neutral combined as my final post in this series. If you have missed out my previous post kindly refer to below link.

Disclaimer: All information below are based on my opinion and playstyle. Each player has its own opinion regarding these cards and I'm just going to share my opinion.

My current owned highest level Dumacke Exile is a ★4 normal foil. Dumacke Exile is a good addition for the sneak attacker.

Looking at the stats of Dumacke Exile, he have a high health, a high speed that is comparable with Silent Sha-vi or life splinter's Feral Spirit. I think Dumacke Exile is an upgraded Feral Spirit but with an additional of 3 mana cost. He is a great addition to the Life Splinter's sneak squad namely Stitch Leech, Feral Spirit and Silvershield Assassin.

One very notable about Dumacke Exile is that its Fury ability in higher league which is great against taunt enemies. Though Dumacke Exile do have a high speed, it might still missed a taunt unit with such a high speed and a dodge (Coeurl Lurker, I'm talking about you) I would say that granting this card a true strike would be awesome (Byzantine Kitty Summoner).

Usage: A great addition to the sneak unit of the Life Splinter and an agile unit that can also be use for ruleset in which speed is the king. In higher league, specialized against taunt unit especially if battling against Obsidian with a Mycelic Slipspawn, then Dumacke Exile together with Rathe is a great combination.

Rating: ★★★★

My current owned highest level Time Meddler is a ★4 normal foil. Time Meddler stats seems pretty looking good but I seldomly use this card.

The main reason that I am not using Time Meddler frequently is that his speed to me is not that high enough to maximize its dodge ability in the lower league. I can only use Time Meddler in Silver League if I will be using Ilthain which grants additional speeed and return fire, Time Mage to slow the enemies and Supply Runner to grant another additional speed.

I believe that Time Meddler is very great in higher league because of his other two abilities which are thorn and return fire and is very compatible with Grandmaster Rathe to increase its armor and convert it to void armor plus the amplify ability. Time Meddler will be a good tank against different attack: Thorn against melee attack, Return Fire against range attack and Void Armor + high health against Magic attack. There is also a chance to avoid the melee and range attack because of the dodge ability.

Usage: A great tank after the main tank has been defeated. Very usable in the higher league due to its additional abilities at higher level.

Rating: ★★★

My current owned highest level Runeslinger is a ★3 normal foil. In my recent battle, Runeslinger is a very good disabler.

Runeslinger is a good additional range unit in the Life splinter simply because of the stun it can offer. It do have a high speed and do not cost a very large mana cost. It is very compatible with General Sloan to boost its damage. Looking at the abilities of Runeslinger, this card really specialized in disabling enemies by dealing stun, affliction and cripple.

Usage: A utility card that is a great addition to the life splinter. It is a great support to disable strong frontline opponent.

Sample battle as below:

Rating: ★★★

My current owned highest level Corsair Bosun is a ★1 normal foil and I am lacking 1 bcx to upgrade this card to a ★3 as of the writing.. Bosun is a powerful rare card that I think is crowd's favorite in the riftwatchers.

Corsair Bosun finally complete the Taunt + Reach combo in the Life splinter against blast as even at the base level he do have a reflection shield that nullify thorn and blast damage. Corsair Bosun is a very strong card as it deals a 4 to 6 melee damage, a normal speed of 3, a high health of 6 to 9 with a 5 armor. He is a great secondary tank as well because of its reach ability which can utilize its powerful attack even in the second position. Another bonus is the cleanse ability in the higher level that can cure illness of the frontline tank.

Usage: A very powerful card that can be use in most cases. Given its effectiveness and high stats, this card cost a high mana which is very suitable against high mana matchup. Be careful with those monsters with giant killer ability though.

The same battle link with Runeslinger as I use them both in a single match:

Rating: ★★★★★

My current owned highest level Runemancer Atuat is ★2 normal foil but I can leveled up this card to ★3 however I am not moving up to Gold league yet so I still prefer to have 2 copies of ★2 Atuat and the other one is for the rental. Given that this card is a legendary rarity, Splinterlands community seems to not love this card.

Runemancer Atuat seems to not received any love because given that this card is a legendary, the abilitieis it have and the stats seems to be just a normal support card. The last stand seems to be not so powerful as well because its baseline stat is not that powerful unless in the max level which increase his magic attack by 1.

The main thing I think this card has to offer is its headwinds and forcefield. The headwinds is very useful in lower league especially dealing against range enemies.

Usage: Good in the reverse speed ruleset especially if battling also with the life splinter using General Sloan as its headwinds will disable General Sloan buffs.

Battling against General Sloan in bronze league with the reverse speed ruleset

Rating: ★★

I would say that the common and rare from the Life splinter is really good. All of them are useful but the legendary one which is Atuat seems just okay. The monsters of Riftwatchers life splinter are really powerful together with Ilthain as the most useful summoner in the Riftwatcher.

The best card for me in the Riftwatcher Life splinter are Runeslinger and Corsair Bosun which I usually use when the battle ruleset permits me. Ilthain is my priority to have in terms of summoner.

Thank you for reading and see you on the next post which is Death and Dragon plus neutral monsters.