Let's talk about a card forgotten by the world but that in the right battle can become a great asset, to be more exact a summoner and his name is Lir Deepswimmer.
Because it is a very little used card in splinterlands you may not even know it but it exists, well at least I rarely see it in battles and I can't even remember the last time I saw it, but one thing I can say is that it was extremely annoying against the deck I built (and yes I played with yodin).
But let's understand a little about this card and why I always lost when I played against it, despite being a case where yodin is weak against it but it doesn't mean it's the only advantage of having it.
I think it's a very peculiar card for its abilities as they are abilities that you don't see all the time but let's talk about them.
First of all it gives you +2 shield which means that all cards on your team will have +2 shield at the start of the battle unless the enemy team has a card that takes that shield off.
Secondly we have the return fire skill and it gives the ability for all your monsters on the field to return part of the damage of the enemy's ranged attacks, it means that it will return part of the damage of these attacks based on the amount of attack the enemy card does. it has, so if it has 3 damage and attacks a monster of yours the return firte skill will return half damage but always rounding up i.e. it would be 1.5 but it will return 2 damage.
And it also blinds all enemy monsters and that means that all enemy monsters will have +15% miss attack and this may seem little but for cards that have the ability fly or dodge is a full plate.
Well, those are all the abilities Lir DeepSwimmer gives you, but why is she so strong against Yodin? the answer to that is simple. Yodin is a card that gives you +1 ranged damage and also the blast ability that allows you to deal additional damage to other cards when you attack, and because it is a card from the fire deck where there are a lot of ranged cards it means that the greater composition of enemy cards will be physical attacks and this makes the fact of having +2 shield very useful but that's just the bonus, the real icing on the cake is the fact that it returns the damage of ranged attacks and besides that it counts for the blast skill, it means that for every attack the enemy makes he will attack 2 or more of your cards but will also receive damage in the same proportion, you can be sure that a Yodin will suffer in your hands.
But despite working better with Yodin, it is also advantageous in many ways on the battlefield as there are many ranged cards in splinterlands, in addition to the summoner card Selenia Sky from the dragon deck that is used a lot and also suffers in the hands of Lir DeepSwimmer and now with the inclusion of the new legion chaos cards we also have General Sloan, splinterlands is a strategy game and the more cards up your sleeve the more you will win so Lir DeepSwimmer can be a hidden asset that your enemy may not foresee .
Now that you know of its existence so let's talk more about its history.
There was a time when Lir was just a middling summoner of the Anenon School of water magic, but that changed forever one day when his small ship was capsized in a sudden (some might say unnatural) storm. Lir might have had a common life, he might have married a young girl from the Archipelago and settled down with mere ambitions of summoning at the grand arena of Mount Mox. But it seems the forces of the seas had other plans for the young man.
As the great waves of reckoning grew in size, rocking the vessel and everything aboard from side to side, Lir tripped among ropes of the anchor line and became tangled. When the ship finally rolled over and succumbed to the waves, Lir, along with the heavy anchor, was dragged down to the dark depths.
In most situations, being dumped into the drink would not be a hindrance for a water school summoner, especially one as young and strong as Lir. But entangled with the anchor, Lir felt his strength leaving as his lungs burned for air. As his body failed, his will to escape blazed within, and a spark of pure crisis in his soul changed everything in a moment. Fueled by a desperate desire to survive, Lir's magic suddenly surged to new heights as he called on the creatures of the sea to aid him.
The Serpent of Eld was the first to hear the powerful call of the summoner, and he was luckily lounging in a nearby cave. The great Serpent, who can swim faster than any other creature in the sea, took off immediately to answer the call. The cry of Lir’s spirit was so strong that it also commanded the attention of a lone Coral Wraith in the yawning depths. Moments before Lir was overtaken by water, pressure and darkness, a powerful wave of magic from the Wraith below removed the anchor from his leg and Lir was free. Not a moment later, the mighty Serpent of Eld swooped by, tearing toward the water’s surface with all the speed he could muster and carrying the summoner on his back. From far below, the Coral Wraith continued to assist, creating a vacuum, a reverse whirlpool that increased the already breakneck speed of the Serpent as he careened toward the light of day. They say that the Serpent and Lir breached the water’s surface at such great speed and force that they flew miles into the air before they came splashing down.
Some say that genius is what happens when a strong mind meets serendipity, finding itself in the right place at the right time. For Lir, now Lir Deepswimmer, it was in that triumphant moment of crisis and salvation that his research truly began. The wildest creatures of the Untamed deep had listened to his call; this would change everything for Lir. In the years since the sinking, Lir’s hair has turned a deep, rich blue, which most presume to be a magical side effect of having swum so deep. Deepswimmer’s power, fame and genius will venture deeper still.