Sunrise and sunset, the seasons, the tides, the rise and fall of nations, birth, death, war, regret. These things will come to pass. They are inevitable.
So, too, is Arkemis, known throughout the Splinterlands simply as βThe Bear.β
Hello Splinterlands Community!
Arkemis the Bear is a Promo Card from the Winterfest End of Year Promotion which is only available until January 12, 2023 at 4 PM ET / 21:00 UTC. This card can be obtained by purchasing either a Chaos Legion, Riftwatcher or Tower Defense pack which then will grant you a guaranteed Regular Foil Arkemis The Bear and for every 50 purchase in a single transaction, a guaranteed Gold Foil will be provided.
So with this promo card, is this card really worth it? Let's see and review this card.
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π» The Stats
Arkemis The Bear is a promo card in a common rarity from the Neutral element which specialized in melee damage.
Arkemis deals a great melee damage, a high health without having any armor and a decent speed but missed a lot once debuff.
Looking at the abilities, Arkemis The Bear gives an armor to all its allies, a halving ability which reduce the enemies attack by half. This ability is pretty unique as there are only two monster with this ability ever exist. Then a forcefield and enrage ability.
Combo Cards
In terms of summoners, Possibilus The Wise is the best summoner currently as it gives Arkemis the ability to attack in the second position and being the secondary tank in the team. Grandmaster Rathe could also be a good one to pair with due to its Void Armor ability which then synergized with Arkemis protect ability.
| Possibilus The Wise gives additional health for Arkemis giving it more toughness as well as the reach ability which granted Arkemis to attack in the second position utilizing the halving ability. The trample gives another benefit to Arkemis to deal another damage. |
In terms of monsters, I believe that below monsters greatly synergize with Arkemis due to their abilities.
| River Hellondale gives a great boost in the attack of melee monsters and with his ressurect ability, it even gives a great opportunity and boost to those monsters with the Void Armor ability. Arkemis The Bear protect ability gives a great boost to these monsters armor. | |
| Legionnaire Alvar is one of the monster with the Void Armor ability which can be then a great front line defense against magic monsters which is then boosted further by Arkemis and with Possibilus as the summoner, Arkemis could do a great support to this card. | |
| Lemell Refugee is a good substitute to Legionnaire Alvar however the armor this card have is not that big which is why an additional armor from Arkemis would be a great opportunity to boosted this card defense against magic unit. |
There are quite a lot of monsters that can work with Arkemis the Bear but without the melee mayhem, equal opportunity and super sneak ruleset, Arkemis could not be able to attack when position in the backline. Only Possibilus currently is the one that could grant Arkemis the ability to attack in the second position.
With the said ruleset above, melee monsters with the shield or void armor ability would be the best to benefit with Arkemis blessing.
π» Favorable Ruleset
There are quite a specific ruleset that is most likely applicable to Arkemis but the following I think would be the best
- Briar Patch - could be a good if battling against melee monsters as the armor Arkemis provide serves as a temporary protection against thorns.
- Earthquake - the same with Briar Patch, Arkemis protect ability serves as a temporary protection against earthquake. Take note that this is only when there are no flying abilities.
- Equal Opportunity - Arkemis will be granted to attack the lowest health when position in the backline.
- Lost Magic - Arkemis protect ability will serves as a defense against Melee and range units, without piercing ability this could be a great blessing and toughness.
- Melee Mayhem - Almost the same logic with Equal opportunity but instead of attacking the lowest health monsters, Arkemis will be attacking the front line giving the halving effect.
- Rise of the Commons - Arkemis is the King of the commons. This monster could dominate in this ruleset.
- Super Sneak - Arkemis will be attacking the back line instead of the front line
- Up Close & Personal - Mano a Mano battle and would give Arkemis a big advantage.
- Weak Magic - A ruleset wherein all monsters granted by Arkemis armor is converted into a void armor.
π» Battle
There are two battles which I use the same line-up with the same ruleset. Arkemis in this 2 battle gives a great support in the front line and dealing a great damage with the help of Possibilus blessing.
π» Final Thoughts
In my opinion, Arkemis is a very powerful common card when use correctly. There might be some difficulties in using this but overall the halving effect is truly painful. The protect even gives advantage to its allies by having a secondary layer of protection against physical attack and even magical attack if the void armor is in effect.
With a high mana cost, Arkemis is only applicable in high mana battle.
Missing out for this promo card? Go grab some packs in the stores to get this monsters or join the group buy to get more copies of this card. This card will only last until Jan 12 so hurry up and secured this card.
You can also buy this card in the market for a cheap price currently.
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