Welcome back to another juicy and fresh Splinterlands post everyone, and I hope all of you are doing absolutely great in your lives and enjoying your day with your family and friends. As the current ranked season continues, I guess all of you players are currently busy grinding trophies, completing your daily missions, collecting rewards, and trying to strengthen your card and other asset collections in splinterlands. With around 10 days and 21 hours still left before the season reset happens, there is plenty of time remaining to push toward your desired goal, be it a particular league tier and earn cool rewards or fighting for a place in the champion top leaderboard if you are feeling confident enough.
Talking about my own progress in the frontier mode of this game, I am currently playing in the highest Gold I league with a trophy count of 3,380. My target remains the same as always, first reaching the 4,200 trophy mark and then trying my luck on the leaderboard if everything goes according to plan.
Now, looking at the weekly Frontier raffle, I currently have 33 entries collected so far. With around 3 days and 21 hours remaining before the raffle ends, I am aiming to reach somewhere between 54 and 57 entries before the deadline and let's just hope my luck shines this time. Apart from that, I opened 5 Foundation packs today that I had earned over the last two days. The results were quite decent, as I managed to pull 1 Legendary card, 1 Epic card, 4 Rare cards, including 1 Archon, and the remaining cards were Common cards.
Now, let us move toward the main topic of today's post, as today, I will be discussing another very interesting monster from the newest Escalation mini set. As you have probably guessed from the title already, today's featured monster is Gorvash the Pallid. So, without any further ado, let us all jump right in.
This monster belongs to the Life element and comes from the Orc bloodline. It is a Legendary monster card and one of the rare few monsters in Splinterlands that costs absolutely 0 mana to use. The attack type of this monster is Ranged, and despite having no mana cost at all, it still provides respectable stats and some very useful abilities. At maximum level, this monster gains a total of two abilities, which I will be talking about later in this post. Let us take a closer look at its league-wise progression below to know more about this monster.
At level 1, Gorvash the Pallid possesses 1 ranged attack at 2 speed with 1 health. While these stats may look small at first glance, we must remember that this monster costs absolutely no mana. This monster starts with the snipe ability. This ability makes Gorvash surprisingly dangerous because it can directly target enemy support monsters hiding behind the frontline tank.
SNIPE – Magic and ranged attacks target the first non-melee enemy unit behind the first position.
When upgraded to level 2, this monster improves to 1 ranged attack at 3 speed with 2 health. It also unlocks a second ability called Bloodline Pact. This ability can create powerful snowball effects when used correctly, but it also introduces risk if your bloodline-based lineup starts losing monsters.
BLOODLINE PACT – Allied units that share this unit's bloodline gain +1 power whenever any of them defeats an enemy and take 1 true damage whenever any of them is defeated. If this unit is defeated, allied units sharing its bloodline receive 2 damage and lose all power gained from this ability.
At level 3, the monster receives further stat improvements and now possesses 1 ranged attack at 4 speed with 3 health. Even though no new abilities are unlocked at this level, the increased speed helps it attack earlier and dodge more incoming attacks.
Finally, at level 4, Gorvash the Pallid reaches its maximum form. At this stage, it boasts 2 ranged attack power at 5 speed with 4 health. For a monster that costs absolutely zero mana, these stats are honestly remarkable and make it far more threatening at max level than most players would initially expect.
Last but not least, I think the biggest selling point of this monster is obviously its mana cost. There are only a handful of monsters across the entire game that cost 0 mana, and Gorvash the Pallid is one of those special cards. Whenever you find yourself with leftover team slots but no mana remaining, this monster becomes an excellent choice. At maximum level, having 2 ranged attack power combined with solid speed and health for zero mana feels incredibly valuable. Another major advantage is the Snipe ability. Instead of wasting attacks on heavily protected frontline tanks, this monster can target vulnerable support monsters hiding in the backline. In many battles, eliminating enemy healers, buffers, or magic attackers early can completely change the outcome of the match. The Bloodline Pact ability is also very powerful when used correctly. If you build a lineup around multiple Orc bloodline monsters, the bonus attack power can quickly stack up and create a dangerous offensive force. However, the ability comes with a downside as well. Whenever allied bloodline monsters get defeated, your team takes damage, and if Gorvash itself falls, the accumulated bonuses disappear entirely. Because of this, careful lineup planning is important before relying on this ability. Overall, I think Gorvash the Pallid is an excellent utility monster that offers incredible value despite costing absolutely no mana. Between its ranged attacks, Snipe ability, and Bloodline Pact support effect, it can become a surprisingly impactful addition to many different lineups.
