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Since release, I know Grandmaster Rathe is a sleeper OP card meaning it's overpowered but no one uses it. The reason is it's complicated and there's only certain combos that shows Grandmaster Rathe's hidden potential.

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Truthspeaker

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Stats | Grandmaster Rathe

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Grandmaster Rathe is a legendary summoner. At level 1, you can summon the maximum level cap of monster for Bronze league meaning if you're playing in Bronze, level 1 is the only one you need.

Level 2 Grandmaster Rathe is capped for Silver, level 3 for Gold and level 4 for above.

_Abilities

I categorize Summoner Abilities in 2 types, inherent and non-inherent abilities. Inherent summoner abilities gives all of your monsters with that ability. Non-inherent summoner abilities does not give monsters extra abilities but is used by your summoner itself to the monsters on the board.

+1 Armor (Inherent). Grandmaster Rathe provides 1 armor to everyone in your team. Think of it as a weaker version of Protect ability. This ability stacks with Protect ability.

Void Armor (Inherent). Grandmaster Rathe gives Void Armor to all of your monsters. A monster with Void Armor reduces its armor first instead of health when damaged by magic attack. It's the same with the Weak Magic rule of combat.

Amplify (Inherent). Grandmaster gives Amplify ability to all of your monsters. Thorns, Magic Reflect, and Return Fire's damage is increased by 1 as long as there's Amplify effect on your team. This Amplify effect does not stack.

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Stats | Truthspeaker

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Truthspeaker's stats is low. She has no attack nor armor, only at 2 speed and 1 health. However, she's a very powerful card and a core component of this strategy for her Protect ability.

_Abilities

At level 1, Protect is unlocked. Protect gives 2 armor to all of your monsters as long as this monster is alive on the board. This effect stacks meaning you get 4 armor if you have 2 monsters with Protect ability, 6 armor if you have 3 monsters with Protect ability and so on.

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At level 5, Cleanse is unlocked. Cleanse removes all negative status effects on the monster in first position at the start of Truthspeaker's turn. Negative status effects are effects like poisoned, stunned, Demoralized, etc.

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At level 8, Tank Heal is unlocked. Tank Heal restores 1/3 of the max health of monster in the first position at the start of Truthspeaker's turn.

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Battle Highlights

Click the link below to see the full battle:

https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_f17a1f096c888bd872a328440b4bb371

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Rules of Combat

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

50 Mana Cap. Total mana cost of all monsters must not exceed 50 mana.

Ferocity Rules of Combat.All monsters on the board gains the Fury ability which doubles the damage to monsters with Taunt ability.

Odd Ones Out Rules of Combat.You can only use monsters with odd mana costs during this battle.

All elements unlocked except for Water, Earth and Dragon Elements. Summoners and Monsters from this element cannot be used during this battle.

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Abilities Used During This Battle

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𝔄𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.

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Monsters in

RED

are my opponent's. Those in Bold font are mine.

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Round 2

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Lone Boatman's Snipe attack killed Fire Elemental.
2. Adelade Brightwing's attack killed Living Lava.
3. Cave Slug's Opportunity attack killed Serpentine Spy.

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Round 3

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Cave Slug's Opportunity attack killed Radiated Brute.

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Round 4

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Cave Slug's Opportunity attack killed Djinn Apprentice.

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Round 5

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

1. Djinn Renova's attack killed Disintegrator.

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𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

Grandmaster Rathe and Truthspeaker Combo

? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕?

Yes. This combo gives Void Armor and Protect to everyone. This means all Magic damage will need to damage through armor first before health which doubles the survivability of all of your monsters.

One big disadvantage of this is Grandmaster Rathe requires 6 mana and while Truthspeaker requires only 3 mana, she doesn't have any damage meaning 9 of your mana is put into a combo for protection but not producing any damage. It's good to be used in above 20 mana where you can put the rest of your mana for damage.

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ᒪIᑎEᑌᑭ

_{𝔓𝔥𝔬𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱.}

Summoner: Grandmaster Rathe: The most important thing he gives you is the Void Armor ability which allows your monster's armor to block any magic damage before it hits your health.

1. Disintegrator: Has Demoralize that decreases all opponent's melee damage by 1 with a minimum of 1. Also has extra armor that complements with Grandmaster Rathe
2. Cave Slug: Has Opportunity ability that allows him to attack from any position. With Opportunity, the target changes to the lowest health monster on opponent's side.
3. Djinn Renova: Has Strengthen that can increase all of your monster's health by 1 as long as she's alive. I only added her because of the rule of combat.
4. Truthspeaker: The other part of the combo. Gives you Protect ability that adds 2 armor to every monster you have as long as she is alive. Void Armor ability allow this armor to
5. Lone Boatman: Gets a Repair ability on level 5, which complements with the strategy. Repair restores armor of the highest damaged armor on your team by 2 at the start of his turn. Also has 2 range damage Snipe to prioritize the healers.
6. Adelade Brightwing: Has a Repair ability at level 1 and Resurrect ability at level 2. Resurrect brings back your monster that died with 1 health but full armor. This works really amazing with Grandmaster Rathe because that resurrected monster gains the Void Armor and armor from Truthspeaker and Grandmaster Rathe which means he won't be one shotted by an opponent's magic damage upon resurrection.

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ᗪIᗪ YOᑌᖇ ᔕTᖇᗩTEGY ᗯOᖇKEᗪ?

Yes. Although it doesn't look like much, the strategy helped a lot in this battle. If there's no Void Armor, Djinn Apprentice would've melted my team. I don't have any Tank Heals so even if Adelade Brightwing and Lone Boatman have repair, they wouldn't stop Apprentice Magician's damage without the Void Armor from Grandmaster Rathe. Truthspeaker would also be useless as even if she has Protect, all of Djinn Apprentice's damage would pass through armor.

If there's no Truthspeaker as well, my team would've died from Serpentine Spy. He would pick my team one by one eventually losing the battle.

The combination of both Grandmaster Rathe and Truthspeaker helped my team survive through all forms and angles of attack giving me a solid win.

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ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ YOᑌ TᖇY ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎTᒪY ᑎE᙭T TIᗰE?

Even if Cave Slug was really helpful during this game, I would prefer adding another magic damage or a melee/range with higher speed. Lower speed meant missing a lot and those misses might cost me loss in other games.

• This post is an entry for Splinterland's Share Your Battle contest.
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