POSSIBILUS THE WISE...The Upcoming Melee Attack Specialist

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Evening Splinternerds

With yet another 1 million Chaos packs getting close to being sold out, today Splinterlands unveiled the next airdrop character, POSSIBILUS THE WISE. As of now 10.767 million Chaos packs have been sold and 2.327 million Chaos packs are left before POSSIBILUS THE WISE airdrop.

Belonging to water splinter, POSSIBILUS THE WISE has been designed by @davemccoy and the Team Possible group. POSSIBILUS THE WISE will be the eleventh chaos airdrop character, fourth legendary chaos summoner and third chaos summoner to be airdropped following CONQUEROR JACEK and GRANDMASTER RATHE.

Stats

Like previous airdropped summoners, POSSIBILUS THE WISE will be costing 6 mana. POSSIBILUS THE WISE will take the water splinter melee attack to the next level as it will grant all friendlies +2 health, and all friendly melee monsters will get Range and Trample abilities.

Looking at the stat, one can tell POSSIBILUS THE WISE might turn out to be the best summoner for melee attack focused battles. First of all +2 health boast to all melee monsters is great, next every melee monster gets Trample i.e. having extra attack after scorning a kill and every monster on one down will have Reach ability.

This combination of Reach and Trample will greatly amplify the efficacy of melee monsters. Imagine every melee monster even with Opportunity, Sneak or Reach ability having endless Trample ability, and also always having every melee monster to take on the role of one down monster with Reach ability.

Favored and Unfavored Rule Sets

Since POSSIBILUS THE WISE have been designed keeping the melee attack monsters in mind so it will be a killer in Up Close & Personal and Melee Mayhem rulesets.
In rulesets like Briar Patch and Keep Your Distance, POSSIBILUS THE WISE advantages will mostly vanish.

Defense

The best defense against POSSIBILUS THE WISE will be monsters with heavy shield and Thornes ability. Abilities like Repair, Shield, Protect, Dodge, Blind, Slow, Swiftness and Taunt will also come in handy.
As far as summoners best suited against POSSIBILUS THE WISE are concerned, my best bet is on CONQUEROR JACEK, CHANSEUS THE GREAT and LIR DEEPSWIMMER.

Expected Pricing

Although having extreme utility with melee focused attacks, POSSIBILUS THE WISE have considerably lesser scope as far as utility is concerned when compared with CONQUEROR JACEK and GRANDMASTER RATHE. So initially its expected price may be above $30 per bcx but with the supply increase the price is eventually gonna stable around $15 to $20 mark.

Closing Thoughts

Despite having limited scope in comparison to CONQUEROR JACEK and GRANDMASTER RATHE, POSSIBILUS THE WISE will be a great asset to have at one's disposal. I expect it to become an integral component of melee centered battles.
So the bottom line is POSSIBILUS THE WISE will be always be a good option to have at one's disposal. It might not turn out to be a game changer, but still it might turn out to be good enough to turn the tables in many battles.