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The Summoner Predictions Series:

As you guys know, we just recently finished the airdrop for Carnage Titan, I managed to receive one copy of this bad boy, and I got to thinking: Why am I WAITING for a hint at the airdrop cards when I could speculate NOW, and then readjust/refine my speculations as we start to see artwork and previews?

As you saw from the LIFE a few days ago, my plan was foiled for Life, but that's okay, that's a great way to start off the series! You also saw my FIRE article yesterday, where I gave a few speculations on some Berserker esque and Armor esque Summoners for Fire... now it's time for WATER.

So for the next week or two, get ready for a Splinterlands Speculations palooza of me making horribly wrong predictions about all of the Legendary Summoners coming to the fray in Chaos Legion. These next ones will be completely based on speculation and meta...

I'm going to make multiple predictions for each of these, at least one prediction will assume that the Legendary Summoners are Invaders, and at least one will assume they are new Defenders. For those of you unaware of the Lore, the Chaos Legion is an evil invading force seeking to destroy Splinterlands and sacrifice it to their god... So there are now Summoners who are Defenders of Splinterlands, like Malric and Lyanna, and Summoners who are Invaders with Chaos Legion, like General Sloan and Tarsa.

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Splinterlands Speculations: WATER Edition

The Water Meta has arguable changed the most out of all of the current splinters, originally, it was the Magic Splinter, and, if you still have Alric, it still kind of is. That being said, the new summoner, Kelya, brings a brand new Melee perspective to Water that hasn't been seen, and is one of the few defensive summoners out of the current set!

Most of Water's Summoners give +1 Magic or -1 Magic to temper other Magic decks... Now we have an Armor and Speed summoner... so what could be next?

Now, we've seen the Water meta has evolved to include plenty of powerful tanks, repair, and armor stacking capabilities, and it seems pretty clear that Water is becoming the new Armor and Melee summoner.

So how do I see the new Legendary Water Summoner ending up?

MANA COST Speculation

The previous Legendaries have cost 3 Mana, 5 Mana, 7 Mana, and with Quix: 4 Mana. Going off of this pattern, I think we will either see a 4/6/8 Mana, to match up with Quix, or we will see 9 Manas to continue the trend of increasing Odd numbered. Because going to 9 would mean 4 Ability Summoners, I believe we are going to see a reset and the Legendaries are moving back to either 4 Mana or 8 Mana, depending on if they start with their Lower mana Summoners or higher. I will try to come up with 1 for each for DEFENDER/INVADER.

Because Quix is a lone Dragon Summoner, and there is ANOTHER Dragon Summoner coming in the Top 6, I believe that it is FAR more likely that these new summoners are the 8 Mana Variety

As a 4 Mana, I believe they would continue the format of Quix, in having 2 Abilities

As an 8 Mana summoner, I believe we will see 3 Abilities, like the 7 Mana summoners, but with ability spreads rivaling Llama and Yodin at minimum. If this is the case, this will be an absolutely wild set of airdrops (or should I say modern? yeah my jokes suck.)

Let's start with the offensive, Invader variant:

INVADER Speculation

4 Mana Version: Dodgy Waters (Flying + Backfire)

With 2 Abilities and 4 Mana, I think we would see an offensive Summoner that brings yet another new thing to the mix... with some sort of offensive touch that is unique to Water... I think we will be seeing Flying and Backfire on a summoner, which would create an oddly offensive Summoner by dispelling buffs and punishing misses. This would pair excellently with some of Water's high speed attackers like Oshannus, Axe Master, and Serpent of Eld bringing value back to older sets while also valuing the current sets' higher speed for their common monsters. It also wouldn't break them, like Phase or Evasion would, creating mini Phantom of the Abyss combos that can dodge nearly all attack types. (Though Oshannus would be tough, it would only be a little tougher than Brighton is currently)

If I were to imagine the Art, I would imagine some sort of Pelacor Summoner, who was summoned and then found to be able to summon themselves, and trained as a summoner. A Winged card that manipulates water into long tendrils that lash out at targets as he avoids their attacks.

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8 Mana Version: Void Melee

In the usual method of casting a wide net:

Let's see a true Water Melee Summoner. Let's go with +1 Melee, Void Armor, and -1 Speed

This would make for an absolutely monstrous Water Melee summoner that is uniquely different from the other melee summoners currently available: It has unique anti-magic capabilities and pairs beautifully with Crustacean King, Wavesmith, and Diemonshark!

Also, I am 100% sure a Void Armor summoner is coming, so I might as well cover my bases between the Water and Life ones, which feel like they would be the most likely Void Armor summoner.

I'm imagining a burly fisherman type summoner for the Art, think Deadliest Catch on Steroids, with a large Fishing Rod "Staff". Who knows what it could be though, the possibilities are endless.

DEFENDER Speculation

4 Mana Version:

With 2 Abilities and 4 Mana, I think we would see a summoner in this situation that enhances Water's newfound defensive meta: An Immunity and Dispel Summoner would be the closest equivalence to a Silence Summoner we currently have available:

Immune to Stat Debuffs, Poison, Cripple, and other Status Effects, they would also be able to Dispel any Stat Bonuses, Protect, etc. from an enemy, creating a Summoner that effectively wipes Buffs, Statuses, and Debuffs out of the equation.

This would be a strong Poison Ruleset pick, and would be very powerful in Champion, where buffs and debuffs are aplenty. It would also be very good at shutting down a powerful Death Deck that relies on Weakens, Silences, and Slows. Not as strong as Llama, a 4 Mana Immunity Summoner is nothing to scoff at, and at times, it may even be able to second best Llama.

BONUS/ALTERNATIVE: If it were an 8 Mana, and you really wanted to hurt Llama: Give it Death Blow or Giant Killer

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8 Mana Version: Icy Summoner

So, in keeping with 'casting a large net', what's another creative way to amp up Water's previous metas?

+2 Armor, Forcefield and -1 Speed, This one is more for a Thematic Summoner in Ice. They would be a largely defensive summoner that would be a more powerful version of Kelya in high mana, with more Armor, and the Forcefield ability protecting its cards from things like Sandworm.

BONUS/ALTERNATIVE: One of these stats could be replaced for Shatter or Stun and stay thematic

Bonus Speculation: Cleanse

Okay, last time I suggested that maybe the Life Summoner will have the ability to summon Dragon splinter monsters because of its dragon aesthetics. I have no aesthetic to go on here, and I think, if the team did crazy unexpected things with the Legendary summoners, it would be different for each, rather than all of them having the same bonus... So here goes for Water:

I propose a 4 Mana Cleanse and Triage Summoner, which would create a mini Llama Summoner that could be used in Poison matchups for a very powerful double pronged survival method: Cleanse the Front, heal the Back. I could see this being a very powerful Support Summoner for Water, which currently lacks many 'support' type abilities in its summoners, and instead focuses on Offense of Defense.

Have a different idea for what the Water Legendary summoner could be? Share it in the comments!

in 7 Days, I'll choose 1 winner to receive a small bonus in a random WATER Common, whoever's suggestion I like the best will win >:D. There MAY also be some awards for Honorable Mentions >:D

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