![Uriel](https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/NEhJJ1q.jpg)

Hi everyone!

I've only got 2 maxed out Legendary summoners, the [Scarred Llama Mage](https://splintercards.com/untamed-scarred-llama-mage) and [Chanseus the Great](https://splintercards.com/untamed-chanseus-the-great).  

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQqumwZxjiHpkZsH7HbrAYMKzTavQ7uXmK9qhBjvA5VKp/image.png)

Considering I spend all my time in the Diamond leagues these days, it means that for the high mana battles I really only have these two options.

My daily quest at the moment is for the Life Splinter:
![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVMkbYK5crAM2zBgNToU6vN6xLtGZcT3ivGXcZYof9QVg/image.png)

So when I came across this battle, it seemed like a great time to test out the newest member of the team [Uriel the Purifier](https://splintercards.com/chaos-uriel-the-purifier):

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmc7Je7t99kHNBbeW6KwBoQwsoCNfHemvLa2zvHeVy9y2T/image.png)

Uriel the Purifier is a super high-mana card, so I can see that I'm really only going to play him in the super high mana battles, because, while amazing, he does have some weaknesses that need to be managed.
![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYxVZiAJ9hRANSjYwQZfRGA9tPRRjcpmA5yesz1ZeGGMr/image.png)

He is definitely a tank, and can take a lot of damage, but he doesn't have [Shield](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=5) or [Void](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=12) so he takes full damage every time he's hit.  

This was actually my first time playing with a [Recharge](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=94) card and while amazing, it means he's sitting pretty vulnerable every second turn... and without [Piercing](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=15) if the enemy has even a single armour point then these huge attacks won't take down your opponents health.

This was my first battle with him leading my team... and I was immediately worried:
![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmV7P7icdddphDHHV41AuNWmc6Pm3KszV9shC72hVcbJnj/image.png)

I rarely win against [Archmage Arius](https://splintercards.com/promo-archmage-arius) because he's an incredible summoner that costs... um, let's see... $30,000!

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYyMtvUVRo977NPuBNuMQkgLyb8x8E2ASMfCTmkq1UdWK/image.png)

Out of the hundreds of games I've played, I'm not sure that I've ever beaten a team with Archmage Arius, he just buffs his team up so much!

Here is the battle for anyone that would like to see : [Splinterlands Battle](https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_acbd7c1031b28b7ce10188136aa81b93&ref=aussieninja).

Uriel was immediately stunned which was fine because he was recharging anyway...

He really didn't do much at all until Round 4 when he took out the [Lord of Darkness](https://splintercards.com/beta-lord-of-darkness) which was immensely satisfying!
![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmb22iZj5bwZgNPQqapCMccGHZVBRWHbtZGrdx8FwnbzGK/image.png)

The other team continued to beat him up... they would have killed him really quickly if they had more magic... but his second big hit was unbelievable:

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmSLSEkr964tnRsMRNWveF2jMrTzb2JpjFBzJ2MDn8S6Qg/image.png)

Having the [Repair](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=24) ability on the [Lone Boatman](https://splintercards.com/untamed-lone-boatman) was absolutely essential in keeping Uriel in the game. It's funny, I almost always put the Lone Boatman as my last card so he can keep repairing all game... but with the huge rise in people using a thousand [Sneak](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=3) cards I put the [Silversheild Sheriff](https://splintercards.com/reward-silvershield-sheriff) last.  

This turned out to be an accidentally great move.

Firstly the Lone Boatman and the Silvershield Sheriff took out the [Magi Sphinx](https://splintercards.com/beta-magi-sphinx) in Round 1 who was rocking a 5 Magic attack and could have possibly killed off Uriel before he attacked but mostly it was because the Silvershield Sheriff died 3 times during the battle (Curse you [Sand Worm](https://splintercards.com/reward-sand-worm)!) but each time he was [resurrected](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=13) he gave everyone 2 fresh new armour points.

Uriel was eventually killed off... but his [Redemption](https://splintercards.com/abilities.php?ab=13) attribute then took out the card that had killed him (Curse you [Sand Worm](https://splintercards.com/reward-sand-worm)!) so that was a great little farewell gift.

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmfG7xaCgsQh9oDZwBbbCC2ih5oecEqqjGNhuSMCiujseo/image.png) 

Archmage Arius was left with the [Dragon Jumper](https://splintercards.com/untamed-dragon-jumper) against 3 of my cards and the [Defender of Truth](https://splintercards.com/beta-defender-of-truth) had no problems taking him out while he was butting heads against the [Angel of Light](https://splintercards.com/beta-angel-of-light). 

Big match!  Great first showing by Uriel the Purifier!
This was a No Healing ruleset game... so I'd be keen to see him in action with his full suite of attributes, but I can tell you now, he definitely needs a Repair card and a Cleanse card to back him up... and maybe even a sneaky Resurrect card to really hurt the other team with Redemption.

Thanks for reading!  Do you have a Uriel the Purifier battle you can share with me?  I'd love to see some other set ups.

![Aussie](https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://cdn.coil.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down,w=1920/images/NIqTZGtyT9GN7RVbPF3zJQ.png)