Akhenotep

Akhenotep, the undead pharaon that came back to haunt us. This monster is made to inflict status effects.

Overview
Akhenotep climbed the Viability Ranking from initially the B+ tier all the way to the A tier. This is explained by how great he is at inflicting status effects, combined with good stats, a great trait and amazing combinations in his moves, Akhenotep proved himself more than worthy to have a good spot on the ladder. The best thing about Akhenotep is how diversed he is. There are multiple movesets that can be used and a lot of possibilities, which reminds us of Timerion. Sadly, Akhenotep has some fatal flaws that prevent him to be a top tier treat, but he is still very viable and very dangerous to face.

Positives
 * Amazing diversity in his status effects
 * Possession immunity is a great trait for Dark legend (which most are immune to nightmares)
 * None of his stats is lacking
 * Even if he lacks immobilizing moves (he only got one), he got some tricks that does a similar job

Negatives
 * His best moves have big cooldowns
 * If the opposing team got a negative status effects remover, it's game over for Akhenotep

Movesets
Where is Toutankhamon? This Akhenotep is all about status effects, as expected. Stamina Domination has the lowest cooldown of all his viable moves with only one turn, so it might come in handy. Also, having the stamina regeneration is really nice. Manipulation of Sand is the only immobilizing move he got, which stuns. So it is going to be useful. The Curse of Akhenotep is simply and amazing move, giving Daze, Blind and Damage Reduction to all foes is, in total, going to reduce power by 50% and accuracy by 75%! That is amazing, isn't it? The Rise of the Mummy is your last move and it can actually inflict possession, but it's not 100% accurate. You might also poison or slow the target, so that can be pretty nice. Just saying, this Akhenotep can inflict Stamina leak, Stun, Daze, Blind, Damage Reduction, Possession, Poison and Slow. That is extremly powerful.
 * Stamina Domination
 * Manipulation of Sand
 * The Curse of Akhenotep
 * The Rise of the Mummy
 * 3 Speed Runes

Fear the Undead So this Akhenotep is more about doing what Dark-type monsters do the best: damage. Stamina Domination has the lowest cooldown, which is very useful. However, Evil Rising does have more power and gives nightmares in the process, dealing more damage than the first. Manipulation of Sand stuns, which is always useful. The Power of Ancient Dark Sand deals a good chunk of damage to all foes and the Curse of Akhenotep is the amazing move that inflicts Daze, Blind and Damage Reduction to all foes. By dealing damage and inflicting all those status effects, you are sure to dominate most of your foes.
 * Stamina Domination/Evil Rising
 * Manipulation of Sand
 * The Power of Ancient Dark Sand
 * The Curse of Akhenotep
 * 2 Power Runes, 1 Speed Rune

Counters
As said before, Akhenotep suffers from a good amount of cooldowns. That makes Timerion quite a treat to him. Not only can he use Cooldowns Activated on him, but he is also immune to everything Akhenotep can do minus damage due to his Artefact trait. If you can't afford or don't want to use Timerion, a status effects cleaner is the way to go. Goldfield is amazing at this as he is also immune to stun, which could have been a problem otherwise due to Manipulation of Sand being common among most Akhenoteps.