On a lower level with level1 legendary monsters I find that Lir Deepswimmer can also counter yodin.
My lineup then starts with kraken (for taunt, good armor and health), lobstradamus (only 6 mana unit with shield and high health to reduce the impact of the splashes), crustacean king (to keep the kraken alive as long as possible). After that the focus is as much damage to the opponent’s back line as possible.
Lir deepswimmer adds 2 armor which is useful for taking the first hits, the blind does work nicely in combination with the high speed of the kraken to get misses.
But the best thing is that when the range monsters from the opponent hits and splashes then both monsters that were hit, return fire. This lowers the health of his ranged units, which can then be taken out with snipe, sneak or opportunity attacks.
Sounds like a good use of the card, Lir was designed as a counter to Yodin!
I Imagine lower MANA battles are a bit more challenging!
That indeed yes, although the armor and blind still help. But you couldn’t use the kraken, so you would have to use try to focus the sniping damage in another way.