I think it is smart to participate Brawls because we can earn both MERIT and staked SPS, I participate almost all Brawls and I both earn rewards and have a lot of fun, if you are not participating in Brawls, I would like to say that you are missing out on a lot and I strongly recommend you to participate.
By the way, I would like to say that the summoner I chose the most in the last Brawl was Immortalis, he is a really amazing Summoner, especially when we use him with gladiators, we can do great things.
Immortalis is a Earth Summoner who grants Void Ability and Shatter Ability to all friendly Units at the start of battle, and reduces the health of all enemy Units by 1. I mostly use Immortalis with Quora Towershead or Katrelba Gobson, he really does a great job with both.I will leave the links of my battles in the last Brawl below, I recommend you to watch them if you have time.
Battle Links:
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All Images Taken from Splinterlands.com
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