Wow, what an elaborate report. You put a lot of thought into that.
May I suggest Scrapper and Fiend to switch places? Your weak link is opportunity. It was not apparent during the battle because Thaddius put them both at 1 health. If that's not the case, Scrapper has 2 and Hireling 1 health, making the Hireling any opportunists prime target. Your strategy relies on it to strengthen your tank and with Fiend as Opportunity bait while Scrapper for sneakers, the hireling has better chance of survival. That leaves only snipers to be your concern.
Your list of rulesets seems well thought yet I found myself playing Rathe in a lot of the ones you excluded (e.g. earthquake) with great success. Ultimately it comes down to what he brings to the table and what you expect your opponent to throw at you. Open your mind to the possibility he might be useful at any ruleset, depending the other circumstances.
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You're right indeed regarding the opportunity.
I had assumed that the chances of seeing such a unit would be pretty low given the Melee Mayhem ruleset, and so put the scrapper there in case of magic attack units instead. That would make a better backup tank in such a situation.
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