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Miniature Review #9: Jacen and Jaina Solo Options
harryg
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 11:12:09 AM
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Hey all! harryg here. I decided to review the old jacen and jaina as a pair. Here they are!
Jacen Solo New Republic Cost: 25
HP: 60
Defense: 18
Attack: 12
Damage: 20
SA:
Unique
Affinity (A character whose name contains Leia may be in your squad regardless of faction)
Melee Attack (Can attack only adjacent enemies)
Double Attack (On his turn, this character can make 1 extra attack instead of moving)
Force Ascetic (Cannot spend Force points to reroll or move faster)
Force Empathic 10 (Takes 10 damage whenever an ally with a Force rating is defeated)
Protective +20 (+20 Damage while a wounded ally whose name contains Leia is within 6 squares)
Synergy (+4 Attack while an allied character named Jaina Solo is within 6 squares)
Force Powers:
Force 4
Unleash the Force 60 (Force 4, replaces attacks, usable only after an ally with a Force rating is defeated: 60 damage to all other characters within 6 squares; save 11 to reduce damage to 30)
Alright, stats are on the high side for 25, although he is still fragile so you have to be careful with how you play him. Affinity for leia is ok, nothing to game changing but a few nice options. Leia, senator can be a good trigger for his force power, being cheap. Princess Leia is nice if you have other rebels through garm, his sisters affinity, etc. double gives him some nice damage output, and synergy with jaina helps even more, protective makes him a BEAST, but the enemy might just stay away from leia so he can't pull it off.
That's why you can use evazan to wound her. That way you don't have to worry about what your rival will do. Force ascetic just stinks, and so does force empathic, because he really doesn't need to take more damage.
He only is able to use his unleash the force once, which means you either need to place him for a grand finale explosion or use a ghost and let him unleash lots of times. A good trigger is leia, senator or a felucian. Good combos are ganner to set him up for UTF, general wedge for some defense, and leia senator to trigger protective with evazan and stay alive with diplomat, and a felucian or leia to trigger UTF. His sister so works well to synergize with him, and bring in Han smuggler if he brings in Princess Leia. I rate him a 9/10 because even though Anakin solo is the cheapest UTF character, jacen can bring in any leia and has better damage output.

Jaina Solo New Republic Cost: 25
HP: 70
Defense: 19
Attack: 10
Damage: 20
SA:
Unique
Affinity (A character whose name contains Han Solo may be in your squad regardless of faction)
Cunning Attack (+4 Attack and +10 Damage against an enemy who has not activated this round)
Melee Attack (Can attack only adjacent enemies)
Double Attack (On her turn, this character can make 1 extra attack instead of moving)
Synergy (+4 Attack while an allied character named Jacen Solo is within 6 squares)
Force Powers:
Force 3
Lightsaber Deflect (Force 1: When hit by a nonmelee attack, this character takes no damage with a save of 11)
Stats are good, defense Is a little above average so that's good. Affinity for Han is good, meaning you can bring in smuggler, and hantrooper for charging fire. Cunning synergy and double are all good, making her a 18 for 30 twice. Force 3 is a little low, but is appropriate for the cost. Luke ghost or yoda ghost are good to give her more force and mettle. Deflect is good as it protects her from shooters. Good combos are a force spirit for renewal general wedge for evade and mobile. Han galactic hero and never tell me the odds and maybe an MTB lets her get off an early cunning strike as well. I give her an 8/10.
Shockfett
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:06:33 PM
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Great review! I appreciate it I just got both of these and really wanted to see how to use them. So thank you. I like the thought of using evazan to activate protective.
harryg
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:00:41 PM
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Thanks, I playtest some of these combos before reviewing and my brother REALLY didn't want to hurt leia, so I brought in evazan, galactic criminal through computer liaison lobots reserves and then smacked yobuck for 80 damage. Next round finished him with UTF. Very satisfying.
TheHutts
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:15:08 PM
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I think they're both a little outdated - it's telling that Destiny of the Force (the first v-set) updated both of them.

The only advantages they have, really, is opening up some squad building options:
- Jacen is the cheapest way of bringing Vergere into the New Republic, and can bring Leia in.
- Jaina is the only way to get Han in.

Both are interesting for the 100 point Luke - you can use Han Rebel General to give Luke evade (really expensive combo) or Jacen for Vergere (Crab Armor for Luke) and Unleash the Force.

The problem with bringing in Leia is that two of the strongest Leias, Princess Leia and Leia Rebel Commando, both have CEs that work only for Rebels.

Beyond the squad building options, it's hard to justify them I think - if you want Unleash the Force, Anakin Solo is a better piece with Stealth and without the detriments, while Ben Skywalker is probably a better Cunning Attack piece in Jaina's point range.

Having said that, there are some new v-set pieces that could help them out - Anakin Solo GH for the Force Powers, and Luke Galactic Hero for GMA.

Prestige Worldwide
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:03:25 PM
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Can you purposely hurt your piece with Evazhen?
FlyingArrow
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:05:59 PM
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Prestige Worldwide wrote:
Can you purposely hurt your piece with Evazhen?


You can try but it isn't automatic.
Sithborg
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:06:40 PM
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You can use Evazen against your own pieces, though it is still up to the die roll.
TheHutts
Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:07:48 PM
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Momaw Nadon is better.... he's a good fodder clearer, especially if you're running Ganner as well.
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