Theoretically capable of killing Darth Bane in one turn (200 hp). With Momentum and Rolling Cleave in the Republic...

Momentum Sweep on Bane and two other enemies with 40 HP each (both adjacent to Bane). Hit both enemies first. 4 attacks on those guys. Bane fails 4 Splash saves: 40 damage. Cleave and Rolling Cleave attacks on Bane are both Twin attacks: 120 damage total. Then the regular attacks from Sweep for 60 more damage. 220 damage total. (And the Wookiee rolled 10 Splash saves of his own, too.)

Splash! Ha!

It's top end damage output fits a situation that doesn't really exist: high HP pieces clumped together. When do you really need a Twin Sweep? You need a sweep against swarms that can't help but bunch up, in which case you've paid for a Twin you don't need. Cleave/Sweep (or even Rolling Cleave, too) is awesome to pour damage on one big enemy, but that means the opponent has to give you that option by leaving a low HP figure next to the high HP figure. In most cases, he's fighting a swarm with way more damage than necessary (so you overpaid), or he's fighting a Rock where the Sweep and Cleave can't be used, and he maxes out at +13/30 twice (or +17/40 twice with Momentum). That's not bad, but with his Splash hitting himself and that 14 defense, there are probably better options instead.

was the ultimate chase piece in his day!

I got so tired of getting the big D, that I spend $60 on this piece. ( I must have been totally stoned)

Sandtrooper, from Champions of the Force





It's fair to say that the 2013-14 season of competitive SWM saw an Imperial trooper bonanza, especially in New Zealand where Admiral Daala won everything. But while Raxus Primes, Elite Scouts, and Snowtroopers were out of the box and kicking butt all over the place, the Sandtrooper didn't see much action. It's not hard to see why; as is noted on its profile page, it's:



And while the Snowtroopers have a couple of significant specific boosts, the only specific commander for the Sandtrooper is the Sandtrooper Officer, who hands out Deadeye and Squad Assault - obviously Deadeye isn't a good marriage with Daala's Charging Assault. So given that you're only likely to see trooper squads in conjunction with Daala, the Sandtrooper's just not a good fit with Daala, and is unlikely to see play, 3/10.

These were viable when the zygerrian was still able to drive things. You could go extra far and still get an extra 10 damage. 3 zygerrians and charging assault and Flim could send him 48 squares in one round. By the time you do all that work to get him there you would want as much damage as possible so that extra ten matters.

I'm not sure they should be too much higher (a 4 still seems good, 5 max,) like you said they are certainly the worst of the basic trooper and that 10 HP comes up enough that it is a downside. I like the way they look and I like Agent of Evil enough to see they synergize with him, but outside of that I'd rather bring along Scout Troopers or your basic Stormtrooper especially when you can get 3 for the price of 2 for the latter.

Oops, I meant to give him 5/10. Perfectly good casual piece, nowhere near competitive level. I've never run Voxyn stuff though, so if anyone has any insights that would be appreciated. Seems like you could make them really nasty, but with large bases and no movement breakers, they're going to struggle against any tournament level squad.

Given the verdict on the Snowtrooper Officer's Rapport, do you think he's still a power 11 piece?

I had Fett in my squad too.I was winning that karkin' game.
I was marking 40 dmg on Lord Hoth, when my opponent reminded me of the big D.
then I just screamed............no!........that's impossible!...............

Senate Commando, from Galaxy at War





If games were decided by raw firepower, Senate Commandos are hard to top. They have a commander who gives them twin (Captain Argyus), as well as easy access to stat boosts and Opportunist. In a squad with GOWK, Yularen, and Argyus, you can have them shooting at +21 for 40s four times against an adjacent enemy. Of course, especially for more experienced players, the game is much more nuanced than being just about pure damage output - while Senate Commandos are power houses for their cost, they need to stand still to get their 120 damage off, and unless they're playing against a slow moving rock type squad, that's not going to happen more than once in a game very often. The Republic, with their lack of tempo control, can often get away with a lot of power in this type of build without breaking anything. They're still a good piece - you can obviously tow one around with R2 Astromech, or swap one in with Panaka, for a 120 damage hit, but they're still far less nasty in Republic than they could be in say, the Imperials.

I'm mainly just justifying why the Senate Commandos have resolutely remained a Tier 1.5 or Tier 2 build since release despite their spectacular damage potential. They're still a really good piece; they're subject to all sorts of Commander Effects, and as well as the obvious twin from Argyus they can pick up Mobile and Rapport from Amidala, Momentum from General Skywalker, death shots from Mon Mothma, and plenty of other great CEs. I don't know that there's a top tier build with them - builds with GOWK and Argyus are probably too static to keep up with tournament builds, and while they have some interesting potential in swap builds, but there are better options out there. Senate Commandos are still plenty strong - base 30 damage, 50 hit points, and access to twin makes a strong piece, and if you enjoy playing Republic it's well worth picking some up. 8/10.