Sifo-Dyas, from Warfare and Subterfuge





Apart from being a relatively standard Jedi, albeit with the useful Force Vision cannon attack force power, Seafood Diet does two different things:
- Affinity allows a character named Dooku into your squad. I'm not sure how useful this is, since there isn't that much faction support for any of the Dookus, and the most interesting option, Separatist Leader, can't get Reserves in a Republic squad.
- Placed Order allows you to bring in 30 points of Order 66 pieces after Sifo-Dyas passes away. This allows some squad customisation, as you can choose the pieces after seeing your opponent's squad. You could argue that with 30 points of Placed Order on a 48 point piece, that Sifo Dyas is a steal for effectively 18 points, but since you only have one of them on the board at any one time, he's costed fairly.

I imagine that the best squad for Sifo-Dyas is the core of the four Elite Republic Commandos from Shadows, where Sifo can cannon Sev, and can bring in extra Republic Commandos with Placed Order, although you'll probably be limited to choosing from the WOTC versions. I don't think there's quite enough power here for a competitive piece, but Sifo-Dyas is a fun piece who opens up some fun builds, 6/10.

I can't quite imagine it working in 200 points. Dooku, Sifo-Dyas, and R2 is already 157 points, and you want someone for Sifo-Dyas to cannon as well. It's probably cool in Epics though. R2 is awesome, but so is the Sniper Spotter for ranged defense. The cool thing with that build is that Dooku can give Sifo-Dyas a style.

Neo-Crusader Scout, from Warfare and Subterfuge





The Mandalorian Counter Intelligence Officer was a useful tech piece for the Mandos from the first v-set, providing a counter to tempo control with its Black Ops special ability. But it was mainly used in squads that really wanted to outactivate, rather than being a throw in to discourage tempo control. The Neo-Crusader Scout is 3 points more expensive, but brings a lot more to the table - it's less survivable with Stealth instead of Cloaked, but it brings more to the table - it has other useful tech stuff in Recon and Pathfinder, as well as double attack, while as a Neo-Crusader it can pick up on Neo-Crusader SAs and CEs, and with Te Ani'la Mand'alor's CE it's probably the best recipeint for Cassus Fett's Fire Support Mission. The Neo-Crusader sub-faction has taken a hit with the balance committee erratas, and I'm not sure if the Scout does quite enough to displace the Counter Intelligence Officer, especially outside of Neo-Crusader squads, but it still offers plenty for 15 points, 7/10.

Sorry for the delay - work has been crazy busy, and I've been on vacation.

As a note, I like to keep the numbers of WOTC pieces and v-set pieces covered roughly in proportion, so every time a new v-set is added to the squad builder, I have to cover a whole bunch of v-set pieces in a row to keep the balance. So that's what's happening at the moment :).

I also look forward to these and think they are awesome.

Nautolan Black Sun Vigo, from Destiny of the Force





From the first v-set, the Nautolan is a decent attacker in his own right - with Cunning, Mobile, and Twin he's solid, especially as he's open to Black Sun synergies. But his primary role is opening up Fringe Followers with Stealth up to Black Sun synergies with his CE - most notably Cad Bane can benefit from Xizor's CE, but other strong potential recipients include Nightsister Hunter, Kel Dor Bounty Hunter, and Barriss Offee, Rogue Jedi. At 23 points, the Nautolan's expensive enough that you really have to build around it to be worthwhile, and it's also fragile for its cost, but it certainly opens up some interesting builds, like this FlyingArrow one:

--One Big Bane Cannon--
55 Xizor, Head of Black Sun
54 Cad Bane
32 Talon Karrde, Information Broker
23 Nautolan Black Sun Vigo
18 Falleen Black Sun Bodyguard
9 Mouse Droid x3
9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3
(200pts. 11 activations)

7/10.

Oops, thank you - I got DotF mixed up with CotG - I can see how I did that.

Jan Ors, from Galactic Heroes





Designed as an augmentation for Kyle Katarns, Jan Ors works wonders for the Universe Kyle Katarn, giving him Double Attack, Distraction, and Opportunist, and pulling him right from the bottom of the Eternal Bin of Darkness and making him into a viable tournament piece in builds like this:

--Luke's Heroes--
48 Luke Skywalker, Galactic Hero
31 Kyle Katarn
29 Ganner Rhysode
27 Lobot
22 R2-D2 and C-3PO, Galactic Heroes
18 Jan Ors
10 Jagged Fel
9 General Dodonna
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2
(200pts. 10 activations)

As well as her boosts for Kyle, Jan is also a good piece in her own right with Double Attack, Opportunist, and access to Twin and Jolt with a Spec Force Technician, as well as useful tech with Distraction and Relay Orders, to the point where she's a pretty useful piece even without Kyle - I think a squad like this would work pretty well:

--Something Like This?--
32 Dass Jennir
21 Lando Calrissian, Infiltrator
19 Princess Leia, Rebel Commando
18 Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
18 Jan Ors
16 General Crix Madine
15 Ponda Baba, Galactic Criminal
15 SpecForce Technician
14 General Rieekan
9 General Dodonna
8 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Spirit
6 Mouse Droid x2
9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3
(200pts. 16 activations)

As a rules note, it's important to note that Kyle retains the Special Abilities from Camaraderie even after Jan is defeated.

Jan Ors is a very strong piece for 18 points - she works fine as a standalone piece, as well as boosting Kyle Katarns, 9/10.

Count Dooku, Separatist Leader, from Renegades and Rogues





Built to represent Dooku during the Geonosis Arena scene in Attack of the Clones, Dooku Separatist Leader is a fascinating piece. He does a lot of powerful things, but it's difficult to fit them all into a squad, and he comes with enough intrinsic constraints that he's very well balanced. He also has an interesting tension where Pawn of the Dark Side works well with non unique droids in Separatists, but his Commander Effect only works with non-droids, which makes him difficult to build around. Separatists are probably the most viable faction for a competitive reserve factions, since they have San Hill to stop an MTB messing with your reserve rolls, which makes this Dooku at least a possibility for a competitive squad.

He only has two force powers, but they're both very useful - anticipation obviously ties into his reserves, while Pawn of the Dark Side is also a powerful ability and the other Separatist Piece with it, Clone Strike Darth Sidious is a key piece for his faction. Dooku's lack of force renewal is a significant constraint for him, since ideally he'd probably want to use both in many rounds, and to my knowledge Sidious Supreme Chancellor is the only way he can gain Force Renewal.

His draw fire and commander effects are also useful - you can try to force people to target him, and then use his CE to either give damage to a cheap adjacent follower (so you can make Rodian Brutes or Ugnaught into bodyguards), or take the damage but allow an adjacent follower to have a reprisal attack without following targeting rules. Lando Dashing Scoundrel with Whorm is one interesting option for reprisal attacks.

He's never seen that much competitive play, but AceAce speaks very highly of this squad and I'd expect to see it at a Regional this year:


There's a lot of interesting stuff on this Dooku - it's very hard to utilise everything he offers in one 200 point squad, but there are plenty of interesting things you can do with him, 7/10.

Nice. Glad to see this thread still going.