Krayt is boss. He will be one of the only high cost pieces that is legitimately competitive. That's my opinion anyway.

The acid test for me is whether or not I look at a character and instantly want to play him. I instantly wanted to play Krayt.

(Does he 'count as Darth Krayt'?)

Well I was on the team. Don't give me full credit for a group effort. Boris took charge of his design. I don't recall anything besides armor for defense. He might of had Block at some point though.

I think this is a great piece. He captures the character well, though technically he shouldn't have armor. I can overlook that because it fits the character and gives him a defensive ability that is needed at his cost. On paper, he looks to be competitive. Time will tell. All in all, I think the team hit a home run.

I think he's a fun, well-crafted piece overall, but I'm not sure that I see why people are calling him competitive (more on that in a minute).

He represents and interesting (and thematically appropriate) shift in the Sith paradigm: many Sith pieces have high damage output but relatively low defenses, which helps the faction overall benefit from an aggressive strategy. There's a lot about Krayt that emphasizes patience instead.

I don't love the Affinity, although I understand it. Yes, added diversity is something the Sith can use. Yes, it makes sense from a story point of view. Still, I'm a bit of a faction purist. I love SOME Affinity, but this is a little more than I like to see (but not enough to make me not enjoy the character).

So, thumbs up on a fun, interesting, and innovative character.

But is he competitive? I don't know. He's a powerhouse, definitely, so in the right hands he's clearly pretty potent. To me, the real value of a piece on the field boils down to "Can he dish out more than his cost?" (Sure, synergy, support, etc, also plays a huge factor, so that's a vast oversimplification, but I still hold to the core idea...).

Krayt costs a lot. And his hit points are relatively low. Yes, high defense, but there are tons of ways around that, and for much cheaper than 114 points. Transfer Essence is a great trick--awesome, really--but every time you use it, your increasing the cost to defeat an opponent (and that's assuming you can position things correctly). I know a lot of folk are saying he's much better than GMLS (and I largely agree), but I also think he suffers from one of GMLS's biggest weaknesses: both characters can essentially destroy any single opponent at will... but (poor positioning aside) can really only tag one opponent per activation. It's great that Krayt can pump out 150 damage, but much of that damage is often going to be overage.

On one hand, what Krayt has over GMLS is that he can run and hide and recover; on the other, the potential disadvantage is that Krayt needs others to really fire on all cylinders.

Ultimately, though, it doesn't much matter what I think of how competitive he is. He's definitely a fun character, and I'm willing to bet a lot of players will try to see how he fares in competition... and most, if not all, of them will be better players than I am. :) I look forward to seeing how he fares.

Shouldn't it be: (20 Base + Advantages + Rage) x Triple = 120 ...mathmatically speaking?

I was one of the playtesters for him and OMG he is a fun piece. I can't wait to rock him at a regional next year.

I think this is an exceptional analysis of him, and I agree with all points.

I think he can be competitive and will be in some regional squads (maybe even give Sith a win). Force absorb could be an issue though since he needs to attack an unactivated piece to use advantageous, but a character with absorb (say Mace or Corran) can keep him in place and then beat on him.

Still, I like the shift towards making more higher cost pieces since they will most likely lead to new types of squad design and that's excellent and keeps the game fresh.

I had a problem play testing him some things, I forget exactly what changed but that heal 60, coupled with another bad guy in the set and his heal combined with krayts just made him impossible to kill, but I would like to use him. And I have the COOLEST mini for him that I made