Hey all! Harryg here reviewing kreia
Kreia Fringe Cost: 43

Hit Points: 100
Defense: 20
Attack: 11
Damage: 20

SA:
Unique
Melee Attack (Can attack only adjacent enemies)
Triple Attack (On her turn, this character can make 2 extra attacks instead of moving)
Betrayal (On an attack roll of natural 1 against this character, the attacker joins this character's squad until the end of the skirmish)
Flurry Attack (Whenever this character scores a critical hit, she can make 1 immediate extra attack)
It's a Trap! (Enemies with Stealth within 6 squares lose Stealth)
Force Powers:
Force 4
Drain Life 3 (Force 3, usable only on this character's turn: range 6; 20 damage to target living enemy and to each living enemy adjacent to target, save 11. Remove damage from this character equal to the damage dealt.)
Force Cloak (Force 2, replaces turn: For the rest of the skirmish, this character gains Cloaked)
Alright stats are all ok, attack on the low side but it can be boosted. Triple is good, and so is flurry to add to her offense. It's a trap lets her support her team very well, and betrayal while only having a 5% chance of happening, could scare your opponent into backing off. Force 4 stinks, meaning she need a force battery to be worth her points. Force cloak gives her some defense, and drain life can be very nice when she is low on hp. Best combinations would be rieekan/tbsv for evade/GMA, republic for gowk/gen Skywalker , imperial for opportunist/swap/palps on throne, seps for twin, and even fringe for talon info broker. In conclusion, kreia is a decent beat stick available to every faction. She can become very powerful for her cost, but is only really worth it with a force battery. 8/10

How does this work?

opportunist/swap/palps

What is the strategy of using swap?

To expand upon this, most competitive swap squads are based on the Imperial and Republic factions, who until recently, were the only factions with access to Booming Voice (via Mas Ameda). This allowed for a board wide swap. Tactics include those listed above. Thrawn was particularly good for this, as you could use a high activation squad to move last, get a fast piece (3 point rodian brute can move 12 squares ignoring difficult terrain) and then swapping in a beat stick (typically some rendition of Vader), do increased damage with him thank's to Thrawn's CE which gives him opportunist, win initiative via Thrawn's Master Tactician, and then swap vader out with another cheap piece before you opponents can attack him back.

Rebels and Sith have had access to swap pieces for a very long time now, but without access to booming voice, it's a little tricky to pull off well, even with the help of mice droids or other pieces with Relay Orders.

Sith now have access to Booming voice, as well as other "Swap" abilities, for example, the V-Set Revan and Krayt. I do not know if squads containing those 2 character's are considered swap squads by the community, but I would consider them so, since the basic mechanic and strategy remains the same.

To keep it relevant to this thread, a piece like Kreia is ideal for a swap squad. She has great offensive abilities, but very little in the way to protect her once she becomes adjacent to an enemy. Swapping her in and out lets her attack, while not being retaliated against in return.