Bane
SIdious Hologram
Sith Marauder
Sith Lord

I'd suggest grabbing

Exar Kun
Naga Sadow
Darth Sidious, Hologram
Darth Sidious, Sith Master


Exar Kun because he can use Transfer Essence to easily get where he needs to go fast and he also really boosts up Savage characters (Be sure you have a way to keep them restrained 'til you need them though). He also has the highest attack and defense and 4th highest HP (not counting the AT-AT) in the game, which is also nice. His lack of defensive abilities hurts a bit, but he can transfer out if he has bad odds (just don't abuse Transfer Essence too much or use it without thought as it does kill your units!). One other bit of advice with him is to avoid keeping him in back just to collect FP and transfer in when needed, but instead advance him up with the rest of the squad. That way, you're not relying completely on the Force Power and if something goes horribly wrong, he's not stuck way in the back.

Naga Sadow is a good beatstick as his Virulent Poison helps him quickly tear through living opponents. His force powers are good as well, as he can defend against attacks with Illusion (A big plus, as defensive abilities are a rarity in the Sith faction), and activate a large chunk of the enemy with Sith Sorcery (And he can even do it twice with MotF). His biggest downside though is that once into the action, he'll burn through his force pretty quickly.

Darth Sidious, Hologram is a great support unit. He give Force Renewal, and more force points never hurt anybody. He's a bit fragile though.

Darth Sidious, Sith Master's strong points are his Commander Effect and Pawn of the Dark Side. Pawn of the Dark side is nice in the Sith Faction as it has quite a few of the stronger non-uniques in it and giving a Sith Lord or a Sith Heavy Assault Droid another turn is always fun. He's also a swapping commander which will help get your big units where they need to be faster. One big plus for Sidious is that he has an advantage over all other swappers: With other swappers, you have to move the swap fodder, swap, and then attack with the swapped unit; a process that takes 3 activations or 1 and a half phases. That allows your opponent to attack your big unit first or run away. With Sidious, you can pawn the fodder, use the free turn to get them into position, swap, then attack with your big beatstick. This only takes two activations and thus can be done in a single phase, allowing you to act before you opponent can react. The only downside is that your fodder has to have at least 20 HP remaining, but I'd say it's a good trade-off.

Agreed Holosid is well worth the points. It's especially fun with non-Force followers who get that re-roll or two extra squares your opponent might forget they had.

Darth Talon is fun to use. The Force Bubble can be very annoying although she is rather costly and it takes some work to use her most effectively.

Lumiya is a nice piece as well. The Melee Reach 3 combined with Stealth/Evade and Regen help her survive a bit longer than it first appears. Then move in for Self-destruct 40 when she is about to be defeated anyway. Or dare your opponent to take the attacks of opportunity as you run her around with onyl 10 HP :)

Darth Bane
Darth Sidous Hologram
Darth Talon
Darth Sidious, Sith Master
Darth Krayt
Darth Cadeus
Exar Kun
Naga Sadow


These are the ones that I feel are actually playable

Talon is evil. Once she has good reserves of force it takes ages to take her out.

Kun is a beast. His def keeps him safe from low end shooters, and some more expensive ones, and his CE is nifty on Rakghouls. That and swapping is a laugh. (Alhtough I have only used him in 200 points+ so at lower levels I wouldn't know)

Bane is a tank against jedi, but crap vs range. And with Leia rerolls all over the shop he can struggle to punch you in the face.

the only sith piece other then Ulic i ever use with my mandos!

I see you have a lot more faith in Krayt than I do. Krayt doesn't have enough bang for me (on the offensive side).

As for his CE, look at the Jedi Exile. She really helps out pieces like the TBSV (of course it helps that she is also 27 points cheaper). If Krayt's CE worked for allies, that would be a nice squad option for him and the Sith. Krayt needs cheaper followers with Greater Mobile attack to take advantage of his CE. Not sure if that will ever happen. The Echanis are fun with Krayt, but you can't fit that many into a squad with him. Plus their base attack is lower than the TBSV's base attack. If that's not enough, the TBSV has a built in attack/damage modifier via Opportunist.

Likes Plagius, Sith Lords, Holosid, Bane, Exar Kun.
Dislikes: Naga Sadow, Old Malak, Sith Enforcers, Darth Sion

That's not too bad. There was a game I played with Sith Ani, Thrawn, and a Storm Commando that I was killing him every turn. Having 300+ HP does little good if you are not killing your points worth.

But of course, my favorite instance was when my opponent Riposted me, then my next attack critted, killing him and unable to Eternal Hatred.

get Bane for sure, he kills basiclly all pieces in 1 turn and if you use sorcery forget about it. just watch out for rex and cad bane and other super shooter squads(which is every squad now). HoloSid is super usefull, especially with troopers. Exar is pretty boss, 23 def. and 19 att. with triple is insane sometimes. plus transfer essence and that savage CE are great. But if you dont want to spend the points snatch up Talon or Caedus. Sith=fun.