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Leia
Skywalker, Jedi Knight (30/40, Rare—Jedi Academy;
HP 90, DEF 18, ATT 9, DAM 20, DEP 25)
The New Republic keeps getting really good pieces
and this version of Leia is no different. You’ll be
running her primarily for her Commander Effect
which allows allies within 6 squares to reroll
failed saves once. If you run her with General Wedge
Antilles and a few Mouse Droids to Relay Orders
this is going to be a combination that will be
really annoying for any power-shooter squads with
everyone having Evade and being able to
reroll saves.
As a fighter, Leia isn’t that great, though her +9
bonus to attack is decent. She has Double Attack
but you won’t want to use it much since she
won’t be able to stand up to many nasty things that
might base her. You’ll want to pull her back out of
the way as much as possible.
Her Force powers are also pretty nice. Like many
other Jedi, she comes equipped with Force Renewal
1, which provides her a nice constant stream of
Force points. Force Absorb will allow her to
cancel the use of nasty Force powers, which is
pretty nice. Where she can be pretty nasty is
Force Sense which can strip characters of
Stealth within six squares of her. With as many
Commander Effects that key of it to do nasty
things, Force Sense is going to be pretty
nasty all around. Finally, with Lightsaber Throw
2, Leia can do two attacks against the same
target at a range of six squares. This is going to
be her best attack option, since she still gets her
two attacks (that she’d get from Double Attack)
without having to stay in the same spot.
This version of Leia is a great boon to the New
Republic, though she is a little weaker than Leia
Organa Solo. However, it should be noted that Leia
Skywalker is 15 points cheaper. She has a much
better Commander Effect that she doesn’t have
to burn through Force points to activate and her
Force powers are a little more applicable against
multiple types of squads.
100 POINTS:
As much as a like this piece, she doesn’t bring
enough damage to the table to be an effective piece.
You can try her with General Wedge and a
couple of other scrubs, but it’s really not going to
be that great a squad for the build because Evade
doesn’t come into play that much at this point level
and there aren’t many other save-based abilities
that get used at this level either. SCORE: 2
200 POINTS:
Here, Leia Skywalker is going to be great. Running
her with General Wedge to give everyone in your
squad Evade means she’s going to be worth
every one of her 25 points. As long as you have
enough Mouse Droids to Relay Orders across
the length of the board, her Commander Effect
will be very annoying for any shooters that your
squad might run into. She loses a lot of her
effective if you’re up against a Melee-heavy
squad, but she’s still worth the risk. If nothing
else, she might draw a little attention from other
pieces long enough to cause some greater damage
later. SCORE: 4 |
