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Jedi Crusader (2/40,
Uncommon—Jedi Academy; HP80, ATT 10, DEF 18,
DAM 20, DEP 23)
For 23 points
to deploy, the Old Republic picks up a pretty nice
mid-range Jedi fighter. First of all, her
Affinity allows you to bring in characters with
either Malak or Revan into your squad. With either
version of Malak in your squad, you bring in a solid
fighter with a decent commander effects. Bringing in
Revan brings access to Master Tactician for
the Old Republic , which is always a plus. Add in
that Revan’s commander effects are also pretty good
and you have a very good reason to bring him along
for the ride. With Double Attack (and the
standard Jedi Melee Attack) she’s decent
fighter and won’t have too much trouble battling
other mid-level Jedi with her +10 to hit.
Her Force
powers also compliment her nicely. Lightsaber
Block provides her with a degree of protection
from other Melee Attack figures. If a Jedi
wants to last long they need to have either Block
or Deflect. But she also has Force Push 2,
which gives her some ranged attack capabilities,
able to do 20 points of damage against a character
at a range of 6 squares.
While she’s a
pretty well balanced figure, she does have a couple
of flaws. The Old Republic is one of the few
factions without a dedicated Force battery. As such,
she’s only going to be able to use Force Push
once or she can use Lightsaber Block three
times. This is going to hamper her effectiveness to
a degree just because both of those powers are
very useful to her and she can’t use them as
much as possible. While her Affinity is nice,
the three pieces (two versions of Malak and one
version of Revan) are also quite expensive (52 and
49 for the two Malaks and 88 for Revan). Taking
advantage of those pieces will decrease your ability
to bring in other solid Old Republic pieces and it
could wind up being a trade off. It should also be
noted that if you’re like me and only have the
original Malak from Champions of the Force,
that version really won’t be that useful because his
commander effect only helps characters when they’re
combining fire. The Old Republic already can already
boost combined fire bonuses in the form of two
characters with Battle Meditation and they can also
do it for cheaper.
100 POINTS: While she’s a
solid piece, she just doesn’t quite have enough
power behind her to be very effective. With her
price, her Affinity can only let you bring in
a version of Malak at this level. Of the two, Malak
is definitely the weaker of the two Sith that can be
brought into your squad this way. SCORE: 2.5
200 POINTS: Here, she can
be a lot more effective just because you’ve got more
points to play with. You can bring in both Malak and
Revan for about 140 points (adding in her cost your
squad is sitting at 163 points). While this will
mean your squad is a little low on activations, its
sheer power might be enough to make up for that
fact. SCORE: 3
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