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Wat Tambor, Techno Union Foreman (15/40, Very Rare—Galaxy
at War; HP70, DEF 19, ATT 9, DAM 20, DEP 43)
For only eight points more than the original
Wat Tambor from
Revenge of
the Sith, this new version of him is incredibly
impressive. They share
Repair 20
and Droid
Mark, which are both very nice abilities, but
the new abilities
he has are quite nice.
Twin Attack
gives him a lot more offensive capabilities compared
to the original, not only does he do twice the
damage in a single attack with a +3 bonus on his
attack comparatively, but he also gets two attacks
against the same target. This makes him a really
nasty shooter, though he’ll still have trouble
dealing with your opponent’s bigger pieces. Unlike
the original Wat, you can also actually run this one
to attack since he’s not
nearly as fragile. He’s got 40 more hit points
than the original and a +4 bonus on his defense. Add
in Evade
and it’s going to be pretty hard to pin him down and
do a lot
of damage. Finally, he picks up
Immediate
Droid Reserves 20 which gives him a lot more
chances to get those 20 points of droids
plus they can be from any faction which lets him
bring in a
lot of nice new options. While he is slightly
harder to get, rarity wise, this version of Tambor
really stands head and shoulders above the original.
100 POINTS: Even though he’s a lot better than the
original Wat, it’s really hard to run a good
Droid
army at this level. I like this piece a lot, but
there’s just really no place for him with the
exception of running him with an X-1 which has its
own set of pros and cons. SCORE: 1.5
200 POINTS: Here, he can really shine. Pairing him
with something beefy that has
Damage
Reduction (like maybe the new B3 Ultra Battle
Droid) will give you a good candidate for
Droid Mark
that can still cause a
lot of
trouble for your opponent.
Immediate
Droid Reserves will let you bring in a lot of
nice non-Unique
pieces (say maybe a Krath War Droid) from other
factions to bolster your army. If push comes to
shove, his
Twin Attack can do a lot of damage and thanks to
Evade
you don’t have to spend as many resources to protect
him as the original needed. SCORE: 3.5
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RoqueSaber |
Wat Tambot, Techo Union Foreman
Cost: 43
HP: 70
Def: 19
Att: 9
Dmg: 20
Special Abilities:
Unique, Droid Mark, Evade, Immediate Droid Reserves
20, Repair 20, Twin Attack
Wat Tambor, TUF is quite an intersting counterpart
to his original on several levels. Let’s start by
comparing the two…
Wat TUF costs 8 points more than Wat from RotS. TUF,
however, also gains +40 HP, +4 defense, +3 attack,
and +10 damage. For a pencil pusher, this guy’s
pretty beefy. Both Wat’s have Droid Mark and Repair
20. TUF also gains Twin Attack and Evade, no idea
why he got them, whatever Rob. Here’s where they
differthe most: TUF has
Immediate
Droid Reserves
20 while Wat RotS has
Droid
Reinforcements 20. Each one has their ups and
downs, here’s the biggest
things about each one.
Immediate Droid Reserves 20
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Whenever you roll 5, 10, 15, or 20
for initiative, you get 20 points of
non-unique droids.
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These units brought in from reserves
count for victory points.
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Units can be
brought in from any
faction
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It can activated (theoretically) an
infinite number of times.
Droid Reinforcements 20
-
After seeing your opponent’s squad,
add 20 points of non-unique droids.
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These units do
not count for victory points.
-
It is activated only once.
The biggest problem with TUF is the second point for IDR 20: the units count for victory points. I mean,
pulling in 20 battle droids from reserves can be
really fun, but it just gives points to your
opponent. In total, that’s what makes Wat, TUF a
fun piece.
In my experience, Immediate Reserves actually works
more against you than anything. I wouldn’t recommend
TUF for any high-end tourneys, but if you’re just
playing a casual game, go ahead and try him out.
100: 1/5 For almost half your points? No way! You
can’t rely on reserves to pull you through in this
format.
150: 2.5/5 Much better here than in 100. You could
try bringing in floods of Battle Droids, or maybe
even a Probe Droid to help out with Reserves.
200: 3/5 (As usual) He works best here. Strategies
with him stay pretty much the same with 150, try to
fit in some Recon to your squad for extra chances to
hit the magic numbers.
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