Ratings:
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the
worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
100 pt: 3.00
150 pt: 3.50
200 pt: 3.50
StarWars
freak82
Barris Offee, Jedi Knight
Faction: Republic
Cost: 30
HP: 80
Defense: 19
Attack: +9
Damage: 20
SA’s
Unique
Melee Attack
Double Attack
Synergy (+4 attack and +4 defense while an allied
character named Luminara Unduli is within 6 squares)
FP’s
Force 2
Force Renewal 1
Force Heal 20
Lightsaber Deflect
Today we take a look Barris Offee, jedi
Knight (aka. Barris, JK) and she is a nice little
piece and a huge upgrade from her older (not that
that’s all to great of a feat). This version has 20
more HP, 1 more defense and attack, Double, Renewal,
and Deflect for 13 more points not to mention this
Barris’s synergy gives her a +4 defense along with
attack.
But the Luminara we have right now is the only one
that it’ll work with unless they repeat a title
which they’ve never done.
As far as if this Barris is good I think
she can be certainly nothing Tier 1 but a very nice
piece for casual play. She gets even better in that
she is only piece so far that has infinite heals
which means she can be a nice medic for Yobuck or
the other Republic pieces that have to go deep into
enemy lines.
100: 3/5 She’s good here if you put her with a good
power Jedi, R2 Astro and build up some force to heal
the power Jedi when they need it.
150/200: 3.5/5 More of the same from 100 just on a
bigger scale her purpose is pretty apparent which of
course be the team medic and she’s pretty good at
it.
Double Attack; Synergy(+4ATK/+4DEF with Luminar(I))
Force 2
FR1, Force Heal 20, Deflect
Today we look at perhaps my favorite Jedi on the
saga. Not sure why really, but i have always really
liked Barriss. When i saw her first attempt at a
mini, i was pretty disappointed. While she was solid
for her points, she was still pretty blah and easy
to lose. This Barriss is much better and one of the
types of Jedi i have been looking for. The republic
has gone a long time without solid 30-35pt unique
Jedi. Since the second set released, actually, there
have been two (Gui-Gon, JM and Quinlan,
Infiltrator). Jedi swarms have always been my
favorite, but I have hated JWM swarms as there is no
real imagination to them.
Barriss has a decent 80HP for her point cost. A
solid 19DEF, and an okay +9ATK. This one has double
attack where her other version did not. I think if
the first attempt at Barriss had double she would be
much better. Then she has her "killer" ability. Well
- almost. her synergy with Luminari Unduli is
fantastic! Not only does she get +4 ATK, but she is
the first to get a DEF bonus as well. If she is
within 6 of Luminari she becomes a whopping 23DEF
and +13 ATK. Add the new Obi into the mix and now
you are looking at a 30 point figure with a 27DEF(31
with cover!) and +17ATK! Holy crap! That is
fantastic right!? Um yeah...almost. Look at who she
has synergy with and then read your Unduli cards.
Its Luminar(A) not Luminar(I). For anyone who plays
by strict DCI rules, Barriss cannot have synergy as
there is no character named Luminari. Call this the
review week of messed up synergies. The other thing
i dont like about this is that we know there is a
brand new Luminara coming in a future map pack this
year, yet it appears that Barriss will not work with
her, only the CS version. The only hope to avoid
this is if the new Luminara has an ability that
makes her count as LU for purposes of abilities like
the galactic marines.
Her force powers are also very good. She has
renewal, which alone makes her stellar at 30pts.
Deflect is always big as she can protect herself
from shooters for most of the game thanks to the
renewal. Lastly she has Heal 20. This is what i
wanted on the first one with renewal. Barriss can
heal for the entirety of the game, which is a first
for the republic. This and her synergy set her apart
from the JWM just enough to maker her playable even
when comparing her against them.
100pts: She is not going to be a powerhouse here,
but i am not going to say she is worthless. Her heal
and solid attack with synergy can maker her
playable. A lot of how she performs at this point
level is going to depend in large part to how she
interacts with the new Luminara when she comes out.
150/200pts: She will perform equally well here. She
is effective in what she does and has just enough of
a difference from the JWMs to hold her own if you
choose to try her. Wed, SWF82 said the JWM should
always be run over characters like Ahsoka. He was
100% correct, but i have never liked running the JWM
because everyone else was and its the easy choice. I
like the unique figures even though they have their
drawbacks. Ahsoka and Barriss are great figures to
help bring back the jedi swarms, as is next weeks
figure! ;)
