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Multi-Character Units: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Updated: Jun 25 So far in Shatterpoint, most support units we’ve seen have two characters. No primaries or secondaries have two characters yet, but I assume it’s only a matter of time. Multi-character units can be a blessing and a curse, but mainly a blessing. Two is better than one, right?

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Shifting Priorities Early Tips

Updated: Jun 9 For the time being, there is only one objective to choose from in Shatterpoint. Luckily, I think it’s a pretty good one. There are 27 possible permutations for 3 struggle cards, and even more when you consider the player agency to choose 1 of 2 options in the

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Deep Dive: Knowledge & Defense

Thus far in Shatterpoint, hunker tokens have been a big part of clone identity. Most clones have easy access to hunkers with the Defensive Maneuver ability and many gain Steadfast when hunkered thanks to Brothers in Arms. Rex’s Bring It On, Clankers gives an aura where clones heal when they

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Lucas (Teknofobia) Ustick

Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith – Unit Guide

This unit guide will cover Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith in the game, Star Wars Legion. Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith comes in the original core set for Legion and was one of two commanders available at the release of Star Wars Legion. Since then, he

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Austin Miller

Lone Star Open 2023 Top 8 (With a Side of Memaw’s Gravy)

July 21st-23rd brought us the FIRST U.S. World’s Open Qualifier, and the Lonestar state itself was a more than hospitable host! I want to preface this article with the following statement: LSO 2023 was the MOST FUN tournament I have ever been to, and the camaraderie I witnessed was truly

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Timbo

Tempest Force

This article will discuss the newest Battle Force for Empire in Star Wars: Legion, Tempest Force. Tempest Force is modeled after the Empire’s forces at the Battle of Endor. This battleforce brings a few key advantages. The first, as with many battleforces, is command cards. Additionally, Tempest also gets a

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ajst

Alpha Games Store Championship

With the store championship season well underway and with the first store championship I attended starting and ended with me crashing and burning in the first round, I needed to really up my game if I wanted to be in with a chance of gaining my invite for 2024. And

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Evan Paul

Should We Replace Doc Velo with ChatGPT?

In a nod to American folklore and man’s industrious spirit, I (Jay) have decided to pit man vs machine in a race to a promotion. In the red corner our very own John Henry like character – Evan Paul and in the blue corner the unstoppable steel driving machine –

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Kyle Dornbos

Rebels 2023 Tier List

In this article I will rank all the Rebel units in Star Wars: Legion. The recent points update brought quite a few cuts to a slew of Rebel units, shuffling around the internal balance of the factions and (hopefully) allowing the recently struggling Rebel Alliance to compete with their red

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