Wait, what?! I thought that was just for the PH roll! I've been thinking that all along So if you have martial arts it's -9 to the opponent when using the PARA? The Pheasant is actually good for something?!
Yup. Para CCW always cause a PH-6 roll; the (-3) or (-6) applies to the opponent. So uh, next time you try to fight a Bronze in CC, you might want to think again.
It's the reason why MAdil is perhaps the game's 5th most dangerous CC unit. Let's not jump to undue conclusions. (Bao and Pheasants had their gear mixed up. Bao as doorkickers with Para CCW and improved CC would make a lot of sense while Pheasants could use Bao's MSV and increased BTS more than they have use of martial arts - plus the sniper Pheasant was an ace miniature)
The C1 Adil has CC attack -3 on top of that. Sadly they nerfed his n4 version and gave him dodge +3 instead :(
Yeah, his N3 profile was like second best after Igao, although Igao, Shinobu, and even Achilles were all arguably easier to get into CC. Still, +3 Dodge isn't terrible in this meta. I think MAdil is one of the best profiles ISS has.
I don't know why they keep giving units with bad CC stats mods with CC weapons. Like the Cyberghost and his bonking stick.
Yeah, I'm not the kind of person who's really anal about WYSIWYG for the models' main loadouts. I like varying my lists too much to get hung up on whether a single figure I may be playing is holding the right gun for the profile that I'm playing and will just use a token or something to note it... BUT I definitely feel like the appearance of toughness and/or whether a figure is melee-centric or not should be obvious in the sculpt. This one's a double whammy because not only is the Ye Mao not good in CC, but they don't have anything but a basic CC weapon either - so having the same sword design as a Daofei is a bit confusing. Should be a knife or something.
Their way of making up for not having anyone actually good at close combat? It's easy to cut off but no idea if can replace it with something. Maybe a pistol. I'm also not a fan of fur/wool on a scifi model. It looks out of place on them. I wonder if I can file some down.
I like the Cyberghost's night stick, it adds character - looks like he's hitting someone who neither is fighting back nor deserves it, no competency implied nor necessary.
Adding a Zhanying hacker (with innate SS) is getting more and more attractive since I got burnt with stealth HIs nowadays :o
