That's a surprise! He's now available for DBS in N3 army. Counter intel is a nice addition. I haven't played Druze in a hot minute, so i can't really assess his worth in DBS as well as some of the more regular player probably can. He seems a little pricey as a 1 wound CC monster for DBS, but Holo1 is actually as welcome as Counter Intel. He can double up on an obvious Lt profile and make any would be assassins pay for choosing the wrong one. 2 viral pistols is pretty nice too, and Monofilament CCW prepares him for N4 where we will likely see more heavily Armored targets.
As the profile was shown for the first time, I wished for a broader availability, maybe in Druze. Hopefully this isn't a mistake now, since Counterintelligence is a quite nice thing for Druze. I experienced problems with alpha strikes when I loose two orders for my Peacemaker. Now I am able to preserve one order more, what can make a huge difference. Of course, he is pricy and adds nothing more than CI, but hey. I threw together a list similar to what I field for the moment and he fits not that bad: Druze Bayram Security ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 8 1 HUNZAKUT (Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18) PEACEMAKER Spitfire + AUXBOT_3 / Electric Pulse. (1 | 27) AUXBOT_3 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) BRAWLER (Multispectral Visor L2) MULTI Sniper / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 28) DRUZE Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) DRUZE Lieutenant (X Visor) Combi Rifle, Chain-colt / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) BRAWLER Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Submachine Gun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 17) FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) TÁOWÙ (Counterintelligence) 2 Nanopulser, Flash Pulse / 2 Viral Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon. (0 | 26) GROUP 2 5 2 HUNZAKUT (Forward Observer, Deployable Repeater) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) FUGAZI DRONBOT Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) KAMEEL Hacker (EVO Hacking Device) Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 25) PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) SIERRA DRONBOT HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 25) WARCOR (360º Visor) Flash Pulse / Stun Pistol, Knife. (0 | 3) 5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army For TW it could be more difficult, since I have 4 points left and no reasonable upgrade available. What changes with him is that the one expensive piece (Armand or Saito) is replaced by him and some additional link-member. But after some thinking about it, I would not take him all the time. Probably my list-building for tournaments will change to one alpha-strike list for kill-missions including Tao Wu and one without, where I am not forced to push forward that much.
It's not a mistake, this blog post goes into some detail about him and his design. https://www.infinitythegame.com/blog/item/812-taowu-the-supreme-schemer
Yeah, that's a nice surprise. I'm not sure if I'd use him in most of my army lists, but he is definitely interesting and it's great that we have such a new option. Hiding obvious LT, using Counterintelligence, having nice CC with NBW and Monofilament... Intriguing :) And it's a good a reason to buy another awesome miniature ;) PozdRawiam / Greetings
At first sight of course! But I would doubt that in most real cases. How often do you play an unlinked Lt in DBS or a list with two possible Lt-options? For me that is a scarce situation, so that linkteam creation will project the real Lt in most cases. Of course, that is only valid if your opponent knows DBS, what is not that widespread. But I would not rely on this and would only take this option as a nice side-effect.
First of all, it is cool that the sector does not collect too much dust. Regarding the profile itself. Personally I think it's good, the two viral pistols are cool, but I'm too used to the cost of taagma and taowu seems expensive for me. If you put it you have to renunce to interesting things and in the end its use outside counterintelligence is residual. To make it really interesting from my point of view it should be linkable and / or specialist operative. In short, I believe that a counterintelligence troop should cost less than two basic troops with their regular orders.
So what are your thoughts on the official model? I'm thinking i would like to proxy it with something else to suit the DBS aesthetic a bit more but not sure what with or what colour schemes have others used on the official model to fit it in a bit better?
I am using Shinobu Kitsune, because honestly she's far more appealing to look at than an old dude with a fu manchu.
Decided to go with a Shikami(combi rifle version) as a stand in model, seems a bit more dynamic for my tastes
Since he's Holomask, you wont be using the actual model much anyway. You can use any other model in your faction. Unfortunately in Druze, there's not many things he can mask as and be convincing. Some thoughts are ABH, Brawler, covering the back field
Given the reputation of DBS, I kind of imagine some Fusiliers rounding a corner, unloading on someone they thought was Arslan, only to find it was an old man zip tied to a pipe with duct tape over his mouth.