Just wanting to get something going here. Please add your own insights! This is for all YJ fireteams. My first subject is using the Pheasant in IS and vYJ. Note: I never count on the Chain of Command so I don't see this as hurting my CoC guy. To me it's a "nice to have". The thing that makes him interesting to me, as far as fireteams go, is his Strategic Deployment skill. It can only be used if he is a part of a fire team. In vYJ he can duo and in IS it can be in several teams. In general Yu Jing: There are many great troops that can benefit from deploying +4”. The duo doesn’t even need to last. You can just gain the benefit of the deployment and then they can part ways. Here’s a few that I think are fantastic combos to take advantage of: Pheasant + Blue Wolf or Guijia. What other faction gets to have Forward Deployed TAGs? They can start, or close to start, the game in +3 range. If you take the hacker Pheasant, it can give some hacking defense. If you take the Madtrap one you can deploy a MT before the TAG moves up. Pheasant + Su Jian. Something fast is even faster! I don’t think there’s much I need to say on this. Pheasant + Hulang FTO. Particularly the FTO with Disco Ball. At least a little FD for the Hulang FTO and makes it a bit easier to get the DB into +3 range. Pheasant Doctor + Shang Ji/Mowang/Zuyong. I think you can see the advantage of having your own doctor close by to bring you back if needed. Also, letting you start in good range. Pheasant Hacker + Shang Ji Tinbot. While maybe not as good as a Dokkaebi, the hacker is not bad and again gives the extra deployment. Also the Dokkaebi can’t be with a Shang Ji. Pheasant + Shaolin. A nice “if you happen to have”. If you have one of each you can possibly do this just to give the Shaolin FD +4” deployment but the Shaolin does give some CC to your CoC Specialist since the Pheasant’s previously good CC was nerfed. In Imperial Service. Pheasant + Celestial Guard. I’ve already used him too good success in a Celestial team for the Frontline mission. Being able to have the whole team in scoring position from the start was really nice. I also had a Pango FTO along making it even more effective. Pheasant + Wu Ming. I’ve only used it once and it worked out pretty well. At first it was just a WM and Zhanying haris but I turned into a core so I could give them the Strategic Deployment. Pheasant in a Zhian team. It’s great he counts as Zhian but again he can give all of them the Forward Deployment. But I haven’t used it as much yet. One of the things I want to try is with a Bao Thunderbolt. With the FD it can start in +3 range and even in a duo it gets +1 SD. Great in these missions: Biotechvore Frontline Supplies Supremacy Battleground
