Getting around the Lieutenant Problem

I second this opinion. I think the Lt. options are enough and cover several playstyles. And having the AutoMedkit option and/or the Doctor Plus to bring the Lt. up feels really nice on paper.

 

Just for the sake of seeing it. Ikari really sucks for Lt. Dahshat has nothing to worry about except that maybe the Zuyong is too good!

One of the things that's helped me a little is a Bash Bozouk set up normally with Holo 1 as a single Keisotsu or Brawler. The same can be done in Druze and Dahshat.

Ikari Company 2
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BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
KEISOTSU Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 9)

Starco. Free Company of the Star 5
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BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
ALGUACIL Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10)
HELLCAT Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 22)
MOBILE BRIGADA Lieutenant MULTI Rifle + Light Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 39)
MOBILE BRIGADA Lieutenant Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 33)

Druze Bayram Security 3
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BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
DRUZE Lieutenant (X Visor) Combi Rifle, Chain-colt / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23)
ARSLAN Lieutenant MULTI Rifle, Light Shotgun / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 36)

Foreign Company
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BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
HANNIBAL Lieutenant (Strategic Deployment, Strategos L1) MULTI Marksman Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 41)
SECURITATE Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13)
BOLT Lieutenant Combi Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 20)
KRIZA BORAC Lieutenant (360º Visor) Mk12, Submachine Gun / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 64)
KRIZA BORAC Lieutenant HMG / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (2 | 54)
KRIZA BORAC Lieutenant MULTI Rifle / Heavy Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 50)
ORC Lieutenant MULTI Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 40)
ORC Lieutenant HMG / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 44)
CROC MAN Lieutenant Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 30)

Dahshat Company
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BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
GHULAM Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 12)
GHULAM Lieutenant HMG / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 20)
GHULAM Lieutenant Missile Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 17)
ZÚYǑNG Lieutenant Combi Rifle / 2 Breaker Pistols, Knife. (0 | 27)
ZÚYǑNG Lieutenant (AutomediKit) HMG / 2 Breaker Pistols, Knife. (1 | 39)

Spiral Corps
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GROUP 1 11
BRAWLER Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
KRIIGEL Lieutenant Submachine Gun, Phero-Booster / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24)
KRIIGEL Lieutenant Breaker Combi Rifle + Smoke Light Grenade Launcher / Viral Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 27)
RASAIL Lieutenant Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines + 1 Chaksa Peripheral / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 34)
CHAKSA PERIPHERAL Heavy Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife. (- | 4)
RASAIL Lieutenant Viral Combi Rifle + 1 Chaksa Peripheral / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 39)
CHAKSA PERIPHERAL Heavy Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife. (- | 4)
RASAIL Lieutenant Spitfire + 1 Chaksa Peripheral / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 39)
CHAKSA PERIPHERAL Heavy Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife. (- | 4)
TAAGMA Lieutenant Breaker Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16)
TAAGMA Lieutenant (White Hacking Device) Breaker Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 20)
TAAGMA Lieutenant (Multispectral Visor L2) Viral Sniper / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 25)
NEEMA Lieutenant (Advanced Command) Breaker Combi Rifle, Panzerfaust, Nanopulser / Viral Pistol, Shock CCW. (+1 | 46)
NEEMA Lieutenant (Advanced Command) Spitfire, Nanopulser / Viral Pistol, Shock CCW. (1.5 | 48)

 

Dahshat has the excellent option of the Ghulams (best line troopers in the game) and also a few other cool choices, and has holoprojector. Should work fine.

 

Use Ghulam ML or HMG as the LT.

 

Dahshat has excellent choice for lieutenant. Looking into playing them after playing Ikari, my mind is exploding with potential.

 

A hell of a lot better choices than Ikari! So far I’ve liked the Zuyong HMG Lt. He’s been killed once but it took some doing for my opponent. Well, pretty easy for Tarik and a few crits but anyway… Otherwise I use the Brawler Lt. mainly because I like a little hardier Lt.