So, is 5 Panzerfaust evil enough for Druze? 6 PURE Duos. But can change into a Core or haris and sill plenty of Duos. EXXXXPLOOOSION!!! ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 8 1 DRUZE (Hacker, Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Pitcher, D-Charges ( ) / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 25) DRUZE Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 21) DRUZE (Hacker, Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Pitcher, D-Charges ( ) / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 23) DRUZE Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 21) DRUZE Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, Grenade Launcher, E/M Grenade Launcher / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (1 | 24) DRUZE Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 21) DRUZE (Paramedic) Combi Rifle, Chain-colt ( | MediKit) / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 22) DRUZE Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 21) MONSTRUCKER Submachine Gun, Chain Rifle, Drop Bears, Armed Turret (AP Rifle) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 15) GROUP 2 6 1 1 DRUZE (Lieutenant) Combi Rifle, Chain-colt / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 20) DRUZE Combi Rifle, Chain-colt, Panzerfaust / Viral Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 21) KAMEEL (Deactivator, Repeater) ( ) / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 8) KAMEEL (Deactivator, Repeater) ( ) / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 8) BULLETEER Spitfire / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1 | 22) BULLETEER Spitfire / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1 | 22) YUAN YUAN Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Heavy Pistol, AP CC Weapon(PS=6). (0 | 6) 3.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
Here's a post for indexing preliminary reaction articles and video, to the N5 version of the generalist and its sectorial armies. Articles : - Videos : - Druze Bayram Security N5 Initial Reaction - Best Guided in N5??? - Infinity the Game N5 Tier list global with a chapter on this faction - Épisode 130 - the MEGASODE of the N5 release https://lossoflieutenant.podbean.com/e/episode-130-n5-release-megasode/ - Infinity N5 All Factions Tier List - Deranged, Two Days Since Release, Hot Take Edition - Episode 132 - N5 Faction Tierlist
I'm taking Druze to my first N5 tournament tomorrow! I'm prtty new to them but have been eyeing them up for about 3 years, so I'm long on listbuilding experience and short on table experience. Here's the big takaways for me, regarding how Druze have fared in the transition to N5: 1) Taowu is now obligatory; he used to be a love/hate unit, but these days he's a proper threat, as well as the strategy he brings. B3+1 Contender on 13s is a serious gun these days, he makes LT hunting a mor dangerous and fruitless proposition, and he brings a holomasked speciliast to a linkteam which can be quite tricksy in itself. 2) Scarface got his little helperbot, but has so many options to duo with now that I doubt it'll come out to play very often. Top pick for me would be Demna to give him a spycho on an 8" leash. 3) Druze are cheaper, and picked up devastating pitcher skills now, and a +1b clipper, making Bayram a natural fit for hacking and gml. 4) BUT Brawlers got a lot of love, picking up 6th sense, xvisor on the HRL and AP mines on the sniper. To my mind, this duality offers a nice rang of play; Druze gives you a great active turn hacking gml game, but are brittle in reactive vs top-tier hackers, while Brawlers give you bargain ARO links and filler for characters, and pair well with a list that swerves hacking altogether. Having said that, Brawler hacker is one of the rare cases where 6th sense hacking is easily achievable, which could be cluth in th N5 meta. 5) Hunzakuts are insanely cheap now. The irregular pressure is still there in list building, but I find it inconceivable not taking at least one. Deprep for 19pts is a legend. 6) Liberto is a nice pick up, but I think he'll often forego his minelayer for lack of SWC. Druze live or die by SWC. 7) Amadeus is now one of the best pointmen in Infinity. B4 cont.dam. multirifle makes him a realy threat, and he berserks like a loon, while immune (arm) and great dodging makes him hard to kill. 8) Saito is a scary dude. B2 in cc, and a T2 shotgun, together with the drop in template proliferation, have turned him from an indulgence pick into a really strong unit. 9) AV2 Kunai ninjas is great, as it gives Druze strong shooting from high places (C+) for zero swc. Really nice option to have. Anyway, those are my (not exhaustive) thoughts, hope they are of use to fellow Bayramites.
A couple of posts I saw on the Druze analysis reac video that I found interesting: Discussion on taowu about Druze reactive video: Scarface and Anaconda discussion:
Thanks! It went... okay :D I faced Bakunin twice and Haqq once. I won my first game of Supremacy, trading Scarface for a Lizard in round 1, and pressured well with my many many aggressive pieces. Round 2 vs Haqq was Mindwipe... I always think it's a faux pas to complain about dice but my lord, it was a stinker. I shot 7 times with Scarface in turn 1 and didn't hit anything; not I didn't win a face-to-face, I didn't hit anything. Saito somehow pulled the game back to a draw and I managed to hold off my opponent as they threw everything at my servers to end 4-4. Last round Countermeasures I got caved by a good Bakunin player, primarily by misplaying a Hunzakut. He put it to unconscious in his half and it was the gift that kept giving, allowing him to score 4 of his 6 cards. Taowu was as amazing as I thought he'd be, but Saito was the star of the show, and was sorely missed when I switched him out in Countermeasures due to the mission's exclusion zone. MA4 is a keystone skill now, and ps4 EXP just makes him ludicrously dangerous. Great day, and N5 Druze are a bunch of fun.
Would you mind posting your lists and your thoughts process on why you took what you did and what you would change?
