Considering 10 is as high Defense usually goes, 9 isn't exactly poor.

Compare his durability to similar point characters; except for the Empire characters, he is probably tougher then most.

For the Grand Tournament my list was:

Yuri 55
Daniella 45
Claire 45 +5 Tempus Fugit
Kronen 40 +5 Destiny
Evangaline 50 +10 Prescence
Kirsten 40 +5 Armor Piercing Weapon

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The lists I played against

Round 1 (Against my buddy): Saint Council (Evangaline + Astagea)
Lin Pao, Jiang Pao, Celia, Kronen, Sophia.

His mobility really had me worried, but he ended up spreading himself too far out by accident, and I got a few good rolls in with Queen's round, killing Celia, and later Astagea, and Sophia.

Round 2 Jerome, Justina + Damien (Team Card), Black Lion, Cordelia, Harod. Can't remember everything he had, but he used tactics on me; which really made me shift my own strategy around. The Black Lion almost doomed Kirsten, but she made her roll; a combined team effort killed him off after his activation; so he died before being able to take anyone out. Claire got her charge off Jerome; killing him instantly.
Harod got taken out by a combined effort of Kirsten and Daniella. Kronen used destiny to dodge Damien's charge and Scarlet Heartbeat-ed him.

Round 3 (Finals): Yuri, Faust, Takanosuke, Celia, Jiang Pao, Alis Testarrosa.

I lucked out and managed to kill Celia with Yuri's Queen's round, and later landed two attacks basic attacks in a row on Takanosuke; which did enough damage to kill him. Time was called before his Yuri + Alis could reach my back lines and cause some havoc.

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I attribute a large amount of my victory on forcing my opponents to come to me, and obscene luck which I attribute to my purchase of a Haruhi Figure for good luck 30 minutes before the tournament began. 

Thanks, forgot to write it down and couldn't remember what it was. 

He would live unless you rolled high; he is pretty sturdy for a Prowler.

Not to mention he actually makes a great tie down unit with that bonus to defense. 

But what if that character was taking 3-4 hits from that 4-2 attack. 

Not to mention fun equipment cards like Nullem Lusec (+2 to attacks for an entire round) make that much more intimidating.

Ah, but that is the beauty of it; Assasins kill support, and burning through their AP is the best way to kill those low LP characters.

I am suprised people are underestimating her abilities so; I thought she was a great unit.

Her stealth attack is pretty good considering it isn't even her primary role, and her none stealth attack is much better then say....Duncan's.

Not to mention she is only 40 points.

Spoilers ahoy on the Dark Forum for Kyler and Maximo Ligori.

I had a blast at the Tournament guys; saw some great figures there enjoyed playing everyone.

Saw this guys card, but not his mini at Anima Booth.

Maximo Ligori - Warrior
Azur Alliance
Lvl: 45

Attack: 5
Damage: 8
Defense: 8
Armor: 1
LP: 20
Resistance: 9
Movement: 6/10
AP: 2/4

Critical Mastery

Addicted to Pain: Every time Maximo Ligori suffers damage in hand to hand he recovers an Action Point.

000 Raxxor Slayer (Ki, Attack)
If Raxxor Slayer criticals, it deals double damage.

000 Executor Gale (Ki, Attack)
Ligori attacks all enemy units in base to base contact with him.

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Last Stand
Category All
Type Power
Cost +10 levels

When the owner has less then half his total life points, they gain +1 Attack and +1 Damage.

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Hard hitting and loves getting hit; this guy is definetly a huge boost to the tanking power of the Azur Alliance.

Heard he is going to be the same base size as the Black Lion and Konosuke (Who's sculptor is also working on Ligori I hear)

Just got home from Gencon; and I picked up Kyler; here are his stats.

Kyler - Prowler
Azur Alliance
lvl: 40

Att: 5
Dmg: 4
Def: 8
Armor: 1
LP: 13
Resistance: 10
Movement: 8/12

AP: 3/4

Death Dancer: Kyler gains +1 Defense for each enemy unit he is engaged with.

Stealth: 00 (Subterfuge, Effect)
Kyler becomes Hidden.  Upkeep: 0

Oblidiom 00 (Subterfuge, Attack)
+4 Attack/ +3 Damage. This skill can be used only if Kyler is Hidden.

Dancing Mad 0 (Ki, Attack)
-1 Attack/ -2 Damage.


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Advantage Card:

Nue
Type: Power
Catagory: Prowler
Lvl: +5

While the owner of this card is Hidden, any enemy character attempting to locate the owner adds 1 to the Difficulty of their Seek ability. This card remains in play.

Actions: Automatic.


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I think he is pretty awesome; he throw a solid stealth hit in, but also throw out quite a few weaker attacks to drain an opponents AP.

I would be quite happy if the tournament made the advatange cards unique; as it would eliminate the unfairness (regardless of how small) completely, and would also void the need of "copy" cards.

That said; I'll still play in the tournament happily enough; I just wanted some clarification.

Even if that were the case; it still penalizes people who have misplaced their character cards. A small card isn't exactly easy to keep track off.

It is an unusual decision considering the avaliability of card info online, and seems to give more power to those with more money. (As they can buy multiple of the same character if they so desire and thus have multiple copies of the same equipment)

Hmm, that really does nerf several army lists some of my friends had planned; as it just isn't justifiable to buy the same minature 3-4 times just to get the copies of a card in order to use them in the tournament.

I do hope you guys change your mind about this; because it really will effect a majority of people's army lists in a negative way.

Another question; will proxy cards (as in cards printed online) be ok?

Certain equipment cards are difficult to get multiples of, and a friend of mine has misplaced several of his character cards; so I was wondering if it would be acceptable to simply print these from avaliable sites and use them during the tournements.

I'd also like to know more about the team matches.

Another thing I am curious about is what rules will we be playing with?

The starter rules? (Light/Dark/Neutral only?)

Or the rules we are currently aware off. (New charge, Gnosis, etc.)

Also; can someone link me a compilation of the current rules we know? A friend of mine is interested in playing but wants to have all the current rules on hand. 

Edit: On a side note; I hope that Vayl comes out in time for me to get him b4 Gencon; I want him in my Empire team