Good morning gamers,
Last time we looked at the updated Cassian Andor profile and today, we're looking at his buddy, K-2SO. Cassian and K-2 were purchased right after Jyn as the second and third Rebel units in my Legion collection and I love these guys. Let's see how K-2 has changed in the new edition.
K-2SO: The Profile
K-2SO's profile hasn't changed at all - he's still got 5 wounds/Courage 2 (which only matters for panic, thanks to the Droid Trooper keyword), Speed 2, non-surging red saves, and surge for crit on offense (which is REALLY useful). He has no ranged weapon by default, but has a 4-red die melee attack that unlike Chewie's melee attack doesn't have Lethal 1 (so no Pierce from this guy).
Most of his keywords are the same too - he still has Armor 1 (which is good for his resiliency) and Incognito (which is REALLY good for keeping him alive on Turns 1-2), he still has Detachment: Cassian Andor (so K-2SO doesn't count towards your two Operative slots and can deploy near Cassian) and Teamwork: Cassian Andor (so when one gets an aim/dodge token within range 2 of the other, the other gets one as well), which are both great as well. Finally, he retained the Calculate Odds special action, so someone (including himself) at range 2 can gain an aim token, a dodge token, and a suppression token - and if that person is himself or Cassian, then the other gets the aim/dodge tokens as well thanks to Teamwork.
The only "new" (but functionally no difference) keyword change for K-2 is that he gained Infiltrate - which really doesn't matter with Detachment, but it's nice to have if K-2 has to go down first. In most games, if Cassian goes down first and K-2 arrives to give him buffs (Calculate Odds + dodge action), then K-2 will probably be using Detachment to arrive nearby and the Infiltrate doesn't matter - and sometimes the Detachment deployment will be the same as an Infiltrate action anyway, so it doubly doesn't matter. But in the set of cases where you want K-2 coming down first, Infiltrate is nice to have.
Okay, let's take a look at the upgrades we can take (or more appropriately, not take) on this guy.
