And the final character is here! I hope you've enjoyed these guides. Feel free to add any suggestions, comments, or criticisms! I'll try and update these guides as I receive new information (and when the next two sets come out!).
Wraith
The Wraith is a precision damage character. Use her for key strikes on enemies.
Builds: Controller, DPS, Tank
Best Power Cards: Slip Into Shadows, Targeting Computer, Throwing Knives
Worst Power Card: Adhesive Foam Pellets or Infrared Eyepiece
Strengths: Free Aim, the ability to negate attacks, long range, attacks with no auto-misses.
Weaknesses: No strong attacks.
Works well against: Most Everyone
Weak against: Bunker, Tachyon, Legacy, Citizen Dawn
Controller Build:
Stun Bolt
Targeting Computer or Adhesive Foam Pellets
DPS Build:
Throwing Knives
Targeting Computer
Tank Build:
Slip Into Shadows
Combat Stance or anything else
Commentary:
Wraith’s attacks don’t have a lot of dice. But with 3 actions and the ability to get a free Aim token, her attacks will hit and hit hard. Use her to get to hard-to-reach enemies or to focus down tanks. How long can Legacy defend against two aimed attacks a round, even with Danger Sense up?
Tips:
Slip Into Shadows and Combat Stance work great as a combo as long as the location you move to from Slip Into Shadows still has sight on the target you are retaliating against. However, having both of those cards equipped means the enemy will probably not want to attack you. And that makes at least one of them redundant. It is a great start of game build, but probably shouldn’t be used any time after you start your first turn.
If you have Stun Bolt equipped, use it just before an Aimed attack to lower your target’s defenses. Don’t Aim the Stun Bolt. It auto-misses on 5 and 6. It just needs to make range to apply the Defense and Attack -1 tokens. It can also be used to reduce enemy token build-up.
If you have Throwing Knives and Targeting Computer equipped, you can use an Aim on both of the attacks the Throwing Knives make. Since they have no auto-misses, that’s 3 damage the target will have to defend against.
Use Combat Stance to dissuade enemies like Tachyon from attacking the Wraith. Each health Tachyon loses is one less health she can use for Pushing the Limits or Lightspeed Barrage.
Remember that using Slip Into Shadows will mean the enemy will target your allies. This can work well with Adhesive Foam Pellets to keep them away from vulnerable friends while staying safe yourself.
Slip Into Shadows can be used with hazard spaces for an extra sprint. Remember that it can only be used against the first attack on the Wraith each round, so don’t expect to avoid all the hazard spaces with it.
Targeting Computer gives the Wraith a free Aim every round. That frees up an action for anything else she wants. Remember that Dodging for her gives her Defense + 1 tokens, too! Targeting Computer also gives the Wraith reach +6, allowing her to snipe people from atop buildings or from across the map.
If you are dealing with a foe that has a Dodge token, it may be a good idea to equip Infrared Eyepiece. It only takes one 6 to dodge a 3-die attack most of the time. It only takes one re-roll to negate that 6.
Countering Tips:
If the Wraith has Slip Into Shadows equipped, either target her allies instead, or make sure you have multiple attacks you can use against her. Hit her once to trigger Slip Into Shadows, then hit her the next few times while she’s vulnerable.
If the Wraith has Combat Stance equipped and you’re playing Tachyon, use an Aimed Lightspeed Barrage to take her down quick. If she gets incapped, she can’t retaliate. Or, take an action to Dodge first and use that Dodge to avoid her retaliation. She can only retaliate against the first attack each turn.
If the Wraith has neither defensive power equipped, focus her down.
The Wraith can’t attack targets in cover without getting close to them. So use cover, and, if you can, make the hexes around you hazardous terrain.
The Wraith can’t build up Attack +1 tokens and her attacks are 3 or 4 dice at max. Use Attack -1 tokens to soften her assaults.