Support Commanders Comprehensive Guide | Star Wars: Legion Winter Moon Podcast Ep 27

Support our work by becoming a paid subscriber, or leave a one time donation at http://www.ko-fi.com/wintermoonwargaming Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:38 What makes a support commander? 7:05 When do you know you want a support commander? 7:55 A major inherent drawback with support commanders 12:57 Managing or overcoming the drawbacks 14:15 Sidebar for newer players: Urgency and Order of Operations 15:53 The hidden cost of taking a support commander 17:23 Cumulative benefits of enemy attrition 21:31 Methods of making supports all upside 24:37 Baked in army synergies with token generation 27:21 Strike Team Leader upgrade for Padme 29:00 Non-token abilities on supports (Compel, Guidance) 30:47 Modifying threat range is very strong 32:32 Guidance standby on null courage units 35:03 Could we invest our points somewhere else? 40:16 Support commander effects are more than the sum of their parts 42:23 analogies to deckbuilding and fighting games 45:05 unique effects and synergies are a big reason to take supports 47:30 Guidance and Pull the Strings are the strongest non-token support abilities 49:17 Courage bubbles, courage 3 and Inspire 53:03 Generating tokens gets weaker over time 55:45 Support commanders doubling up as cheap contesting/padding 58:21 Protecting action quality with support commanders 59:58 Relative value of actions increases with attrition 1:01:02 Projecting power with Pulling the Strings 1:02:53 Finding unique targets for support effects 1:04:38 Pinch hitting with support commanders in the late game 1:08:03 Final thoughts, Jon, Brian, Zane at Adepticon, Dev interview