Defend for the Table.

Echo

Defend for the Table

Am I hearing an Echo. Yes, I am.

Once setup, you can defend 4 times each round with a defense of 8. Then there are options to defend even more times.

Here are the breakdowns:

Build your Defense to 8.

• Basic 3 defense.
• +1 Armored Vest
• +1 Defensive Conditioning
• +1 Innate Reflexes
• +1 Kurt's Cutlasses
• +1 Defense Specialist

Your defending moments:

Nightcrawler's 2 defense moments.

• Nightcrawler's basic defense
• Bamf! let's you defend once without exhausting.

Echo and Hangar Bay cycle.

• Echo can defend once and her ability allows you to reduce the amount of damage by your defense. (Once fully setup, it can deflect 8 damage)
• Exhaust Hangar Bay to ready Echo to defend a 2nd time.

Other options to defend

• Rockslide and Stronger Together allows Rockslide to defend and deflect 8 damage (once fully setup). Bonus - retaliate for 1.
• "I Can Do This All Day" allows Nightcrawler to defend without exhausting. It's an event so Prehensile Tail can pay for it.
• Indomitable can be played and then saved for when it is needed on a future turn. It allows Nightcrawler to ready after defending.

Now for some defense damage along the way. 3 or more damage per Kurt's defense

• +1 damage - Kurt's Cutlasses retaliate
• +1 damage - Dauntless when your health is 9 or higher
• +1 damage - Electrostatic Armor
• +2 damage - Excelsior and any of the energy cards in your hand. A great way to use up some Nightcrawler's energy cards

Now for First Aid. It is here to keep Nightcrawler's health above 9 to keep triggering Dauntless and to keep him from having to power down. Once defending with no damage, it can be used to heal your teammates allies.

Assess the Situation is here to move through your deck and run some rounds with a larger hand size.

Have fun defending the table.