The original Persuader still isn't bad, but this guy blows him away.

First of all the sculpt is amazing. Now look at all the different ways he can hurt you - Twelve attack, Charge, Precision Strike, and his improved BCF. Whoever he hits is almost guaranteed to take at least one damage (unless they ignore damage) and they will count themselves lucky if that's all they take.

Whoever he's adjacent to will have a hard time hitting him back with his combat reflexes granted to him via trait and then they have to deal with his Impervious. Not to mention whatever benefits his wild carded Team Ability or the Legion Lost ATA will give him. Keep him safe from Outwit and he's probably going to be around causing horrific damage for quite a while.

*EDIT* I forgot to mention the Precision Strike and Quake combo! Another way to make life miserable for your opponent.

This guy is great. Helped me win a Dark Phoenix Cyclops. Teamed up with Emerald Empress and Scarlet Witch. Empress drew all their fire, but he was the bigger danger by getting in and almost always dealing good damage with traited blades (and sometimes penetrating) or at least wildcarded Mystics.

nice piece. Note that when you use Quake you can still roll for BCF (though though it won't change your damage value from 2.) Why? bc if you roll 3 or less the Quake damage will be penetrating. combined with Precision Strike, that's crazy

I dunno if Quake & BCF can be used together since Quake replaces the damage & locks at 2.

You're right, it is locked at 2. BUT, you can still roll for BCF. The purpose for doing it with this character is the hope that you roll a 1-3 to make the quake damage penetrating.