Everbody is saying that the solonavi are the best and all that other stuff bout' uniques in the set, but really I think the best thing about sinister is the non-uniques!!! Denoting Zombie!!! this guy brings a new meaning to Kamikazi plus he can be brought back to life quickly, and the corrupted priest, this guy is great, i could keep goin but there are alot of good ones, im not sayin that nobody has noticed this yet, just makin a fact.

he's good but too slow, in the marquee they couldn't get to you fast enough so I launched a 3 damage attack and then their junk.

well, im not a big player so if i ever do play a match its with my friends, im just talkin bout' how they are good in small matchs, come to think of it, i havent gone to an offical match for quite some time......
:(

That in sinister there are usedable *,**,*** figures. Detonating zombie is good because of his 4 clicks of damage for 20 some points. Corrupted priest is practically unique calibure. I think though, the real champs in sinister are once again the uniques. The solonavi are really good. But, It seems that no matter how good you make a new faction, you still have to compare that to the atlanteans. Sure, they only got 3-4 new *,**,*** figures, and one unique, but the unique once again says: Atlanteans are really powerful. The thunder golem. The one with pierce who only needs a 7 maximum with range to hit anything. The one who has 4 clicks of damage for 8 clicks of his dial. The one whos only major drawback is being captured. For 94 points his stats stay high for a long time. I say the thunder golem is the champ.

I am completely in love with all of the uniques, especially the Solonavi, but I must agree with you Magus2022. The nons are where the sets strength really lies. I am not a Black Powder player and even I am tempted to pick up a few Axe Knights and Pikemen. There are very few figures in the set that I won't use.

To further this question, does anyone have a favourite(sorry about the spelling, I'm Canadian:)) fig? And can you give us a few suggestions of your favourite tactics for it?

I'll start. This is sort of an obvious one, but my favourites right now are the Throttle Worms. I put two Technomancers behind 4 Throttle worms (preferrably 4 blues), and levitate two into a figure that seems particularly annoying. It doesn't have to be the big unique that the other person is fielding, but it frequently turns out to be that fig. I don't hesitate to push the next turn in order to put the other two into base contact with the same fig. The only way to not get damaged is to break away because you can't kill all 4 at once, even if you are a Maelstrom Golem.

Well, that's my tactical advice for today.:)

The Centaur Champ is easily one of the top figures in the set. first unmounted unique with charge. amazing stats for point value.(arguably) THE BEST bodyguard in the game, and a sweet second wave fighter to finish off weakened figs. all for only 59 points, and unmounted so is not easily harrassed. gets #1 of set in my book

My *** Throttle Worm won me the Marquee tournament in each round! This is no exaggeration, if it had not been for the worm tying up "1 damage wonders" or moving in to start venom'ing real threats, i would have never won. It truly was my MVP...

I wish I could have pulled good nons for the tourney I was in. Man dwarven miners are junk :( If only I had gotten throttles ;) my whole army would have been turned around. If I had gotten anything that did more than 2 damage. OK I got that out of my system

Sinister has some great non
***Warrior Sprites
Troll Gunners
Corrupt Priests
Woodland Snipers ** ***
Warbears
At least those above I will use a lot and I know I haven't listed all the good nons in the set.
Actually you should never rate a set on it's uniques but on it's nons

I too, used a *** Throttle worm to pilot myself to victoy at the Sinister Marquee. In the final match he did 10 Clicks of venom damage, and caused 2 points of push damage before he was finally killed.

This little guy could be the bane of KI Swarm.

Other Good Nons for sealed

*** Gibbering Ghoul - Vampirism and Regeneration make him tough to kill

**, *** Death Merchant - Having that extra move action was very nice and the WM Came in handy

Dwarven Axe Knight - Slow, but great for clean up.

As well as some interesting little gems:

Impaling Golem
Nightfiend
Infantry Captain
Elven Recruit
Fanged Gunslinger
Wrath Golem

This is a really strong set for both constructed and Marquee/ sealed play.

It's true that there are tons of good nons in Sinister. Wrath Golem, Death Merchant, Corrupted Priest, Throttle Worms...the list goes on.

It seems Sinister was made for sealed-type tourneys, with all the fat nons.

Props for Marquee:
Gibbering Ghoul. You harrass. You get hit. You regen. You harrass.. You get hit......

Mummy: MI against MB.. Nice. Venom caused very little damage, but sure caused push damage. Regen for 4 is also a life saver.

Fighting automaton: 10 attack and 3 damage? Ouch.

Slops:
*** Sentry Golem. You move 6 inches. You can shoot 8. You suck.

* Death merchant. You move with quickness, but if you get hit.. You suck.

well...unique wise...the creator shows promise for conquest games...

but my pick for best is the centuar champion...he is cheap and effective...too bad he had to be unique...

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