Has anyone figured out the use for the incredibly expensive 1-mast ship? That's a lot of points for a ship that quickly ends up under the waves in a stand up fight!

Anyone know how to use it effectively? :confused:

Sadly, it appears to be a goof on the designers' part. A La Joya del Sol is more common, and with a Helmsman it outperforms the La Repulsa in every category (i.e., it's faster, has more cargo, is better armed -- even with 4s it'll hit more often, and some of its guns are long-range -- and has a better special ability). There is nothing even remotely tempting about the Repulse given the existence of the del Sol (FWIW, this is true of the other Spanish ships as well; the Repulse's only advantage in those cases is that it's faster with a Helmsman).

I have to agree with you there. La repulsa is good for assembling and sitting on your shelf to look nice. I dont think we will be seeing too many spanish fleets without La Joya Del Sol. I field it with a Helmsman and an explorer and its fantastic.

Maybe it's a misprint??? I don't play Spanish ships, so this is the first I've noticed La Repulsa - at least it is appropriatly named!
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In a close formation guarding 2 other ships and a muskeer on board the Repulsa has 1S 1S... thats a 64% chance of taking out 2 sails :)

But granted.... she is steep in cost :)

Feonyx

[quote=Feonyx]In a close formation guarding 2 other ships and a muskeer on board the Repulsa has 1S 1S... thats a 64% chance of taking out 2 sails :)[/quote[

Sorry, no. The Musketeer's gun can't be modifier in any way (says so right on the card...)

And outperformed by several other spanish ships in every conceivable way.

This was taken from the PotSM FAQ sheet. Why then can the Musketeer not benefit from the La Repulsa ability. According to this statement it would.

Q: *Does a cannon provided by a Musketeer’s ability, shooting from a ship that eliminates 2 masts with 1 hit
(HMS Leicester), also eliminate 2 masts?*
A: Yes. All hits from HMS Leicester eliminate two masts.

No. My statement above was too broad; the musketeer's text says "This ship gains one 3S cannon that may not have its range or cannon roll increased." The La Repulsa's ability increases the cannon roll, and the musketeer's text explicitly says that its cannon can't benefit from that. Shooting off two masts at once doesn't relate to either the cannon's range or roll, so it's fair game (though I disagree with that ruling, and think the musketeer should read "may not be altered in any way", but that's just me).