Fantasy Flight Games Gave us the newest preview for the Rebel AT-RT walker. Let’s see what this walking weapon of a galactic civil war brings to the table top.
FFG has previewed many units for their much-anticipated Star Wars Legion game. Today we look at the rebel AT-RT. Let’s take a look at what makes this thing tick. From it’s strengths and weaknesses and let you decide if this walker will make its way into your army list.
The All Terrain Recon Transport, or AT-RT, was a common sight on the battlefields of the Clone Wars, piloted by Republic clone troopers and used in ground support, civil defense, and post-battle cleanup ops. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, the Empire has moved beyond the AT-RT—but the Rebel Alliance will take any advantage they can get, including salvaging and refitting these old walkers. Soon, you’ll be able to bring them to your own battles!
An AT-RT is no faster than an AT-ST: both have speed-two movement. When its path is blocked by walls or low buildings, however, the AT-RT has a distinct advantage. It bears both the Climbing Vehicle and Expert Climber keywords—which allow it to move vertically as easily as a trooper and easily clamber over obstacles in its path. An AT-RT also has the same heavy Armor as the AT-ST. Standard infantry weapons will have difficulty piercing this armor plating without the help of the Impact keyword.
This Walker looks dangerous without any upgrade weapons. Three red dice with Impact 1 in this game is nothing to scoff at and having 6 wounds make the Rebel AT-RT very hard to kill.
For its own weapons, the AT-RT offers you a significant degree of choice. In melee, an AT-RT can stomp back and forth with deadly grappling claws, which can shred infantry troopers with ease. Alternatively, the Rebel piloting the AT-RT can take potshots with his A-300 Blaster Rifle, firing in any direction, no matter which way your AT-RT is facing. Still, the deadliest weapons for the AT-RT are equipped using its hardpoint upgrade slot.
Your AT-RT has a single slot for a hardpoint upgrade, but there are three different upgrade cards that you may choose to equip. (Each of these upgrade cards is matched by a different sculpted weapon that you can add onto your AT-RT miniature.) If you’re looking for a standard, generally useful weapon, you may look no further than theAT-RT Rotary Blaster. This weapon fires a devastating five black attack dice, capable of slicing through enemy troops at range. Alternatively, if you expect to face more armored vehicles, the AT-RT Laser Cannon may be more suitable. This laser cannon has longer range than the rotary blaster, and the Impact 3 keyword lets it smash through even heavy armor plating.
This thing is amazing it has 3 different weapon options to choose from to suit any battlefield role needed. It can move over any terrain wit\h ease and has Armor allowing you to cancel all hit results only taking damage from critical hits. For a base points cost of 55, you will probably see a lot of people playing these awesome machines.
Finally, if you’re planning to use your AT-RT to mop up enemy infantry, you can’t do better than the AT-RT Flamethrower. This weapon ignores cover, and the Spray keyword lets you add the weapon’s dice to your attack pool once for each mini in the defending unit. In other words, when attacking an enemy unit with four Stormtroopers, you’ll roll eight black attack dice, giving you the firepower to wipe out entire units in a single attack!
No unit dare charge this walker when equipped with this deadly flamethrower! This Flamethrower is super deadly. The only downside to this weapon is you will have to borrow dice from the person you are flaming to complete the attack because you ran out… Awkward!
AT-RT Unit Expansion: $24.95
Make sure to head over to Fantasy Flight Games to secure a second one of these awesome walkers for you Rebel Faction, as one already comes in the core set..Let us know what you think about the AT-RT. Do you plan on running any in your Rebel builds? We would love to know. Also, check out our unboxing video on this expansion.
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