It might seem like a moot point, but I've been thinking about a comment I made on my last post about "the best 4 point captains" and I thought I'd expand on that. Often my strategy when choosing captains is based first and foremost on Captain Skill (I have been known to take Shinzon or Locutus just for CS9) but assuming I only had 4 points, what are my options?
Bajorans:
Krim is a good choice here, since his extra crew slot can be easily filled with a bajoran militia. The other part of his ability is of limited utility, mainly thanks to the Bajoran faction having low hull values to start with...but when you consider DS9, it gets a whole lot more interesting.
Shaakar Edon is also another great choice, the free re-rolls in a faction with access to BS actions? Yes please!
Borg:
Korok is fun, and can make matters worse for a ship you managed to sneak a hit through on.
Dominion:
Gul Damar is lovely, particularly as he nullified cloaked mines when combined with a scan- and the dominion have so many upgrades that trigger off a scan token (Breen Aide anyone?)
Weyoun 6. If you don't know why, I envy you.
Federation:
Mr Spock the free action captain? TL and BS every turn? Yes please.
Hathaway Riker is great on low hull ships, like the Defiant. Wish Sisko had this ability...
Ferengi:
Nope.
Independent:
Alpha Hirogen gives a great ability that offers good dice quality without having to use an action.
Gen Khan is perhaps the rarest card in the game, but offers cheap high CS.
Lore adds a crew slot, and allows you to take Vulcan High Command. He's a great combo building card.
Kazon:
Cullah has game, adding defence dice onto a faction of low agility ships
Rasik also adds action economy at the cost of disabling crew
Klingons:
Chang 7 makes the ning'tao a really annoying ship.
Gowron is a good captain for swarm (or semi-swarm) fleets
Kargan offers good action economy when paired with Drex or N'Garen
Kor 6 is great for drawing fire
(It's interesting how many good 4 point captains the Klingons have, that may be worth another look at in a separate post)
Mirror Universe:
ATP Riker was the king of Mirror Captains for a long time, but his battery ability is still good
Romulan:
Donatra is standard issue for most Romulan Builds
Mendak is probably better as an admiral than a captain
Taris gives Romulans access to 360 fire
Liviana Charvanek pairs well with Romulan Security officers.
Valdore 6 gives a tech slot, which is so useful for Romulans
Vulcans:
Solok is an action economy captain, although he pales in comparison to most of the other options
Sopek is brilliant for combo building, much like Weyoun, but is better in cross faction play.
So there you go, a quick run down of the 4SP captains for each faction. Nothing too detailed or in depth, but an interesting exercise in spending 4 points.
Think I've missed something or am rating something too highly? Call me out! I always welcome comment and criticism.
Top 5 4 SP captains (in faction pure play):
1. Mr Spock
2, ATP Riker
3. Gen Khan
4. Alpha Hirogen
5. Hathaway Riker
No Picard though, his 5 and 6 SP versions are lightyears better.
...and I'm not Picard.
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