Kit Reveal: Adelphi Ranger: New Republic defensive tank under Teva, GAC Omicron, marquee Oct 20
Adelphi Ranger is a New Republic Tank built for defense under Captain Carson Teva, stacking Bulwark, Taunting, calling team assists and buffing Droid allies, with a Grand Arena Omicron; her marquee starts October 20 at 11am Pacific.
Tags: Tank, New Republic, Rebel. Part of The Mandalorian and Grogu Mini-Era, one of the two marquees required for the GL.
Marquee: starts October 20 at 11am Pacific.
The short version
- A defense-first New Republic Tank. Not a strong attacker; layers protective buffs and recovery, strongest on defense.
- Most of the kit turns on when Captain Carson Teva is in the Leader slot.
- Strong ties to the New Republic Droids: R5-D4, Chopper and C-3PO. Chopper and C-3PO get minor kit tweaks for New Republic synergy; details are coming in a later post.
- New in-game Defender icon marks units with Defense-only effects (a reminder only, not the effect text).
Abilities
- Basic (Practiced Shot): damage and Defense Down for 1 turn. On her turn she gains 1 Bulwark; on enemy turns she Dazes the target instead.
- Special 1 (Sentinel's Strike, cooldown 3): Taunts for 2 turns and all New Republic allies assist at 50% less damage. With Teva leading: assists deal only 10% less and she recovers 25% Protection (doubled if she was already Taunting).
- Special 2 (Adelphi Cavalry, cooldown 4): dispels all enemy buffs first, hits all enemies, inflicts 1 stack of On the Run (can't be copied, dispelled or resisted). New Republic allies gain 3 stacks of Bulwark for 3 turns.
Unique: Rodian Ranger (Zeta + GAC Omicron)
With Teva leading, at the start of battle: - No Galactic Legends: Teva can't be defeated while Adelphi Ranger is Taunting, and she Taunts for 2 turns at the start of each encounter (can't be dispelled or prevented). - New Republic allies gain Riposte for 2 turns when they gain Retribution, and 1 Bulwark (while under 10 stacks) when they counterattack.
Also in the Unique (the post does not tie these to Teva): - Start of each encounter: New Republic allies gain 15% Max Health and Max Protection per active New Republic ally and 20% Defense per active Droid ally until first defeated (doubled for her). - No allied GLs: when a Droid ally Taunts, it dispels it and gains Outmaneuver for 2 turns; she gains 5 Bulwark and Taunts for 2 turns. - The first time each turn she gains Bulwark, Teva gains 1 Bulwark. - No GLs: when enemies take consecutive turns, New Republic allies under 10 Bulwark gain 2 stacks. - On Defense, no GLs: a New Republic ally hit before her first turn dispels debuffs and gains Damage Immunity for that turn, and New Republic allies gain 5% Defense and Offense per Droid ally for the battle. Doubled with C-3PO, and Stealthed enemies are Ability Blocked for 1 turn. - On Defense with C-3PO: a further 20% Defense and Offense per Droid ally, non-Tank cooldowns -2, and +30 Speed for all allies at the end of her first turn. - R5-D4: each hit on another New Republic ally while she Taunts cuts Bad Motivator cooldown by 2. Bad Motivator then adds Healing Immunity on all enemies, Marked on Support and Healer enemies for 2 turns, and 9 stacks of On the Run on the weakest enemy. - Bulwark from counterattacks and consecutive enemy turns caps at 10; Bulwark from other sources does not.
Grand Arena (Omicron)
- All allies New Republic and no Galactic Legends: start with +40% Max Health and +40% Protection per active New Republic ally.
- Whenever she Taunts, loses Taunt, or uses Adelphi Cavalry, all allies recover 50% Health and Protection.
- In the post, the R5-D4 and On Defense with C-3PO lines come right after this Grand Arena part. The text does not make clear whether they are Grand Arena only.
Known issues (fix coming)
- The Omicron text should say Max Protection (40% Max Protection per New Republic ally).
- Her Unique ability description is inconsistent across ability tiers.
Summary by GAC Film Room of an official EA / Capital Games post. The official post is the final word; details can change after it goes up.