Cassian Andor Omicron
Cassian has an Omicron that is designed to function in TB. Unfortunately the transformation isn't enough to make Rogue 1 reasonably playable in RotE.
For background, it's my role in my guild to test new TB and raid Omis. I have a lot of Omis that other people consider worthless and that's fine. I like my guild and they like me back. I'm not writing to get a refund. Also, my roster is beefy enough that even in a 700Mgp guild I'm hitting above average without ever using Rogue 1. This isn't about me, but about suggesting a small series of changes that would render the TB omi actually useful and interesting to newer players that are struggling to succeed in RotEs r6 and r7 tiers.
One way to do that is to allow it to function under a Leia lead. I don't like this option and will not request it. The Omi was designed to be used only in a full R1 squad and I'd like to keep that character. Besides, Leia doesn't need the help and so the Omi would still be a bit of a waste for players if they had to run Cassian under GLLO to get any use out of it.
Nor do I want to make this Omi able to smash through any enemy without thought. We've got Marrock/Inqs and Depa/Mace+JV for that.
Instead, I'd like to suggest the following changes. I think it will take more than one to make the Omi worthy of investment, but only play testing would allow the appropriate balance to be determined.
- K-2SO taunts for 1 turn at the beginning of each encounter if an Empire enemy is present and for one turn every time Cassian is damaged by an Empire enemy
- K-2SO gains Damage Immunity for 1 turn at the start of each encounter, and again each time an Empire enemy is defeated.
- Whenever K-2SO is taunting and Cassian is active, all non-K-2SO Rogue 1 allies get +97.8% Defense
- Reviving Cassian cannot be prevented if there is an active Empire ally. Whenever Cassian is revived, the cooldown on Crippling Shot is reset.
- If Jyn is present when Cassian is defeated, the cooldown of Rebel Counterattack is reduced by 1. If this defeat was caused by an Empire enemy, reduce the cooldown of Rebel Counterattack by 2 instead.
- The first time an Empire enemy is defeated, Cassian takes a bonus turn.
- Each time an Empire enemy is defeated while Deathmarked, K-2SO gains +40% defense until the end of battle (this effect persists through defeat), Jyn's Rebel Counterattack cooldown is reduced by 1, and Cassian gains a bonus turn.
- Each time an Empire enemy is defeated, add +15% damage to the next use of Hope, doubled if the Empire enemy was Deathmarked when defeated.
I don't expect this to be a high priority for you, but currently the Omi isn't enough to allow Rogue 1 to win battles against same-relic TB enemies. I'd like to see this change, and feel a selection of the above abilities keep the all-R1 character of the Omi so it can't be transferred to squads it was not intended to boost, while also limiting almost all of the boosted power to battles against Empire enemies.
Having tested the Omi on Bracca just before writing this with a team of r9, r8, r7, and 2xr6, this seems like a reasonable set of improvements to me, that in the right combination would bring it more in line with other TB Omis that are meant to provide a sufficient boost to be confident of winning -- but in this case only against Empire squads.