CotW: Stealthiness from Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners

A secret mission reveals this week's Card, and it's a study in shadows and misdirection for keeping your key characters safe.

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Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners

Psst. Hey. Keep it down or they’ll hear us.

Did you know the Card of the Week would be Stealthiness from Wave 2? Of course you did. We’re masters of infiltration here.

Blink and you'll miss it! Stealthiness keeps your most critical characters out of the line of fire... if you're able to draw it.

Through Wave 3, Stealthiness was one of the few ways to keep a key character protected from enemy attacks. Wave 4’s Immersed in Shadow eventually stole much of its thunder, a quiet thunder, mind you, but Stealthiness retained one important advantage: its Stealth works whether the upgraded character is tapped or untapped. And it can be grabbed via Treasure Hunt – and shares a battle icon color to boot.

But temper your enthusiasm, and keep it quiet, we’re on an operation here. Later cards like Spy Satellite Uplink can upend Stealthiness’s protection, and an intelligence mission like ours along with it.

Operator. Let’s grab this “Deep State Impact” deck list on our way out. It’s a Weapon-packed good time with a little less finesse than an operation like ours. Use Stealthiness to keep enemy attention off Captain Impactor or Sideswipe and pointed toward Scorpulator or Nightstick. If those Battle Masters go down, the Weapons and Utilities they leave behind can keep the mission moving according to plan.

Deep State Impact pushes damage, while Stealthiness keeps your big bots safe.

Exfil. Debrief us on how you’ve played Stealthiness back at base.

Mission successful. Just don’t get a big Head, and stick to the Plan, just like next week’s Wave 6 Card.

DEEP STATE IMPACT

CHARACTERS

Captain Impactor // Special Ops • Wrecker (7★) – Wave 4
Raider Nightstick // Ground Force • Weapons (6★) – Wave 3
Scorpulator // Desert Rose (4★) – Wave 8
Sideswipe // Covert Clone (7★) – Wave 8

STRATAGEMS

Alphastrike Counterforce // Sideswipe, Covert Clone (1★) – Wave 8
King of Pain // Scorpulator, Desert Rose (4★) – Wave 8

BATTLE CARDS

1x Bashing Shield - Wave 2
2x Camien Crash - Wave 5
3x Fight for Position - Wave 4
3x Force Field - Wave 1
3x Grenade Launcher - Wave 1
2x Hold the Line - Wave 5
3x Improvised Shield - Wave 1
3x Incoming Transmission - Wave 1
3x Malevolence - Org Wave 9
3x Photon Charge - Wave 6
1x Pocket Processor - Wave 4
3x Power Punch - Wave 2
1x Smelt - Wave 2
3x Stealthiness - Wave 2
3x Supercharge - Wave 1
3x Take the Shot - Wave 8