Katana

The Katana is a Shadow Sun Syndicate unit of the Collaborators agenda. The Katana was released in Series #2: I Chomp NY.

Strategy & Tactics

 * Katanas are second only to G1 Strike Fighters for flat-out Speed on a figure which can attack...with Hasten from Mega Gorghadratron, they become equal. This level of mobility means that a small cluster of Katanas in the center of the map can threaten to zoom in and combined-attack the enemy monster no matter where he tries to hide.
 * When fielded under a Shadow Sun monster, the Katana's High Impact makes it worth 2 boost dice; for only a single Action Die, it can usually kill a 2-Defense enemy unit single-handedly, and two or three of them can easily damage a monster. The High Impact is also granted to your other units, so even an |Ubercorp Ubercorp International monster can park one Katana between two Robo Squixes or the like and end up with a fearsome combined attack.
 * Chain Reaction can take out an entire line of enemy units, which if it actually works means lots of power dice and lots of units the opponent must respawn - but even the threat of this happening can force the opponent to spread out and give up the benefit of his red abilities or other effects which boost units that cluster together.

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