Kapitan Sofya Skirova

Template:Khadbox This model is playable only in an Unlimited format.

Kapitan Sofia Skirova has earned a place of prestige among the officers of the Black Dragons, the elite of the elite, veteran Iron Fangs who have vowed never to retire from active duty. She ably demonstrates why their emblem is feared, intercepting blows intended for her soldiers while refusing death itself so long as her brothers and sisters in arms are threatened.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Inhuman Resolve
• Template:Precision Strike
• Template:Righteous Vengeance
• Template:Shield Guard
• Template:Veteran Leader

Weapons

Blasting Pike
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				7				13
Template:Weapon Master Template:Critical Knockdown
Shield
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		0.5				2				8
Template:Shield Template:Weapon Master

Theme Forces

• Khador
  • Template:Legion of Steel - This solo gains Countercharge in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use her in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Malakov2 is leading the army.

Thoughts on Kapitan Sofya Skirova

Kapitan Sofya Skirova in a nutshell

She's a melee solo first, and an Iron Fang buffbot second.

In case you missed it: Inhuman Resolve is her stand out rule as it makes her nigh-unkillable because instead of going disabled-boxed-destroyed she goes disabled-wait until next Maintenance Phase-destroyed and while she waits she can get healed by anyone else that dies.

Combos & Synergies

• She might be listed as a Black Dragon, but she works just as well with regular Iron Fang models.
• Irusk2 and the Iron Fang Kovnik can give her immunity to knockdown, which synergies nicely with Inhuman Resolve. It lets her stay on her feet even while she is disabled, so she can still threaten free-strikes, engage models, use her shield guard ability and even countercharge, should you be in the Legion of Steel theme force.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Grievous Wounds and various RFP-effects bypass Inhuman Resolve.
• Taking her down requires effort, but once she's gone you lose your Veteran Leader aura and your Shield Guard.

Tricks & Tips

• All your opponent has to do to counter Inhuman Resolve is ignore Sofya until the end of their turn, then kill her last. Thus, you should play Sofya aggressively and make her something they can't ignore until the end of their turn.
• She likes to have squishy models stay in her command range, so she can heal when they get squished.

Other

Trivia

• Released in the Twelve Factions of Christmas CID (2017.08).
• She has a longer fluff blurb on PP's "extras" page.