Kindle

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Summary

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Abilities

Day to Day: Unit attack power is increased by +40% while on Urban terrain (HQs, Bases, (Air-)Ports, Cities and Comtowers only)

Power: Urban Blight -- -3HP to all enemy units on urban terrain; Urban bonus increased to +80%

Super: High Society -- Urban bonus increased to +130%, and attack power boosted by +3% for every city owned

Strategy

Editor's note: I had some confusion when determining Kindle's bonuses, according to the damage calculator her attack bonus on cities during powers is higher than listed, someone more familiar with this than me should probably edit this.

The queen of large-scale urban warfare maps. Important note: when considering which urban tiles count towards her day-to-day and powers, the rule of thumb seems to be that any urban tile which gives funds counts (HQ, base, city, seaport, airport) while any urban tile which does not give funds does not count (comm tower, missile silo).

Kindle comes with a standard-length 3/3 bar. Her day-to-day makes her units 140/130 on urban tiles (including planes over cities/seaports), as opposed to the 100/130 of most COs, so holding down urban properties is a higher priority for her than with most commanding officers. (This bonus applies regardless of property ownership - she still gets the bonus on neutral or even enemy cities.) This makes her a very capable defender as her units tend to deal surprisingly high amounts of damage on counterattack from cities and it greatly increases the efficiency of indirect units parked on spaces which automatically resupply them. While a very useful day-to-day, it's nothing game-breaking.

She has two powers which have completely different effects that make her a fearsome CO indeed. For three stars, Urban Blight deals 3 HP worth of damage to any enemy unit on an urban tile and her city-based attack rises to 180%. 180% is already as much of a damage bonus conferred by the SCO powers of other officers (Max Blast, Overdrive, Haymaker) and Kindle gets it for a measly three stars. Urban Blight helps pry capturing infantry off your cities (important against Sami/Sensei) and break defensive units camped on enemy properties (important against Sturm/Javier). Furthermore, the damage inflicted eats into the funds of your opponent on the next turn, capable of delaying even Colin or Hachi for a short while, and is absolutely a momentum-stopper to Kanbei. This is the power that a Kindle player uses if the opponent is focusing on properties.

If the opponent is not focusing on properties, Kindle has High Society. For six stars, Kindle's urban-based attack rises to a horrific 230% on urban tiles and a further 3% for each urban property that she controls. The 3% per property increase to firepower applies to all units, not just those on urban tiles. This power has a multiplicative effect on large maps where she can build meter more easily for a correspondingly more powerful attack when it is used. With just ten properties to her name, even a unit not stationed on an urban tile has an attack equal to Kanbei's or Grimm's, while with twenty to twenty-five properties the unit can dish out damage comparable to most other CO's super powers without any of the drawbacks, and close to or even exceeding 300% from urban tiles. On this turn, then, Kindle can decimate any opponent and leave very little for her enemy to counter with on the succeeding move. High Society is a critical tool for brute-forcing powerful defensive units off a headquarter or production facility; on a large map, for six stars, it is utterly devastating.

Advantages:

• Powerful day-to-day which gives her a significant advantage in the all-important economic game.
• Very strong on large maps with many properties.
• CO power drains funding.
• SCO power confers the biggest damage multiplier (+130%) in the whole game.
• No real disadvantages in tagging.

Disadvantages:

• Not suited to small maps where her powers and day-to-day have considerably less impact.
• Naval units gain no benefit outside of High Society or ports.