Doppleganger is an expansion unit for Malifaux. He belongs to the Neverborn faction.
Overview
The Doppelganger can be almost anything you need it to be. Doppelganger can (0) Mimic any action on a Non-leader models stat card or Upgrade as long as it doesn't list a model by name. It can be either an enemy or friendly model's action and there is no resisting if you want something from your enemy. Doppelganger can't declare Triggers with these actions but you can still make it a huge advantage, should you fail something important (Example: a Lure from a Beckoner, you basically get 2 more chances to that with the Doppelganger, if you get the right Trigger to Mimic (Tomes) you get to do the action 3 times).
The Doppelganger also brings more than that to your crew, with Ill Omens you get the possibility to cheat the Initiative flip before you or your opponent use Soulstones. This can be huge as usually in every game comes a time when it's crucial to win the initiative.
If that's not enough the Doppelganger also has the Ability Don't Mind Me which allows it to make Interact actions while Engaged, which in the right Scheme Pool can be a great advantage.
All this for a very reasonable price of 7 Soulstones becomes a bargain and should be considered in many Neverborn lists.
Mobility
Doppelganger has a very respectable Walk of 6, which makes Doppelganger highly mobile to get where needed.
Offense
While not having a very good offense with Fists (Ml5 and damage track 1/1/2) the Doppelganger can become furious in Offense with Mimic as you can copy the stats of the highest Ml beasts in the game. Should you get charged by a Ml oriented model and survive, you just Mimic the opposing model's offense and hit it back with its own damage track or Mimic another model within 8".
Resilience
The Doppelganger has an average Defense of 5 and quite good wounds of 8. The main thing in its Resilience comes from Manipulative 14 which forces the opponent to pass a WP 14 Duel to target the Doppelganger. The good thing about Manipulative is that as long as you haven't activated the Doppelganger your opponent must make the duel with every action as you don't gain Immunity to it as you do with Horror Duels. This can deter a few models from targeting the Doppelganger.
Also, with (0) Blend In (Ca8 mask / TN: 15 mask) you can further up the resilience of the Doppelganger, with a 7 of any suit you get to choose from the following Conditions:
Chameleon: Sh Actions taken against this model receive a minus flip.
A Familiar Face: Ml actions taken against this model receive a minus flip
Playing Against the Doppelganger
Best time to go after the Doppelganger is after it has activated as there is no Manipulative to protect it and in a turn it has used (0) Mimic as then it can't cast (0) Blend In. After that it's quite easy to take down with a big hitter with only Df 5 and 8 Wounds.
Expansion for Base-game, Miniatures
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