Atomic Mass Games dropped a very packed Legion update this week. So, this is not a tiny points pass. Instead, it touches core rules, errata, Tours of Duty, Battle Forces, and upgrade cards.
Moreover, the whole thing feels aimed at making more units play closer to their tabletop fantasy. You can read the whole list of updates here, but we summarized them below.
Core rules, points, and new downloads all push Legion toward sharper battlefield roles
The biggest rules change hits AI and Droid Troopers, and honestly it is a meaningful one. Now AI triggers more often, because suppressed droids without faceup orders must follow their AI action. Meanwhile, vehicle units with AI also get pushed into those actions when damaged or heavily reduced. That matters a lot, because old AI could often be dodged through smart order control. So, AMG is clearly trying to make droids feel more like disciplined machines with real drawbacks. Alongside that, Heavy Trooper and Heavy Droid Trooper become new unit types. These units can reverse, pivot while engaged, ignore barricade cover, and attack before withdrawing. As a result, larger infantry now sit in a cleaner design space between normal troopers and vehicles.
Strike Teams also got a serious rework, and this may be the flashiest change. They now move into the Support rank and gain Incognito plus Prepared Position. So, they start farther forward and stay safer until the right moment. Saboteurs also gain Assault X through their heavy weapon cards, which makes close ambushes nastier. Meanwhile, sniper rifles now use Overwhelm and the new Sniper Team keyword instead of the old Pierce-based approach. That change feels important. Previously, sniper fire could feel flat and automatic. Now it looks more positional, more interactive, and frankly more thematic. You are rewarded for setting up the shot instead of just rolling routine chip damage. Beyond that, the core rules log lists updates to terrain, panic checks, silhouettes, Command Vehicle X, Mobile, Wheel Mode, Mechanized Infantry, Swashbuckler, and several other keywords. So, this is a broad cleanup pass, not a one-note balance patch.
The errata and points section keeps that same practical tone. Aqua Droids and Droidekas become Heavy Droid Troopers, while STAP Riders shift to AI: Dodge. Meanwhile, many points drops aim at underused or awkwardly priced units. Rebel Commandos, Wookiees, Imperial Special Forces, Range Troopers, BX Commandos, ARF upgrades, the Saber tank, Maul variants, Wicket, and Pyke Capos all get cheaper. However, a few obvious standouts get trimmed back. Rebel Bad Batch rises to 150, and Saber Throw jumps to 10. Vigilance also drops to 9, while the Protocol upgrades all settle at 3 because of the AI rewrite. That mix feels sensible. AMG is clearly trying to open up list variety without pretending every card deserves a discount.
Then there is the new content, and this part is honestly loaded. Tours of Duty gets three fresh Story Arcs called The Weekend War, Birth of A Legend, and A Pirate’s Life. It also gains four new Command Cards tied to Paragon advancement. Meanwhile, two downloadable Battle Forces arrive immediately. The Ohnaka Gang is a Hondo-led mercenary force with Weequay Pirates and WLO-5 Speeder Tanks. The Rapid Interdiction Force, by contrast, is pure speed-driven Separatist aggression with Grievous, Wheelbike Warlord, Admiral Trench, and Geonosian Engineers. On top of that, AMG added nine unique character upgrade cards, a new Pyke Foot Soldiers squad card, an Imperial Probe Droid upgrade, and a reworked Improvised Orders that is now unique and no longer refreshes every End Phase. So, the game gets both cleaner rules and more toys at once.
What this update means for Legion right now
Taken together, this feels like one of the healthier Legion updates in a while. The rules changes push problem mechanics into clearer lanes. Meanwhile, the points edits try to make ignored units easier to justify. Then the downloadable content gives players immediate reasons to try new campaigns and lists. So, this is the kind of update that should actually change tables, not just PDFs.
