The purpose of Pounce is to let a Nexu basically move 9 squares and attack or just not use a move action and still get to move 3 squares and attack. You also don't have to pay extra movement points for things like moving through characters when using Pounce. It just gives them more flexibility in maneuvering.
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Also the Nexus can Pounce to a target, and then run away to get out of range. (perhaps hide behind difficult terrain in some cases?)
I do not know if this counts as your one attack action or if you can attack and then pounce to attack again.
"Unlike heroes, a figure that has a Deployment card can use
only one of its actions to attack per activation. This includesusing special actions that involve performing one or moreattacks ( such as the Nexu’s “Pounce” or Darth Vader’s“Brutality”)." (Page.6)
Just for clarification purposes though, I'm pretty sure that an elite Imp Officer can use executive order to give a stromtrooper that already attacked a second attack (or a stomtrooper that hasn't been activated a shot before it is activated) because it's not during the stromtrooper's activation.Although feel free to correct me.EDIT: Ya, you can, I just had to read the next paragraph lol:"If an ability allows a figure to perform an attack outside ofits activation, this attack does not count toward the limit ofone attack per activation."
Thanks for clarifying that, I completely missed that in the Reference Guide >.> I hadn't tried what I thought it was (reading it as a Special Action and an Attack not being the same).
I'm reading IG-88's story from Tales of the Bounty Hunters again and I'm thoroughly enjoying how wonderfully thematic they've made IG-88. Not just his characters, but also the spoiled cards that come in his pack. They really got the feel of IG-88, I think.