KuronoGray

Seems like a very interesting idea. Can be countered, but still. What about Blessed of December? I see how it can be worse than the Cerberus in some aspects, but Critical Strike and Pouncing Strike may come useful. Have not played Marcus or his crew in third yet, but going to soon, so this was helpful and interesting indeed

So can you say "No , I don't want to treat my Shooting as a Melee action" if you need to?

Essence CAN buff his df\wp but there is a problem. It needs an activation before something will try to bully Deep- and since he is a summoner , most of the time your opponent will be the one with pass tokens and initiative.

Usually I would have 2-3 academics in the crew too - Banasuva, Kandara and an OX-Mage. Shastar is a bit pricey for my taste and you can hire Casandra for +1 SS for better crew control and mobility. Same goes for Kudra. Sometimes I take a Silent One to the team. She is pretty cool and not afraid to heal anything (since golems and Elementals are not LIVING- its kind of hard to heal them directly with most models). She gets all pillars she needs via Demises(Banasuva, Ice Gamin\Golem) and can create her own. On the topic of Sandeeps defense- yes, Medical Automaton can help him, and yes he is a backline summoner- but same goes for many other summoners who have better defense abilities still.

I'm a little bit concerned with Sandeep's defensive capabilities. 10 wounds 5/7 and Shield +2 is a bit weaker than almost any other summoner. Shields don't help that much, DF of 5 makes it easy to hit him in the face. No Protected(Elemental) also seems weird. No healing in his Keyword for him. Anybody else or it's just me? As for the post above- Banasuva can DIE reeeealy fast (even with the SSCache). Idk if it is wise to throw him into action carelessly. Also, don't know if its common tactic, but... Tried taking lady Feng as a second master to Deep- abundance of scrap, Big Sized golems, Kandara's Stagger- compliment her abilities and her Bonus action pretty well. Giving Burning to enemy models makes your Fire Golem happier.