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Cassia is a Navigator who joins your crew early on in Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader. She isn’t a powerful fighter like other companions but can use buffs and the Lidless Stare ability. With the right investments, you can deal great damage while supporting your teammates. Here’s the best build for Cassia in Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader to help you reach her full potential.
Best Archetypes For Cassia
Cassia’s default archetype is an Officer, and after completing a full round of Officer abilities at Level 15, you can choose from one of three archetypes to access a new set of skills. The Master Tactician is popular, but the Grand Strategist is also a solid choice. Master Tactician boosts Cassia’s damage while Grand Strategist gives more support to your teammates.
Whichever path you choose leads to the Exemplar archetype, where Cassia continues to expand her powers. If you feel that you prefer a different archetype, you can always respec Cassia for free to test out other possibilities. Depending on what you anticipate from future combat situations, it could be a good way to cover Cassia’s weaknesses.
Best Skills For Cassia’s Builds
The skills you choose depend on what you think the best Cassia build is for Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader. Moving her into the Grand Strategist or Master Tactician archetypes will change the skills she takes as an Officer. Once you settle into the Level 15 archetypes, you expand on her capabilities with new skills.
Cassia Grand Strategist Skills
If you plan on making Cassia into a Grand Strategist, here are the Officer skills you should choose in the first 15 levels:
Level | First Skill Selection | Second Skill Selection |
1 | Voice of Command | N/A |
2 | Persuasion | N/A |
3 | Bring it Down | N/A |
4 | Finest Hour | Inspire Courage |
5 | Fellowship | Guide of Souls |
6 | Tonicity | Willpower |
7 | Zone of Fear | Perilous Ways |
8 | Pass Unscathed | Preference |
9 | Finest Hour 2 | N/A |
10 | Preference | Fellowship |
11 | Mind Over Matter | Willpower |
12 | Point of Curiosity | Eye of Oblivion |
13 | Unnatural Allure | Preference |
14 | Perception | Unblinking Stare |
15 | Finest Hour 4 | N/A |
Once you choose the Grand Strategist archetype, Cassia gains a new set of skills to help her grow into an Exemplar. The skills she should pick are:
Level | First Skill Selection | Second Skill Selection |
16 | Combat Tactics | N/A |
17 | Waking Nightmare | N/A |
18 | Blood Augury | N/A |
19 | Take and Hold | N/A |
20 | AP Increase | Perception |
21 | Under my Protection | Perception |
22 | Glimpse of Fate | N/A |
23 | Any | Nimble |
24 | Willpower | Open to the Warp |
25 | Point of Interest | N/A |
26 | Willpower | Any |
27 | Take and Hold 1 | N/A |
28 | Adjusting Frontline | Fellowship |
29 | Perception | Any |
30 | Killzone Stratagem | N/A |
31 | Veil of Protection | Ebb and Flow |
32 | Any | Fellowship |
33 | Intelligence | It Will Not Die |
34 | Mastery of Time | N/A |
35 | Take and Hold 3 | N/A |
Cassia Master Tactician Skills
If you prefer to give Cassia more damage-dealing options, here’s the build you should start with as an Officer:
Level | First Skill Selection | Second Skill Selection |
1 | Voice of Command | N/A |
2 | Persuasion | N/A |
3 | Bring it Down | N/A |
4 | Finest Hour | Inspire Courage |
5 | Fellowship | Mind Over Matter |
6 | Lasting Impression | Fellowship |
7 | Reveal the Light | Eye of Oblivion |
8 | More Than Possible | Persuasion |
9 | Finest Hour IV | N/A |
10 | Commerce | Willpower |
11 | Seize the Initiative | Willpower |
12 | Air of Authority | Ebb and Flow |
13 | Pass Unscathed | Coercion |
14 | Perception | Unnatural Allure |
15 | Finest Hour | N/A |
Once the Master Tactician Archetype is available, choose the following skills:
Level | First Skill Selection | Second Skill Selection |
16 | Assign Objective | N/A |
17 | Primary Objective | N/A |
18 | Fellowship | N/A |
19 | Fellowship | Tonicity |
20 | Zone of Fear/Notch of Purpose | N/A |
21 | Perilous Ways | Lore: Imperium |
22 | Perception | Strange Vitality |
23 | Mastery of Time | N/A |
24 | Awareness | Willpower |
25 | Orchestrated Firestorm I | N/A |
26 | In Hero’s Footsteps | N/A |
27 | Awareness | Willpower |
28 | It Will Not Die | Point of Curiosity |
29 | Guide of Souls | N/A |
30 | Perception | Awareness |
31 | Open to the Warp | N/A |
32 | Perception | Blood Augury |
33 | Orchestrated Firestorm III | N/A |