The finer points of Robin Part 2- Teen Titans

Hi all! Here we have part 2 of my opinions on Robin, this time focusing on their role in Teen Titans. I will only be discussing their strengths and weaknesses in Teen Titans, for more in depth overviews check out part 1. Carrie Kelley does not feature on the Teen Titans roster, and as such she does not feature in this post.

Teen Titans must haves

To start, I should probably talk about what I look for in a model ideally in Teen Titans. Inexperience as a rule is a huge downside to the crew, and as such you want to minimise it as much as possible. To do this you want Leaders and Sidekicks, so automatically the Sidekick Robins come out on top, with the others needing big bonuses to be worthwhile (Raven for example brings Magic and Intimidation that aid the crew)

The Boy Wonder is allowed to operate in a Teen Titans crew due to his Teen Titans Founder trait. This lets him ignore The Sidekick, and gives him +1 to willpower and strength, and Reinforced Gloves. This makes him a versatile option in the crew, and he can potentially work very well. As a Sidekick he also removes one Inexperience Counter, which is of great use

AC Robin is again pretty awful, he can do ok as an offensive model when using Teamwork, but with no henchmen, there's no reason not to take AK Robin if you can. Follow Me! is useless in Titans, Detective is almost the same, and Searcher is just about his best trait. As a Free Agent he's opening up Inexperience, and as such isn't worth the trouble.

AK Robin is a better option to abuse Teamwork with (Nightwing is still better, but Tim is good). True Love is far more likely here, because Rebirth or Sidekick Batgirl are both good options to take, but he's still fairly unremarkable. At least as a Sidekick, he removes an Inexperience Counter, but for his cost I'd rather take someone else (Arsenal or Raven in the same bracket)

Damian is sadly not the best option in Teen Titans, but he can do well paired with a Nightwing as an offensive combo, same as in the Brave and the Bold. At the very least, he is a cheaper Free Agent, so you can still get 2-3 Sidekicks into a list (the least you want to play Titans effectively) and have enough rep spare for Damian. If there's a 30-40 point gap when you add him, however, I'd trade him up for someone more costly