User blog comment:John'Zero'Smith/Battlefront Dice: Melee Units/@comment-25808182-20140718191130

I definitely like the magnaguard. However, Clone Assassins were a lot more specialized and you are not likely find one on the front lines. Though they might be cool in a "special ops" mode, or an Order 66 mode since they were bred to take on Jedi. As for the Alliance and Empire, of the two options presented, definitely the heavy trooper. But I think a better choice would be the Imperial Royal Guard. I wouldn't expect to see this unit on every planet, but maybe on planets where the emperor is the hero and places like Coruscant and the Death Star. Then the rebels could have the alliance guard, as seen at the end of Episode IV, who use force pikes and electrostaffs. I also think the Wookiee warrior should have his Ryyk Blades. In general, though, I think all classes should have some kind of melee attack, be it a combat knife of just bashing people with their gun.