Caelum: RotR also has Earthbound, who are essentially Wingless in tin cans heavier than the plates of Ulm (with reinvigoration and mapmove 2). Anyway, away from the interesting stuff and back to the mechanics:
Shields are good. I'll give you an example.
The Chakram isn't that good, but an extra 14 damage before the two forces clash should be good, right?