I figured at some point I had to stop being lazy and write a battle report, but I figure winning last night definitely has me in a good mood today and I felt like sharing. Aside from any day I play X-wing being a good day, I was also able to figure out what my go-to list will be for my league (pending a little more testing).
So a synopsis of events: 100pt tournament with 3 rounds @ 60 mins each. 16 people ended up coming ( it was a last minute "hey, who wants to do this thing?" that was posted on two Facebook pages last week-ish) so MOV was going to be a huge deciding factor. I took a variation of my
#stressbot list in a last second decision that I hoped would mess up some targeting priority.
#stressbot 4.0 100pts
Luke +VI+R3-A2 (31)
Wedge +Predator (32)
Biggs (25)
Bandit (12)
Round 1 vs a Chewie and 4 Bandits @98 pts
-Wedge left Bigg's defensive bubble due to a bump from one of his bandits. Took Injured Pilot Crit trading Range 1 shots with Chewie.
-at the end of the 60 min, I had Luke, Wedge and a bandit remaining while he only had a Bandit left.
Round 2 vs a ZZZXXB PS2 Rebel swarm @100pts.
-Wedge dominated for a bit but was destroyed once he left Biggs protective bubble.
-Luke used stressbot only once during this game.
-Biggs vaped the B-wing in a glorious R1 shot (who needs focus for defense anyways amirite???).
100-32 victory.
Final Round vs a Etahn, Blue, Blue, Rookie @100pts
-three rounds in, his rookie is stressed, shield less and facing a board edge with a stress, Etahn is dead as is a Blue Squadron B-wing. The other B has his back to my K-turned force.
-opponent concedes.
Lessons Learned:
-I have been comfortable having Wes being the stressbot carrier for my squad for a while, so it was hard to get used to not stripping actions like target lock or focus while using Luke as my substitute Stressbot carrier. This obviously helps the opponent's shots to be more accurate.
-not having the Initiative helped because my Bandit ( and the bulk of my formation) blocked K-turns while I could still do them.
-The Falcon was not my Priority Target and I focused on the escorts first, Until the Falcon got in Range of course.
-I need to rethink my deployment strategy so Luke doesn't bump Biggs, but I don't really rely on him having actions anyway so whatevs.
-everyone still tends to ignore the Bandit which is great.
-Formation flying is not dead, it just needed a new angle. Instead of Jousting, I ensured I offset my deployment so I could bank inward to attack lower PS escorts first.
So yeah, that was basically it. Second Place was a 7 TIE Swarm that while also 3-0 could not pump up its MoV because it faced another swarm. The time crunch is a killer but, encourages combat to happen faster.
. It's certainly has served me well. Luke I such a beast. And Wedge Predator? Amazing.