Winning list was
Capt Kagi, sensor jammer
Carnor jax, ptl, title, stealth device, targeting computer
Soontir, ptl, title, stealth device targeting computer.
5 x wings in the top 4, 2 rookies, wedge Wes and Luke. Finished 3rd and 4th.
3 decimators, 2 cheery/whispers (both hunted down by the x wing lists) one oicunn/mini swarm (2nd place)
I think I am going to stay with my XXX list for the next one. Third place ain't too bad for this meta and I think it has the ability to take 1st.
How many people in the tournament?
25.
I'm just up in Charlotte and we have a casual tournament today. I'll have to see how it is. It's not store championship or anything. Last time was the first one and it was just 7 people, but right after New Years. So, we shall see how things go. It's also Super Bowl Sunday, but we should be done well before game time. I'll bring my 4 Tie Bomber list. If people don't take big ships, I know I'll have a hard time.
You'll see majority big ships.
There were maybe half a dozen players not using them yesterday.
Which is exactly why I flew Keyan, 2 rooks, and 2 bandits into 4th place.
We played in Cayce, SC yesterday for a tournament and I was surprised to see no Decimators. Dash/Nera/Green won that one with 2 Defenders coming in second. Was a nice change of pace to see different lists.
Excellent play in our top four last night. As my first time as a TO, you guys did a great job making my job as easy as possible. Thanks to everybody who came out!
Winning list was
Capt Kagi, sensor jammer
Carnor jax, ptl, title, stealth device, targeting computer
Soontir, ptl, title, stealth device targeting computer.
5 x wings in the top 4, 2 rookies, wedge Wes and Luke. Finished 3rd and 4th.
3 decimators, 2 cheery/whispers (both hunted down by the x wing lists) one oicunn/mini swarm (2nd place)
You have a really weird meta. And it's awesome. The Kagi/Jammer + Jax synergy is really interesting. It'll be interesting to see if it's even better with Autothrusters in wave 6, or if the squints actually need targeting computer to keep up the damage.
Winning list was
Capt Kagi, sensor jammer
Carnor jax, ptl, title, stealth device, targeting computer
Soontir, ptl, title, stealth device targeting computer.
5 x wings in the top 4, 2 rookies, wedge Wes and Luke. Finished 3rd and 4th.
3 decimators, 2 cheery/whispers (both hunted down by the x wing lists) one oicunn/mini swarm (2nd place)
You have a really weird meta. And it's awesome. The Kagi/Jammer + Jax synergy is really interesting. It'll be interesting to see if it's even better with Autothrusters in wave 6, or if the squints actually need targeting computer to keep up the damage.
I lost to him in the semi final. Soontir got the most use out of the target locks, due to his ability. Pretty sure Carnor wasn't there to do damage, though he had the ability.
Winning list was
Capt Kagi, sensor jammer
Carnor jax, ptl, title, stealth device, targeting computer
Soontir, ptl, title, stealth device targeting computer.
5 x wings in the top 4, 2 rookies, wedge Wes and Luke. Finished 3rd and 4th.
3 decimators, 2 cheery/whispers (both hunted down by the x wing lists) one oicunn/mini swarm (2nd place)
You have a really weird meta. And it's awesome. The Kagi/Jammer + Jax synergy is really interesting. It'll be interesting to see if it's even better with Autothrusters in wave 6, or if the squints actually need targeting computer to keep up the damage.
Speaking with the store champion running this list, he mentioned Autothrusters several times. By the end of the night, I believe he said his stance was that we wasn't sure that he wanted to mess with the synergy of the list by changing things around. But it would definitely be scary trying to shoot those things down with Autothrusters on them.
Oh, and that Oicuun/miniswarm list went 4-0 in Swiss, with a 680 MoV. Then won the first two rounds during cuts, before Kagi and the Interceptors got to him. There were some really fantastic, creative, and destructive builds yesterday.
Winning list was
Capt Kagi, sensor jammer
Carnor jax, ptl, title, stealth device, targeting computer
Soontir, ptl, title, stealth device targeting computer.
5 x wings in the top 4, 2 rookies, wedge Wes and Luke. Finished 3rd and 4th.
3 decimators, 2 cheery/whispers (both hunted down by the x wing lists) one oicunn/mini swarm (2nd place)
You have a really weird meta. And it's awesome. The Kagi/Jammer + Jax synergy is really interesting. It'll be interesting to see if it's even better with Autothrusters in wave 6, or if the squints actually need targeting computer to keep up the damage.
We have some talented theorycrafters who show up to our leagues and casual play nights, fine tuning new squads that many on these boards would probably laugh at if they saw them across the table. There are a lot of interconnected groups here that travel around between about six stores to get games in.
can someone elaborate on oicunn mini swarm?
I don't have the full list breakdown in front of me at the moment, but Oicuun was definitely running Rebel Captive and Dauntless, and the mini-swarm was four stock Academies, I believe.
Oicunn definitely has determination. And I'm pretty sure he bumped the academies to obsidians, but that's unconfirmed.
I faced him in the semi-finals he ran:
100pts
Oicunn + Determination + Dauntless + Ysanne Isaard + Rebel Captive
4x Academy Pilots.
He used the academies to block any path of retreat for my ships, but he was only able to use Dauntless once because I put stress on him with R3-A2. The power lies in the Academies blocking escape routes as opposed to blocking for action denial. He can effectively ram a ship twice if it attempts to move to where an academy has blocked leaving you stuck in front of Oicunn for another round. In retrospect I should have attempted a bold flanking maneuver, but I tried to control an edge instead. Next time, I will definitely run a different strategy.
Winning list was
Capt Kagi, sensor jammer
Carnor jax, ptl, title, stealth device, targeting computer
Soontir, ptl, title, stealth device targeting computer.
5 x wings in the top 4, 2 rookies, wedge Wes and Luke. Finished 3rd and 4th.
3 decimators, 2 cheery/whispers (both hunted down by the x wing lists) one oicunn/mini swarm (2nd place)
You have a really weird meta. And it's awesome. The Kagi/Jammer + Jax synergy is really interesting. It'll be interesting to see if it's even better with Autothrusters in wave 6, or if the squints actually need targeting computer to keep up the damage.
I play the Carnor-Kagi combination quite often, and I love it! I've used Sensor Jammer a few times, but it never seemed to work for me. You need to get Soontir and Carnor on the flank, with Carnor at range 1, and have Kagi right in front of their squadron, which is easier said than done in my experience. But I REALLY want to get it to work!
X-wings in the top 4? But I thought they sucked?
X-wings in the top 4? But I thought they sucked?
Rookies.
That beat out phantoms to get there.
I had to fly like a madman to do so (I did a 4 forward through an asteroid to block a decloak, twice) but nothing in this game is infallible against a good pilot.
Edited by nikk whyteI find the lack of Phantom hysteria in this thread disturbing!
X-wings in the top 4? But I thought they sucked?
They only suck to bad pilots. They don't have the "auto corrector" of barrel rolls or boosts for those people that can't plan ahead.
Winning list was
Capt Kagi, sensor jammer
Carnor jax, ptl, title, stealth device, targeting computer
Soontir, ptl, title, stealth device targeting computer.
5 x wings in the top 4, 2 rookies, wedge Wes and Luke. Finished 3rd and 4th.
3 decimators, 2 cheery/whispers (both hunted down by the x wing lists) one oicunn/mini swarm (2nd place)
You have a really weird meta. And it's awesome. The Kagi/Jammer + Jax synergy is really interesting. It'll be interesting to see if it's even better with Autothrusters in wave 6, or if the squints actually need targeting computer to keep up the damage.
Based on the meta at the Team Covenant store championship all interceptors will require autothrusters and shield upgrade to be competitive. I think I flew against Gunner Vader Decimators in half my games.
Yeah, but you can pop a gunner vader deci in 2 turns with focused fire. It might scratch one ship off.
It only ever takes a turn to kill an interceptor. One pilot mistake and it's an end to turr phenir's barrel rolling shenanigans, or soontirs awesomeness.