Highlights from Atlanta

By nikk whyte, in X-Wing

Z-95 feedback swarm made top 8

Only one(1!) falcon

3 yt-2400, 2 in one list

3 or 4 decimators

1 whisper, 1 echo

A million b wings

Number one overall:

Biggs, r4-d6

Jan ors, ion cannon, -didn't see the rest

Keyan Farlander, stay on target -didn't see the rest (no HLC for sure)

At least one double aggressor made top 8, as well as a boba/iggy build.

The era of the Zany Zapper has begun.

The Falcon is dead! Or rather i heard Harrrison Ford had a crash with it yesterday... Thankfully he survived at least! Disney probably would not let him die anyway because they still have a contract for a few movies with him...

But let's stop joking! I hope old Han gets well soon! My very best wishes to him!

Edited by ForceM

R4-D6?? Seriously? Didn't think anyone found him worth using

Well he's somehow apart of the 1st seed.

No Scum? Bit early I guess.

IG is going to make a serious showing as well the Scum Firsprays (Kath, Bobba, and Mandalorin Mercenary)

Edit note - Sorry Missed Feedback Swarm. Still not as much Scum as I would have thought.

Edited by Tokyogriz

The top 4 is Boba/IG vs BBBZ and dual IGs vs 7 Feedback Zs

final round is bbbbz vs double iggy

My money on the bbbbz

Let's go IG, beat those phony rebel scums!

BBBBZ won it, which is a little disappointing. I actually like that list less than phanotoms/everything at ps 9

BBBBZ won it, which is a little disappointing. I actually like that list less than phanotoms/everything at ps 9

dang, I thought the aggressors would've had it for sure

then again, it's going to be real hard for them to get anywhere when a BBBBZ player knows what he's doing (which sure as **** isn't the case for me :P)

BBBBZ won it, which is a little disappointing. I actually like that list less than phanotoms/everything at ps 9

Bbbbz excel at two ship list

Especially large base.

So easy to block and keep in their arc

Nick, as I mentioed to folks at Giga, I played that list because my wife gave me a last minute reprieve and it was an easy list to grab and go.

BBBBZ has been a tried and true list for quite a while, but I had played Chewie/Biggs/Tarn almost the entire last year, and picked up Coran/Dash in January. I wasn't sure if I would get used to flying a bunch of small ships again, as I thought that not playing with the turret crutch would be a problem.

In my eight games I faced two double aggressors, two Decimator builds, Boba/IG88, and another BBBBZ...and only one Interceptor (with a Decimator). I was really surprised at the lack of In with auto thrusters, but maybe I didn't run in to them.

Yes, the list is solid, but I really believe I lucked out on the draw and was paired up with a lot of big ships. Duel Agressors is solid, and agaist a really good player like Jesse, I don't think I could have won a timed match against him with that list. I think our final match took two hours, and at 60 minutes, I think I was down a B and had an Agressor down to one hull.

Double Agressors are really tough to nail down, especially with their 4 green dice and auto thrusters at range 3.

Edited by tantive4

Nick, as I mentioed to folks at Giga, I played that list because my wife gave me a last minute reprieve and it was an easy list to grab and go.

BBBBZ has been a tried and true list for quite a while, but I had played Chewie/Biggs/Tarn almost the entire last year, and picked up Coran/Dash in January. I wasn't sure if I would get used to flying a bunch of small ships again, as I thought that not playing with the turret crutch would be a problem.

In my eight games I faced two double aggressors, two Decimator builds, Boba/IG88, and another BBBBZ...and only one Interceptor (with a Decimator). I was really surprised at the lack of In with auto thrusters, but maybe I didn't run in to them.

Yes, the list is solid, but I really believe I lucked out on the draw and was paired up with a lot of big ships. Duel Agressors is solid, and agaist a really good player like Jesse, I don't think I could have won a timed match against him with that list. I think our final match took two hours, and at 60 minutes, I think I was down a B and had an Agressor down to one hull.

Double Agressors are really tough to nail down, especially with their 4 green dice and auto thrusters at range 3.

oh no, no offense meant. you got the win you deserved. i just think its an inelegant solution. it seems a strange reaction to whatever hive-mind meta we all have going on that "throw as much health as you can behind 3 dice" has become a go-to.

i'd really like to see bbbbz go toe to toe with a 4 lambda/tie squad, since the theory is pretty much the same.

or oh god, dark curse instead of an academy.

I know you didn't mean any thing by it Nick. (For all you out there, he's an awesome guy).

I did face a Decimator, Dark Curse, and two Academies after the cut. I think I would have had a lot more trouble if those 60 points that he spent on the Decimator had been spent on TIEs and/or Ineceptors.

The only reason I even brought that list back out after almost a year, was the Team Covenant article that talked about the 60 minute rounds of this Tournament season and keeping ships on the board at the end of time.

I can't wait to play against that Boba Fett & IG-88 list that made top four there. It looks like a super solid entry for a Scum two-ship build.

that was james clarke. he's been on a roll with them.

BBBBZ won it, which is a little disappointing. I actually like that list less than phanotoms/everything at ps 9

Doesn't surprise me.

Bbbbz excel at two ship list

Especially large base.

So easy to block and keep in their arc

Yet to have a problem with it with dash/corran. Basically shooting fish in a barrel. Basically what bbbbz does is just punish all the people that netlist two ship builds but just fly straight into them and wonder why they get blasted.