Going to a SC, and cant decide if I should choose rocks or debris...

What do you choose? And why?

SC?

For gaming i *hate* six rocks all the time, its so dull.

We quite often substitute thee of them for a 'disabled' corvette or transport as the 'objective' to fight over or mix debris and asteroids.

One house rule we play is to start with six asteroids and every time a small ship is destroyed a debris token is put in its place... it makes for an awesome game as the battlefield soon gets really congested and brutal. It certainly makes a 'joust' riskier as you potentially have to fly through a shower of particles of your enemies!

It depends 100% on your list and the lists you expect to face.

SC?

Store Championship

Ah thought that was what you meant.

Just checking in case it was 'state/store championship' or something totally unrelated to a competition.

It depends 100% on your list and the lists you expect to face.

I have no idea what to expect at the championship - as I off course dont know the other lists.

But I will either bring a BBBBZ list or a Decimator + 3 x TIE Bomber list

You can still guess based on your local meta though and recent championships?

Anywho,

Decimators generally like small rocks to cruise around.

Bombers likewise, lots of room needed for the 5K and Hard-3's.

BBBBZ is a toss-up, but if you expect to face lots of large ships, then debris fields aren't too shabby, as they can give you something the list doesn't have - control. It will not be at the same level or quality as Panic Attack, but a stressed large ship vs 3-4 B's will not be happy.

I like a 50/50 split myself people will fly through debris to avoid rocks most of the time and you can always use that to your advantage.

If you can heard an already stressed fighter through debris you have him cold.

I'm leaning against 3 (larger) debris fields

It depends 100% on your list and the lists you expect to face.

As Keffisch said there is no out of the box right answer here. You will have to consider what you will fly and what the current top squads of the meta are. You will only get to decide 3 of the 6 obstacles for your match. Your maneuvering skill should also point you one way or the other as well. Debris fields are less frightening when you land on them as they won't deny you your shots. Stress can be a concern here as many squads focus on keeping ships locked in an action-less state to prevent actions. Adding an extra stress to your ship only helps thier plan. However if you find that you hit the obstacles in most of your games Debris fields could be the obstacle for you.

The list I've been running I've been going with the two large debris and the large rock. Two of my three ships (Tycho and stressbot double tap Gold) don't care about getting another stress token, so the only negative to it is the 1/8 chance of a crit.