I did throw together a couple quick lists that might be interesting for Imperial and Rebel Boba and then a Kayn Somos - haven't really done the command decks yet

Imperial Boba

1 - Temporary Alliance

13 - Boba Fett

6 - Heavy Stormtroopers

8 - Royal Guards

8 - Royal Guards

2 - Imperial Officer

2 - Imperial Officer

Rebel Boba - My idea here was to maximize command card drawing and kind of stumbled on it when I ended up with three points left over and saw Rebel High Command

13 - Boba Fett

6 - Saska Teft

9 - Biv Bodrik

3 - R2 D2

3 - Gideon

3 - Mak

1 - Balance of the Force

2 - Rebel High Command

Kayn's Pain Train - Obviously it will all come down to the command cards (would love to hear your opinions) but I really feel the officers are needed to move Kayn around and get the most out of his command card, his firing squad and being able to hopefully attack and use his focus for troops.

10 - Kayn Somos

6 - Storm Trooper

6 - Storm Trooper

6 - Heavy Stormtrooper

6 - Heavy Stormtrooper

2 - Imperial Officer

2 - Imperial Officer

2 - Imperial Officer

Anyways would love to hear people's thoughts and if this needs to be in a different forum, just let me know. Mainly put it here after reading where this whole post went discussion wise and now that wave 2 is out want to get some discussion going about how officers have been affected/new options for lists to go against JUST officers and royal guards.

Kayn and Elite Stormtroopers =

The Elites are already strong, but their synergy with Kayn really makes them pop. However, it's 28pts just for Kayn and 2x Elite STs. So 12pts for the rest of the squad...8 for Guards and 4 for two Officers:

10 Kayn

9 Elite Stormtrooper

9 Elite Stormtrooper

8 Royal Guard

2 Officer

2 Officer

This is a squad I haven't used yet, but it's definitely near the top of my idea list.

Instead of the royal guards I'd probably go with the elite heavy troopers for the added synergy.

I see what you are saying but I disagree. I wouldn't recommend playing Imperial without at least one of their most efficient units, especially in a list where having 3-4 guys focused at any given moment is s real possibility.

The environment is really hard to analyze right now (which is a good thing), there are lots of lists doing well in different ways. I think post-pass the easiest way to look at a lot of it is how efficient a given unit is and finding a good mix, preferably in a way that min/max's them.

Some of the more efficient units (in no particular order):

Royal Guards

Luke Skywalker

Elite Saboteurs

Elite Probe Droids

Gideon Argus

Elite Stormies

Elite Rebel Troopers

3PO

Shouldn't we let this thread be about National results and make another thread about list building?

I think, Command Cards will become more and more important.

Actually, the right Command Card drawn at the right time can win a game.

The more Command Cards are released, the higher is the possibility to create a Command Card deck made entirely from game winning Cards.

I like how FFG have made Command Cards a secret element of a list in tournaments A list might be strong, like the 4x4, but if you don't have a solid Command Card Deck then you will struggle.

I think this will lead to 2 things:

1. Themed / Spam Lists become stronger. The more figures have the same keyword, the more useable are certain keyword-specific Command Cards.

2. Rebels will become stronger soon. High Command, Leia and R2-D2 do very good on Command Card dominance. In Addition, Leia will make Strain less of a problem ...

I'm just looking forward to the distributor in Denmark get their behind in gear, so I can start testing Wave2 Really want to kick Mak from my list (as he always underperformce) and get C-3PO in the list instead.

Mak's Critical Hit is great, I you can make it happen ...

He needs a Fokus to do that. But that Fokus is used better elsewhere most of the time ...

Mak is good for finishing figures, that have max 3 HP left, he prefers black die defense targets (to use pierce).

Mak and C-3PO are both pretty slow, Mak has a good range, with C-3PO's Fokus even better, and the chances for the Critical Hit are higher with the Fokus...

Maybe they become best friends pretty soon (at least in my lists).

I have been playing around with a merc list that seems to be doing pretty well so far and has been fun and it can be changed up to fit play styles pretty easily by replacing a card or two.

40 points , 11 figures on the board, a mix of fast and slow units, a good range of abilities, and shared trait with 4 of the activations (brawler).

Temp Allaince

Devious Scheme

C3P0

E. Rebel Sabs.

E. Trandoshans

Trandoshans

E. Tusken

Tusken

I'm still trying out a lot of the other figures but that "Imperial Boba" list above was a lot of fun to play as well.