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Posted at Sep 9, 2015

Week 3 Results

Predictions:

A good week for the prognosticators, Ricky went 5/5 and Lyle went 4/5!

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Highlights

Swarms vs Aggressors/YVs was a split, with BlairBunke continuing his rampage by beating Dom’s Obsidian Swarm with his Bossk/88B, and StarSlinger72’s swarm muscling down sozin’s Morales/88B list after some over-aggressive opening play by sozin. Dom managed to block Blair’s IG four turns in a row … and it didn’t matter; that built-in gunner is brutal.
Theorist’s triple Punisher build demonstrated the power of FCS+Cluster missiles; KO’s Talonbane Cobra succumbed to the cluster missiles in the first two rounds of combat and Theorist mopped it up.
Morgan-Hothie was another swarm versus two ship list, with Hothie bringing a Deathrain+AP swarm and Morgan leaning on his trusted Chiraneau+Soontir. A choice moment from Morgan-Hothie, the first round of fire:

<Morgan Reid> - Gunner

* *** Morgan Reid Rolls to Attack: [Focus], [Crit], [Focus], [], [], [], [] ***

* *** Morgan Reid Re-Rolls Attack Die 1 [Focus] and gets a [Hit] ***

* *** Morgan Reid Re-Rolls Attack Die 3 [Focus] and gets a [Focus] ***

* *** Doug Kinney Rolls to Defend: [blank], [blank], [blank], [blank], [], [], [] ***

<Morgan Reid> - ouch

Doug Kinney flips up the critical card: Structural Damage *

<Morgan Reid> - Vader

And that’s one dead Tie Fighter. Things continued to go downhill from there, with Doug rolling one evade on his first eleven dice. Pro tip to anyone playing Morgan: he’s a total wimp with Soontir, don’t chase him, focus on the big guy! :-)

Week 4 Matchups

listjuggler

Kelvan

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret

Jake Farrell + awing Test Pilot + Veteran Instincts + Push the Limit + Autothrusters + Chardaan Refit

(100)

Morgan

Obsidian Squadron Pilot

Omega Ace + Push the Limit + Engine Upgrade

Howlrunner + Hull Upgrade

(100)

Commentary: Yikes! I finally figure out my TLT list I like the most and Morgan decides that TLTs need to go! I do not like. Jake can have a field day here tho, So long as he has clear enough lanes to move. Omega Ace looks awesome too. I’m excited to see him in action… I just hope i can keep him from Jake!

Scum and Villainy Prediction

Ricky: Morgan

Lyle: Morgan

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Theorist

Corran Horn + R3-A2 + Lone Wolf + Hull Upgrade

Dash Rendar + Push the Limit + Heavy Laser Cannon + Kyle Katarn + Outrider + Engine Upgrade

(100)

MattShadowlord

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret + R3-A2

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret + Bomb Loadout + Ion Bombs

Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret

(100)

Commentary: Theorist believes in Dash/Corran. Well, if he wanted a test this will be it. Matt brings what is probably the best TLT list available. There is control mixed with pure unrelenting damage. That’s brutal. I want Theorist to win because I’m starting to see tiny lasers everywhere. I can’t see it tho.

Scum and Villainy Prediction

Ricky: MattShadowlord

Lyle: MattShadowlord

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Pheaver

Black Sun Ace + Crack Shot

Drea Renthal + Twin Laser Turret

(100)

StarSlinger72

Zertik Strom + Veteran Instincts + TIE/x1 + Sensor Jammer + Proton Rockets

Captain Kagi + Sensor Jammer + Tactician + Rebel Captive

Carnor Jax + Push the Limit + Royal Guard TIE + Hull Upgrade + Autothrusters

(100)

Commentary: Let me just say that I don’t like the Krihax fighter. I don’t think i can even spell it right I don’t like it that much. Not even gonna look it up. Drea however is kinda cool and works great with TLT. Looks like the plan for StarSlinger is to kill Drea ASAP with whatever he can and use Kagi to soak up damage in the mean time. I can see that happening. Certainly more than i can see inefficient Kraraxkies playing well, even for the Worlds champ.

Scum and Villainy Prediction

Ricky: StarSlinger72

Lyle: StarSlinger72

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BlairBunke

Bandit Squadron Pilot

Poe Dameron + R5-P9 + Autothrusters + Predator

(99)

KineticOperator

Poe Dameron + Lone Wolf + R5-P9 + Autothrusters

Blue Ace + Weapons Guidance + Autothrusters

Red Squadron Veteran + Crack Shot + Weapons Guidance + Autothrusters

(100)

Commentary: 3 Xwings I don’t think will immediately die. What is this world coming to? The xwing is back and I’m excited to see how this turns out. KO obviously has superior PS and individually better fire power. Bandits don’t hate seeing AGI 2 tho. I happen to really like the new xwings, although I still don’t thing there’s a fix for the old Xwings yet.

Scum and Villainy Prediction

Ricky: BlairBunke

Lyle: BlairBunke

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Dom

Alpha Squadron Pilot

Royal Guard Pilot + Royal Guard TIE + Push the Limit

Mauler Mithel + Swarm Tactics

Howlrunner + Swarm Tactics

(100)

SideSlip

Syndicate Thug + Ion Cannon Turret + BTL-A4 Y-Wing + R4 Agromech

Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret + Unhinged Astromech

Commentary: So the counter people like for TLT is swarms it seems. That makes sense, lots of ships that can deal with the withering fire of tiny lasers everywhere. Dom brings a high powered version to this game. He faces an intriguing control list with 2 warhogs along with some tiny laser Y wings. Dom will be firing first. I think he can kill a Thug which will put him at a 5v3 scenario… Sideslip does not want that Royal Guard to live. If the TLT ships die the Royal Guard could a have a field day with some title y wings.

Scum and Villainy Prediction

Ricky: Dom

Lyle: Dom

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Sozin

Warden Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret + Recon Specialist

Jake Farrell + awing Test Pilot + Push the Limit + Veteran Instincts + Autothrusters + Proton Rockets

(97)

Hothie

Tempest Squadron Pilot + TIE/x1 + Accuracy Corrector

Captain Yorr + Advanced Sensors + Fleet Officer

Omega Ace

Carnor Jax + Royal Guard TIE + Veteran Instincts + Autothrusters

(100)

Commentary: Sozin brings 2 mobile tiny lasers and Jake against a hard hitting unique squad by Hothie. Hothie is looking to user Fleet officer from Yorr to give Omega Ace some target lock focus action to put some kill shots in. Carnor as always is a bully and the Tempest squad is pure efficiency. Sozin will try to run around slowly killing things with Tiny Lasers. I like the idea of Hothie’s squad but it seems like a lot of things need to continue to go right for him to win.

Scum and Villainy Prediction

Ricky: Sozin

Lyle: sozin!

Edited September 9, 2015 by sozin

Posted at Sep 10, 2015

I think you'll be surprised at what Crack Shot adds to an otherwise unimpressive list. It's too bad he's facing beefier 3-agility ships instead of the standard stealth device variety. Crack Shot melts Stealth Device, especially en masse.

Posted at Sep 10, 2015

There's prolly a really obvious reason for this that I've missed, but why do you see lists (like Dom's) that have a 0pt title that isn't doing anything? Was it just left on there after shuffling upgrades around on the list builder?

Posted at Sep 10, 2015

Tiny lasers, love it! Definitely going to steal that.

Posted at Sep 10, 2015

I think its just for style (he didn't use a list builder for his list)!

Posted at Sep 10, 2015

Pro tip to anyone playing Morgan: he’s a total wimp with Soontir, don’t chase him, focus on the big guy! :-)

Hey! I prefer to think of Soontir as a cautious veteran...

Posted at Sep 10, 2015

Pro tip to anyone playing Morgan: he’s a total wimp with Soontir, don’t chase him, focus on the big guy! :-)

Hey! I prefer to think of Soontir as a cautious veteran...

Actually I was trying to chase him off and bring RAC in, which is exactly what happened. Morgan just flew RAC pretty well that I wasn't able to finish him off