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Week Six is here!
Rankings
Logfiles
Kelvan 100 Theorist 24 (logfile missing)
Highlights
In the battle of World Champs, reigning WC pheaver took down first WC Hothie in an IG88/YV-666 versus VT/Punisher matchup. Paul took advantage of some early aggressive play by Doug’s “Kenny” Kenkirk to strip it down to 2 HP in 3 rounds of fire -- too much for Doug to overcome, and Paul successfully converted the endgame.
Both undefeated players lost this week in 100-0 whitewashes! WC-elect and Season One champ Morgan’s 4-0 run was halted by sozin, and then BlairBunke’s 4-0 run was halted by top ELO rated Matt-Shadowlord.
In battle of S&V podcasters, our Dread Pirate Lord Kelvan went turncoat, bringing his Rebel squad of Jake + Triple Gold TLT to victory over Theorist’s Chirpy+Echo build. It was a first time seeing Echo played this season; as Matt-Shadowlord put it: “I have never rooted for a Phantom before, or been so disappointed to see one explode. I even used to cheer if someone managed to finally kill my own Echo, it was such an event. How have the mighty fallen!” Amusingly, Morgan has been playtesting Kelvan’s list in secret for several months in preparation for the Australian National Championships (where he finished 3rd-4th), only to have Kelvan spring it on him last week in league play!
SideSlip beat Kinetic, and offered the following laconic post game commentary: "Gold dodges everything; Aaron needs new dice."
StarSlinger72 cleanly crushed Dom, with his Palpmobile ejabling some critical Soontir-saving defense rolls, and his Vader one-shotting Howlrunner before she could use her special ability
Week 6 Matchups
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Theorist
Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret
Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret
IG-88D + Expert Handling + Heavy Laser Cannon + Ion Bombs + Advanced Sensors + Autothrusters
(100)
Soontir Fel + Push the Limit + Royal Guard TIE + Stealth Device + Autothrusters
Captain Oicunn + Predator + Engine Upgrade + Conner Net + Emperor Palpatine + Rebel Captive
(99)
Commentary: This is the match of the week. Soontir is incredible and can win this by himself. 1 bad roll tho and it’s over. That’s great! Morgan is a pro at Soontir and this style of list. I especially love palpatine on Oicunn, helping ensure that Morgan always has evades for the Baron. However If Jeff gets a round where he has HLC and tiny lasers on Soontir I think he can punch through. I’m surprised to see IG-88D over B but the K turn might be very helpful here.
sozin: I’m betting on Morgan here, simply because he can have Soontir shout “WITNESS ME!!!” at the Palpmobile when he goes in for a range one shot. Morgan: do this for me, and you can have my Ruger Vaquero!
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Theorist
Lyle: Morgan
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Whisper + Veteran Instincts + Advanced Cloaking Device + Sensor Jammer + Recon Specialist
Howlrunner
Academy Pilot
Academy Pilot
Academy Pilot
(98)
IG-88B + IG-2000 + Heavy Laser Cannon + Predator + Advanced Sensors + Inertial Dampeners + Autothrusters
Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret
Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret
(100)
Commentary: This is also an interesting match where each list has a counter for the other. TLT is a great counter to the Ace meta and swarms are great against TLT. Picking a list really is just a question of which counter you like. I tend to think TLT will be enough to wipe out Whisper.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Matt-Shadowlord
Lyle: Matt-Shadowlord
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Poe Dameron + Predator + R5-P9 + Autothrusters
Red Squadron Veteran + Predator + R2-D2 + Autothrusters
Tala Squadron Pilot
Tala Squadron Pilot (100)
Miranda Doni + Twin Laser Turret + Chewbacca
Jake Farrell + Awing Test Pilot + Push the Limit + Veteran Instincts + Autothrusters + Proton Rockets
Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret + R3-A2
(98)
Commentary: A potential standard firepower 4 ship rebel list vs Speed and control. sozin’s list relies on TLT to grind a list down while arc dodging. Pheaver just wants to shoot stuff hard and regen. While I like the regen aspect I tend to think that sozin can arc dodge enough to win those trades.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Sozin
Lyle: pheaver (I do better when I bet against myself)
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Tempest Squadron Pilot + Accuracy Corrector + TIE/x1
Tempest Squadron Pilot + Accuracy Corrector + TIE/x1
Backstabber
Whisper + Veteran Instincts + Advanced Cloaking Device + Sensor Jammer + Intelligence Agent
(100)
Tempest Squadron Pilot + Accuracy Corrector + TIE/x1
Tempest Squadron Pilot + Accuracy Corrector + TIE/x1
Tempest Squadron Pilot + Accuracy Corrector + TIE/x1
Darth Vader + Predator + Engine Upgrade + Advanced Targeting Computer + TIE/x1 (100)
Commentary: Well then, hello there mirror. What a handsome list you are. I’m glad I thought of that! While I like accuracy corrector vs sensor jammer this game will likely be won or lost at initiative. Unless I win initiative and then blair has a 50/50 shot to beat me anyway.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Whoever wins Initiative (BlairBunke)
Lyle: I never bet against My Dread Pirate Liege Lord, Kelvan Tiberius
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Dom
Wild Space Fringer + Heavy Laser Cannon
Miranda Doni + Twin Laser Turret
Jake Farrell + Chardaan Refit + Push the Limit + Autothrusters + Wired
(100)
IG-88A + IG-2000 + Heavy Laser Cannon + Veteran Instincts + Fire-Control System + Glitterstim + Autothrusters
IG-88B + IG-2000 + Heavy Laser Cannon + Veteran Instincts + Fire-Control System + Glitterstim + Autothrusters
(100)
Commentary: Robots can’t do drugs. This doesn’t make any sense.
sozin: that sounds like a wonderful science fiction concept. (Speaking of which, allow me to highly recommend A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet; think: Guardians of the Galaxy meets Firefly.) Hothie continues to explore unusual list concepts, this time taking on the under-utilized IG-88A (which, given the new M.O.V. rules, might start seeking more play!). Built-in gunner+HLC+FCS can deal out a ton of hurt, and if Hothie manages to get a round of focus firing it, it could go badly for Dom. The WSF makes a great blocker, and A-Wing plus PTL + Wired is a great combo (I can’t wait to try it with Greens). I prefer VI on Jake, and this match up shows why: with VI, Jake can hunt the robots; without it, he’s hunted. The Brobot's auto thrusters should enable some good evading of Miranda's TLTs. Jake hunting + Miranda dodging + HLC blasting == Hothie takes a close one.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Dom
Lyle: Hothie
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Kath Scarlet + Push the Limit + Engine Upgrade + K4 Security Droid
Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret + R4 Agromech
Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret + R4 Agromech (100)
Colonel Vessery + Heavy Laser Cannon + Veteran Instincts
Maarek Stele + Push the Limit + Twin Ion Engine Mk. II + Advanced Targeting Computer + TIE/x1
Commander Alozen + Advanced Sensors + TIE/x1
(100)
Commentary: So Heavy laser cannon into the worst of 3 crits. That sounds annoying as hell. Starslinger72 can have a shot if a Y wing lives to fire. He needs to put a lot of damage on a high priority target, enough that he can kill it. Kath, while great might have some issues keeping arcs although she is underused for how good her ability is.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: KineticOperator
Lyle: KineticOperator