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Week 7 Results
Standings
Logfiles
pheaver 100 morgan 32 | vlog
Dom 100 sozin 32 | vlog
KineticOperator 100 Hothie 24 | vlog
Starslinger72 100 Matt-Shadowlord 56 | vlog
Theorist 100 Blair 51 | vlog
Sideslip v Kelvan
Highlights
S&V podcast vet Theorist scored a much needed win against league-leading BlairBunke’s tricky Torkil + TYLTx2 + Pirate x2 Scum squad. Jeff’s double Decimator squad took some fire early (with Chirpy losing 7 hit points in the initial round of fire, and then taking a Major Hull breach crit!), but some clever flying and good die rolls turned things around for him.
Matt-Shadowlord v Starslinger game featured Matt’s Oink+Vader, Rebel Captive Imp squad versus the (now-classic) Vader + ACTempestx3. An early asteroid clip cost Oink a needed action, and Whisper was stripped of both shields and one hull in the first round of fire. Matt had the positioning after that, but a clutch K-turn-kill-whisper-at-range-3 dice result pulled StarSlinger into a winning endgame, which he efficiently converted. Tyler’s on a tear, winning 3 in a row and pulling into a tie for second place with Blair and Morgan!
2014 World Championship Rematch, pheaver vs Morgan! Paul continued to be very hard to pin down on a list, this time rocking a Soontir+Zeta mini swarm, and Morgan continues to experiment with different combinations of Palpamators and Soontir, this time running a Kenkirk version. The opening turned into an in-asteroid-field slugfest, cultimating with a beautiful 3-bank block of Morgan’s Soontir by a Zeta. Both Soontir’s were down to two hull, and play continued into a second crisis moment. Paul successfully hunted down Kenkirk, and went into a two-Zeta-plus-Soontir versus Soontir ending, featuring a neat trapping of Soontir in the corner.
Dom’s triple Aces list of Soontir, Carnor, and Vader successfully overcame sozin’s Poe-Stress Red Vet-Super Jake list. A chess match of a game with a lot of interesting twists and turns.
Week 8 Matchups
Matt-Shadowlord: “Ywings, Aggressors and Phantoms. The meta has gone mad!”
IG-88B + Seismic Charges + Heavy Laser Cannon + Lone Wolf + Advanced Sensors + Inertial Dampeners + Autothrusters
Boba Fett + Inertial Dampeners + Veteran Instincts + Engine Upgrade + Tactician
(100)
Poe Dameron + Lone Wolf + Autothrusters + Flechette Torpedoes + R5-P9
Dash Rendar + Heavy Laser Cannon + Push the Limit + Engine Upgrade + Outrider + Kyle Katarn
(98)
Commentary: Yikes. Blair has more Hp, PS, and the same (more or less) damage output. That’s a tough start for Morgan. However Morgan has a few things going for him. He has he more maneuverable ships. He also has just a little bit of control with Poe. Blair’s been powering through the league so it's hard to predict a loss for him. If it were to happen it’d be to incredible positioning with Dash Rendar.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: BlairBunke
Lyle: BlairBunke
Bossk + Predator + Engine Upgrade + Gunner + Tactician
IG-88B + Heavy Laser Cannon + Predator + Advanced Sensors + Autothrusters
(100)
Trandoshan Slaver + Tactical Jammer + Greedo + K4 Security Droid
Syndicate Thug + Twin Laser Turret
Torkil Mux + Twin Laser Turret + Moldy Crow + Bossk
Binayre Pirate
(100)
Commentary: It’s interesting, we haven’t really seen a lot of YV-666’s. Certainly not as many as I initially expected. I believe this is primarily due to TLT spam being very good vs high hp ships when brought en masse. It’s nice to see 2 here. Dom has a situation where he has 2 very good targets in the slaver and Torkil and he likely needs to kill one very quickly. I think Dom brought Bossk for PS, but it seems strange is isn’t building around that ability at all. The funny news is Paul actually helps by bringing greedo on the Slaver. I can see this game going either way. Either Dom gets some quick easy kills and just leans down paul or Dom can’t quite get the damage in early and Paul swarms him and gets first shot kills via Torkil.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Pheaver
Lyle: Dom
Blue Squadron Novice + Autothrusters
Blue Squadron Novice + Autothrusters
Blue Squadron Pilot + Fire-Control System
Blue Squadron Pilot + Fire-Control System
(100)
Moralo Eval + Heavy Laser Cannon + K4 Security Droid + Engine Upgrade
IG-88B + Predator + Heavy Laser Cannon + Advanced Sensors + Inertial Dampeners + Autothrusters
(100)
Commentary: I’m glad Theorist is running Moralo as I think that’s a good ship and he’s got a very fun build for it. Lots of damage. How Moralo will hold vs the concentrated fire of 4 3att ships will probably determine the match. An interesting thing to note is Theorist built his list to perform primarily at range 3, a range the blues are particularly well suited to with autothrusters. Certainly Jeff can fire on a B wing but the chance for a ps kill is lessened there.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: SideSlip
Lyle: Theorist
Guri + Glitterstim + Lone Wolf + Autothrusters + Sensor Jammer + Virago
IG-88B + Proton Bombs + Heavy Laser Cannon + Predator + Sensor Jammer + Glitterstim + Autothrusters
(100)
Commander Kenkirk + Emperor Palpatine + Ysanne Isard
Whisper + Gunner + Fire-Control System + Advanced Cloaking Device + Veteran Instincts
(100)
Commentary: Guri to me isn’t bringing the punch I’d expect in a second ship with IG 88. Of the Starvipers though she is my favorite. (sozin: Dear Pirate Lord, do you remember how I sent you a Guri-alt-art card after Adepticon last year? YOU’RE WELCOME.) Here she’ll make an interesting blocker. Sozin brings a whisper kenkirk list. I like seeing palpatine with an Ace. Seems like a good combo, especially one for whisper. I’m not sure how KO is going to deal with the maneuverability of Sozin’s list.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Sozin (Go ahead Lyle, pick yourself and see what happens)
Lyle: argh, ok, sozin!
Whisper + Veteran Instincts + Advanced Cloaking Device + Fire-Control System + Rebel Captive
Sigma Squadron Pilot + Fire-Control System + Stygium Particle Accelerator
Sigma Squadron Pilot + Fire-Control System + Stygium Particle Accelerator
(100)
Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret
Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret
Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret
Jake Farrell + awing Test Pilot + Veteran Instincts + Push the Limit + Autothrusters + Chardaan Refit
(100)
Commentary: Tyler went into my nightmares and built a list.... the only thing missing is Echo. I need 2 things to happen for a win. I need to survive the turn 1 engage with all my ships, I also need to win initiative so I can give it to Starslinger. sozin: It’s like he read your mind here. I love this as an anti-TLT list; looking forward to this game.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: StarSlinger72
Lyle: StarSlinger72
Jake Farrell + A-Wing Test Pilot + Push the Limit + Veteran Instincts + Autothrusters + Chardaan Refit
Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret
Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret
Gold Squadron Pilot + Twin Laser Turret
(100)
Black Sun Ace
Black Sun Soldier
Black Sun Soldier
Black Sun Soldier
Black Sun Soldier
Black Sun Soldier
Binayre Pirate
(100)
Commentary: Hey Matt, get your own list! I CLEARLY played it before you and Morgan! This is my favorite match of the week because of the one upmanship in each list. TLT? Meet Ps 3+ Swarm (for the most part). Mid PS swarm? Meet Jake. There’s a lot of fun stuff going on here. I do expect Hothie to get a Gold in the first engagement. How he leverages that to pressure Jake and get good shots on him will determine the rest of the game.
Scum and Villainy Prediction
Ricky: Hothie? (I’m not confident on this one)
Lyle: Matt-Shadowlord