Hey all,

I think we can all agree that Skirmish is now in a great place, with pass rule, errata, Waves 4 & 5. This has lead to a much increased diversity in the meta and the viability of lists. I wanted to try and make sense of all of the various lists flying around, and thought that maybe we could collect and discuss them in one place (amongst others of course!).

I've been trying to put together a list of the broad archetypes (there will of course always be some variations). And when I've got time - and informed by any discussion here - I'll add more info/link to lists on ia-armies.

I've not really explored scum much, so don't know many lists for them...

Tell me what I'm missing and I'll update the post.

Imperial

Rebel

Scum

Trandoshan Hunter Pack

4 x Trandoshan Hunter

Hired Guns

Gideon

R2-D2

or

4 x Trandoshan Hunter

Elite Rebel Saboteurs

Gideon

9Act was the meta before 4x4 was ('til FAQ 1.1 "Passing").

Vader's fist and 4x4 are not current meta either (they were 'til FAQ 2 "RG nerf").

Maybe you should mark them in a way to indicate, that these are here for historical reasons only.

What you called Imperial Troopers are the Swarmtroopers.

The Imperial Search Block is:

I wouldn't call Focus Attack or Wookiees really part of the relevant meta.

The Twins have a strong variation called Twin Magic:

Trandoshan Hunter Pack

4 x Trandoshan Hunter

Hired Guns

Gideon

R2-D2

or

4 x Trandoshan Hunter

Elite Rebel Saboteurs

Gideon

That sounds interesting! The moment I read the first list I was thinking, "what would it look like with an elite sab in there?" and then I looked farther and saw you already thought of it

Have you gotten to play this or against it? How good is it?

When you do it right, your opponent has no Command Cards left at the end of turn 2. Plus: A lot of damage.

I wouldn't call Focus Attack or Wookiees really part of the relevant meta.

The Twins have a strong variation called Twin Magic:

Rebel High Command

▪ Luke Skywalker

▪ Leia Organa

▪ C-3PO

▪ Gideon Argus

+ On A Diplomatic Mission

Elite Rebel Saboteur

Elite Rebel Saboteur

I love this Idea!

What would the command deck look like? What would it's goals be?

Lots of Focus for the Saboteurs, lots of attacks for Luke and Leia, lots of speed for Mission accomplishment, extra VP for On a Mission.

Command deck: Everything that generates extra damage for the Saboteurs, especially Focus, everything that could genereate extra attacks or activations for Luke and Leia.

On a diplomatic Mission and Rebel High Command genereate more VPs and Command Cards than R2-D2 could.

Isn't Beast Machines, 3 x rHKs, 2 x rWampa and an eNexu?

Trandoshan Hunter Pack

4 x Trandoshan Hunter

Hired Guns

Gideon

R2-D2

or

4 x Trandoshan Hunter

Elite Rebel Saboteurs

Gideon

What you called Imperial Troopers are the Swarmtroopers.

The Imperial Search Block is:

Elite Stormtrooper

Elite Stormtrooper

Royal Guard

Elite Probe Droid

Elite Probe Droid

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

The new Imperial Trooper 9Act is:

Elite Stormtrooper

Elite Stormtrooper

Probe Droid

Probe Droid

Elite Probe Droid

Elite Probe Droid

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

I wouldn't call Focus Attack or Wookiees really part of the relevant meta.

The Twins have a strong variation called Twin Magic:

Rebel High Command

▪ Luke Skywalker

▪ Leia Organa

▪ C-3PO

▪ Gideon Argus

+ On A Diplomatic Mission

Elite Rebel Saboteur

Elite Rebel Saboteur

Isn't Beast Machines, 3 x rHKs, 2 x rWampa and an eNexu?

OP Updated!

What about a RGC list for the Imps? I've been playing around with running one of these variations.

RGC

EStorm Troopers

EStorm Troopers

Probe Droid

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

or

RGC

EStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

Probe Droid

Probe Droid

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

or

RGC

EStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

Imperial Offier

Imperial Officer

What about a RGC list for the Imps? I've been playing around with running one of these variations.

RGC

EStorm Troopers

EStorm Troopers

Probe Droid

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

or

RGC

EStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

Probe Droid

Probe Droid

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

or

RGC

EStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

Imperial Offier

Imperial Officer

I just put version three of the above on the table for 2 games on the Hoth Skirmish map. Took both handily. Loved it.

Yea I was thinking the probe droid is nice because you can play around with other options for command cards but mainly to voluntarily trigger Executioner if you didn't get a chance yet that round... however surrounding him in Storm Troopers pretty much guarantee that you will..

What command card list did you run for that?

Thanks for mentioning Beast Machines! Kind of surreal to look at a list like this and see that.

Thanks for mentioning Beast Machines! Kind of surreal to look at a list like this and see that.

You guys mentioned it in passing in Ep11 - but I've no idea what it is really - but from other posters comments I put it in.

Is it correct? Did you guys come up with the list? What can you tell us about it?

What about a RGC list for the Imps? I've been playing around with running one of these variations.

Try:

RGC

Elite Stormtroopers

Elite Stormtroopers

Elite Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

Yea I was thinking the probe droid is nice because you can play around with other options for command cards but mainly to voluntarily trigger Executioner if you didn't get a chance yet that round... however surrounding him in Storm Troopers pretty much guarantee that you will..

What command card list did you run for that?

Keep in mind the command deck is still very much a WIP. I find that's the part of a list that takes the longest to tune. That said, here is version 1:

Thanks for mentioning Beast Machines! Kind of surreal to look at a list like this and see that.

You guys mentioned it in passing in Ep11 - but I've no idea what it is really - but from other posters comments I put it in.

Is it correct? Did you guys come up with the list? What can you tell us about it?

What about a RGC list for the Imps? I've been playing around with running one of these variations.

Try:

RGC

Elite Stormtroopers

Elite Stormtroopers

Elite Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

Added

Also added a list - that was discussed on Boardwars.eu podcast Ep23 - it's a list that Martin Hoffman has been playing. I don't know what to call it at the moment - other than something like: "Anti-Blast"

It's

Elite Stormtrooper

Elite Stormtrooper

Elite Snowtrooper

Royal Guards

Imperial Officer

Imperial Officer

Any suggestion for a wave 1 restricted tournament? Prefer to play empire, i have 1x of every expansion and possibilities to ask a friend for some miniature of the core

Any suggestion for a wave 1 restricted tournament? Prefer to play empire, i have 1x of every expansion and possibilities to ask a friend for some miniature of the core

Imperial Search Block from the previous page is all Wave 1, silly good and not overly dependent on Command Cards. Seems like it fits the bill.

Wave 1 Rebels are weird now with the Sabs nerf and Scum are basically Trando Spam and that's it.

thx
i was planning these days to play something like that or with vader

What about a RGC list for the Imps? I've been playing around with running one of these variations.

RGC

EStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

RStorm Troopers

Imperial Offier

Imperial Officer

I recently won a store championship with this exact squad. It survived a General Weiss elite troopers squad, a Bantha HK squad, and a focus heavy rebel troopers and Fenn squad, and it's a lot of fun to play

Any suggestion for a wave 1 restricted tournament? Prefer to play empire, i have 1x of every expansion and possibilities to ask a friend for some miniature of the core

Imperial Search Block from the previous page is all Wave 1, silly good and not overly dependent on Command Cards. Seems like it fits the bill.

Wave 1 Rebels are weird now with the Sabs nerf and Scum are basically Trando Spam and that's it.

Haven't seen you on in forever! You guys going to get IAcommand going again? Or maybe some blog entries from time to time? There's a lot of stuff I'd be interested in you guys going over.