Games are over in about 20-30 minutes .so far....more often as the victor.

So...that gives both players a good amount of time to use the bathroom and get a bite to eat.refill coffee...etc.

R.A.C.- adaptability(+1)

Gunner

Darth Vader

Engine upgrade

Whisper-vet instincts

A.C.D.

F.C.S.

Agent kallus

99 points.

I love it. But as I have whined in other threads,I'm scared of u-boats. Also tlt list melt me fast so that sucks.

Otherwise.. It's a blast to play. Lots of fun games today at a SC.

I'm open to suggestion about further tweaks.personally I don't think kallus is best here and I might not really need gunner on the decimator. It usually hits the first time. But when it doesn't double Vader is awesome.

I don't know. There's room for improvement somewhere.

I definitely like the Crew situation now better than Without Gunner on RAC. I think it will be a matter of figuring out tactics to counter certain lists rather than tweaking the list.

Gunner is a pretty vital part of that list for taking down impossible-to-hit aces.

I have played a lot of Decimator + Ace lists in the last 6 months, last year I won a regional and came second in another with a RAC + Soontir list, I have now modified it to this:

Commander Kenkirk
Lone Wolf

Engine Upgrade
Emperor Palpatine

Whisper

VI

ACD

FCS

Agent Kallus

I won my local store champs with this list yesterday

Gunner is good but Palpatine is better, you're more likely to force damage through onto opposing aces with Whisper + FCS + Agent Kallus + Palpatine than with RAC + Gunner (in my opinion at least).

Also Kenkirk is a beast at blocking aces as well, and I also managed to beat a dreaded 4 x TLT squad on the back of Kenkirk's ability + Lone wolf as it kept my decimator alive a full 3 turns longer than usual (though it did help that I managed to get R1 of a y-wing with both ships on the first full engagement and take it out before it got to shoot)

I would strongly suggest swapping out Gunner + Vader for Palpatine, it also means that your opponent actually has to do all 16 damage to your decimator themselves rather than the freebie damage from Vader.

I would strongly suggest swapping out Gunner + Vader for Palpatine, it also means that your opponent actually has to do all 16 damage to your decimator themselves rather than the freebie damage from Vader.

There's no "freebie" damage from Vader. You use Vader when you need it, and it will most likely lead to the destruction of a ship. Taking out a ship from your opponent means less firepower against you, thus the 2 damage from Vader will probably pay back in the next shooting phase already.

The SC here was won by a Doom Deci + Soontir, and he played more than once vs Palpshuttle + Aces in that tournament. It's easy business, use Vader against the hard to get dude (usually Soontir or Whisper) and simply gun everything else down. Seen a version of Doomdeci (VI Chiraneau) + Whisper in a game vs PalpDeci wth Whisper. The Whisper from the guy with the Emperor didn't survive the first contact of course, the game was over in less than 30 minutes.