I rebel list in the top 16! Blimy.
Will have a proper look later but looks like bro bots vs crack vs uboats!
yes. Jesper made a great meta call in taking his double IG's. the number of Imperial aces has vastly reduced recently, and the IGs are very strong against the Uboats and Crack swarms that have replaced them at the top tables.
Rebels won Mass Regionals. 2x Lothan Rebel w/FCS & Autoblaster (1 with Zeb, 1 with Chopper) and a Y-Wing with Autoblaster.
Top 16: Gary Keenan (lost to Dan)
- Cartel Marauder
- Cartel Marauder
- Cartel Marauder
- Cartel Marauder
- Cartel Marauder
5 Khiraxz Fighters. Top 16.
That's one hell of a pilot!
And hungover like you wouldn't believe!
The pain in your head obviously gave you a raging focus needed to handle 5ks
Just got back from the Durham regional. Lots of ghost and palp aces. For my second tournament making top 16 I was happy. Event was ran ok only two complaints tho, didn't think we needed another " lunch break" before cut . All that did after 4 hr drive there and long day of xwing was make me sleepy and after having the largest regional to date the prize support was just awful. You would think with 120+ in attendance at 15$ a person you could do a little more than just the regional kit
Hey, this is Josh, the marshal from the regional at Atomic Empire. Thanks for hanging in with us for a long day, and congratulations on making the top 16! I just wanted to address your complaints - this was the biggest tournament we've ever run, so feedback from players is very important and we want to address anything that's lacking.
We (the event leaders and store staff) talked about that second lunch break, and decided it was better to take one, even though it delayed the start of our top 16 round. I do realize that there are players who didn't need it - anyone who made the top 16 but lost their match would be able to go eat afterwards, so all it did for you was make your day longer, and I do apologize for that. However, we did discuss how players who made the final round would be playing until at most likely at least 2:00am, and we did not want those players to go for potentially 10 hours after lunch with no meal break. I also wanted to make sure that the store staff who were working the tournament as well as the other judges were able to step out for at least a few minutes and get some food.
As far as prize support, we did actually do more than the kit. During round 4, we gave out over 30 small door prizes. Our top 8 all received store credit as well, so we gave out well over $1000 in prizes beyond the tournament kit. Is there anything specific you would have liked to see in terms of prize support?
If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please let me know. As I said, we always want to make sure we are running the best possible tournament we can, so any ideas you have about improving things are very welcome. I will also message you with my email if you would like to contact me directly with any feedback about the tournament. Thanks again for joining us, for sharing your comments, and we hope to see you back again for our next one!
Effectively a double post, ignore me!
Edited by ArbitraryNerd
Baron of the Empire + Juke + Tie/v1 + Guidance Chips + Cluster Missiles
Originally I thought about this list as unexpected tier 2, however after this regional I believe it can be classified as a potential Tier 1 list.
I did create this list to best PS3 U-boats, however i didn't face any. My matchups were:
Swiss:
Dengar/Kath Scarlett
Won, lost both bombers
4 TLT Y-wings (Guy made it to top 8 as well)
Lost, we did a sightseeing tour around the galaxy for an hour, then I decided to engage in the last round and bumped. Got one y-wing to 1 hp and lost a bomber.
Dengar/2 TLT Y wings
Won 100-0
Palpatine/Soontir/Inquisitor
Modified win (Killed shuttle, lost Jones)
Dengar/4 Binayre Pirate (Proton Rockets/Feedback array)
Won 100-0
Palpatine/Soontir/Inquisitor
Win (Killed shuttle and Inquisitor, lost Jones and bomber)
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Elimination:
Palp/Whisper/Omega leader
Killed Omega and Palp, lost Jones. Whisper lost all shields.
Once it went close to time with no chance to win, opponent conceded.
Triple aces (Soontir/Carnor/Inquisitor)
Very close game. I lost one baron but killed Carnor during initial exchange. Then I did manage to get a hit on Soontir, lost a bomber and it ended up with Soontir and Inquisitor having range 2 shots on a fresh but tokenless baron that had a return cluster missile shot (no juke, but in Jones range) on a tokenless Soontir. My opponent did manage to get 4 hits through my defence dices and killed the baron. I conceded after that (as I didn't have a chance to win after that).
I think that one of the strong points of this list is the fact that it can erase any ship that ends up in range 2 of both barons (10-12 hits with cluster missiles and Juke that works on every cluster missile attack) as well as the fact that barons are hard to hit and can still deal the damage even after spending the missiles.
What is your list?
Baron of the Empire + Juke + Tie/v1 + Guidance Chips + Cluster Missiles
Captain Jonus + Crack Shot + Guidance Chips + XX-23 S-Thread Tracers + XX-23 S-Thread Tracers
Gamma Squadron Pilot + Extra Munitions + Plasma Torpedoes + Guidance Chips
How should I set this list up and fly it? Against say, a Kanan crewed Super Dash or a Palp Aces what do you do? Jumpmasters too.
Squadron formation, barons on top, focus up every turn until engaged (or barrel roll everyone if situation warrants it). If anyone ends up being in range, fire tracers, acquire target locks (and evades) and plasma/cluster.
Against aces go for the shuttle first, threaten a cluster/plasma shot on aces and keep in mind that once you kill the shuttle they need to kill 2 of you ships without losing anything or kill 3 of your ships (if they lost one) to win.
Also keep in mind that you can use tracers and crackshot to try to pop Soontir's stealth device.
Can confirm, this worked just fine as a setup >.<
(I was your Top 16 matchup -- sorry you didn't go all the way, but glad you got your dice!!)
Results from Sydney Regionals (Parramatta) were as follows.
Shannon Rios
Def. Martin Williams
Jeff Dunster
Def.
Trystan Foss
Brendan Morrissey
Def.
Damien Wright
Jaren Foss
Def.
Rhett Eldred
Jason Gemmell
Def. Luke Sunnol
Kris Watts
Def.
Dominic Meyer
Paul Thornton
Def.
Robert Eyles
Travis Foss
Def. Alex Smith
Top 8
Shannon Rios
Def.
Kris Watts
Jeff Dunster
Def.
Travis Foss
Jason Gemmell
Def.
Paul Thornton
Jaren Foss
Def.
Brendan Morrissey
Top 4
Jeff Dunster
Def.
Jaren Foss
Shannon Rios
Def.
Jason Gemmell
Top 2
Jeff Dunster
Def.
Shannon Rios
Just got back from the Durham regional. Lots of ghost and palp aces. For my second tournament making top 16 I was happy. Event was ran ok only two complaints tho, didn't think we needed another " lunch break" before cut . All that did after 4 hr drive there and long day of xwing was make me sleepy and after having the largest regional to date the prize support was just awful. You would think with 120+ in attendance at 15$ a person you could do a little more than just the regional kit
Hey, this is Josh, the marshal from the regional at Atomic Empire. Thanks for hanging in with us for a long day, and congratulations on making the top 16! I just wanted to address your complaints - this was the biggest tournament we've ever run, so feedback from players is very important and we want to address anything that's lacking.
We (the event leaders and store staff) talked about that second lunch break, and decided it was better to take one, even though it delayed the start of our top 16 round. I do realize that there are players who didn't need it - anyone who made the top 16 but lost their match would be able to go eat afterwards, so all it did for you was make your day longer, and I do apologize for that. However, we did discuss how players who made the final round would be playing until at most likely at least 2:00am, and we did not want those players to go for potentially 10 hours after lunch with no meal break. I also wanted to make sure that the store staff who were working the tournament as well as the other judges were able to step out for at least a few minutes and get some food.
As far as prize support, we did actually do more than the kit. During round 4, we gave out over 30 small door prizes. Our top 8 all received store credit as well, so we gave out well over $1000 in prizes beyond the tournament kit. Is there anything specific you would have liked to see in terms of prize support?
If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please let me know. As I said, we always want to make sure we are running the best possible tournament we can, so any ideas you have about improving things are very welcome. I will also message you with my email if you would like to contact me directly with any feedback about the tournament. Thanks again for joining us, for sharing your comments, and we hope to see you back again for our next one!
I was at Atomic Empire as well, came in 3-3 near the middle of the pack. I thought overall the tournament was run very well. My only real complaint was that we didn't start right on time. I'd gotten up at 4am to make the drive, and got to the store by about 8:30 (I was worried about traffic), and then sat around for 2 hours before the 1st round (plus I had my Store Championship bye). I didn't even play a game until noon. Maybe I didn't have to be there that early, but I was afraid signing in and getting lists checked would be a nightmare with 123 people pre-registered. It was not.
I got an alternate art Gunner card, and a pack of acrylic Extra Munitions tokens. My brother was there, too, and he didn't get anything. So I'd say the issue there was a lot of people may not have even realized door prizes were being given out. I never heard anyone announce it over the PA.
Just got back from the Durham regional. Lots of ghost and palp aces. For my second tournament making top 16 I was happy. Event was ran ok only two complaints tho, didn't think we needed another " lunch break" before cut . All that did after 4 hr drive there and long day of xwing was make me sleepy and after having the largest regional to date the prize support was just awful. You would think with 120+ in attendance at 15$ a person you could do a little more than just the regional kit
Hey, this is Josh, the marshal from the regional at Atomic Empire. Thanks for hanging in with us for a long day, and congratulations on making the top 16! I just wanted to address your complaints - this was the biggest tournament we've ever run, so feedback from players is very important and we want to address anything that's lacking.
We (the event leaders and store staff) talked about that second lunch break, and decided it was better to take one, even though it delayed the start of our top 16 round. I do realize that there are players who didn't need it - anyone who made the top 16 but lost their match would be able to go eat afterwards, so all it did for you was make your day longer, and I do apologize for that. However, we did discuss how players who made the final round would be playing until at most likely at least 2:00am, and we did not want those players to go for potentially 10 hours after lunch with no meal break. I also wanted to make sure that the store staff who were working the tournament as well as the other judges were able to step out for at least a few minutes and get some food.
As far as prize support, we did actually do more than the kit. During round 4, we gave out over 30 small door prizes. Our top 8 all received store credit as well, so we gave out well over $1000 in prizes beyond the tournament kit. Is there anything specific you would have liked to see in terms of prize support?
If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please let me know. As I said, we always want to make sure we are running the best possible tournament we can, so any ideas you have about improving things are very welcome. I will also message you with my email if you would like to contact me directly with any feedback about the tournament. Thanks again for joining us, for sharing your comments, and we hope to see you back again for our next one!
I was at Atomic Empire as well, came in 3-3 near the middle of the pack. I thought overall the tournament was run very well. My only real complaint was that we didn't start right on time. I'd gotten up at 4am to make the drive, and got to the store by about 8:30 (I was worried about traffic), and then sat around for 2 hours before the 1st round (plus I had my Store Championship bye). I didn't even play a game until noon. Maybe I didn't have to be there that early, but I was afraid signing in and getting lists checked would be a nightmare with 123 people pre-registered. It was not.
I got an alternate art Gunner card, and a pack of acrylic Extra Munitions tokens. My brother was there, too, and he didn't get anything. So I'd say the issue there was a lot of people may not have even realized door prizes were being given out. I never heard anyone announce it over the PA.
Thanks for the feedback! Sorry you had to sit around so long before playing a game. When we posted the tournament start time as 10:00, we did intend that to be the time for opening announcements/housekeeping items, and figured on starting the first round play at 10:30 (and we were pretty close). Would it have been better if we had posted 10:00 as tournament start and 10:30 as first round? We did want to make sure we had all the players in for the announcements about how the tournament would run.
We will work on doing a better job of announcing the prize giveaways and making players aware of it, especially when there's a bigger crowd like this one. We were trying to do it without interrupting game play, but we can definitely take a few more minutes and formalize that process.
Thanks!
Edited by FranquesEnbiens
Superdash has done fairly well paired with the ghost. Hasnt won any yet, but pretty sure its been top 8
It has. http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1607
Totally missed that one, even better
The London Warboar Regional in Bromley started at 9am Saturday and wrapped up at 2:30am
I ended up 28th on the day, so I don't have all the lists, Just going with what I know from the tope 4.
With 100 players and a cut to Top 16, MoV was important (and tight!)
The point spread for 15th-18th place lookd like this:
15 Jon Webb 20 803 90
16 Jesper Hills 20 793 103
17 John Kane 20 791 135
18 Harry Ryder 20 779 110
Really great day overall, I was amazed at the variety of lists on the tables. Everything from wave 1 Tie swarms, to A-Wing swarm, to PalpAces Double & Triple Jumps and a ton in between.
Results:
1st Place: Jesper HIlls (Current UK Champion)
- IGB: PTL / Mangler / Adv. Sens / AT / Title
- IGC: PTL / HLC / Tractor Beam / Adv. Sens / AT / Title
2nd: Harrison Sharp:
- Howlrunner: Adapt
- Omega Leader: Comm / Juke
- 2x Black Crack
- Academy Pilot
- Wampa
3rd / 4th
Andrew Pattison:
- Howl Crack Swarm: Howl / 3x black / 3x Academy
Nathan Hoyle: Don't know just yet
I just want to give more love to this top 2, especially that 1st Place list. I'm a sucker for asymmetrical Brobot builds, and that one is just beautiful. Now that we're out of the stress meta, AdvS/PTL on Brobots is actually really strong. Tractor Beams give 88C something to do if it misses with the primary shot, and can potentially set up a better shot for B. Just so many shenanigans here.
thanks, but i dont see any lists?
And not a jumpmaster to be found in the top four!Double IG won at the UK regional held at London
Patience! The players are probably all half dead. Top eight contained dual IG88 (the winners), a crack shot TIE swarm, triple jumps, Dash/Kanan and a palp aces so plenty of variety
I spent all of Sunday as a cast member of Walking Dead. I'll post it up on list juggler tonight with the top 16 lists.
Edit: oops, I meant to reply to the comment about the Austin regional.
Edited by s1nMassachusetts Regionals Day 2 ended today, Top 16 are up on List Juggler:
http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1674
Winner was 40 hit points of Rebel glory. That's definitely a first this season, for winning anyway. Francois seems to like high HP squads, as he was playing dual decimators at Worlds last year.
I'll compile the results into the first page of this thread in the next couple of days.
MJ, did I look at that correctly? Only 5 of the top 50 squads were Rebel?
That's a little concerning.
The London Warboar Regional in Bromley started at 9am Saturday and wrapped up at 2:30am
I ended up 28th on the day, so I don't have all the lists, Just going with what I know from the tope 4.
With 100 players and a cut to Top 16, MoV was important (and tight!)
The point spread for 15th-18th place lookd like this:
15 Jon Webb 20 803 90
16 Jesper Hills 20 793 103
17 John Kane 20 791 135
18 Harry Ryder 20 779 110
Really great day overall, I was amazed at the variety of lists on the tables. Everything from wave 1 Tie swarms, to A-Wing swarm, to PalpAces Double & Triple Jumps and a ton in between.
Results:
1st Place: Jesper HIlls (Current UK Champion)
- IGB: PTL / Mangler / Adv. Sens / AT / Title
- IGC: PTL / HLC / Tractor Beam / Adv. Sens / AT / Title
2nd: Harrison Sharp:
- Howlrunner: Adapt
- Omega Leader: Comm / Juke
- 2x Black Crack
- Academy Pilot
- Wampa
3rd / 4th
Andrew Pattison:
- Howl Crack Swarm: Howl / 3x black / 3x Academy
Nathan Hoyle: Don't know just yet
I just want to give more love to this top 2, especially that 1st Place list. I'm a sucker for asymmetrical Brobot builds, and that one is just beautiful. Now that we're out of the stress meta, AdvS/PTL on Brobots is actually really strong. Tractor Beams give 88C something to do if it misses with the primary shot, and can potentially set up a better shot for B. Just so many shenanigans here.
you know that this list, minus the T-beam obviously, won the UK national last year, piloted by the same player? as you say, its very strong right now, as long as you can get past the few imp aces lists that are still around. those are its only really hard counter now that rebel stress lists are basically dead and gone.
Massachusetts Regionals Day 2 ended today, Top 16 are up on List Juggler:
http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1674
Winner was 40 hit points of Rebel glory. That's definitely a first this season, for winning anyway. Francois seems to like high HP squads, as he was playing dual decimators at Worlds last year.
I'll compile the results into the first page of this thread in the next couple of days.
MJ, did I look at that correctly? Only 5 of the top 50 squads were Rebel?
That's a little concerning.
It is one result in one Regional. Looking at the results overall, Rebels are doing fine.
So, we've seen Scyks, Khiraxzs, and Bombers in the cuts. Anything else we need to see?
Massachusetts Regionals Day 2 ended today, Top 16 are up on List Juggler:
http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1674
Winner was 40 hit points of Rebel glory. That's definitely a first this season, for winning anyway. Francois seems to like high HP squads, as he was playing dual decimators at Worlds last year.
I'll compile the results into the first page of this thread in the next couple of days.
MJ, did I look at that correctly? Only 5 of the top 50 squads were Rebel?
That's a little concerning.
It is one result in one Regional. Looking at the results overall, Rebels are doing fine.
So, we've seen Scyks, Khiraxzs, and Bombers in the cuts. Anything else we need to see?
Scyk... Oh, wait.
Nope, guess not.
StarViper?
Sweden had a Guri in the top 4.
StarViper?
There was a StarViper sighting in the top 16 of the NC Regional, lost to the eventual winner.
Massachusetts Regionals Day 2 ended today, Top 16 are up on List Juggler:
http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1674
Winner was 40 hit points of Rebel glory. That's definitely a first this season, for winning anyway. Francois seems to like high HP squads, as he was playing dual decimators at Worlds last year.
I'll compile the results into the first page of this thread in the next couple of days.
MJ, did I look at that correctly? Only 5 of the top 50 squads were Rebel?
That's a little concerning.
Our TO does a great job at collecting the results and posting to ListJuggler, so what's up there should be correct. I wasn't there (was at a wedding), and haven't counted through it myself yet.
As to whether Rebels are having trouble over the entire regional season, is an entirely different conversation... (based on the data I have been compiling, they are.)
Massachusetts Regionals Day 2 ended today, Top 16 are up on List Juggler:
http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1674
Winner was 40 hit points of Rebel glory. That's definitely a first this season, for winning anyway. Francois seems to like high HP squads, as he was playing dual decimators at Worlds last year.
I'll compile the results into the first page of this thread in the next couple of days.
MJ, did I look at that correctly? Only 5 of the top 50 squads were Rebel?
That's a little concerning.
Our TO does a great job at collecting the results and posting to ListJuggler, so what's up there should be correct. I wasn't there (was at a wedding), and haven't counted through it myself yet.
As to whether Rebels are having trouble over the entire regional season, is an entirely different conversation... (based on the data I have been compiling, they are.)
Out of curiosity, could that just be an effect of the stronger players (who are likely to finish at the top regardless) choosing to go with Imps (Palp Aces specifically)? Is it a case of Imps having more tools for the meta, or a case of highly skilled players going with Empire?
I suppose it could actually be BOTH.
MJ, did I look at that correctly? Only 5 of the top 50 squads were Rebel?Massachusetts Regionals Day 2 ended today, Top 16 are up on List Juggler:
http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1674
Winner was 40 hit points of Rebel glory. That's definitely a first this season, for winning anyway. Francois seems to like high HP squads, as he was playing dual decimators at Worlds last year.
I'll compile the results into the first page of this thread in the next couple of days.
That's a little concerning.
Our TO does a great job at collecting the results and posting to ListJuggler, so what's up there should be correct. I wasn't there (was at a wedding), and haven't counted through it myself yet.
As to whether Rebels are having trouble over the entire regional season, is an entirely different conversation... (based on the data I have been compiling, they are.)
Out of curiosity, could that just be an effect of the stronger players (who are likely to finish at the top regardless) choosing to go with Imps (Palp Aces specifically)? Is it a case of Imps having more tools for the meta, or a case of highly skilled players going with Empire?
I suppose it could actually be BOTH.
Meta is beautiful this days. So much archetypes
Rebels are slightly underperforming, but I feel it's temporary. So much underused tools to test yet!
Massachusetts Regionals Day 2 ended today, Top 16 are up on List Juggler:
http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=1674
Winner was 40 hit points of Rebel glory. That's definitely a first this season, for winning anyway. Francois seems to like high HP squads, as he was playing dual decimators at Worlds last year.
I'll compile the results into the first page of this thread in the next couple of days.
If they have a Swiss rank of 0, does that mean that they dropped?
As much as people complain about the meta, I think these results also show that good flying plays a large role. There are a lot of "meta" ships in the bottom of the list, like triple Scouts, Palp Aces and Crackshot swarms of both types. But when you look in the top 16, you see things like double Juking Barons backed by two bombers (!!!), Intimidating Oicunn with Mara Jade backed by two more bombers (!!! again), and they all lost to an extra beefy double Lothal list backed by an R4-D6 Y-Wing that, frankly, looks hilariously painful.