Hello guys !
So i had a store tournament the last week end and i went in there with this build :
Kavil - Y-wing
*Twin Laser Turret
*R4 agromech
*Attanni Mindlink
Palob Godalhi - HWK-290
*Adaptability
*Twin Laser Turret
*Recon Specialist
*Moldy Crow
Zuckuss - G-1A Starfighter
*Attanni mindlink
*4-LOM
*Sensor Jammer
*Mist Hunter
*Tractor Beam
My idea was that Kavil is a beast at dealing damage to virtually anybody with his 4 die TLT hits with the R4 agromech to even aces like soontir. Palob was here to get a sense of control over the ennemies tokens so allow Kavil and Zuckuss to get damage in and with a focus bank and target locks his TLT can shred some people too (and when you steal the evade token of omega leader you just laugh like a madman)
Zuckuss was here to do his job, dealing massive hits with focus/TL due to attanni mindlink or focus/evade when its kind of hot (and Palob/sensor jammer is a nice combo to help him tank a bit)
So i went to my tournament and i had the following results
First game against three Imp Aces (Soontir Carnor Inquisitor)
Took a while to get carnor down (due to nice placement from the opponent) but when he went down even if palob died kavil just wrecked the aces down like a madman while zuckuss shot them like a train from behind (kavil was obviously the target after palob due to the tlt madness i managed t protect him enough during the first phases of fight)
lost only palob on this one
Secon game a Kanan with 2 A-wing Blockers and ezra in the shuttle.
I played safe at first and put zuckuss in front of the a-Wing in the first fight and even avoided the ghost, shot one A-Wing down and the second died the turn after (Kavil i love you very much)
Zuckuss just wrecked the ghost at range one like its not even fair to describe it and the shuttle was dropped easily by kavil with a bit of help from palob.
Lost no ship on this one
Now the hard part. I faced one of the toughest opponents of my town who placed Third almost tied with the 1st and 2nd
He played Palp shuttle/Omega Leader/Inquisitor/Wampa
I lost 100-0 due to a very high risked gamble from my part
I put the perfect situation to one shot the inquisitor down in one turn but left him with 1 HP only instead (zuckuss R1 Kavil with focus and palob focus/TL he didn't die) after that kavil was focused down quickly and i kind of screwed zuckuss placement and i lost 2 turns without fire from him. palob got down quick and that was basically the end. I think i should have approached that fight differently.
Next i was just pissed because from all the pool of players i played the Second of the tournament who played the U-BOAT train but with mindlink ad not deadeye.
I made a little mistake in the first round and palob was like little short of the second scout and he ate 2 torpedoes to his doom. Zuckuss made ridiculous shots but my opponent was as ridiculous in defense and Kavil managed to drop 2 of them at 50% Health alone. I still don't know how to approach that list i'm still trying to find my way to engage them.
And last game i faced a ghost biigs that i lost to due to being to fair play (aka i didn't play the time in the end)
I killed biggs on 2 turns but traded palob for him. After that i put the ghost at 7 HP before he released the shuttle that i one shotted in one turn with zuckuss at R1 just before he died.
Left was Kavil with 2 shield and 5 hp and the ghost with 5 hp.
I should never have lost that game due to higher PS but Kavil was not placed properly to be able to chase him down real quick ad i couldn't risk the 4 hit dice of doom from the main weapon (double recon specialist from him with TLT as turret and FCS so he had me locked already)
In the end i did a bad maneuver and ended up putting him at 1 HP but died as a result from primary fire (i misread where i would go and lost because of that had i played the time i would have had a modified victory)
In the end i had a blast flying this squad. I find it really powerful but weak to U-BOATS if the ennemy can get a clean shot at palob/Kavil.Maybe i just have to run Zuckuss Head on to draw fire and just kill one in 2 turns with the tlt and just circle around i don't know feel free to give your opinion !
After the tournament i did 2 changes to the Squad.
I switched sensor jammer for advanced sensors on Zuckuss. The jammer has been useful just like twice in the day i feel like its just not that good in my list kavil and palob are the main focus of my opponents 90% of the time.
Instead i put VI on Palob for a full 7 PS squad which allow me to strip potentialy 4 shields before firing with Zuckuss or TB someone to just free 4 hit him with TLT"s after.
What do you guys think ?
Thanks for reading my gigantic post and any feedback is appreciated 