Criticize my list - Lando's Totally Legit Shipping Company

By holmesaggie, in Imperial Assault Skirmish

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I know the Smuggler archetype hasn't been particularly well-developed in the game so far, but Lando is a huge new asset to it (considering the prohibitive costs of Han and Chewie), so I want to give it a go.


This list only has 10 figures, but that's 10 activations, way more than the average list. My goal here was to set up a team that could outrun, outflank, and outcompete the enemy for objectives, while simultaneously scoring a few extra victory points on the sly (Black Market prices, Smuggler's run, On a Diplomatic Mission).


Mostly I struggled picking Command Cards for this list. There are others that I wanted, but I struggled with the 15 card limit since so many of the ones I did choose are 1 or 2 cost cards. Optimizing my command deck for this list is definitely a priority. I'm not expecting this list to be super competitive, I just want it to be as competitive as possible while still maintaining the fun "horde of tricky smugglers" aspect.


Smuggler Cartel | 40 points


Deployment Cards

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▪ Lando Calrissian

▪ Jyn Odan

▪ MHD-19

▪ Gideon Argus

▪ C-3PO

Elite Alliance Smuggler

Elite Alliance Smuggler

Alliance Smuggler

Alliance Smuggler

Alliance Smuggler

▪ Rebel High Command

▪ Balance of the Force

▪ On a Diplomatic Mission

▪ Smuggler's Run (attached to Elite Alliance Smuggler)


Command Cards

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Dirty Trick

Element of Surprise

Planning

Slippery Target

Slippery Target

Take Initiative

One in a Million

Devotion

Single Purpose

Smuggled Supplies

Miracle Worker

Negation

Heart of Freedom

Black Market Prices

Cheat to Win




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I love it ! I've played a similar list except with Saska and some hired guns (the allsmuggler is better though)

the main challenge is keeping MHD close enough to the power players (Jyn, Lando, 3POnucleaus) and not losing the eAllSumgglers too quickly (they still die so easy to a good shot even -4 accuracy)

Its a blast to play though

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I love it ! I've played a similar list except with Saska and some hired guns (the allsmuggler is better though)

Thanks for the feedback! Glad to know the list is fun to play. I can't wait to actually try it out this week.

I've been toying with the idea of including Saska in a list (not necessarily this one), but she seems kind of squishy. The Unstable Device ability is cool, but unless I can get MHD next to her every now and then, it seems like I wouldn't get a whole lot of use out of it before it became too dangerous to execute. She also has some pretty decent surge abilities that make her more formidable than she seems at first glance.

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I love it ! I've played a similar list except with Saska and some hired guns (the allsmuggler is better though)

Thanks for the feedback! Glad to know the list is fun to play. I can't wait to actually try it out this week.

I've been toying with the idea of including Saska in a list (not necessarily this one), but she seems kind of squishy. The Unstable Device ability is cool, but unless I can get MHD next to her every now and then, it seems like I wouldn't get a whole lot of use out of it before it became too dangerous to execute. She also has some pretty decent surge abilities that make her more formidable than she seems at first glance.

I know Saska is suboptimal and it burns to take damage for throwing your yellow grenade, but I've found myself playing her quite a bit just to take 3 types of grenades (grenadier, saska and bossk) and just so I can have eWing guard in a rebels list. Or mainly because I play more casual with the kids.

Smugglers or Smuggled Spies (if you sprinkle in eSabs or Leia or the snipers) can actually get frustrating to play against if you get things lined up right. Plain Sight or Slippery Target or Jyn or the eAllSmugglers moving away after getting shot at makes people mad if you duck behind a corner or out of range of the other members of a deployment group. Of course its frustrating when you die to the first shot as well and lose your main smuggler. :angry: