Played a match today with my buddy, running an ISD 2 Devastator with Darth Vader at the helm. His first kill was Raymus aboard the Tantive 4, which was perfect for the theme I had been going for with this fleet. I sent the Devastator out with three Glad II's who seemed to serve no other purpose than to get wiped away by Ackbar's Assault Cruiser. But the highlight of the match had to be when Devastator fired two full power front arc shots (my opponent had chosen my advanced gunnery) into the side of the MC80. 8 dice, followed by 11 dice proved to be too much for the previously untouched Mon Cal ship to withstand, and it crumbled before the Dark Lord's flagship. However, Devastator had sustained too much fire during the exchange with Ackbar, and with no defense tokens left to defend itself, the rebels four YT-2400's chased down the ship and destroyed it.

It was a bloody battle, and in the end, only Demo was left for me, and two CR90's for my opponent (although one of them should have died, I needed 2 damage to kill it, and I rolled hit/blank/blank/blank, with no more Vader for re-rolls). I am very excited for Devastator come wave 3 and 4, with the repair flotillas and the Interdoctor shoring up some of it's defenses a little better than is currently available in wave 2.

Anyone else have some fun success stories of running Devastator?

I made a mistake with Devastator today that lost me a game. I played MattShadowLord and in my excitement decided to accuracy an Evade instead of a brace, using Devastator to reach out at long range with a fully powered shot into the rear arc of his second Assault Frigate and using Gunnery Team to hit the nearest one, killing that instantly. This ended up costing me the game in what should have been a straight up double-KO on his Assault frigates by leaving him with two spare hull poiints. Instead, I knocked out one and left the other to die in a collision with a one HP Raider as it tried to run.

Matt played a phenomenal game and earned a hard fought win on turn six, knocking out Demolisher on his last squadron activation.

I made a mistake with Devastator today that lost me a game. I played MattShadowLord and in my excitement decided to accuracy an Evade instead of a brace, using Devastator to reach out at long range with a fully powered shot into the rear arc of his second Assault Frigate and using Gunnery Team to hit the nearest one, killing that instantly. This ended up costing me the game in what should have been a straight up double-KO on his Assault frigates by leaving him with two spare hull poiints. Instead, I knocked out one and left the other to die in a collision with a one HP Raider as it tried to run.

Matt played a phenomenal game and earned a hard fought win on turn six, knocking out Demolisher on his last squadron activation.

Bummer! I love the raw power that Devastator can add, it just comes at such a hefty price... What list do you run with it?

I ran Dev, Demo, and two Raiders. I ran a very similar list at Regionals.