Hi all, I've played through a couple IA campaigns but I've just started trying out skirmish. Got my third game coming up. I tried out the imperial troop / spy list which won the world championship in my first game and used a luke / leia rebel list in my second. I'm keen to try out the rebels again but this time taking a different route. Please let me know what you think of this list and anything I can do to sharpen it up. In particular, i'm not sure about covering fire in the command deck.

I went with lots of movement tricks in the command deck to give me best opportunity to use fenns ability to assault and give a nearby trooper assault also. fenn and the echo base troops take up position over the main combat zone. Gideon is primarily going to baby sit fenn, the 2 smugglers cap terminals. jynn goes where required, but generally tries to keep safe and get into good positions to use her interupt shot.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

As much as I love Jyn, if your looking for ways to improve, I would drop her and Diplomatic Mission for Lando. Add another Leader & a great offensive piece if you've got him. You could drop field tactician or reposition for his Gambit card or whatever it's called.

I'd drop Jyn and an alliance smuggler to upgrade your other units some. The problem with elite echoes is that their figure cost is four, which means you can't use reinforcements, one of the most powerful cards in the game and something you should strive for for a trooper list. With those seven points you could upgrade one echo to an elite rebel trooper (and then add two reinforcement cards to your command card deck) and add in Lando. Of course, I'm biased toward Lando (see my other thread about Davith for more on that)... This list falls apart some without Fenn, but it should be fun to play.

-ryanjamal

Inspiring Speech. if you have 3 leaders in there, you should try to get Inspiring speech. the Echo Base troopers hit as hard as a stormtrooper unless you're really close (if you're close you can get killed quicker) so getting your focus on multiple figures for a harder punch might make their activation more effective.

To "echo" others, I like to run the Echo Base Troopers as regulars due to the ability to play Reinforcements, and even at regulars they do pretty good. I like Fenn and I keep trying him, but I feel like in the three casual skirmish games I've used him in, he averages only using Assault once per game and giving the Troopers Assault once or twice per game.

I hope they make a 3-4pt command card that let's you have an ability like the new Luke, to gain a "free" attack or extra attack. I think that would be a great swing card for one time use only. I"m not sure how to word that, but put something in to make it permanently discarded (can't use it with Leia, Blaise's ability)

Hi all, some great feedback thank you! I've made some changes and really like the result. By dropping the echo base troops down to regulars I can make use of some very strong command cards - Reinforcements as was mentioned, but also Strength in Numbers. I put Lando in there since he is so highly rated. His 6pt cost also fits nicely with Strength in Numbers.

My opponent is using a Bantha list I think. I will report back on how the list performs after tonight's game!

Cool list, very thematic. It looks like something I would play. Luke may give you more bang for your buck as he provides rerolls for everyone and hits pretty hard himself. You may try an iteration of this list with him. I wonder which would be more effective, the extra attacks or rerolls from Luke

I prefer Luke, but Fenn is a more thematic fit and so I sometimes try to squeeze him in. But I would try to get C3PO back in. Focus Is quite powerful, and the extra evade is useful as well. Your echoes will push forward farther than C3PO usually does in my lists, but still I think he would be useful. But maybe see how this list goes and go from there.

-ryanjamal

Because the trigger for Negation and Comm Disruption are different, the timing resolution rules do not apply. The cards are played in sequence, Comm Disruption cancelling Negation and its effects.

I.e. When Take Initiative (0-Cost) is played, it is a trigger for Negation (1-cost). Playing of Negation is a trigger for Comm Disruption. Playing of Comm Disruption then cancels Negation and its effects (as long as there is 1 figure with the Spy trait on the map to be able to cancel Negation), leaving Take Initiative to resolve normally.