As somebody who used to fly Dengaroo competitively and recently made the switch to Corran/Miranda as my main tournament build, I've been pondering which is better at handling the overall meta. Obviously, this year's Worlds suggests that Dengaroo is the better of the 2 lists in a matchup between them, but I think Corran/Miranda is much better against defenders. Dengaroo, while somewhat weak against defenders, can still beat them in my experience and Dengaroo doesn't really have any other "bad" matchups or anything that is an "auto-loss" for it. Corran/Miranda seems to suffer against alpha strikes and Degaroo apparently, but handles the rest of the meta fairly well IMO. I've not got a lot of expierience with Corran and Miranda together (fly Corran all the time though), so I'm curios to find out what else you guys think is a bad matchup for that list particularly.

tl;dr If you were going to a tournament before wave 10, which would you take?

I wouldn't even be real confident that Dengaroo is better than Corran/Miranda. Look at that final game. There was some very edge-of-bell curve stuff that happened to make Corran die so early, and if Corran survives at all, that game becomes very interesting.

I'm not say I Nguyen one is better than the other. I think both have strong games against g he best lists out there, and "best" in a given day is going to be dependent on familiarity and skill of both players.

Well played bomber K-wings are a nightmare for Corran. In a tournament they can bomb Corran to death and run from Miranda until time is called. Triple Ks are a difficult list to play well and pretty boring if used correctly so you don't see it much.

Well played bomber K-wings are a nightmare for Corran. In a tournament they can bomb Corran to death and run from Miranda until time is called. Triple Ks are a difficult list to play well and pretty boring if used correctly so you don't see it much.

There are so many things to consider nowadays that I would suggest to make lists with more than 2 or 3 ships

Well played bomber K-wings are a nightmare for Corran. In a tournament they can bomb Corran to death and run from Miranda until time is called. Triple Ks are a difficult list to play well and pretty boring if used correctly so you don't see it much.

I think a well flown triple k list would be just as rough for Dengaroo though, so I don't really know which list would handle that part of the meta better. If I'm playing Corran/Miranda though, there is no way that Corran is going anywhere near those bombs. Miranda is more than happy to trade dice with them at range 3 while Corran runs away. All Miranda has to do is kill 1 K without dying and the match could end with Corran and Miranda running until time. I've not played against triple Ks with either list though, so I'll probably need to practice that specific matchup before I try to decide which list could handle it better.

You don't even need 3 k-wings to worry Dengar IMO.

2+ Conner Nets (which can be something as simple as a Miranda with Extra Munitions) is enough in my experience. Having to always position so that 2 rounds of ion will not walk you off the map limits Dengar's maneuvers quite a bit.

I know I'd rather run into dengaroo than double regen

at least tailgunner ARCs turn dengar into an utter joke

Depends on the meta, tbh. There's no better answer.

I don't know which I'd favour in my current meta, but my current meta may well be different to yours anyway.

Depends on who's flying...

If I'm flying Dengaro or Miranda Horn.... I would do much better with the Rebels. but ultimately die either way.