Hiya!

So I literally started to collect the models today after having an awesome demo game with my friend, with the battle ending with me draining the last of my shields with the Dominator to shoot down his Home One. So I bought the core set and the light cruiser, as well as the Imperial Fighters I box and I've ordered the Imperial class Star Destroyer. Out of those boxes I wanted to build something nice for our future Corellian Conflict campaign. I'm gonna always just buy what seems awesome, as I'm mainly an X-wing player and I enjoy that game more as a more "serious" tournament game.

So my list is as follows:

Imperial II-class Star Destroyer 120

Grand Moff Tarkin 38

Boosted Comms 4

Reinforced Blast Doors 5

Overload Pulse 8

Enhanced Armament 10

Relentless 3

Total Points: 188

Victory II-class Star Destroyer 85

Expanded Hangar Bay 5

Dominator 12 Total Points: 102

''Mauler'' Mithel TIE Fighter Squadron 15

''Howlrunner'' TIE Fighter Squadron 16

TIE Fighter Squadron x3 24

TIE Interceptor Squadron x2 22

Darth Vader TIE Advanced Squadron 21

TIE Advanced Squadron 12

Total: 400

So my question is mostly: what is this list especially weak against? Are there too many Fighters/Aces, should I try to cram in the Light Cruiser as well? Any other ideas that pop into your head? What would you buy next (Imperial)? And yes, this is for casual gameplay.

You will need more activations (ships). I think 4 as the minimum but never less than 3.

Commander: Tarkin is good in fleets with 4 or mode combat ships (i.e. not flotillas). With only 2 ships he hands out fewer tokens and he is quite costly. I would go for Motti, Jerjerrod or Screed. Vader if you are feeling flash.

ISD: ECM will probably save you more than three damage during a game. Protecting the brace from accuracy dice will keep you alive. Then add gunnery teams and maybe XI7s, DTTs or HTTs. This is your standard ISD, you can then add icing like leading shots (not needed if you have Vader) or a title like Avenger or Relentless that are good for the points.

VSD: I would downgrade to a VSD-I. Keep it cheap with say boosted comms and flight controllers freeing up the ISD to be more anti ship with gunnery teams.

I don't like any of the titles for the points.

3rd ship?: an Arquitens light cruiser with either DTTs or (TRCs + Captain Needa) would be great. Other than that keep it cheap.

Fighters: Looking good. Vader can downgrade to a Tie-A or Tempest squadron to save points. Mauler is good if you have a source of intel to keep him moving and ramming groups of squadrons. If not taking Dengar/Jumpmaster then swap him for more Tie-Fighters or Black squadron.

Something like....

ISD-II, Jerjerrod, Gunnery Team, ECM, HTTs ^{I would prefer XI7s but you would need to buy a Nebulon pack or go on eBay}, Leading shots. 167

VSD-I, Boosted Comms, Minister Tua, ECM ^{or blast doors}. 86

AQ-CL, DTTs. 59

Howlrunner, 2 Tie-I, 2 Tie-A, 3 Tie-F. 86

398/400