A couple list Ideas to discuss

By Syntaxair, in Imperial Assault Skirmish

To me posting list ideas on here is like posting pictures to the old website hot or not. The criticism is sometimes cringe worthy, but I still would like to hear it. Below are a couple list ideas I have been playing around with. I think they are more evolutionary than revolutionary. What do you think? If you were going to play in this post Jabba time what would you take and why?

Bantha is still a unit that needs to be dealt with. It works well on the new map. Jabba's control element is awesome, but the inclusion of Gideon adds just a bit more focus and movement shinnanigans to the list. Bossk is super resilient and can dish out some pain. The eWeequays provide some range damage options. Vinto is a sleeper hit of the new wave. For 5 points you can pull off two attacks per activation and dish out un mitigated damage via boltslinger.

9) Bantha

8) Bossk

7) eWeequay

6) Jabba

5) Vinto

3) Gideon

1) Beast Tamer

1) Temp Alliance

or

Jedi Luke is crazy good with his free attack each round. If you can pull the old Son of Skywalker and have initiative round 2 you can get 6 attacks out of him before that Bantha/Bossk/Troopers/etc knows what hit them. Focused Obi-Wan is a man killer and his control ability is great for objectives. Davith is a sneaky bastard with his Fell Swoop and Cut and Run abilities. Gideon, R2, and 3PO round out the support and provide an activation total that can give you an advantage.

12) jLuke

7) eSaboteur

7) Obi-Wan

6) Davith

3) Gideon

3) R2

2) C-3PO

or

Jedi Luke again is great. eRanger has silly range and can pump out some decent damage (expensive though). eSmuggler is tossed in for some objective based fun. This list doesn't overly excite me, but interested to see if anyone has played something similar and how it worked out for them.

12) jLuke

12) eRanger

6) Davith

4) eSmuggler

3) Gideon

2) C-3PO

1) Survivalist

The following is probably a pretty standard Merc list at the moment. A lot of it comes down to what your preferences are, what command cards you include and how much you practice. Nothing wrong with it, at the same time, plenty of things you could substitute, based on your preferences, mine are in orange below

9) Bantha

8) Bossk I think Shyla deserves a shot here

7) eWeequay I take the HK over these whenever I can, with new scoring rules, there's no reason to take these, unless you can't fit them somehow.

6) Jabba

5) Vinto

3) Gideon All kinds of options here, 4pts will get you Nexu, Greedo, Hired guns - that's up to you, I think Gideon is a worthwhile include as well.

1) Beast Tamer

1) Temp Alliance

or

I think this is a great Force user synergy and you can squeeze spy command cards in as well. Davith is okay at killing smaller figures, but he is almost always nullified by a bigger figure. I don't like the Sabs without the Targeting computer, they are good at sitting on objectives, til the droids come though. I'm just not crazy about them as much anymore and the droids probably don't do as much as Rebel High Command would do. I'd rather have All Smuggler and give the computer to the Sabs or look into Echo Base troops

12) jLuke

7) eSaboteur

7) Obi-Wan

6) Davith

3) Gideon

3) R2

2) C-3PO

or

Jedi Luke again is great. eRanger has silly range and can pump out some decent damage (expensive though). eSmuggler is tossed in for some objective based fun. This list doesn't overly excite me, but interested to see if anyone has played something similar and how it worked out for them.

I'm actually looking to get an all Smuggler list going now that we have enough quality smuggler/hunter cards to make them shine. Survivalist may not do much for you if in a tournament as the ISB map doesn't even have exterior tiles

12) jLuke

12) eRanger

6) Davith

4) eSmuggler

3) Gideon

2) C-3PO

1) Survivalist

I have yet to fail in making a Smuggler's Run, the way your scoring points now, that may be even more of a fit for certain lists. Imagine Celebration, Smuggler's Run and Price ontheir Heads (with Rangers) you could score 13+pts just by killing 1 guy and getting into the enemies deployment zone. I'm going to figure out a rebel smuggler/hunter list now because I read your topic

6 Lando

4 Gideon Diplomatic Mission

5 eAll Smuggler Smuggler's Run

12 eRangers

1 Balance of the Force (for all those awesome Smuggler/Hunter cards)

2 3Po

All Smuggler or Jyn or Regular Rangers/eEcho base troopers

I'll have so many guys shooting they won't catch my Smuggler being screened by them and sneaking in