Double Spray' - Tribute to Julian Alcantara

By Nicomedes, in X-Wing Battle Reports

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Hey ho Galactic Holonet,

the last time I played Dual Firesprays was around the release of Scum as the third faction. An ancient time with another meta and other shiny stars on the pilot horizon. I stopped playing them after another more associate dual combination - Brobots - managed to conquer the tournament tables at these days. Then for a long time, they collected dust in the darkest part of my SWXMG box. Then ... then I watched Gold Squadron Podcasts Worlds 2017 stream and ... and I saw them. I saw them again. Kath and Boba. Like Bonnie and Clyde. And they .. they defeated Old Man Fenn under the command of Worlds 2016 2nd Place K. Leitz. I was shocked and then hyped! Wished the best for the player who had the guts to run Double Sprays at Worlds. He lost and didn't make the cut - but there was an awakening. Around the globe, many players were inspired and brought the Firespray back to the tournament tables! I was one of them. In Germany, at the Mos Eisley Raumhafen Tatooine Trophy - the biggest unofficial (so outside of SCs, Regionals and/or Nationals) tournament with 80+ players, I played Dual Sprays and I had a blast of fun!!!

I filmed my games and want to share one video against a typical Meta-List, Rau-Boats, with you.
To show you .. what Dual Spray's can do and how players might underestimate them!


So thanks, Mr Alcantara for bringing us back an iconic SW-Vessel! :)

Let's bring back some old and still cool ships back to the tables! :)

Edited by Nicomedes
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Well done!

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Here, here!

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Wait what do you mean you can outfly powerful ships?


That's crazy talk, OP.

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Dear FFG, plz nerf skill.

:P

I tried out the worlds firespray list, and while decent, just didnt fit my style. But I fully respect anyone who can fly it well, and have been keeping up to date with Phil GC's love affair with Firesprays :D

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What kind of Double firesprays did you run? It seems you have VI on Boba, and the rest of upgrades are....?

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5 hours ago, spiderglow said:

Hi Nicomedes!

Im Julian Rincon Alcantara from Worlds and went 5-0 then 5-4.

You made a great video. Thanks for the great Battle Report video. I see you fly them well, they are kind of a glass cannon.

Alkemist this is the list I flew

https://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Scum and Villainy&d=v4!s!116:188,-1,-1,173,17,-1:1:25:U.126;117:220,23,-1,178,-1,-1:-1:-1:&sn=Inglorious Firesprays&obs=coreasteroid0,core2asteroid0,core2asteroid2

Hi Spiderglow,

I saw your match from Worlds on youtube, great one, congrats!

5-4 after 5-0? What went wrong in the last 4 rounds?

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Well let me put it this way, I hit a wall.

Nand Torfs (2nd place)

Gerry Russel (Top 4)

a Rematch from day one.

Last game I was not really on the mood.

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Love Firespray. Couldn't understand what was being said, but was there any use of missiles or other cards going on? Just looked like a bunch of primary weapon attacks.