Discordia in Bremerton, WA held it's store championship last night. Seeing how I hadn't played in nearly a month and before that had been running exclusively 3x T-70, I decided to go with what I knew:
Nien Numb with SnapShot, Integrated R3-A2, Black One, and Pattern Analyzer, Ello Asty with Predator and Integraded R2 Astromech, and Jess Pava with Pattern Analyzer and Integrated M9-G8.
Game 1 against David Lassarre running Howlrunner, Zeta Leader with crackshot, and 4x BSP w/ crackshot. I funneled him into the debris and traded 2 shields for 2 hull on one tie, who spent his crack. 2 rounds later 1 black was dead, both Nien and Jess were on 1 hull, but I was behind him. I killed Zeta and two more blacks from behind before he whirled around and finished Nien, then Jess. Ello finished out the game, killing Howl then the final black for a 100-66 win.
Game 2 against Todd Knapp, running standard Rey, and Norra with the title, Jyn, experimental, R5-P9, and adaptability. First two rounds we maneuvered and traded 2 shields on Norra for 1 on Nien. Rey jumped into my face, and i promptly erased her shields, put 2 damage and a major hull breach on her while Norra turned away from the fight and Jess took all her shields and a damaged sensor array. I trolled and took Rey down to 1, including a blinded pilot, then chased her down with Nien while turning everyone else to position on Norra. Rey goes down as Norra comes back in at full health, Jess is trying to clear her crit while Nien and Ello engage Norra. I nuke her down in exchange for some shields on Nien for a 100-0 win.
Game 3 against Andrew Bunn (Worlds top8.) He ran classic Old Fennaroo. He sets Fenn up to feign jousting as Manaroo and Oldy race down their side of the board. By turn 3 I’m in Fenn’s starting corner facing his other corner, Old and Manaroo are near center coming to me, and Fenn has turned around in his other corner. I bring everyone in to engage, and he maneuvers Fenn to run while Teroch and Manna come in. I stress him with Nien, strip Manaroo’s shields and some hull in exchange for shields on Nien and Jess. Manaroo turns away as I chase, Teroch gives Nien a stress snapshot, Jess T-rolls to chase, and Ello bumps Manaroo as Fenn keeps trying to come back in, but he’s too close to scrap and always stressed. No matter, Ello puts 2 damage on Teroch while Manaroo gets stripped to 1 hull. We keep the dance going, Ello bumps Manaroo again, Teroch dodges the snap, and I trade Nien for Manaroo and a console fire on a double stressed Teroch. I chase Teroch as Fenn finally gets into potshot range on Jess (he misses) and Ello and Teroch bump. Console fire whiffs the first round, but hits the second and Teroch eats it. Ello turns to engage Fenn as Jess (on 2 hp) runs around a rock and locks Fenn for M9-G8. Ello and Fenn trade shots, Ello eating 3 out of 5 hits (M9 saved him from a crit) and dropping a damaged engine and console fire on Fenn in exchange. We all T-roll, Fenn barely doesn’t have a shot, and Ello finished him for the 100-64 win.
Game 4 against Jeff Raiford running Attanni Asajj with Latts, Fenn and Teroch. We set up in a straight joust with Fenn slightly off to the side. Turn 2 I make the decision to break to the side to engage Fenn instead of Teroch and Asajj. Jess lands on a rock, Asajj flies right down my throat, Nien clears Asajj while Ello ends up right in front of her, Teroch bumps Nien, and Fenn lands right in front of Nien. Nien snaps, then eats 3 damage from Fenn while he and Ello trade for 2 back to him and Asajj stresses Jess, who is now not able to get to the fight. Asajj runs to my board edge as Ello and Nien 4k, Jess blocks half of Fenn’s dial, Teroch hard turns right behind Jess, and Fenn breaks right in front of Ello and Nien. Nien whiffs, Ello puts a console fire on Fenn, and Teroch and Asajj take Jess' shields and stress her again. Asajj turns to me again, Jess keep barely moving with bumps but lines up a shot on Fenn, Ello turns toward Asajj and Nien turns to shoot Fenn, who advances up the board and clears stress. Nien is dropped to 1 with no stress-bot, Teroch takes a shot from Ello for 2 damage, and everyone else whiffs. I block Fenn’s T-roll with Nien as everyone else turns to finish him and Teroch moves to escape. Fenn dies to the console fire, so Ello takes a shot of opportunity and pings another off Teroch while Teroch and Asajj finish Jess off. Nien K-turns out of Asajj's range and Ello turns to chase her as Teroch and Asajj tear off after Nien, and nobody does any damage. The following turn I snapshot Teroch to death and trade him for shields on Asajj. Ello chases Asajj around for a couple turns, we both end up on 1 hull (though i still have r2) and Ello finally puts her down, 100-66 win for me, and entry to top 4.
Top 4 vs Paul Adler running another Old Fennaroo, this Manaroo has cargo chute and APL instead of the normal set-up. We set up in the familiar toilet bowl as I chase Fenn all the way into his corner. Manaroo turns in as Teroch and Fenn both jockey to flank, trading 3 of her shields for 1 of Nien’s. The next turn Nien bumps her and loses another shield while Ello and Jess strip her last shield and bring her to 3 hull left with a ps0 crit. Meanwhile Nien loses his shields and R3-A2 to a double damage crit from Teroch. Jess turns to confront Teroch as Nien and Ello follow Manaroo, who dropped her scrap to no effect. Nien finishes Manaroo and Jess puts a hit and a major hull breach on Teroch. I flip everyone around, and my opponent calls Nien’s move perfectly with Fenn, putting him on range 1 out of my arc and killing Nien. Everyone falls back a bit to regroup, some potshots are exchanged, and the next furball sees two shieldless X-Wings against half health Teroch and full health Fenn. I managed to get Fenn to bump for a turn so Ello and Jess can finish Teroch, then they both whip around and put the final blows on Fenn. 100-64 win for me and on to the finals.
Final match against Kyle Meidel running Asajj with Glitterstim, Crackshot, Burnout Slam, Latts, the title, and Gyroscpe, and two TLT Thugs with Agromechs. The thugs set up center, I set slightly left to try to engage them early, and Asajj sets up further from the Thugs than from me. At the end of the first two rounds Jess manages to be barely in range 3 of the TLTs, and trades 1 shield on a Y-wing for all of hers. I swing down to chase where I think the TLTs are going to go, but they break away and Asajj comes in instead. That round I trade Jess for one shield, the Glitter, and two stress from Asajj. Asajj runs as the TLTs start to follow her, and Nien and Ello cut down the center and into range 1 with one of the Y's. Nien losses his shields to a potshot from Asajj and the other TLT as my X-wings lay into the un-damaged Y, dropping it to 1 hull. He tries to gun it with the Y's as both X-wings T-roll to right behind them, Asajj slams away to come back into the fight. Nien finishes off the first Y and Ello strips the other's shields, but Nien eats two more damage from the other Y, who is now nearly range 3 from both X's. I give chase as fast as possible, with Nien right behind the Y and Ello out at range 3. Asajj, meanwhile, swings back in. Nien puts a couple of hull down on the Y, Ello whiffs, Asajj finishes Nien and the TLT takes 2 shields off Ello. The next round, Ello tries to chase down the Y but takes it one hull from death, Asajj takes Ello down to 1 and the TLt finishes it, 26-100 loss.
Over all, I think a 5-1 run in a 23-man store championship isn't a bad showing for triple T-70, especially facing the hard-counter of the Crackswarm and TLTs, and the super-meta of Fenn Teroch Something with Attanni.
Edited by Eruletho