Went to store champs, ready to run with triple S/Fs all with FCS Target Synch LWF ( two Omegas with DTF, and Backdraft with Score to Settle). Only problem was I didnt have a third Target Synch, and a friend who I was gonna borrow from didnt show up. So I brought this list as backup...just in case.
Bad Dudes:
(35) Vessery w/ VI + MK.II + x7 Title
(34) Backdraft w/ Swarm Leader + FCS + LWF + Title
(31) Inquisitor / PTL + AT + Title
Match 1 :
vs VI Vader / Adapt Quickdraw / VI Backdraft
This is somewhat of a revenge match. Regionals in january I played the same guy with pretty much the same list and he barely beat me. I get paired up with him round 1 and I hate that all his guys are higher PS than me.
He has QD and BD come down near middle, vader flanking on left. I bring backdraft middle, vessery right, inquisitor left. I really want to kill QD first but with all higher PS ships, I kind of have to take what he gives me. First round is range 3, I think I plink a shield off his BD, and Im untouched. I forgot my FCS already, ugh.
Next round I 4 straight BD, turn Inquisitor in, and Vessery bumps BD with a 3 sharp, barely. Not good. He 2 sharps his BD away from middle, and sloops Quickdraw. Vader goes for Inquisitor. His vader does no damage, his QD and BD take Vesserys shields. My backdraft fires on quickdraw and blanks out but it sets up FCS. I love my positioning and I am in a perfect spot to create my triangle of death on Quickdraw. Vessery is hurt and I know QD is gonna 1 bank to clear stress, knowing Vessery is kturning.
My BD 1 banks, Vess kturns, inquisitor 1 banks. His QD banks as predicted, Vader no shot, and his backdraft still moving away from fight with rear shot on my BD. Triangle of death, created.
His QD fires at inquisitor. I save my tokens and lose a shield knowing a return fire will be coming back. My vessery fires, and plinks one shield from quickdraw, ugh. Quickdraw fires on inquisitor. I spend my focus and lose another shield, saving my evade for Backdrafts shot (I need quickdraw dead!), now that QD revenge shot is used up. Inquisitor fires, and plinks another shield from QD. Now backdrafts turn. Its barely outside range 1. I swarm leader for 4 red dice + crit. I end up with 3 hits + crit. QD rolls eye eye blank. Already using his focus, Quickdraw is dead.
Next round I do the same to his backdraft. Inquisitor banks, vessery 3 straights, and my BD 1 straights. His Backdraft is dropped to 1 hull remaining after a swarm leader BD buttshot again. Even from range 3, 4red + crit is nasty. His BD would die next round, then its three vs Vader. After a few rounds I eventually get a block on Vader with BD, and Inq and Vess finish him off.
Win: 100-0
Match 2
vs LW HLC Dash / PTL R2D2 Poe
I hate Dash. He has kicked my *** in two previous store champs. Luckily I have Inquisitor today, so I feel a little better. Again, backdraft gets sent up middle. Vess straight up head on with Dash. And Inquisitor flanking on left. His Dash wants nothing to with with Inquisitor and immediately turns toward Vessery and BD! I bring Inquisitor through rocks and barely get range 3 on Dash, Vessery 5 straights and ends up range 1 of Dash, while BD slow rolls and is range 3 of Dash. Poe went a bit to fast, passing Vessery and a boost made his arc miss BD.
He pops countermeasure and erases Inquisitors lock. I take a couple shields with Vessery and Inquisitor, and then Swarm Leader BD for a total of 5 red dice and get 3 hits. Taking a couple more shields from Dash. Next round I 3 bank with backdraft, creating a wide arc with his butt, no matter where dash goes I got him. Inquistor 1 banks inward, and Vess kturns.
After some shots from Vess and Inquisitor not doing much, plinking the shield I think. I swarm leader BD. 4 reds + crit. Dash gets chewed up, down to 1 hull remaining? and crit was any white move gives him stress. He would die next round, then it was hunting Poe.
After a few rounds of combat, I have Poe in the corner and all arcs on him. Time is called, last round. Inquisitor does nothing (black one boost took his TL). Vessery takes 2 shields. Backdraft barely outside range 1, but I swarm leader. 5 red dice. I do 3 damage. Poe lives with 1 hull.
Win: 55-0
Match 3
vs OldManFenn (manaroo with painbot and rigged cargo)
This writeup will be short. He brought his manaroo into middle. He passes Inquisitor TL to teroch. I fire with vess, inquisitor, and swarm leader BD on manny, taking all of manaroos shields.
Next round he purposely hard turned manaroo on a rock. That made everyone bump, even Fenn and Teroch. He passes backdrafts FCS lock to Fenn. He fires at Vess with Terry and Fenn, taking Vessery's shields. Inquisitor fires on teroch and punches through 2 hits and crit. I goofed and meant to fire with Vessery first. Now there is no TL on teroch, so I decide to fire on Fenn instead. Vessery also punches through 2 hits and crit. Not bad!
Next round his manaroo 2 straights and drops rigged cargo on Vessery, of course I roll a crit and its...DIRECT HIT! Vessery on 1 hull. Backdraft 2 straights, butt showing to protectorates. i kturn vessery behind fenn, and inquisitor blocks fenn. Vessery finishes Fenn, backdraft butt shot finishes Teroch. Now its three vs manaroo. Vessery would die from painbot. Manaroo gets taking out anyhow.
Win: 100-35
Match 4
vs Mangler LW Dash with Rigged Cargo / 48pt Corran
Another Dash! I hate Dash! I race towards Dash with inquisitor and slow roll backdraft, while I flank with Vessery. I forget this is mangler dash, and am trying to close range 1 with inquisitor, lol, meanwhile I want to strip shields off Corran so he has to run away and regen. This almost works, I 3 bank backdraft toward edge of board, and Corran 3 straights right behind backdraft and tokens up. I swarm leader vessery evade and I only manage plinking 1 shield from Corran. Luckily he is out of position for a round or two.
But now I know its mangler Dash and my ships are close to him, ugh. He is blocking inquisitor, and Vessery, while chipping away at backdraft. Corran swings around and eventually BD is gone. Dash is just 1 hard and barrel-roll, keeping inquisitor in trouble. I 3 turn away and block Corran. Dash tries to block Vessery but I just do a 1 bank with Vessery and get a range 1 shot. stripping Dashs shields. Inquisitor is keeping Corran occupied. TAPs are best blockers in the game, so I am being a pest to corran, while Vessery and Dash duke it out.
Time is called, last round. Corran double tapped Inquisitor the previous round, only taking two shields. So I dont have to worry about Corran this round, thank god. Dash is on 4 hull. My vessery on 1 hull. If I PS kill Dash, game over, I win. Vessery fires range 3 on Dash. 2 hits and crit. Dash rolls 2 evades and lone wolfs into a third evade. Didnt even have to spend his focus. Ugh, that is game unless I get a crit with Inquisitor. Inq fires and I get three hits. Dash takes two hits saving his focus for offense. He fires and kills Vessery. Dash lives with 2 hull. Game over.
Loss: 25-69
Match 5
vs Kanan with ABT,Accuracy Corrector, ReconSpec,Rey / Garven Dreis EPTbot and Adapt
This scares me, as Inquisitor can be erased instantly. We both slow roll, he is stocking up Rey tokens, I am pulling him closer to tight rock cluster in the middle. I swing Inquisitor way around to get behind him. I want him moving away from Inquisitor with that ABT. First round of combat is all range 3. Taking some shields with Vess and Inquisitor, then I swarm leader Backdraft 5 red dice. Get 3 hits. Taking ghost down to just 1 shield. Not a bad start. However his ghost attacks Vessery, range 3 through a rock. I roll 5 green dice and blank out. Vessery's shields are gone, ugh.
Looking at Vesserys position, I am screwed. I have a feeling he is gonna bank towards Inquisitor. Vessery can 3 bank and bump into ghost, or I can 1 bank and get a range 1 shot, but probably get melted. I choose the latter, and Ghost does go for Inquisitor as I thought. I get two hits and a crit on Kanan with Vessery. Inquisitor bumps into Kanan. Backdraft does more damage. Kanan on 5 hull left. Kanan melts Vessery with ABT. Garven fires at Inquisitor, two hits and crit. I blank out with Inquisitor. Crit is weapons failure.
So vessery is dead, Inquisitor on 1 hull. I try two times to clear weapons failure but fail, ugh. Meanwhile Inquisitor at least providing evade for backdrafts swarm leader. Ghost is flying away from my guys, so at least that is going for me. Five hull left on ghost, Inquisitors two hits punch through. Backdraft firing, Kanan reduces him to two red dice, but I swarmleader, giving me a third dice. three hits and ghost is dead! Ezra pops out with a hull damage.
Now I am winning on points and he has to chase me. Garven has no chance vs Inquisitor and chasing backdraft is bad news. I 2 sharp away from Garven with backdraft and he gives chase. Inquisitor still with weapons failure, isnt doing damage, but Backdraft is with that swarm leader buttshot. 3 reds + crit chews Garven up. Then its Ezra left, and again, I two sharp backdraft away from Ezra and swarm leader his buttshot, taking out Ezra.
Win: 100-35
4-1 record, and my MOV is pretty **** good. Im feeling good about top 4.
Rankings are announced and I get 5th. 741 Mov and Im 5th. Yikes. Those top 4 guys were just destroying everyone. Oh well, Im bummed about not making the cut, but all my games were so fun and opponents were awesome. Swarm Leader Backdraft is one Bad Dude
