It would look like this: http://armadawarlords.hivelabs.solutions/view_list.php?token=151914&key=eff2e4d0da4c2fbc768c04f345621e10
My hunch is that it would get eaten alive by squadrons, but the idea somehow sticks with me ^^
[CC] Is Triple-ISD viable?
To be honest in the first round when everything has one upgrade this will be absolutely devestating, especially since you essentially get two upgrades with Vader. And it’s a good bones to work with just add a fighter screen and maybe a gozanti Witt your last 100 points and you should have a pretty solid list.
Normally 3 ISD isn’t that viable as you can flank them and pick one off and then bail. But with 100 more points of stuff for you and for you to kill it could be brutal.
Let is know how it goes!
I had thought to max them out like this: http://armadawarlords.hivelabs.solutions/view_list.php?token=152433&key=cadab463d3c52d78df284edad291b567
What would you propose instead?
I did dual ISD demo in a CC list. Word of warning, its a nightmare to keep refitting them and so it took me ages to get to a point where I was comfortable picking up the demo title.
Good fun though and pretty deadly, just usually bloody games.
One thing:
Advanced Gunnery...not good here.
How’s this look? Should have crushing firepower vs ships and with overlapping flak and the ties you should be able to hold your own vs squads
CC Triple ISD
Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 500/500
Commander: Darth Vader
Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery
Defense Objective: Contested Outpost
Navigation Objective: Solar Corona
[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)
- Darth Vader ( 36 points)
- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Reinforced Blast Doors ( 5 points)
- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)
= 175 total ship cost
Imperial Star Destroyer Kuat Refit (112 points)
- Avenger ( 5 points)
- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)
- Boarding Troopers ( 3 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- Assault Proton Torpedoes ( 5 points)
= 133 total ship cost
Imperial Star Destroyer Cymoon 1 Refit (112 points)
- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Spinal Armament ( 9 points)
- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)
= 135 total ship cost
Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)
- Comms Net ( 2 points)
= 25 total ship cost
4 TIE Fighter Squadrons ( 32 points)
Gink raises a good point, if you lose one the cost to repair could prevent you from getting any upgrades that round
9 minutes ago, Green Knight said:One thing:
Advanced Gunnery...not good here.
Due to someone surely having an Ackbar pickle on the other team that would love to pick it?
Only three activations and no Fighter screen could be a huge risk, especially against a Swarm of small and fast Rebel ships, like those MC30 combined with Sato....you have no way to get them....but on the table should be terrific!
44 minutes ago, MandalorianMoose said:Due to someone surely having an Ackbar pickle on the other team that would love to pick it?
Three ISDs all with Gunnery Teams.
I ran 3 ISD2s for a CC. First 2 rounds it was great. Then I lost and couldn't repair an ISD. Round 4 I lost my scarred ISD and one other. After that the campaign fell apart so I'm not sure how badly it would have spiraled from there. It just becomes too expensive to repair or replace them. I'd suggest at the very least trade one ISD for an Interdictor. Its not much cheaper but will be able to helpout the two remaining ISDs with Targeting Scramblers and Projection Experts plus the ability to stop your opponent from escaping.
2 hours ago, Green Knight said:Three ISDs all with Gunnery Teams.
I thought the Kuat didn’t have GT?
3 minutes ago, MandalorianMoose said:I thought the Kuat didn’t have GT?
They all have the slot
23 minutes ago, Drasnighta said:They all have the slot
Yea but just don’t equip GT as you will be most effective with a close range double arc, go after the big ships with that brawler and the Cyamoon and 2 can handle enemy small units
I would like to add that I think 2 ISD’s with gozantis and squadron support would be more optimal, but the OP is trying to make Triple ISD with those specific ships a thing I think so that is how I would load them out
Edited by MandalorianMooseGunnery on the Kuat is still letting you Shoot + Flak from the same wideass frontvarc, Which I think is the main reason to want to take it on it, if anything...
Biggest Imp ship I fly is an Interdictor though, so I’m mostly surmising.
Just now, Drasnighta said:Gunnery on the Kuat is still letting you Shoot + Flak from the same wideass frontvarc, Which I think is the main reason to want to take it on it, if anything...
Biggest Imp ship I fly is an Interdictor though, so I’m mostly surmising.
That is indeed the only reasoning for taking it on a kuat/1, but I think having GT on both of the others will be enough, allowing the Kuat to focus on ships and maybe throw some flak out the sides
I mean I'd love 3 ISD, but if you guys say it can't work - I don't want to spoil a campaign two rounds in...
I have tried mock-up CC games with two ISD and a Demolisher. It kind of works, but activations (or lack thereof) get you killed. So it wouldn't want to try that again, and maybe Demolisher is more needed in a fleet of my teammates.
In a 500 point league with shared uniques i ran a ISD2/Devastator (flagship), ISD1/AvengerBT, and 5 gozantis. Let me tell you, 7 activations with 2 fully loaded ISD’s is absolutely brutal!!! Ships don’t stand a chance, and squadron lists (even maxed out) will get decimated by all that ship flak.
I think my fighter screen was only a handful of ties and eventually became Cienna/Valen
I'm not going to buy 3 more Gozantis just to cheese out my opponents in one campaign, funny as that may be. But if you advice for two ISD and maximum activations, I could offer two Gozanti, two Raider, one Arcquitens.
6 hours ago, MandalorianMoose said:In a 500 point league with shared uniques i ran a ISD2/Devastator (flagship), ISD1/AvengerBT, and 5 gozantis. Let me tell you, 7 activations with 2 fully loaded ISD’s is absolutely brutal!!! Ships don’t stand a chance, and squadron lists (even maxed out) will get decimated by all that ship flak.
I think my fighter screen was only a handful of ties and eventually became Cienna/Valen
But then your contribution to all out assault seems very gozanti....
23 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:But then your contribution to all out assault seems very gozanti....
It was a league not CC specifically. We rolled a d6 at the end of every match for killed uniques- they died on an initial roll of 1, adding one for every previous time they went down.
And for our CC we never got to do All out Assault as noones schedule lined up
1 hour ago, Stefan said:I'm not going to buy 3 more Gozantis just to cheese out my opponents in one campaign, funny as that may be. But if you advice for two ISD and maximum activations, I could offer two Gozanti, two Raider, one Arcquitens.
Oh I didn’t buy them, I borrowed them from teammates! Lol