Vader is invading Zion, as only the domineering Lord of the Sith can! In this episode, Scott and Kenny discuss Vader's anticipated arrival at the Utah Regional Tournament on January 20th. Scott talks about his matchups, what he expects to see from the opposition, and how he expects to crush and defeat his enemies.

We focus on Vader vs. (Archetype), including mirror matches, IG-88 (and Scum Hunters), Rebel damage dealers (Han, Chewie, and Luke), and those insane off-the-wall lists like Kenny's beloved BOX.

Are you worried about crushing Vader in upcoming tournaments? Do you think there is no hope for the meta? Well, Scott thinks that Vader is the greatest, which is why he's running Vader! But maybe you can find a ***** his armor! MAYBE!

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https://zionsfinestia.podbean.com/e/episode-011-the-vader-invasion-who-can-stop-him/

Thanks for the shoutout. Started listening to this in my car and did a double take when I randomly heard my username!

@defkhan1 your write-up was awesome! It deserves many shout-outs!

Great analysis. With the jets/palp/vader list, how do you handle scenarios like Raining Freight (Nal Hutta Swamps) and Stashed Away (Mos Eisley Back Alleys) where cheap units can mop up some objective quick points?

Listened to this episode, great podcast really enjoyed it. You guys seem like just very knowledgable fans of the game having an in depth conversation. Very casual but engaging with no egos. Will be listening to the rest and following along.

Great episode! A couple of thoughts. First, I’m pretty sure you can use Unshakeable after Jyn’s Hair Trigger, depending on initiative. The trigger is start of an activation, so the order is determined by initiative. If the Jyn player has initiative, Jyn goes first but the Vader can still use Unshakable. Someone correct me if I’m wrong ?.

Secondly, the reason Iggy scares me more than Vader is his versatility. His red-red-green double attack is devastating, but so is his ability to move out of cover, fire twice across the map, and then move back into cover, or to simply attack twice and move 7 away from slow Vader. On the Swamps (ugh), Iggy has the edge against any other figure, IMO.

Hope you guys did well at Regionals!

-ryanjamal

No, @ryanjamal, you are dead on. Because of the timing conflict, it is definitely based on initiative. That was another reason why Scott ended up not taking Unshakeable--he wasn't even going to be able to use it unless I had initiative.

And I agree with you on IG. That guy is a beast. An absolute beast.