16 hours ago, The Archangel said:

Yes! I'm always thinking, "I dare you to kill that Alliance Smug. Aaaannnnd, thank you! I'll go ahead and annihilate that figure you thought was safe from Chewie now." The "Yaaaaa!" is pretty much mandatory when this happens.

The Alliance Smugglers with Chewie is a great effect, and makes me think of pawns in chess -- you crazily WANT to send these defenseless token troops into the front line of the objective-seeking fray. "Let's see. He opened a door, picked up a 2-point raining freight crate ... now let's see if he can do his 3rd job and die for Chewbacca!"

That said, after seeing so much Vader/Palp in the meta, I scrimmaged a buddy yesterday with a Vader/Palp list (he played my Regionals Chewie list). He moved Chewie out too fast and took a position out of Vader's range. Then I double-moved Vader up near him, played Force Surge to land two damage. Next activation the Emperor tempted and force lightning'd him (1 damage to Vader), and rolled an 8-point hit for the kill. We both sort of stared at the board for a minute, then decided that game was over.

8 hours ago, Darth evil said:

i killed him again in both games my opponent an i played tonight practicing for our Regional this weekend, i seem to have an uncany ability to reroll a defence die into a 3 block. I even used my end round attack to smack Han, then he shot back i added a White die because of Stealth tactics, rerolled into a dodge :), then took his end round attack for something like 4 dmg. Next round i took initiative, and sent Han packing with Force Choke and Force Surge.He is now looking at replacing Han in his list, i think Chewie would fit in nicely.

Sounds like Han was sticking his nose where it didn't belong haha. I tend to keep him at as much of a distance as I can. His ranger is as good or better than the majority of figures in the game, and as you pointed out, without dodges or added defense buffs, it doesn't take a whole lot to knock him out.

1 hour ago, DerBaer said:

The only good imperial troops are eSentries

Not a fan of eJets or eRiots I take it? While Imperial support figures (figure) don't offer focus, Imperial Officers are pretty legit for who they are supporting. Example, Vader doesn't need focus, he needs help getting around the board. eJets and their Agile ability is crazy good. Its a rarity that eJets get 1 shot (it does happen...Han)

I find Imperials in general to require a slow play style that I just don't possess.

1 hour ago, DerBaer said:

Han can be great, IF your positioning is perfect. He needs a lot of skill. But a really good player can make him work wonders ...

Vader is great. But Imperials just lack good support. Chopper, Gideon, 3PO, Hera ... they are staples for a reason. The empire has nothing like that. And having played 9act, 4x4 and Stormtroopers for quite a long time, I never thought, I'd ever say that, but the empire lacks strong troops, that play well with Vader. The only good imperial troops are eSentries, but they are to expensive to fit 2 units in a Vader list. I'd always prefer eWeequays or eRangers over any imperial troops.

IG really lacks a reroll. I can't say, how often I rolled a 1 damage on a red die and wished I had a reroll. But he is part of one of the two strong factions right now, so that compensates for his lack of a reroll.

Still waiting for the Boba fix!

Empire has plenty of good support. Zillo is support. Officers and Palpatine. Honestly they dont need a lot because they already have such strong units.

Jet Troopers are ridiculously good. Riot troopers are solid. Esentries are most certainly not the only greag troopers. Empire is rocking right now and regional results are reflecting that

1 hour ago, DerBaer said:

The only good imperial troops are eSentries, but they are to expensive to fit 2 units in a Vader list.

I disagree, Vader/2x eSentries/3x rOfficer is a great list. Got me my first regional cut.

I don't know. So far, I've seen Imps, Rebels, and Mercs win tournaments this year. The game is in a great place.

i love eJets, i can't cound the number of times i've been able to use Agile to survive a hit and make my opponents have to use an extra attack to take them off the board.

Han is great. He can't go Head to Head in close range with Vader though. Honestly, no figures can hope to survive head to head in close range with Vader.

3 minutes ago, Fightwookies said:

Han is great. He can't go Head to Head in close range with Vader though. Honestly, no figures can hope to survive head to head in close range with Vader.

Except jyn