Zion's Finest - Episode 033 - Paul. Heaver. Returns.

By kennydkbrown, in Imperial Assault Skirmish

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WORLDS PREP. I don't know how I did it, but I convinced Paul Heaver to come back on the podcast and give us his rundown for Worlds (assuming that FFG doesn't decide to drop a massive FAQ on us in the month leading up to Worlds which seem ... likely). As if mastering X-Wing was not sufficient, Paul has also managed to make the FINAL TABLE in the IA tournament twice in the past three years, so ignore him at your peril!
The East Coast remains dominated by the Dark Lord of the Sith, and Paul discusses how his playtesting is and will be shaped by what he expects to see at Worlds (Vader, Vader, and Han (WHO IS NOT OVERRATED)). He especially focuses on the point-counting aspect of skirmish--asking yourself how you're going to get to forty points in sixty-five minutes and keeping yourself tuned in to that goal through your matches--and gives some awesome advice.
Paul shoots across my bow and declares that Han isn't worth the points and we have a minor skuffle, but a resolution for that question will have to wait until after Han Rangers wins Worlds so I can point out my brilliance.
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I still feel like Chewy is underplayed.

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I agree that Chewie is a bit underplayed, but not that unshakeable has become a norm his stun doesn't help as much. If we can get out of the current Vader-Unshakeable meta he will get better. I think there was a huge rush to end him with Debts Repaid in hand (for some reason) but he's really good. Just doesn't quite work perfectly right now.

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I recently lost, using a Vader unshakable list to a chewie drok warriors list. Chewie can hit like a truck, and drok obviously can too. Basically it took 2 attacks and a slam or two and I was down Vader and had only dished out a small amount. I think he takes a decent amount of finesse to play, but when played well, he's hard to combat when there are 1-2 other heavy hitters around.

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On 4/10/2018 at 2:20 AM, kennydkbrown said:

but a resolution for that question will have to wait until after Han Rangers wins Worlds so I can point out my brilliance.

By all means, everyone bring Han to worlds. It'll be great. I promise.