So you are playing a game with a random list but you get to pick the obstacles. With the list below, which obstacles would you take, how would you place them, and how would you deploy the squad?

Palob Godalhi (38)
Debris Gambit (2)
L3-37 (4)
Engine Upgrade (3)
Moldy Crow (12)

Genesis Red (35)
Juke (4)
Hardpoint: Cannon (0)
Ion Cannon (5)

Torani Kulda (50)
Marksmanship (1)
Cluster Missiles (5)
R3 Astromech (3)
Inertial Dampeners (1)

Kaa’to Leeachos (29)
Trick Shot (1)
Concussion Missiles (6)

Total: 199

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34 minutes ago, NeonWolf said:

Kaa’to Leeachos (29)
Trick Shot (1)
Concussion Missiles (6)

Not touching it... Genesis at least leaves his squad mates with their tokens if he Locks them (he clones, doesn't transfer). Kaa'to is just, as his name states, a leech and a waste of points.

It would definitely vary based on match ups, but a preset would have me trying to put obstacles reasonably close together to allow Palob to get max use out of debris gambit. Probably take big rocks to facilitate this and Kaa'to's Trick Shot.

For set up, I'd put Torani and Genesis in place for a joust. Maybe more center of the mat to hopefully draw the opponent into the rocks, but they are the main bulk. Palob plays bait. You present him a little away from your jousters, and you fly him up to either pull focus off of the jousters or punish your opponent for ignoring him.

Kaa'to is interesting. He should probably go for the flank/bait with Palob. They'll be in the rocks, which they both like. Palob can have the tokens to spare for Kaa'to to steal, which is nice.

Now, something that just occurred to me is Genesis can now lock his friends and copy their tokens. Was it your intent for him to do so with Palob?

30 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

Now, something that just occurred to me is Genesis can now lock his friends and copy their tokens. Was it your intent for him to do so with Palob?

That is exactly the plan and why Kaa'to is in the list.

Palob can steal focus/evade if necessary. Red can lock Palob (or any other ship) to copy his focus/evade. Kaa'to can borrow focus or evade from either if needed.

Torani is kind of odd but is a big target and will punish anyone that ignores her ability and gets caught in her Bullseye. She could be swapped out for Old Teroch but I think she can last longer and output more damage in the long run.

I like the Genesis/Palob combo, i'll have to remember that trick. Doesn't combo well with Protorps though, which is what I really wanna stick on Genesis.

I ended up with an Ion Cannon on Genesis. I haven't been impressed with Ion or Cannons yet in 2.0 but figured if someone could make the Ion tokens stick it would be Genesis with Juke and focus/evade tokens cloned from Palob.

18 hours ago, NeonWolf said:

That is exactly the plan and why Kaa'to is in the list.

Palob can steal focus/evade if necessary. Red can lock Palob (or any other ship) to copy his focus/evade. Kaa'to can borrow focus or evade from either if needed.

Torani is kind of odd but is a big target and will punish anyone that ignores her ability and gets caught in her Bullseye. She could be swapped out for Old Teroch but I think she can last longer and output more damage in the long run.

Okay, very interesting. Hmm. That changes things.

So, new strategy is to keep Genesis, Palob, and Kaa’to lovely together, with Torani playing more of a flanker role. Might work. I’m a little worried this henges a lot on Palob, but he’ll have mods, so might survive long enough.

51 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

Okay, very interesting. Hmm. That changes things.

So, new strategy is to keep Genesis, Palob, and Kaa’to lovely together, with Torani playing more of a flanker role. Might work. I’m a little worried this henges a lot on Palob, but he’ll have mods, so might survive long enough.

I've considered Palob being a keystone as well but Genesis can get his tokens from anywhere, Torani doesn't care about him, and Kaa'to wants Palob around but he can steal from Genesis too if necessary. Palobs survival is why he has the Engine Upgrade and L3, and Debris Gambit to some extent