Hello Friends of the forum,

This week I want to ask are there any lists that you were not looking forward to facing that turned out to be a paper tiger?

cheerio

Boba/Guri. They may have just been bad with the combo, but man if Guri doesn't pop when you split her from her wing mate. Probably doesn't help I was running a Swarm Tac Scyk squad. 😋

8 hours ago, Hiemfire said:

Boba/Guri. They may have just been bad with the combo, but man if Guri doesn't pop when you split her from her wing mate. Probably doesn't help I was running a Swarm Tac Scyk squad. 😋

I hit one of these too. Got ready for a battle, but it was all over quick. Definitely in game mistakes in my match.

8 hours ago, Cubanboy said:

are there any lists that you were not looking forward to facing that turned out to be a paper tiger?

I'd be hard pressed to give specific lists, and even then I'd have to question whether it was player mistake over list failure. I will note however I usually give my opponent the benefit of the doubt and assume there's a reason for the list they have chosen and take it quite seriously until the rout is clearly already begun. Case in point - 5 Interceptors vs 4 Phantoms. I expected a close and painful match, but due to play decisions it was over in 6 or 7 turns with only half points lost on one ship.

Double Defenders. It was Rexler/Ryad, and I flew...I don't recall. I can see where it would be brutal in the hands of a more experienced player. But my opponent, while a dedicated 1.0 DD player, didn't have *that* much experience, and I was able to take a comfortable lead by time called.

Seems like there are a lot of lists where they have the potential to tear you up, but are very dependent upon their player. Boba/Guri above, Double Defenders. Maybe most any two-ship list?

39 minutes ago, Kleeg005 said:

Double Defenders. It was Rexler/Ryad, and I flew...I don't recall. I can see where it would be brutal in the hands of a more experienced player. But my opponent, while a dedicated 1.0 DD player, didn't have *that* much experience, and I was able to take a comfortable lead by time called.

In my experience, having played this list, it's really effective against 2 ship lists, can handle 3 ship lists, but begin to struggle against 4+ ships. It's still fun, the defender is a really good plateform. However it must be played very carefully, like a "hit-and-run", as it cannot whistand well multiple attacks.

About the OP, I faced a double StarFortress. Pretty impressive at first with all their HPs. I faced it with a Tie swarm. I was afraid a proton bomb + VTG double Attack and Paige shenanigan will cut through my 3 hulls easily. Turned out I took one out in the first round of engagement, loosing only one TIE. The other one was a piece of cake against the 5 remainings TIEs..

Trip upsilons

6 minutes ago, Roller of blanks said:

Trip upsilons

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Advice. Don't out yourself as having not played against something (IE Tripsilons) in a current version then post what you posted in this thread.

7 minutes ago, Hiemfire said:

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Advice. Don't out yourself as having not played against something (IE Tripsilons) in a current version then post what you posted in this thread.

I was using that as an example, as that was the most drastic scenario where I beat an upsilon, I've played against modern tripsilon, and while they are admittedly better, they still aren't that great

Wedge. I faced him twice last week, and while in one game he got some decent shots off, I was able to corner him in both games and take him down without as much effort as I anticipated.