Hey, all. I'm heading into my first game with an SSD, and have kinda settled on a build I'm comfortable with. The local meta has few activations with one or two heavy hitters (ISD, Glad) and perhaps a raider, plus a medium to large, mostly rogue heavy squadball of Firesprays, decimators or defenders. Aces are rare for some reason. In my limited experience I've never seen anyone but me field more than one. Bids are usually none or a point or two, but I've seen 392 once.
For this reason, I've decided to forgo Kallus, but also make LTT mandatory. Most of the list is a straight JJ Ravager list, but the first one uses Krennic, Intel Officer and XI7s to try to be able to kill the main enemy battleship very, very quickly - applying serious damage - even at long range - as second player. The second is a jankier one, using Palpatine, Overload Pulse and QBT with a little bit of a stronger bid for first. Both effectively have four activations, which I expect might actually out-activate my opponent, though this is by no means a sure thing.
Which one should I use? Or should I do something else? And any general advice for someone flying this for the first time?
Name: JJ Krennic XI7
Faction: Imperial
Commander: Moff Jerjerrod
Assault: Advanced Gunnery
Defense: Rift Ambush
Navigation: Solar Corona
SSD Assault Prototype (250)
• Moff Jerjerrod (23)
• Director Krennic (8)
• Damage Control Officer (5)
• Intel Officer (7)
• Gunnery Team (7)
• Point-Defense Reroute (5)
• Quad Laser Turrets (5)
• Leading Shots (4)
• SW-7 Ion Batteries (5)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
• XI7 Turbolasers (6)
• Ravager (4)
= 336 Points
Gozanti Cruisers (23)
• Darth Vader (1)
• Repair Crews (4)
= 28 Points
Gozanti Cruisers (23)
• Admiral Titus (2)
• Comms Net (2)
= 27 Points
Squadrons:
= 0 Points
Total Points: 391
Name: JJ Palpatine Overload
Faction: Imperial
Commander: Moff Jerjerrod
Assault: Advanced Gunnery
Defense: Rift Ambush
Navigation: Solar Corona
SSD Assault Prototype (250)
• Moff Jerjerrod (23)
• Emperor Palpatine (3)
• Damage Control Officer (5)
• Intel Officer (7)
• Gunnery Team (7)
• Point-Defense Reroute (5)
• Quad Laser Turrets (5)
• Leading Shots (4)
• Overload Pulse (8)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
• Quad Battery Turrets (5)
• Ravager (4)
= 333 Points
Gozanti Cruisers (23)
• Darth Vader (1)
• Repair Crews (4)
= 28 Points
Gozanti Cruisers (23)
• Admiral Titus (2)
• Comms Net (2)
= 27 Points
Squadrons:
= 0 Points
Total Points: 388