Here is the squad I ran on Saturday:
--My Kind of Scum--
60 Jabba the Hutt, Galactic Crime Boss
43 Cad Bane, Bounty Hunter
33 Aurra Sing, Assassin
30 BX Commando Droid Spotter x2
14 BX Commando Droid Sniper
12 Gha Nachkt
8 Mouse Droid x4
Preferred Reinforcements:
(Jabba, GCB) 17 Greedo, Bounty Hunter
(Jabba, GCB) 7 R7 Astromech Droid
(Jabba, GCB) 6 Mouse Droid x3
(200pts. 16 activations)
I used the same reinforcements for all three of my matches (mostly because my head was too foggy following Fridays festivities to change them up). A better option part of the time would have been to bring an MTB, R7, Uggie and 6 mice.
First round I got to face off against Tim and his Stap-Infection squad. We played on his map (Cloud City) so I choose to set up on the left. Even if I wasn't dealing with a hangover I'm guessing Tim would have still prevailed but it would have been interesting. Jabba's CE can be really strong for Bounty Hunters but not when facing a bunch of uniques who go cloaked in the first round. Tim set up in the rooms above the landing platform and moved along the top of the map, towing Ani-Stap into the single row corridor in round 2. I had opened things up through the main hallway as well as through the other set of doors leading into the gambit room but still couldn't get to Ani and was worried about him phasing through walls and back. I made an overly aggressive move to run Aurra 14 squares (with a force point) and layed into the Dark Woman (plus getting a combined fire from a Spotter) which would have been enough to kill her had I not rolled like a 4 or 5 on one of my attacks. Aurra bought it hard after that. I did get a really nice long LOS on Jorus with Greedo at one point but I just wasn't able to get enough damage on anyone and kamikaazied Cad late in the game to make a last ditch effort to do something. It wasn't horribly lopsided points wise before then but I just couldn't figure out a good way to get at him.
2nd round I faced Jak with Bastila, Atris, 4 Echani's and door control/fodder. We played on Peaceful City and Jak made a positioning error near the end of round one not realizing that both Cad and Aurra could get a LOS on one of his Echani's and she couldn't evade enough of the shots I put into her. My Spotters and Sniper continued to move up the map w/ their intuition which made a really big impact on my ability to keep his Echani's pinned down. Jak's second Echani met her demise in round 2 when he forgot about the BX Spotters Energy Shield and she ended up shooting herself to death. By this point Bastila had gotten ABM running stopping Aurra from moving around too much but Cad was still free to Furious Assault. I basically didn't give Jak any opportunities to shoot at anything other than mice or Greedo (a reinforcement) but they were adjacent to a BX Spotter anyway keeping Cad and Aurra safe. As I continued knocking off his Echani's he decided to move Atris and Bastila up to help which turned ABM off. I then moved 12 w/ Greedo getting Charging Fire and Snared Bastila (getting 30 on her w/ Cunning). Jak had to run Atris out to try and get rid of my droids and I surprised him by spending a Force w/ Aurra, running 14 to base Atris. I had 1 Spotter left who combined fire on 1 shot meaning I was going to put 110 damage on Atris and kill her except I rolled 2 consecutive 1's!
I killed her off the next round but then time was called with an 80 health Bastila still on the board along with I think 2 R7's (and maybe an Uggie or something).
3rd round I got to take a crack at Gerry and his Jaina Mando squad. We played on Peaceful City again. With Resol'nare Gerry made it into Gambit in round 1. I intended to flank 1 of the side doors with a Spotter and Sniper with their Intuition in Round 2 but he won init and used Resol'nare 1st allowing Jaina to base them before they could intuition. I decided to give up the AOO's since it wouldn't kill them and move them into position to try and get some use out of them. I split them, positioning the Spotter to be ready for a CF into the gambit room and the Sniper a few squares away. Gerry then saw an opportunity to run in and take out Aurra but caught himself just before he moved nearly forgetting he wouldn't get the twin on her, only the triple. With that he moved and took out the spotter before running Jaina back out of sight. He then moved Kelbor up to get the Sniper in the open and finished him off. He was also trying to goad me into going after Kelborn but I was hoping for an opportunity to kill Jaina but w/o a Spotter lined up Aurra wasn't going to be able to drop her alone. But then a funny thing happened, I managed to get a long LOS on Jaina with Cad and rolled a crit........but she deflected it. Then I proceeded to roll another crit with the twin and she had to take the 40. At that point I charged Aurra in for the kill on Jaina since she can do 90 on her own. Unfortunately I lost init and Aurra got finished off. Greedo teamed up with a Spotter the next round to smoke 1 of Gerry's Scouts but I was just a little too far behind in points (12 to be exact) when we finished our last round after time had been called and gambit added up.
In the end I lost a really close one to Gerry, got a win against Jak where he had a really bad matchup against me, and couldn't figure out how to beat Tim until the next day when we rehashed it on the long trip home. Even then Tim still would have been able to switch gears and simply change his strategy accordingly. I really wish I would have gotten to play against Joe, Kreg and Dennis but thats just how it is sometimes.
As for the squad I ran, it probably just ranks more in the fun category as there are better options for Cad BH squads but it's still got some punch and has plenty of good matchups. I kept Jabba in the back all day and nobody really got close. I thought long and hard about putting him in gambit to start but never did it. Against Gerry it could have been really interesting as he wouldn't have been able to bunker down in gambit the same way.
Again, I had a great time and looking forward to the next time I get to see all of these guys!