Yaddle!!!
--Yaddle's Scramble--
44 Yaddle, Jedi Master
26 Saesee Tiin
24 Commander Ahsoka
24 Ki-Adi-Mundi
24 Qui-Gon Jinn, Jedi Trainer
23 Coleman Kcaj
21 The Dark Woman
14 Coleman Trebor
(200pts. 8 activations)
http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/149592/yaddles-scramble8 unique Republic Jedi. No fringe, no droids, no non-uniques, no shooters.
Went 3-1, but admittedly in at least 2 of the wins the Shien rolls were well in my favor (and/or opponents rolls not in their favor).
Don't think it can really compete in a non-casual tournament, but it was interesting to play.
Obviously better vs shooters, and really quite poor versus any melee defense (unless Jaina can't roll a parry to save her life)
I would certainly drop something to add R2 astromech, and possibly even panaka.
Rolling cleave was nice, but not used often enough. Ahsoka would probably let get dropped first.
Coleman Trebor was the igcognito killer. LS Assault for 60 Damage (30/30) vs any enemy above 14pts (Qui-Gon's +4 and Bravado).
Dark woman doesn't want to cloak, as she has 110hp and Shien! Meat shield!
Got to use Ki-Adi Mundi's CE a couple of times, but it's tricky to set up.
Even got in a couple whirlwinds. That would be much easier to pull off with R2 and/or Panaka.
You really have to spread the damage and get the most out of each Jedi.
Love to see it face Daala. (you'd need crazy good Shien rolls to win, but it would be satisfying. Only because Daala sucks, not because winning by a bunch of lucky rolls is satisfying)
It did strongly highlight the double-edged sword that Shien is. Ha-ha, you can't get around my non-melee defense by getting adjacent! What's that you say? Then you'll just stay as far away from me as possible and shoot across the map? That sort of backfired. (from the point of view of wanting to encourage engagement)
The fact that in theory it could make opponents think twice about shooters is good. The fact that it involves SOOOOOO many save rolls is bad.
Overall torn on how I feel about it, but still glad I ran it.