Experiences may vary, but I think I played the Basilisk once, against a good player at the time. Didn't even have to build anything special to show just how bad depending on a Huge strafer can be, especially on the wrong map.

Aye, the Mando Jedi Hunter is a selection of abilitys that ultimately don't add up, meaning his main (and possibly only) use is to serve as a interfearance beatstick. Without the ability to move faster and with just stealth for protection that requires him to run into their guns, he will be shot at before he makes it into melee. Truth is, the best only comes out with Mandolore the ultimate to ensure he gets there, and thats nearly 100 points before you look at the rest of the squad...

Really, as long as Gunslinger or scout exists, he is second best in offensive roles. And many of the figures he coudl tie up, such as Yobuck, can just run cycles around him anyways. His defensive quailitys are not nearly reliable enough for mainstream use. Now if he had cloak or speed 8, then he would be worth using. As he is, his uses are very much limited as it's 24 points that can't be put towards their strong point.

My mind drifts to minis all the time. Unfortunately there aren't enough players around my area to playtest the way I want. I usually have to find out whether my ideas are beast or bust in actual tournaments. Believe it or not, I just thought about that one on the fly. Sort of an Epiphany if you will. I thought of another one while writing this. Add a skiff to pawn for the first movement and you can deliver that B3 right next to those scouts in one turn. Just do it at the end of all your activations and that B3 can eat mando sandwiches while you move the rest of your army into position. And you're welcome for the seed.

Same here, not played the game for 3 months until last week, though I am trying to get into this Vassal thing to see what it's like.

Mandolorians can be defeated if they are forced to move forwards though, I found that out first hand when I gave my disadvantaged mate the advantage by attacking him rather then plugging at him from a distance. Sadly, I attacked along the open street of causant, so while I still won, I took some heavy loses as Kir and Protector delayed me and HK-51 and imperial engineer shot at me. Not deadly in itself, but serveral turns of that wore down a few, not to mention some good rolls on his part.

The same can be achived by killing one of them, or using something with damage reduction can help serve as a sheild. Just ideally, you don't want them to have a well sheltered side, easipically if they are using cloaked scouts.

South Jersey. About a little too far from Waylander to get together all that much apart from tounaments and the rest of the guys I'd like to play are out of town during the week or busy.

I used this build against 2 Mando Jedi hunters and they parried all but one attack from my Lancer Droid. I did manage to collect 38 points of fodder for my efforts.

Yeah, but from the Mando point of view, run the jedi hunters up and if the opponent has strafers, make sure the scouts have a wide line of sight covering them. If you do it right, there is no way the strafers will survive. Also, moving the JH up the board and hiding them in cubby holes prevents them from being attacked. A strafer can't move into nooks without moving directly into the space it just left as per the rules. Strafe stipulates that you pass over your enemy, not base it, so you can negate strafe pretty easily by ending movement in safe places on the board. So really, I'd use the JH as bait and gambit collectors. Let the Scouts hang back and burn anyone who tries to shoot them down. Force your opponent to move closer and then cross blades. I've done this before to the chagrin of a player who thought his strafe ability was some sort of magic carpet ride.

And this brings me to a somewhat unrelated, yet important point that I have made in other threads. Squad selection is indeed important, but expertly executed maneuver can win games against the most intimidating champion squads.