Or, if you prefer YoBuck over GenSky:

--MaceBuck Swap--
65 Mace Windu, Legacy of the Light Side
51 Yoda on Kybuck
28 Dash Rendar, Renegade Smuggler
23 Captain Panaka
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
8 Mas Amedda
8 R7 Astromech Droid
5 Spaarti Clone Trooper Demolitionist
3 Rodian Brute

(200pts. 9 activations)
http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/109571/macebuck-swap


You could fit in everything if you went with neither a shooter nor R2AM, but I don't think this is the best option:

--MaceSkyBuck Swap--
65 Mace Windu, Legacy of the Light Side
51 Yoda on Kybuck
47 General Skywalker
23 Captain Panaka
8 Mas Amedda
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

(200pts. 7 activations)
http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/109572/maceskybuck-swap

I actually think this is the way to go. I don't like Mace without Swap, as against shooter-heavy squads (especially swarm-y ones) Mace will go in and kill something and then just be left out to dry. Trading Mace for an IG-86 is not a good trade, lol.

Bill's squad has something going for it also, but I'd still probably drop Ahsoka for Panaka. Really good players are able to prevent a really good Rolling Cleave, but Rex/Darman are a good choice for backup shooting. You can then drop the Chagrian, Human BG, and Ugnaught for Lobot if you want.

I'm not sold on the idea of the Chagrian for Mace because if he gets a crit, whatever he's attacking is probably dead anyway. 20 more damage won't mean much.

Ah but you are missing the point. The point it to kill sooner. There is a pretty big difference in what you can kill with one 60/80dmg hit (crit/flurry) and what you can kill with an 80/100. The real point of stacking more damage is that Mace has to kill everything he goes after. Well, if I'm playing for luck, better darn well make sure I nail it everytime I do get lucky. Also look at this.

Mace vs something with 140hps (This covers a lot of pieces). Let's assume Mace gets 1 crit on his triple, plus hits all of the other 3 attacks (triple/flurry). That's a max of 120dmg. With the CMC you get to 140. Pretty big difference. I'm not saying its necessary damage, but it's pretty awesome. A lot of times you are going to need Mace to kill 2 things in a round, not just one, the +20 can often help you do that (think trying to kill 2 100hp pieces for example - normally will take him a crit/flurry/hit using up 2 attacks - with RC and +20 dmg, you get not only an extra attack in there, but also can kill them in 1 crit/flurry - which when you do the math, means that if lucky and the crit comes on the first attack, you still have 4 attacks left to make on target 2 for the second crit). Heck, with this you can actually kill 2 120hp figures by simply getting 1 crit on each figure. That's just silly :)

Now, I promised a Mace tank squad idea, here I made one.

--Mace the Tank--
65 Mace Windu, Legacy of the Light Side
55 Yoda
27 Ferus Olin
18 Gungan Shieldbearer
18 Jar Jar Binks
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
8 Mas Amedda

(200pts. 7 activations)

Of course simply using the Gungan SB alone will be enough to protect Mace on the way in that I'd probably consider just inserting him into any of my other Mace squads (dropping CMC and HBG for it in the one I posted before). But with this, Mace should not die to shooters ever, in fact you can run him and the tank set up right at your opponent right from the start. Mace/JarJar take point, with the SB behind and Ferus BGing Mace/Yoda. I considered not using Jar Jar and having a BG for the SB, or dropping Ferus for a cheaper attacker and a cheap BG, but when I looked at this, this is how I would run it. Yoda makes those expensive LS Reflect Saves easier, and is a great mini on his own.

Agreed on both points. I mostly don't like the Chagrian because I don't like Ahsoka either, but if you're going the route of Ahsoka I can see the CMC being useful so if you get the early crit you can do more damage to the character you get with Rolling Cleave.

And you'd better believe that I'm chasing R2 down like a crazy person in the Tank squad. It's really, really annoying, but with single override as your only door control, only 7 activations, and not a single shooter, it's got some definite problems that can be exploited. Like for example, at some point in each round your phalanx of Mace + Jar Jar + GS will be separated from each other; that's the time to strike, since the squad only really works when it's all together. A single Lancer squad would do incredibly well against it also, as the Lancer flies around Mace and kills everybody else then the 86s rip him apart.

Here's the Lame shooter version for those who can't play small activation melee based squads without tons of crutches :)

--Mace the Tank Competitive--
65 Mace Windu, Legacy of the Light Side
33 Captain Rex
27 Lobot
24 Republic Commando Darman
18 Gungan Shieldbearer
18 Jar Jar Binks
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

Preferred Reinforcements:
(Lobot) 11 Human Bodyguard
(Lobot) 6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

(200pts. 12 activations)

Here's another fun competitive version of it without Lobot.
--Mace the Tank Competitive X2--
65 Mace Windu, Legacy of the Light Side
33 Captain Rex
24 Republic Commando Darman
21 Houjix
18 Gungan Shieldbearer
18 Jar Jar Binks
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
5 Salacious Crumb
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

(199pts. 10 activations)

Some interesting squads here.

I think it would be interesting to pair Mace and the new Obiwan (with Use the Force) with the Chargrin Merc.

Well, I will try to break any piece, including the one's I help make :) So no problem there.

As for the difference, I suppose it depends on what you are looking for. I would probably take a 7 activation squad to a tournament, in fact I have. But I'm not going to convince anyone that a 7 activation squad is anywhere near top tier that doesn't include any shooters, so it's a lost cause, even if I think the squad played right, could beat many of the top tier stuff.

Think of it like this. The "best" Yoda on Kybuck squad was what I called, "Yodabuck Maximum" that I made right after release. It had General Sky, Commander Ashoka, Panaka and Dash. This is the "best" version. However, for tournament play where you don't know the opposing squads well (assuming a large enough tournament that you can't readily guess what you will be facing as opposed to a small event where you might know the 1-2 other players who can beat you and you know what they like to run), the Lobot version is more competitive, but not as powerful. But that's only because it sacrifices its power for more versatility. But the most powerful version is still the one with Ashoka.

Thanks. Though I never gave a definition, by "top, unbeatable" I did in fact mean at a top-level tournament like GenCon versus unknown opponents. My apologies if there was any confusion.

It was the "unbeatable" part that suggested you were looking for the most abusive squad. I don't believe any Mace squad to be more than tier 2.