I've been having issues playing against Dalaa's Snowtroopers. Now granted, I tend to play squads with big Jedi and few activations and they have been getting eaten up, even an OR squad with AMB had some issues thanks to the inclusion of Disra and a lack of accurate shooters.

Yes I honestly think we will see a competitive Trooper squad with daala.

Have I run any strafe against it or was that just the Vong Squad that I ran that against?

What about an OR squad with Mira as the main shooter? Is that feasible? And if so, what would that do to your Charging Snowtroopers squad?

Since Disra has to have line of sight to someone in your squad to stop their CE's from being suppressed and only has 30 hp IIRC, he is extremely vulnerable. I guess the trick is whether or not you can use Mira effectively in an OR squad.

Stealth and Blue should give these squads trouble. Echani's too.

And is Disra a auto include to make the Snowtrooper Charge stand up throughout a full tournament?

Mira could be a serious problem. Or, really, even an accurate Jawa would be a problem. Disra is super-weak. Since ABM is the issue, not really Disruptive, Pellaeon might be a better choice, but then you're trying to fit a whole squad - including the commanders - in a very small bubble. Remember there's no double-bubble because you can't have GAThrawn. But against OR, the troopers would way out-activate the OR, so that could help a lot.

Stealth and Blue with Arica could be a problem depending on the map and how well the troopers are hidden. Since they have charging fire and are shooters, they can be spread out pretty well and hidden enough that she can't get too big of a barrage if the map allows for it. I'm a lot less worried about Cad. He could take out any single piece, but the squad can survive the loss of any single commander except Daala and still function. Daala just has to be well hidden.

I don't think Echanis would cause trouble. I think troopers would even have the advantage, but I guess it would depend on the map. (I'm assuming equally skilled players here.) Echanis can take out troopers easily enough, but the troopers can take them out, too. I'd trade 2 (even 3) troopers for an Echani in a heartbeat. With the Zygerrians, a trooper can run 24 (ignoring difficult terrain while within 6 of a commander). On the right map, that would be enough to base an Echani to negate evade. Even without the Squad abilities or the Czerka nearby, they hit at +12 for 30dmg. Not an auto-hit, but 65% chance of hitting an Echani (even after Atris).

I would not say Disra is an auto-include. You could try Pellaeon to negate ABM instead, especially since Disruptive isn't so big of an issue. Or you could try to just wait ABM out. Not sure what the best option is. Of course, the Thon/Bastila combination makes waiting it out harder since she doesn't even have to take a break at the end of rounds for a long time. And Thon's repulse is going to be another tough matchup for this squad even before ABM, so the Force Bubble would be even more important against that squad. The other thing Disra brings though, is Bribery, so there's a chance for just a little bit of customization since you can't use Lobot with Daala.

I wouldn't quite say their a novelty but their not on the the level of a Naboo Trooper squad either. I think it is refreshing not to reach for Thrawn and to a lesser extent Ozzel each time an Imp build strikes me.

So you build GARY in the base and use Pellaeon to swap out. These new Daala variants are going to be fun for example super stealth Scout Troopers etc...

How are they a bad matchup? The snowtroopers do 30dmg at +12 after charging 24. They should be able to base a Naboo on most maps. Trading a Snowtrooper for a Naboo is a great trade on a Pilot and basically breaks even on a Trooper. Death Shots aren't so scary when you don't really care if the target dies.

(My opinion, but again, assuming equally skilled players. I'm pretty sure DARPH NADER with RNAF would smoke me with Snowtroopers. But I would put that more on the players than the squads.)

A couple can go 24, not all of them. I guess I'm thinking that the Naboo troopers would be able to take out more Snowtroopers than the Snowtroopers can keep up with. The Naboo also have mobile which is a big deal. You could be right though. It would be interesting to see play out.