Honestly he may take a step back but his biggest problems are mobility and a good wingman in 200. R2 solves one of those somewhat, though not totally.

I could see say Rieekan, GMLS, R2, Ganner, Dodonna, Juno, and filler could work. Albeit short on activations. But then again with the UberBuck running around I doubt anyone would run Gha+kazillion activations anyways.

Lancer doesn't improve, that's nice. R2 however in droid squads is painful with GG DAC lol. 25 defense in cover and Twin vs opposing droids.

That would be fun to just WATCH lol.

I've been toying with a GMLS all-faction 200 squad, and this is what I have so far:

115 Grand Master Luke Skywalker
25 Leia Skywalker, Jedi Knight
14 General Rieekan
12 Anakin Skywalker, Force Spirit
9 General Dodonna
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
8 Mas Amedda

(192pts. 7 activations)

Leia to give GMLS free rerolls, Rieekan giving him evade, Anakin ghosts him and gives people mettle, R2 tows, Mas makes Leia's commander effect rangeless. Not sure what else to do with the other 8 points, or if it needs to be retooled at all.

Problem is dodonna does almost nothing in the squad as constituted since you can spin maybe him, Mas, and maybe Ani before your opponent moves. Just throw in some Mice for blockers or Ugos.

And how long would Luke's support last against anything else out there? Not long. Further, consider the following (not even what I would say is the best, but something new nonetheless).

Thrawn
Captain Rex
Exile
Dodonna
Mas
R2
Yoda on Kybuck

(didn't check points, but I think there's room for a couple of ugs or something).

My goodness - Rex with Opportunist and Extra Attack could be putting out 180 damage a round at +16 - is my maths right?

Swapping him to set up for a Triple Sniper shot with Opportunist doesnt sound too bad to me.

GMLS
Boba Ftt BH
Dodonna
R7
X2 Uggs.

6 Acts at 200 points.
Like I said in another thread, this squad is hard to beat, Dodonna does more then nothing, he gives the squad a fighting chance. If you run GMLS out there too soon, he wont have enough FPs to keep himself alive.

What I said in my last post was to "Play Test", and if you think that a spirit is too much of an advantage, try this on Vassal:

Exar Kun & Darth Bane
VS.
GMLS

GMLS will also win every single time, with about 30-40 HP remaining.
As far as the game being played strictly by squad format, I think at this stage in the game, anything goes.
Im not sure what goes on in the world of DCI anymore, but the game is the game no matter how you play it.

Viva La GMLS!!

No it's not hard to beat. Just because you say it, does not make it so. This wouldn't beat about 90% of the tier 2 squads out there in 200 points right now, let alone a theoretical "no faction" meta. 6 activations is a joke.

No, you are wrong, he does nothing. You must play against the same locals who run 2-3 expensive beats and never run more than 10 activations in any squad. In that case, I would agree, GMLS is a tough cookie. Against the top tier squads that are run in the rest of the world however, Dodonna is in fact a waste of points.

With 6 activations, you are going to be stuck with a full health GMLS, locked in a room by himself after round 2 against almost all top tier squads.

That's not a playtest either. None of us cares what GMLS can do against single or in this case double melee opponents (granted, I agree that your "results" are not accurate and you didn't test this as ED points out). But regardless, the game is played by squads, not one on one matchups, as you were told before.

Mod edit: Didn't seem to be adding to the thread.

The top squads from GenCon used Lobot with mass Mice. What is it about the factionless meta that makes 20+ activations no longer necessary?

This makes me want to make a YoBuck/Arica/Thrawn squad.

Play some swarm squads vs that lol.