Those look amazing!

I had put away my "insane squad that I think would win this tournament" for a "still powerful but much more fun" squad.

But now seeing those trophies I am rethinking that . . .

But yet again I am just heading to work, won't get off till midnight, then I have to wake up at 6am for the drive to OH where I am meeting up with Jak and Juiceman. So I won't have time to remake the squad. Oh well. This will still be fun.

the highest point cost character in my 300 pt squad is one I haven't used in YEARS.

So I am playing a game with chris right now and we were discussing how many points you need to kill for a 3 point win? should it be the full 300? 250? 225? or 200?

Yes, I think that 250 should be a 3pt win if the time runs out. Regardless, people will simply have to have the "play fast or get just 2pts" mindset for this tourney.

Great job Luke for winning the 300pt tournamant. Can't wait to see you guys in February

Yes, 500 was a load of fun!

However, my squad wasn't with Epic Revan. I used Epic Hoth, and had to beat 2 Epic Revans (Jaq and Hinkbert) on my path to victory. Both games were really close; that Epic Revan is a beast...but since the Hoth squads have more shooter-reliance...and since Epic Revan has zero defense vs shooters, the shooty-Hoth squads will have a bit of an advantage against him. The biggest difference I saw in the mirror match was that Bastilla could easily start ABM in round 1 and not run out of FPs, because she can use Revan's FP to do it. The Epic Revan is definitely tournament-worthy though! My final game vs Josh/Hinkbert could easily have gone the other way if a few saves were different.

I'm just gonna stay to packed for FROSTYCON.

Now I know, you don't need to bring,SWM's to a SWM's toury weekend at Lincoln & Euclid in Lockport
Heather proved that to me.
we played games with the goofiest titles ever!
cards against humanity
deluxe weed
kittens in a blender
poo
nuts

It was such a blast!

Thanks to Corey (Pastorbudwine) for putting it all together.

Thanks to Gerry (and Mrs. Russell) for the amazing hospitality!

Thanks to Jak and Juiceman for the lift to and from (between Akron and Buffalo)

Thanks to Jak and the Mrs for letting me stay Sun night so I wouldn't die on the way home!

For my 300 pt squad I was going to do Lancer + poggle bomb madness, but decided not to.

A) I wanted to do a squad idea that wouldn't work in 200 (not just a 200pt squad with 100 added on)

B) Both for myself and my opponents it wouldn't be as fun.

Probably would have won with it, but I have no regrets.


Instead, I took 2nd with this:


--The time has come . . . execute Order 66.--
62 Emperor Palpatine, Sith Lord
56 Clone Trooper on Speeder x2
28 General Weir
27 Lobot
20 Admiral Piett
34 Storm Commando x2
16 Admiral Gilad Pellaeon
16 Grand Admiral Rulf Yage
11 Admiral Ozzel
10 Dark Hellion Marauder on Swoop Bike
8 Mas Amedda
3 Mouse Droid
6 Rodian Brute x2
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(300pts. 17 activations)

Yes, it's still strafe, but it plays MUCH different. You simply cannot make a decent 200pt squad from the pieces in this squad. The concept only works at 300+.

You'll notice I have no Thrawn at all. I swap out Palpatine for Grand Admiral Thrawn every time. That's right - I throw away 25pts right off the bat.

Why? Republic speeders are much better. They still get the bonus from Weir, but vs the Scout Trooper on Speeder they have + 3 attack, + 1 defense, +20 hp, and speed 12 instead of 6. That means they can strafe 24 squares, or strafe 12 and then attack. Much better. G.A. Thrawn gives them all +3, +3, so you are looking at +21 defense (25 in cover). Then I have Grand Admiral Rulf Yage for cunnning and Amiral Piett for opportunist, which means always shooting +15 for 30dam twin. Hot stuff. Double bubble for pesky force users (I'm looking at you Bastila), and 2 storm commandos to nail some other stuff.

Its downfalls include being outactivated -17 base (23 max with Lobot) is not super high for 300. Deathshots and self destruct are also rough. Although I beat republic deathshots in round 1 mainly due to me locking his commander effects in a room and then strafing the pilots. It's the catch 22 of deathshot squads: Even with Mas, you have to trace a path to commander effects. If you can trace a path - my super fast flying strafers can get to your commanders (or at least lock a door so you can no longer trace a path).

I went undefeated in Swiss, beating Luke in the last round. That was maybe not the best for me, since he wised up and brought better reinforcements in the finals. That + him winning map = doom for me. He played great and earned the win.

Imps at the top in 300!

It took me a while to figure out, but you're talking about Klaatoinian Assassins, right? That is a nice squad at 100.

Revan is ridiculous. Bastila having access to his force points means ABM goes constantly and the ability to basically always win init is super strong, plus you throw in Kavar with his ability to completely nerf someone really easily at the beginning of round 3 through Sever Force is just dirty.

The only epics can score gambit rule was certainly interesting, and it basically let me "moneyball" a win against Nader's Vong squad (winning with math rocks!). I put Revan in gambit round 1 on Cantina, kept him alive for 4 rounds and made sure to get an additional 100 points. So I won at the end of round 4 with acquiring gambit. This was good since Nader's squad was going to ruin me the next round via Czulkang.

The OR continues to remain strong in 500 (which is definitely my second favorite format after 200) and even though I lost to Trevor's Hoth OR squad it was incredibly close (and yes killing Figrin D'an mattered, grumble grumble) and I think Revan Redeemed can definitely win at 500.