I say yes because he cant do anything about the auto 40 damage and plagueis can parry some of GOWK's hits so Plagueis would still be living in 3 turns of battle(one on one) and GOWK would be defeated.

Possibly SidSwap would help with those replace turn corruptions. It's deffinetly a plausable idea.

and who wants to play all sith all the time just cause you wanna beat gowk?

I agree one on one maybe but with that rep squad backing him up no way.

You can always use fringe with GOWK also and get ur self some accurate shot mins on the map

And unfortunately, even 10 activations isn't necessarily enough out-activate a lot of GOWK squads. Certainly not the variants that I've enjoyed running. Having the other pieces like Dash or Jarael certainly help, but good luck with either Dash or Jarael hitting GOWK consistently.

And the biggest problem with Plagueis is that he has to be within 6 of GOWK to even use Corruption. First of all, it's pretty easy to count to 12 (move 6, then range 6 for Corruption). So, it's not too tough for a good GOWK player to make sure that you are forced to move Plagueis more than 6 to be able to even get in range for Corruption. Then, you have to be able to do Corruption a minimum of 3 rounds, because the GOWK player will almost certainly succeed on his rolls whenever he activates.

It's just not something that you will be able to do consistently. You move Plagueis up, and you might get off 1 Corruption on GOWK. But then Dash comes near, and takes 4 clear shots on Plagueis, hitting probably at least 3 out 4 shots. The JWM moves up and Assaults. Plagueis likely fails at least 1 Parry, unless you have the FPs to waste on re-rolls. But it doesn't matter. If he wastes Corruption the next round on the JWM, then he's not hitting GOWK. And the JWM, with a FP to re-roll, will likely make the save for Corruption, only taking 40 total. And then Dash will once again tear Plagueis a new one, leaving him dead.

Honestly, an even better scenario would be one where Dash shoots Plagueis up, and then a Mouse Droid bases Plagueis rather than the JWM. You're forced to move to do Corruption at all!

Now, if you're lucky, you have a full HP Dash, and a full HP Jarael left, against a JWM that may be as low as 10 HP if you're lucky, and probably GOWK at somewhere between 60 and 80, and then GOWK's Dash at probably half HP or more. I can honestly tell you, that even if it was just Jarael and Dash vs an 80 HP GOWK, that GOWK would statistically win that fight almost every time. If GOWK has ANY support left, there's no chance at all.

@Lobostele I agree 100% its not like you would just let plagueis get right in range.

110 point cost is alot for sidious and plagueis dont leave that much room for many great shoters if u want atcivations

I think that Plaguelis is NOT the answer to GOWK. Yes, Force Corruption auto-damage is fun, but GOWK gets to make saves for the damage after that, and then you fall in the the MOTF-Mettle trap you were trying to avoid in the first place. Also, Plaguelis is far too fragile to stand up for more than maybe two rounds against a GOWK team. Heck, I'd be very suprised to see that.

Just to clarify I was not in anyway suggesting Plagueis is a viable Anti-GOWK figure my point was (and I didn't say it clearly) it really doesn't matter what is with GOWK (whether JWM/Rex/Dash/Jarael/etc) what matters is almost regardless Plagueis in 150 doesn't have the faction support to pull off wins vs. GOWK.

R2 instantly makes the Republic more mobile than any Sith squad (in 150) and as stated before Plagueis will die to Accurate Shot, the non accurate shooters are more of a positioning battle but yes they to would destroy him very easily.

And there is the point as Lobostele said that he will run out of FPs much quicker than you would think between rerolling Parry, saving for Grenades, missles, etc, and even on speed and attacks, not to mention Essence of Life which alone will take probably half his FPs late in games.

In 150 Malak is the only playable Sith Lord, and he barely scratches 1.5. He dies quickly to YoBuck, Swap squads, Tempo Control, and even Vong, pretty much everything good. There are games where as we saw in the Wisconsin Regional where a well played Malak with good matchups can do well early but Malak's Auto Damage and Jarael's defensive prowess probably kept the Sith in the fight longer than anticipated.

It's a crapshoot to try to determine if the Sith are 'that competitive' because some games they do really well and others they just die, and die quickly.

I would relate their status in 150 competitive DCI like a matchup of 1 vs 8 in a given sport's playoffs. The 8th seed's biggest chance to win is that first game because there is a very short learning curve, after that the superior team (or in this case squad) will prevail barring bad shooting (rolls).