So with Regionals coming up, I really want to make some competitive squads out of stuff I have so that I don't suck and humiliate myself when/if I go.
I have two Separatists squads I would like some critique on. Preferrably constructive critique. So take a look and tell me what you think.

57 General Grievous, Droid Army Commander
64 IG-86 Assassin Droid x4
15 Battle Droid Sergeant
15 Lobot, Computer Liaison Officer
12 Gha Nachkt
10 San Hill
8 Battle Droid Officer
7 R7 Astromech Droid
6 Battle Droid x2
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

Preferred Reserves:
(Lobot, CLO) 29 Bossk, Trandoshan Hunter
(San Hill) 15 IG-100 MagnaGuard
(San Hill) 5 Rocket Battle Droid

(200pts. 15 activations)

This first squad is just a 200 point version of the classic GGDAC and IG-86s squads that have been used.

54 Cad Bane
49 Darth Tyranus, Legacy of the Dark Side
20 General Whorm Loathsom
30 IG-100 MagnaGuard x2
15 Lobot, Computer Liaison Officer
12 Gha Nachkt
8 Battle Droid Officer
2 Mouse Droid
3 Rodian Brute
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

Preferred Reserves:
(Lobot, CLO) 16 IG-86 Assassin Droid
(Lobot, CLO) 7 R7 Astromech Droid
(Lobot, CLO) 5 Caamasi Noble

(199pts. 12 activations)

The second is more melee based, but has some shooter back up and a little fodder to get in the way. More useful on a closed map like Muunilist.

Again, this is all out of stuff I own. So if there are suggestions for pieces I should put it, I will take notice of it, but I may not have said piece(s).

57 General Grievous, Droid Army Commander
26 EG-05 Jedi Hunter Droid
48 IG-86 Assassin Droid x3
15 Battle Droid Sergeant
12 Gha Nachkt
10 San Hill
8 Battle Droid Officer
7 R7 Astromech Droid
5 Caamasi Noble
6 Battle Droid x2
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

Preferred Reserves:
(San Hill) 15 IG-100 MagnaGuard
(San Hill) 5 Rocket Battle Droid

(200pts. 15 activations)

Does this look a little better for the first squad?

Yeah, I like that improvement on the first squad. It's still very shooty (which is fine), but now if you see GOWK you have a way to handle him. The EG-05 can kill him very easily in 2 activations, and since you'll be out-acting any GOWK squad by a mile with 15 acts and San, just run the EG-05 in at the end of a round, Twin for 60 on GOWK, then do it again at the beginning of the next round. Dead GOWK.

I agree with Percocet about replacing Cad with somebody who benefits more from Whorm. Boba Merc is a great replacement. That Boba doesn't have evade, so he won't benefit from a TBSV, though. But with Intuition he should still be able to get into position fairly easily for the Double/Twin. Now that you have a strong Cunning Attacker, I always like to add one or two strong Opportunist attackers, so your opponent is in a lose-lose situation whether they activate their big piece sooner or later. IG-86s are great for this. So maybe drop the IG-100s and CLObot or Gha Nachkt for IG-86s.

I like the last one, I always wonder if somebody would be brave enough and it pays off for them to run a high # of jawas in a squad. I've noticed that at least one md, one ug and 1 jawa finds a way into my squad lately.

Well balancing a living Sep squad is hard, which is why you don't see them that often.

Boba Merc is an excellent mini with Whorm and I would say he will be very competitive in most situations.

However the fact there isn't San Hill in there is going to be rough. San is a piece that isn't necessarily rewquired wirh living seps but he completes their strategic circle. He eliminates a few of their drawbacks like early or middle round attacks by you being wasted on enemy filler when it needs to be on more powerful and important targets. If the old init rules were still in place I could totally see not having San because if you win init a Lightning 4 and Boba's 120 would be vicious problem is only one of them will go off.

Also no bodyguard for Boba will be rough. If he sits still to put down the 120 he will almost certainly die vs most squads in Regional formats without a bodyguard. Tyrannous is a good interference mini but he will get pushed and shot to death vs many of the meta squads.

Minis I generally build around in living Seps are pieces that maximize value with Synergy with Whorm. Lando DS for example works out to be cheaper than an IG 86 without the BDO and also has built in Mobile and Evade so he won't be left out in the open vs most builds.

Another gem of 'new school' living Seps is bringing back Aurra Sing CS or Boba Enforcer. Both were phased out for lack of damage output and vulnerability to Evade/Soresu with only 1 attack. Now they doubke their damage output and are standalone minis. If Aurra dies usually your opponent had to roll very high or single her out, her raw stats are beastly. Boba is a nice utility mini with Mobile/Evade/Missles/Net gun. He has 3 ways to hurt the opposition and that is nice to have. Plus, he is a great door control killer needing 6s to take out any R2 and 9s to take out an R7 (assuming both are in cover).

Zuckuss BH also is another option in Whorm squads, the twin with Intuition and Snare Rifle is nasty.

I also love Genos with Whorm. The ability on a won init to put out a potential 30 each attack + Poison while being mobile and cloaked is a little ridiculous.

One favorite configuration of mine:

Tyrannous 49
Aurra CS 37
Lobot 27
Geno 21
Whorm 20
Lando DS 18
San 10
182

Fill to your liking. I used a rodian trader and wicket once for the last 18, that is nice to give Whorm and San Heal 10 so they don't just stand around. And Wicket with Grenades is fun as well.

Or go for activations maybe 3 Mice and 3 Ugos so you have 13 base activations + Lobot + San.

Reinforcements could be a BG + R7 since you already have Mice and Uggies, or bring in an attacker like a Kel Dor to protect against a Lancer (Tyrannous akready does that but a little extra insurance wouldn't hurt).

As is the squad can put out on average 150 assuming some misses, or over 200 if all the bonuses go off.



Also, some living Seps don't even need Whorm IMO. San, Cad, Aurra JH, Dash, and Filler is actually really scary if you play it right.

Go with what you feel most comfortable with. What I would take to regionals isn't what you should necessarily take. Not going to lie, I'm taking San most likely, because he is my crutch.

Anyway, there are a few different ways to build around Whorm, with different strengths and weaknesses.

1. Big Melee Threat (Dooku is the most viable option)
2. Big Shooter threat (Fett/Cad Bane)
3. Multiple midrange shooters (20-40 pt shooters)

Genoharadans are great options. You are looking at a fig that can be shooter and Melee, which is key with Gowk back in the mix.