Only got to play 2 games at the LGS last night as we were sort of taking these easy and just hanging out. But I won both with this squad above.
First game was against an Imperial squad with new 501st Vader, Mith'rawn, two 501st Legion Clone Commanders, 2 501st Stormtroopers, a Felucian Officer, Tarkin, R7, and filler. I managed to win the game, but it was a close one. We weren't keeping a real close eye on the time, so I think I would have won due to time running out a round or two earlier. The game at the end came down to his Mas Amedda needing to roll a 17 or higher to kill the last 10 HP on my Exile. I made a sort of dumb move in the first round and Atton ended up taking 40 off the bat from a 501st Legion Clone. I got lucky enough for Hoth to stay alive 1 extra round as well when Vader failed both his Djem So rolls, leaving Hoth with 20 HP. I ran with Wicket and activations for this game, but I think I would've been better off with the Human BG. Hard to say for sure. I really had trouble with positioning Atton this game though, and I could've completely killed Vader in the 2nd round, but we weren't sure if I could spend a FP to move 2 extra squares during the movement from Hoth's CE. So, we played that I couldn't. I'll ask in the rules forum, but I still think I could've done that, which would've changed the entire game right off the bat. Either way, I ended up pulling it off.
The 2nd game was against a Rebel build with Loda, Han Smug, Rieekan, Crix, 2 ERCs, Princess Leia, CLobot, and filler. No Dodonna, which really helped me. He took a bit of a risk in the first round to have Luke go grab gambit. We were playing on Bespin and he started out on the platform, so Luke was right next to the door. Atton put 40 on him in that round. Then, he didn't bother to move Luke when he won init for the following round, so I got to open the door that had been Overridden closed, and Atton unloaded on Luke, putting another 80 on him, leaving him with only 30 left. So that pretty much took him out of the game. Then, he made a crucial error later and let me get easy, clean LOS on Rieekan, and a TBSV took him down. From there it wasn't too tough to clean up. I ended up using Hoth and the Exile to basically chase down Luke before he could gain too many more Force points, while Atton and the TBSV harassed pieces from the back. The Stealth vs. my non-Accurate was frustrating, and knowing that Luke could easily kill a TBSV from 12 away made me cautious. But I think using Hoth and the Exile as interference pieces, even though they ended up under Disruptive, it worked out quite well.
I like the ideas with Cay, but I'm just not sure he would do enough damage before dying. Compared to the 10-point cheaper TBSV especially. I may have to try that variant though. Bill, I like your 2nd suggestion there.
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