Great tourney! Many thanks to Jermey, John and dudes behind the counter for running a smooth tourney. Also to all the guys who showed up and generally make these occasions difficult to miss.
I was only gonna get my two boosters, play a couple of games and then drop as work was set to be a struggle if i stayed but i kept winning, so i stayed like the addict I am.
Stefan and I (Deri) split the top prize, both being undefeated after 4 rounds.
I had Yoda GM HK50 Vong guardian Vong praetorite warrior Praetorite prest
1st game against Mike on bespin. He had a 7 activation Kyle/corruption squad (2 disciples, kyle, a vong priest, guardian, bounty hunter, youngling). I got left he started right, i moved into the hallway and he moved into the control room. He lost his Priest early to my HK and the 2 guardians faced off by the door between the control room and the corridor. My vong got scarred by the bounty hunter and put dmg on his guardian as a result. HK and an atarau throw finished him off. the disciples tried to come round the top and get some zaps on HK but ehy were impeded by Yoda who got corrupted. The warrior finised one Disciple while the guardian finished the Youngling and Bounty hunter. Yoda and Kyle got into it doing some dmg to each other before Kyle decided to go after the guardian. The warrior finished the remaining disciple and Kyle gt butchered by the rest of the squad.
2nd Map V tim (timmerb123) on Rancor pit. He chose right. He had Plaguies, Baas, anterian ranger, Deathwatch, 2 peace thugs. We both made 1st round gambit me with Yoda him with the collaborator. I moved my guardian up and araound to get at his ranger while my other support moved forward. He filtered out from teh top corridor. He took some shots on my Guardian but couldn't touch the 25 d in cover (Yodas CE). He misplaced his Mando and HK smoked him. The vong, Baas and Plagueis got into it with some good early parry saves from both jedi. Both vong got scarred. The warrior attacked Baas after init and got 2 through his parry putting 80 on him. HK finished him. The warrior died to a crit and Plaguis retreated. Soon after HK and the guardian finished him off and Yoda started throwing picking off teh anturian and one collaborator to get a points win.
3rd Faced off against Bill (BillIv15) on Jedi Temple. He had Dark woman, Jensarri, Anturian, Vong warrior, Disciple and Peace brigade. This was easily the toughest match up and i lucked out with the win. I took the outside and advanced into gambit. He moved up into range. Negotiations ended when the warrior opened the 2nd central door and the guardian put 40 on the Dark woman. The guardian took about 40-50 dmg from a jensaari prescision and the dark woman. Leia crapped out on her throw (setting a trend). Bills warrior and disciple moved up putting pressure on HK and Yoda. Init was a hairy descision but the guardian was close to death so he put 30 on the jensaari (draw fire). Bills warrior put 30 on HK missing one of the two 30 point twin hits that was big. Disciple was misplaced by one square so he couldn't get around yoda's force defence and the lightning was cancelled. Yoda put some dmg on the Warrior and HK tried to kill it but missed the shot. He moved off and ended up with 10hp left with AoO. The rest of it is a bit of a blur as there were a lot of small skirmishes going on. The crux of the story is that with the guardians boosted defence and bad rolls by Bill it survived to finish the Jensari. The Dark woman finished the Guardian. The Anturian finished HK. Yoda got beat on by the warrior taking 60 . He finished off the Vong. With init yoda took a zap leaving him at 60 HP. The warrior took an AoO from teh dark lady, got scarred and beat on leia putting 80 on her. Yoda finished her. Yoda and Warrior then mopped up. Bills rush was well timed but luck didn't favor. He threatened a large number of my pieces constantly and it was difficult choosing the correct move. Yoda's CE and Bills bad rolls gave the game to me but it could have easily swung in his favor with a few better rolls (didn't need to be much higher either).
4th was against Ethen with a lot of HP on Rancor. He had Kol, 2 sith apprentices, Vong warrior, guardian and a Disciple. I got left as we both brought Rancor and he won map. HK tagged Kol and one apprentice on the advance, yoda got gripped and razored. Most of the action then happened around the center in gambit. Yoda got a 5 man LS thrown off hurting the disciple, an apprentice and one vong. Yoda cancelled a throw but he managed to scar my guardian and that allowed my two vong and HK to finish his guardian. Yoda then took beating from his warrior and Kol leaving him at 40 hp. Hk and the Guardian then managed to finish Kol in a phase (60dmg from vong with banannas attack score +21 for 30 dmg). Warriors engaged and basically killed each other with a hand from an apprentice. An apprentice rushed yoda but got atarued for the kill. After that it was mop up
4-0
Fun times.
Bill convinced me to put the priest in which i wasn't going to do initially and that probably won me the tourney. The Vong ruled, particulally with Yodas CE and the priest which proved deadly to many force users. Yodas Defence was huge and his throw is tasty when you get atarau on it. Hard to set up without tow but always a threat. HK is devastating in this format. The 40 dmg opp shots slayed many vong and jedi alike.
I pulled 5 VRs in the 7 packs i got.
Yep, i'm a lucky sumbiatch.
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