Weeks wrote:
TimmerB123 wrote:
My squad:
--Eternal Bodyguards (aka the most frustrating squad ever!)--
54 Cad Bane
36 Felucian Shaman x2
15 Padmé Amidala
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
16 R7 Astromech Droid x2
70 Felucian x10
(200pts. 17 activations)
So 2 Shaman keep the Aura constant, R2 tows the shaman who actives the aura. Padme makes all adjacent followers a bodyguard, which keeps the shaman alive vs strafe and accurate. I roll up like a tank and camp in gambit, then tow bane to kill anything that threatens.
Surprisingly stout. Positioning is a nightmare. I can handle a lot of different squads. Bad matchups are disruptive AND strafe (I can handle either alone, but not both) or Ysalamiri AND strafe or blaster barrage (once again, need to have both)
Won round 1 vs a newer but very good player. Chance ran rebel elite commandos. I pulled off the 3 pt win barely. He just couldn't get through the aura.
Of course, round 2 Mike G brought disruptive AND strafe. Did virtually nothing to me with the strafes while I had bodyguard, but once he moved up HK, he shut down bodyguard, and strafed and shut off my Shaman's Aura. Went downhill FAST from there.
1-1, lunch break at Buffalo Wild Wings!
Mmmmm, beer!
Called it!
Yeah, but with no specificity.
So I beat Audri in round 3. You'd think this is a bad matchup for me, but it's not. Can't force blast, but I still have parry, and Shamans Aura affects me, and does not respond directly respond to attacks, so she had no answer for my tricks.
Round 4 - if I win I make the final four. Remember the 2 counters to my squad? Guess what? I face Randy with double Ysalamiri. Crap!
He has to get within 6 to affect me though, so it's a match. We both press to the center, he pushes up Pelleaon to negate my aura, so I tow up cad to kill him (roll a 1 but hit the othe 3 to kill him). He wins auto init and runs up a storm commando and hit Bane for 60. So I have to go for it. I tow Bane and go for the kill on Thrawn. I already rolled a 1 with Bane, so I risk it. So then I roll a 1. Just for good measure I then roll 2 more ones (3 in a row with Cad Bane vs Thrawn). Bane dies, he bubbles my aura and picks me apart.
Bummer. There was 2 counters to my squad, and I got paired against both.
Ironically I think I might have had a chance to win it since Mike and his Lancer didn't make the finals.
Oh well, hope I got all that bad luck outta my system before GenCon.
Never playing Felucians again (at least not at a Regional!)