I dont mind SSM. It's annoying sure but there are ways around it. Mainly just killing everything else and pounding on Obi till he starts failing saves. Most T1 teams either have some form of Direct Damage or just put out SO much damage anyway that 1-2 failed saves puts him almost dead.
I faced GOWK twice at Gencon (Trevor and Josh) and could have won either if I'd made some better tactical choices. All I used was Revan and Exar's Dark aura and I took both of their GOWK's down to the wire. If I had one more round of attacks I could have killed either.
I'm never a fan of banning/removing pieces. If I'm going to win I don't want an * beside it saying what was banned when I won. Putting a few more abilities in to counter SSM would be better. Look at Saba Sebatine, she can walk right up to obi and punch him square in the mouth and kill him no problem. Satele Shan is really good at Parrying so she can run up and outlast him as well.
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For me - this boils down to luck up and skill down
Exactly! Because lesser experienced players made the top 8 at Gencon this year with GOWK........wait, only two made it. One of those two won 2 Regionals this year and the other is probably the best in the world, so that argument is out.
Luck has some to do with it but skill is the reason those two and only those two made it. If people could control luck we would see a lot more BFBH, and those people would probably be wizards, and that would be awesome.
Whatever wins gencon always gets complained about right after. Dodonna is too strong, Bastilla is too strong, GOWK/Mace is too strong......whatever. The best players win. Don't give the tool more credit then the master.