--Loda 150--
70 Luke Skywalker and Yoda
25 Han Solo in Stormtrooper Armor
20 Princess Leia
13 Rebel Trooper on Tauntaun
9 General Dodonna
8 R2-D2
5 Caamasi Noble
(150pts. 7 activations)

This is somewhat low on activations. I like being able to move loda 12 and twin (han) and then get another twin by leia. With the low activations it might not happen perfectly. I wanted some initiative control for loda. I don't like leaving him out in the open and normally he can finish off a big guy before he activates again.

What do you guys think?

Hah, with Force Points, Loda could move 18 and still Twin Attack in this build. It's a little light on total damage output, and Loda is really your only decent piece, so you're in trouble when he goes down. As long as you can run up Loda and Leia at the end of a round, and then use the Rauntaun to help you win init, you should be in decent shape. Only bad rolling, or a piece like Bane will survive a set of attacks like that. Can also use the Rauntaun to combine with Han to help on his Furious Assaults.

So you can spend force points to move and still use "charging fire". I thought you might be able to, but "charging fire" replaces turn.

It will make your activations even worse, but when I played Loda in a 150 point squad I used him with Leia and Obi Unleashed. Obi is decent on his own then when he dies Loda gets 8 more fp and can spend fp one more time per turn.

Try not to read "Replaces turn" so literally. All it means is you give up your move action and your attack action. You can still spend fps, use powers that are usable on your turn, etc.

If your goal is to play Loda at 150, then there isn't a heck of a lot you can do. If you expect to see any disruptive, then you need a second Leia target (or use Lando and the Bothan instead). Which means you want a follower Han.

I think you should recognize that Loda can run 12 and attack without Han already. So chance to Han Smuggler, Han on Tauntaun, or Han Rogue. That way, even against disruptive, you still have a second attacker to use with Leia. I would drop the Rebel on Tauntaun.

Tonight I played a varation of this squad. I played Han smuggler and an ug instead of han stormie and noble. I had fun with this squad. I really like the rantaun. I didn't lose an init and it was nice combining fire with leia and Han.

This is definatly not tier one, but it was fun.

I beg to differ. Loda/Leia/Lando/Dodonna made the top 8 at Gencon. I nearly lost to it. Shooters cannot kill Loda, which always gives him an advantage in the meta. Mando's could give him some trouble if they can run him out of fps, but that's still a tough one, since Loda has access to Dodonna.

Do you believe replacing lando ds with han smuggler is an upgrade?

yes totally. Han Smuggler did not exist at Gencon, or I suspect he would have been the natural second threat.

what are your thoughts about loda as a piece. I didn't think to highly of it. Then I tried to make squads with it the last two weeks and it has done very well.

How do other squads react to him?

What are the challenges for loda?

Has anyone played him enough to really appreciate him? Why?