TimmerB123 wrote:
skybuck may have been tougher, but I think would have ended up the same. I beat double pawned Lancer thanks to override.
I think this would have been a very tough match for you, particularly if it was my Skybuck version with Lobot and triple override. I faced a very similar squad design in Racine (less activations, added Kir Kanos and a Geno, minus Arica - so in that matchup, it was actually tougher against Skybuck than yours I believe). The problem is that Ozzel will hurt your options so much. In the game I played against Cad, I was still way out activated (Ozzel), but I went after the pieces as I could with Yoda, and eliminated the threats.
Obviously your moves in the first two rounds would dictate a lot of my moves, but generally I would do one of two things. Either move in on Cad for 30-60, allowing you the option to either put 120 on Yoda or swap away, not both), and then depending on the options I would either swap in Dash/Anakin to take out your Cad or thrawn, or a Rodian and lock myself up. I don't fear the one Amanin as I can count squares and I usually go right for that guy early when he's on the board. I'd also consider using the three gran raiders instead of the 4 Rodians as my reinforcements to protect against Arica, since I won't need that many swappers, and I'm way out activated anyways (did that against NR once in Racine).
Doesn't mean it's not a great squad, it is, and in particular, looks like a very nice choice considering the meta you faced. It's just like every other 200pt squad, it has a major threat to it in the meta, and you just either hope not to face it, or hope you can outplay the player running it. And as I remember from the Racine game, I had to be very careful about my choices early to not lose my pieces to a deep Cad strike early. But once Cad was down, the rest was clean up.
Anyways, congrats on the win! Sounds like an excellent tourney!