greentime wrote:
I am surprised to not see more Bastilla, which ought to be the natural counter to cannons (although Pellaeon/GA Thrawn throws a huge wrinkle into that plan!), and I am also surprised to see that swarms haven't come back. In two regionals so far we have one lancer and ZERO Yobuck squads. No Yobuck! A well-run swarm should be able to slaughter Mace as well as give most cannon squads fits, unless you're running Tim's bizarre version. So far out of about 40 regional squads there are just three I count that would easily beat a swarm (lancer, Corran, speederbike). And a new swarm, built around Red Squadron Aces or Defel Pirates could even give those a game.
I totally agree with everything you said. I think there are two reasons there isn't much Yobuck:
i) There are a couple of well-established squads (Solo Charge, Skybuck, maybe Lancer too) that everyone knows are good, but haven't been run much as people try new stuff. Last year, there wasn't much Yobuck at Regionals, but it did really well at GenCon (3 in the top 8, I think).
ii) Maybe there are a few more counters around. Some of the low hp CE squads have some defense against Yobuck, like death shots, self-destruct, or Storm Commandos with Shields 2. While heavy rock squads can also be tough, especially if there is more than one big, hard to kill piece.
But there's still no reason that it can't do well with a good player.