I will try and do a little report of our Regional in Malmö.
Unfortunately my memory of the day isn’t too great (it usually isn’t, being so focused the whole day takes a lot of energy), anyone who attended are more than welcome to fill in. There will be errors :).
Semi-Final https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh1aHJSU2M
Final https://youtu.be/G7L2OXUJQ8Q
This was the Regional in Malmö, there were 30 participants.
People from Denmark came over, we even had the Polish National Champion coming to play :).
I always try and prepare as well as possible is by playing the same list several times. Having a store championship that didn’t go to well and one that went pretty decent I knew there was only one list that I would feel comfortable with.
Taking help from Squad Ranker (http://xwing.macker.co/) and looking at some lists doing good in other regions I came up with the following:
Rear Admiral Chiraneau — VT-49 Decimator 46
Predator 3
Gunner 5
Ysanne Isard 4
Rebel Captive 3
Engine Upgrade 4
Soontir Fel — TIE Interceptor 27
Push the Limit 3
Hull Upgrade 3
Autothrusters 2
Royal Guard TIE 0
There is only ONE thing I don’t like about it, it’s 100 points. This is why most people run these two at 98-99 and a lot use VI on RAC.
Predator+Gunner helps a lot against Soontir/Whisper. Predator is just amazing against PS2 and lower, basically acting like a TL. RC is an auto-include for me.
I know a lot of people like Stealth Device but I just feel that the guaranteed hit is more useful when getting blocked.
If you don’t want any spoilers don’t read the rows just below the result list.
If you wanna check all the rounds and such go to http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=387.
Round 1
I had played this guy before on the Store Championship in Malmö and lost.
First game was against:
Prince Xizor + Veteran Instincts + Autothrusters + Advanced Sensors + Virago
Guri + Predator + Autothrusters
Black Sun Enforcer + Autothrusters
Felt pretty ok going into this game. Even with 3 attack dice the Starviper goes down fairly quickly if you get range 1.
Don’t remember almost anything. What I do remember is one turn where I screwed up with Soontir who got blocked by the Black Sun and then going down to Guri+Xizor. I managed to kill Guri though but it wasn’t enough.
0-1
35-100 (Shot down 35 and lost 100)
Round 2
IG-88B + IG-2000 + Mangler Cannon + Predator + Advanced Sensors + Inertial Dampeners + Autothrusters
IG-88C + Heavy Laser Cannon + Push the Limit + Autothrusters + Advanced Sensors + IG-2000
This was a crazy game. My opponent setup in the middle of the field. One was facing along the edge and the other 45 degrees towards. I put RAC a little bit to the right and Soontir to the far left. He pincered (corrected) Soontir who got blocked on second round of shooting and went down. I had only taken one or two shields I believe (due to good dice + AT) I really felt it was over, but I was still in a good mood :), smiling if I remember correctly.
BUT, it turns out RAC with Engine can screw IG88’s pretty good.
I did long manoeuvres coupled with Engine Upgrade also managing to get a round or two without him shooting. I also managed to bump to only have exchange with one IG.
Cannot remember who many Hull I had left but managing to table my opponent
1-1
100-35
Round 3
A list that I thought of trying out (but still need another Phantom) is a list that is just so CRAZY.
Sigma Squadron Pilot
Sigma Squadron Pilot
Sigma Squadron Pilot
Sigma Squadron Pilot
Glas cannon anyone?
I knew I had to take potshots where I only traded with one or max 2 Sigmas at most. I really wish I had this on video, it was pretty crazy. He started on my far right. I placed RAC close to the middle and Soontir on my far left. I didn’t have a plan other than not engaging :D. I felt this would be a fast game whatever way it went. Soontir CANNOT take 16 dice to face even with AT.
He went pretty slow and cloaked. I went slow and boosted inwards I believe. Soontir went fast up on his side.
What happened was my opponent turned in on turn 3, getting an exchange with one Sigma vs RAC.
Think I too one shield. I started flying fast and managed to get another 1 on 1 with RAC 2 rounds later while Soontir ran acoress the whole board to the opposite corner, around the asteroid and then in again to get behind the Sigmas. I think I took 1 or 2 hull damage on RAC but ended up taking down all the Sigmas without losing anything.
Engine Upgrade was SO crucial in this game helping RAC to get those 1 on 1.
2-1
100-0
Round 4
Another round against a player that I lost to last the last SC in Malmö. He was running
Soontir Fel + Push the Limit
Omicron Group Pilot + Darth Vader
Whisper + Veteran Instincts + Advanced Cloaking Device + Fire-Control System + Gunner
I really didn’t know my odds but didn’t feel too good since I know he is a good player.
He setup on my far left and I put Soontir a little to the left and RAC pretty far on the right to go around the first asteroid.
I slow rolled the first two turns. I don’t remember exactly, but I managed to screw up again, Soontir getting blocked and killed. I only had RAC left but my opponents Soontir got the “Goodbye Pilot ability and EPT” also only having one hull left.
I knew I had to take down Soontir fast and I managed to this with Predator+Gunner on the next round.
At this point something hit me, Whisper will have to take a stress to shoot. I know, obvious right, duh.
I knew I needed to get behind the Doomshuttle to get a 1 on 1 with Whisper. Whisper managed to shoot twice before going down leaving RAC with 4 or 5 Hull. After that I went after the Doomshuttle.
3-1
100-35
Going into the 5th round I really felt the pressure :). I knew this was the game to win.
I don’t know why, but was so surprised to be seated on the 2nd table.
Round 4
I was very happy when I saw what I was up against. It was something I felt that I could handle.
Blue Squadron Pilot + Tactician + Fire-Control System + bwing/E2
Corran Horn + Push the Limit + Stealth Device + R2-D2 + Fire-Control System
Gold Squadron Pilot + Ion Cannon Turret + Bomb Loadout + Seismic Charges + R5 Astromech
Pretty low attack output where to most dangerous thing would be to get Soontir Ioned while being stressed.
He put Gold and Blue kind of in the the middle and Corran on my far right.
If I remember correctly Soontir was on the far left, I wanted to put hurt on the Blue as fast as possible because of FCS+Tactician.
Soontir got a shot on the first or second round on the Blue (un-answered) and then didn’t have a shot on the next so instead went for the Y-Wing.
Don’t remember too much more :(. There was some boosting and barrel rolling :P.
4-1
100-0
Only getting tabled once, but not being to fast at calculating I still felt I had a good MoV having a good chance of making the Top 4 to move on the the Semi-final. I ended up 2nd in the Swiss.
If you want to watch the Semi-Final it will be (it was filmed) uploaded.
As soon as it’s up I will link to it. If you for some reason don’t want any spoilers don’t read any further.
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Semi-final
Tala Squadron Pilot
Tala Squadron Pilot
Airen Cracken + Veteran Instincts
Chewbacca + Predator + Millennium Falcon + Gunner + C-3PO
Going into the semi-final I felt pretty decent.
I had one plan, killing the Z-95 as fast as possible. I didn’t want him to get 3×2 attack dice on RAC every turn.
He put the Talas and Cracken in the middle with Chewie on the my right.
I put RAC a little to the left and Soontir on the far left. I wanted to shield Soontir from Chewie for at least 1 round of shooting.
I sent RAC (slowly but) directly towards the Z-95s while Soontir shot fast up his side. He made a hard turn towards the left side (from me) going towards Soontir. I wasn’t to worried about him shooting at Soontir with 2 attack dice. On the second round of shooting (I think it was) Chewie barely landed on an asteroid and RAC managed to boost out of the two talas arcs (who turned back) AND blocking Cracken (think it was the same round but I might be mistaken). I think Soontir landed a hit on Cracken and RAC started working on the Tala that was about to hit the asteroid. On the 3rd round of shooting one Tala went down, next round another one and after that I could be a little more aggressive with Soontir.
5-1
100-0
The FINAL game
Unbelievable, I was in the final game Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Biggs Darklighter
Rookie Pilot + R3-A2
Blue Squadron Pilot + Tactician + Fire-Control System + bwing/E2
Bandit Squadron Pilot
Bandit Squadron Pilot
The last game was pretty strange. I will leave it to watch the video since I don’t know just how hot Soontirs green dice was. They were good.
I will say this, Kasper played brilliant and forced me to joust with Soontir, YEAH :P. Don’t do that
He did a boost and ended up in the middle of the Rebel Scum force but I managed to dodge one or two arcs which was enough. The problem was he was double stressed. He flew 4 straight to try and escape.
RAC came from the right and slow rolled for 2 rounds and after that just did a 4 straight to behind. He managed to kill 2 Biggs in 2 rounds I believe and while Soontir miraculously survived the Rebel onslaught RAC was free to take shoots against the B-Wing. He had one round where he blocked Soontir, but the Baron wasn’t having it.
In the end I think Soontir had taken one damage and can’t remember RAC, but a couple of shields?
Like I said, please wait for the video, it will do much better job than me :).
6-1
100-0
Thanks to Kristofer (Veldrin) for TOing the event.
Will end with a quote:
“Great, kid. Don’t get cocky”