I would have expected Blizzard to take the cake here, and while it makes sense that High Velocity is quite valuable in a dodge-heavy meta I didn’t expect quite this much “Invasion.” An AAT is quite hard to kill, and with so many lists being based on characters who aren’t Jedi players may find it difficult (Bossk with an aim feeder excepted) to punch through all that health over the course of six turns. On top of that, Evan Bulriss’ recent success with a vehicle/suppression heavy list is one that only works with Shadow Collective, the man himself agrees that swoops make little sense in the other two factions that are allowed to take them, especially Republic which already has speeders that are far superior ( To the Stabcast punks: yes this includes the Fluttercraft). We all know how ridiculous Pykes are, and the only way to squeeze all the juice out of that silliness is to play this Battle Force (especially my list, more in a moment on that). To me the most surprising aspect of this is the relative paucity of Shadow Collective. Ustick, you may have your numbers and statistics and stuff but I found a template on Powerpoint that I think looks neat and I sort of figure out how to use it. This post is being made at the beginning of Invader so we only have a meta snapshot without knowing how everything did (we’ll be back for that) but let’s stop cogitating and start looking at some numbers. This season (the 9th!) is extra-interesting because we’re using spoiled-but-not-released units such as Din, Rebel Boba, gun-less Dark Troopers, Din, Super-charged Imperial Boba with new command cards, IG-88 with no command cards (they got spoiled too late), Din, Cody with no command cards (argh), and finally, Din. That’s a variety you probably won’t approach until we have Worlds again, so if anyone reading this may be on the fence about playing “fake Legion” I’d encourage them to give it a shot for the competition alone. I’ve played four complete seasons so far and each time I was knocked out of single elims from someone in a new region of the world: Texas, Germany, Idaho, and Australia.

But I also think that Invader tests slightly different skills, and perhaps more importantly is a forum where players across the entire world can play each other in one ongoing event.

Pictured: A more well-balanced map than you’re likely to see very often IRLĭoes this mean that a player must be “better” to succeed in real life play compared to TTS? I think that’s a fair statement.

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