Australian National Championships about to be streamed

[Texx 458]

In case you are interested watching some X-Wing this Friday night if you are State side.  Round 2 should be streamed in just a little while from the looks of things.

 

https://www.twitch.tv/generalgamesaus

[ficklegreendice 34,362]

if I were clever enough to make a joke about ghost/phantom making finals, because marsupials, I would

[TezzasGames 1,014]

Streaming for the Top 16 will begin very shortly!

[The_Brown_Bomber 573]

3 Dengaroo lists in top16. ouch.

[AlexW 2,902]

3 Dengaroo lists in top16. ouch.

 

Where did you see the lists?

[The_Brown_Bomber 573]

 

3 Dengaroo lists in top16. ouch.

 

Where did you see the lists?

 

commentators said it during the game. manaroo vs 2x defenders/tie

[ObiWonka 7,068]

if I were clever enough to make a joke about ghost/phantom making finals, because marsupials, I would

*read in your best Australian accent*

 

"G'day mates! 'Ere we 'ave a lovely flyer with 'er joey in the boot."

[DamianR 132]

3 Dengaroo lists in top16. ouch.

Only 3 Dengaroo in the top 16? Wow, less than we expected...

[Tbetts94 2,399]

3 Dengaroo lists in top16. ouch.

Only 3 Dengaroo in the top 16? Wow, less than we expected...

I think they said there were only like 5 total for the entire tournament, but 3 made the cut which shows the strength of the list.

[Bigulf 60]

It gets slaughtered by 2 scouts and a party bus, or any other competitive list with lots of HPs. It does beat all the defender lists which is the new shiney thing which I am sure made a large pirtion of overall lists..

[Hujoe Bigs 2,071]

It gets slaughtered by 2 scouts and a party bus, or any other competitive list with lots of HPs. It does beat all the defender lists which is the new shiney thing which I am sure made a large pirtion of overall lists..

I haven't lost against a dengaroo with 2 x7s and omega, and not sure why it would.

[SgtSmithy 280]

It gets slaughtered by 2 scouts and a party bus, or any other competitive list with lots of HPs. It does beat all the defender lists which is the new shiney thing which I am sure made a large pirtion of overall lists..

 

x7 Defenders are super resilient. They can easily shrug off 3-die attacks when positioned well and properly token'd up. They are only easy to mow down if flown poorly, and Scouts aren't *that* difficult to outfly. Party bus can be a challenge because of its in-arc coverage, but x7s can absolutely do it, if flown well.

[jokerkd 422]

It gets slaughtered by 2 scouts and a party bus, or any other competitive list with lots of HPs. It does beat all the defender lists which is the new shiney thing which I am sure made a large pirtion of overall lists..

Rubbish. The palp defender list that won has had a ridiculously high success rate against dengaroo

[CRCL 1,041]

It gets slaughtered by 2 scouts and a party bus, or any other competitive list with lots of HPs. It does beat all the defender lists which is the new shiney thing which I am sure made a large pirtion of overall lists..

Rubbish. The palp defender list that won has had a ridiculously high success rate against dengaroo

Yep, on the second day Ben (the guy who won with his palp-sicles) was saying he was undefeated against Dengaroo with his list. The defenders have the advantage over other aces vs Dengaroo, because their defence is tipped more towards HP, they have the auto evade + Palp, they can catch Manny, and they can keep the pressure up with with those white K-turns.

Edited September 19, 2016 by CRCL

[jokerkd 422]

I was unfortunate enough to be part of the 0% in the run up to nats.

Ryad and Vessery are nothing short of amazing with x7.

[DR4CO 6,132]

 

It gets slaughtered by 2 scouts and a party bus, or any other competitive list with lots of HPs. It does beat all the defender lists which is the new shiney thing which I am sure made a large pirtion of overall lists..

Rubbish. The palp defender list that won has had a ridiculously high success rate against dengaroo

 

 

This.

 

Unless the Defender player loses his mind or some truly bizarre dice rolls come out, I don't think there's a way for a "standard" Dengaroo to win this matchup. One 3-dice attack a round is not going to make progress against 3-agility, 6-health ships that always have token stacks. Vess & Ryad have all the time in the world to kill Mana and then Vess can often solo Dengar.

 

What nearly tripped me up in the Top 4, though, was putting the Painbot on Mana. It meant I took much more damage than normal hunting her down, and that in turn meant my opponent was still in it when she died and the second phase of the game began. Vess was so weak I couldn't push for damage as hard as I was used to. But in hindsight I think even that could be worked around by leading more with Ryad in the Manaroo hunt.

Edited September 20, 2016 by DR4CO