Armada - Competitive Imperial Thrawn Bomber Build

[@johnrideout5599]

Hello there - long time subscriber here, frequent obligatory giveaway comment maker, “obligatory giveaway comment” originator, and crabbok content fan. I am happy to announce that at long last, I have sacrificed even more of my limited disposable income to dive into armada! Rejoice! And as always, add more clone wars hype please.

[@reidveryan9414]

I have bought the core set, was gifted another core set, and then bought several expansions for Imp and Reb factions. Thanks for insights in these videos. I have yet to play the game against another person (right now i play it againstyself to get an understanding of the mechanics before I play with a friend), and it seems somewhat overwhelming but man, you break it down nicely. You are gifted as a teacher, and i appreciate you taking the time to "pass on what you have learned".

[@Android-bq5iz]

Thank you for considering us poor souls who can't get out of print stuff. Have to consider other options and overcome longer playing people with out of print things

[@robertburkhardt3681]

Looking forward to seeing that super star destroyer Can't wait! The $200.00 price is tricky.

[@christianforster3149]

GREAT! All my favorites in on list - Vics, Bombers, Defenders, Raider and THRAWN!!!

[@mattemler1274]

I like Thrawn in squad heavy lists. His ability to guarantee squad commands on crucial rounds is amazing.

[@ronan3394]

Thrawn is one of my favorite commanders for this exact reason. He can work with almost any fleet really well. Thanks for the video.

[@CommodoreProxy]

I really appreciate these build/ship/commander guides. I've only recently started playing with a friend and we're both new to fantasy flight games. So, these videos have been great for helping us figure out some builds. I was lucky however and found a quasar buried in the back of a local game store collecting dust. Thanks again, keep up the great work =)

[@jacobgale4792]

Great vid! Ever since I saw masters of the fleet run thrawn bomber lists and this video, it’s really opened my eyes on how flexible thrawn really can be

[@ThePanzerKamph]

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

[@rodneychandler7113]

Imperial squads I'm really running right now are Dengar, Soontir Fel, Howlrunner, Mauler Mithel, Valen Rudor and Black Squadron. So much synergy. Paired with Flight Controllers and Instructor Goran. Heavy dice!

[@benstapley6077]

Thrawn is very thematic with the Tie Defenders!

[@TGDisciple]

I've always been a firm believer that thrawn can probably keep you up all three of his command dials being Squadron or concentrate fire commands, for the pure reason of what you said, you're probably only going to have 2 to 3 rounds of actual combat so you can queue up your other commands as your utility commands like nav and engineering

[@jasonkoier5996]

Love the build. Looking forward to see the batrep.

[@Galvanizer1779]

As a VERY new player, I really must thank you for all of your Armada videos; it's making my life a lot easier narrowing down the builds I would actually like to try out! Shame the Squadron packs are so hard to get hold of though... that's the one thing my fleet lacks now. Any ideas why FF has let these packs get so impossible to find?

[@xero989]

They have been reprinted and are scheduled to be back in stock in January.

[@sebastianbenner977]

Been leaning towards capitol-ship-heavy lists myself as of late.

[@steverodgers4052]

What would the quasar take place of if we were to use one of those? Just happened to come across one at my local hobby shop, and I'm trying to figure it into a list.

[@merlinchaos777]

Interesting build to try, but heavy squadron ace list will be your nemesis. Good build to try. Always fun to watch

[@Crabbok]

I dunno, I feel like The Vic with Kallus should really help bring down aces more quickly.

[@imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788]

Thrawn was actually an advocate of the Scimitar TIE Bomber in the original Timothy Zhan novels.

[@audioweasel6997]

Really want to play this

[@brendandm1511]

I am so excited for Regionals! I am super excited to be going! Its gonna be my first!

[@RVBLegend]

I just got an imperial light carrier today! I'm building a thrawn list too so this is so helpfull!

[@johnnikaspernielsen3426]

Nice Really learn a lot from here just got my new core set

[@johnray9023]

Super solid list

[@Hailthecloudslayer]

I know this an old video, but I really want to know what “Orange is the new Ackbar” build is... lol

[@theaquabob]

I actually didn't know that quasars had gone out of print, I assume that happened over the summer time?

[@colind109]

Cool vid! Sort of new to Armada, and your tutorial helped me get into it!

[@pocketokun]

Love your videos !! Wish u had more workshop style videos for newer players

[@teknofobia]

Love the victory I dont see enough of those

[@sniper.93c14]

Interesting build here

[@swordsman111982]

Love some quality Armada content

[@nblackmore9519]

I've been doing my best to find Thrawn a place in my lists but so far the only utility I find for him is to run one engineering two nav commands or plainly three nav commands while my ships are doing other things. It's efficient sure, but it's a bit frustrating that the master tactician of the Star Wars canon ends up being a carrier fleet admiral. I wonder if he'll find the SSD a new prospect, given that the ship might end up being hungry for nav commands.

[@johnturner8067]

Love seeing the raider 1 and instigator getting some action, powerful anti squadron platform in my opinion. Hope this works well for you!

[@Appolyon]

I like the list. But now Brunson cost 4 points more and some rules have been changed. How would you alter the list to still be competitive? Would you stay with ships and squadrons and only change equipment, or would it be wiser to replace one or two of the squadrons or even a ship?

[@MR_6238]

Great build. I really like you videos. I just have one question. Who do you think is the best commander for an imperial build that is star destroyer heavy? I somehow ended up with three ISDs, including the Chimaera with Thrawn, for my birthday, in addition to the VSD in the core set, and I would like to make a build that can utilize as many of them at once, if at all practical. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.

[@kerimbozkurt3301]

a quick question : Total Squadron value of ships is 8 yet there are 10 squadrons. So does that mean only 8 squadrons are activated per round?

[@ChasingLaughs]

Would Boba or a firespray be good in a list like this?

[@philsavardtrumpet]

The empire really has some nice squads. I am surprised with all the squad strength in the semifinals and finals at worlds that we haven't seen imperial squads there. Is it maybe just because of the Yavaris double tap that we see Rebs? What do you guys think?

[@philsavardtrumpet]

Just looked and 3 of the top 4 had Yavaris (no Yavaris for Josiah).

[@xero989]

The issue I have with this list is it does not have enough squadron value on your ships to push your squadrons.

[@jonredmon512]

Good video, might I make a suggestion being a new player myself, maybe you could do a video on clarifing objectives, maybe do some demo videos. Just a thought, I know it'd help me out

[@AlejandroJimenezYGO]

I haven't actually seen much of sloane lately. A lot of people think that the 3-ship sloane lists get tabled easily so they don't bother with her. Is there another kind of sloane list that's posing a huge threat?

[@mikenthestan]

Thanks for this great info and tips.

[@brynwilliams8416]

Thanks for doin the video! Exactly what I wanted!

[@jeromyfisher297]

With your connections have you heard anything about the updates on the reprints? I have not seen any dates change on the website

[@Crabbok]

I know that they don't always update the status of where exactly a product is at in terms of printing and shipping. However, I believe X-Wing's Wave 2 and 3 are probably priority right now.

[@gamersdeed3152]

Love your vids and would love an ssd

[@willsmith1982]

Nice build!

[@CamH-mc5wt]

Nice list!

[@ChiefTom13]

Very courageous to propose a competitive list with a Victory. I like it a lot, but I can already hear the mob asking "why not just use a ISD?"

[@Crabbok]

That works too but you'll have less ships, and/or less squadrons. Doesn't have to be THE bets list on earth to still be competitive, and I think the Warlord Title, plus disposable capacitors here give it a potential advantage over an ISD in some cases. Plus - I still have to be a LITTLE bit outside the box!

[@philsavardtrumpet]

Kristjan Jurimae ran a Vic at Worlds and did rather well (with medium squad support?): VSD-I Warlord, Minister Tua, Electronic Counter Measures, Quad Battery Turrets, External Racks, Veteran Gunners Arquittens Light(?) Cruiser Moff JerJerrod, Turbolaser Re-route Circuits, Captain Needa GSD-II(?) Demolisher, Agent Kallus, Ordnance Experts, Flechette Torpedos Firespray, Bossk, Maarek Steele, Captain Jonus, Morna Kee, Dengar #MOTF (kzbin.info/door/8Qun7vCxcyDbatJN86lJfA Credit goes out to our friends from down under and their "intelsweep" overnight report) intelsweep.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/o

[@ChiefTom13]

@@philsavardtrumpet thanks for that link! Very cool list! And @crabbok, I completely agree, Warlord/H9 are underused.

[@philsavardtrumpet]

OFF TOPIC (sorry)... trying to get a tag for MOTF in my post. Any clue as to what I am doing wrong? + and @ did not work.

[@Ronshanks2]

This looks dooooooope as hell!

[@jonathanw4432]

Im in denver colorado, do you by chance know where regionals are for me?

[@TheNDJustice]

Great video

[@tando6266]

Could you do the same for rebels.

[@Twuggus]

I'm curious as to how much of an impact you have on the global meta.

[@grzegorzlesniak390]

Thrawn rulez! Please make Thrawn breakdown ;)

[@stratagon]

Any suggestions for fleets for teaching the full game as opposed to the intro scenario? I have 3 players about to learn the game in prep of a new CC campaign. And I have decided that intro scenarios are too bland to actually entice new players. Commanders, objectives and upgrades are too important to leave out when showing off how cool the game can be.

[@philsavardtrumpet]

Maybe look at the Task Force (Skirmish) format.

[@PersonlApocalypz]

Why is this build not called Thrawmbers?

[@mjc393]

Love the vid!

[@curfewless]

yay drawings!

[@Herothomps1]

Giving me a reason to bust out the Grand Admiral? Say no more.

[@hardluck2153]

I wish this game had more of a following in my area i like to play but I dont invest in it because there is no one to play

[@ashloveday3283]

Victorys would be seriously dangerous if they could have Engine Techs. Im glad they can't.

[@nickweston6472]

Can you interdict yourself in armada?

[@andyablluxembourg8627]

interesting build :-)

[@corwinhyatt519]

Not enough Magna Guard... :)

[@kylearthur6147]

I keep telling everyone at my store he's great with heavy fighter lista, and everyone just says he's too overpriced....

[@loiclangers7010]

I'd like to enter the giveaway

[@bzbe0295]

SSD !!!!!

[@isd_chimaera8335]

I really liked the build, seems like it will do well Obligatory giveaway comment

[@hammerpr1]

First