Star Wars Legion Battle Report Episode 106: Shadow Collective vs Experimental Droids

This week we see a return of the experimental Droids taking on Maul and his Shadow collective. Will the scum or the AI win out the day!
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[@ItsNatt09]

I'm happy to see more Experimental Droids. I really need to put an army together to test it myself

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

They are a lot of fun -Don

[@scottserrato8169]

great game and love seeing the exp droids - thanks guys!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@JayOttawa]

Great game guys! I thought we might see a Joe salt crown episode with those dice!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

It was close…. Very close. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@nickh0024]

Ayy! My favorite Battle Report channel posted again! Thanks for posting, guys!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

At least once a week -Don

[@charlesfox4449]

I love that Don us experimenting with experimental. I feel there is something there for the person who unlocks it

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

It’s done well in a few tournaments so far-Don

[@raxenladevaldak1749]

Defense dice were wild today! I played a game this morning where my saber tank did impossibly well, saving 13 for 13 against three sets of Swoop Bikes that rolled some wild crits. Games where the Dice Gods seem to make all the important choices are always interesting.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

That’s for sure. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@kaz9357]

Great game! Experimental droids seem fun. I like the 3 magna, 3 bx with sniper teams. 6 melee charge units with red saves. Crazy lol

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

That is a lot but fragile -Don

[@martinrodin8236]

I didn’t see anyone else say this but 2 main points regarding rules that affected the outcome: 1. Since using the surge token is a free action you cannot do it before the ai action kicks in (for example moving speed3 on ai move or aiming before ai attack) 2. On duel of the fates both engaged droid units illegally used aims (no green tokens due to dotf) Otherwise great content guys, always happy to watch 😊

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@timopin2009]

Thank you for another great game. I really appreciate you guys and your games. It is a great learning tool!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thank you very much! -Joe

[@DeegoBix]

Great showing for the experimental droids.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@theoneleggedraven1940]

Another great match! Well done Don! Great game for Joe too; dice be finnicky sometimes but nice lists, great models and smart strategies. Everything we want in a game! Experimental droids sounds fun to try and my friend is about to get a lot of CIS so hopefully it works out for him. Stay awesome, fellas!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

It’s a fun battle force for sure -Don

[@mythicgames7683]

Hot dice Don at it again!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@JacobNaylor-zr2ln]

Great video!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@brynhill7141]

Do love how the battleforces are shaking up the factions and give some interesting buffs/nerfs. Some of the latest videos have some insanely 1 sided dice and, no offense Joe, but its nice to see Don win a few😂😂. Awesome vid as always guys, love what you guys do❤

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

None taken, he was overdue for some good wins :) thanks for a watching! -Joe

[@PaintingByMoonlight]

Experimental looks like a lot of fun. I love their rules!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

It is a lot of fun -Don

[@jordanvozenilek1092]

GG as always, guys! It's nice to see the prototype droid force in use. They seem awkward to build lists for.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@steelsteel10]

Great game. Experimental droids actually seem a little spicy

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

They are for sure. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@richardolierii5419]

Good game. Nice to see Don finally rolling well.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

It’s a welcome change -Don

[@DD-ot9wh]

Hey Don, that's alot closer/almost similar to my list I was mentioning the last video you did Experimental Droids.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for sharing then

[@nickpatry8026]

Never played Legion- interesting watch and loved seeing the experimental droids and my favorite bounty hunter Cad Bane! 🎉

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@danielphelps2138]

Wow! To think there are players in my area saying Experimental Droids is a terrible Battleforce. I’ve even told them to ignore the snail tank, it’s garbage, but they don’t listen. I will hopefully run it soon. Cad’s defense rolls reminded me of my first time using him. It’s nice when he shrugs off that much firepower. Thanks for the great video. Really enjoy them.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

It’s top tier for me for sure. But yes that snail is garbage

[@Zeromus5555]

Ya idk what they were thinking with the Snail and the cheaper Magna are not worth the 94pts for only losing 12pt overall. The battleforce is best for BX, Droideka and B2.

[@donovanjenyns5864]

Thanks as always for the battle report and good to see that Don’s luck with the dice is on par with Joe’s now. Team Don for life.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Team Joe is pretty cool too ;) thanks for watching! -Joe

[@winters86]

Good game as always, keep it coming.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@egeguvenc5950]

Finally lore accurate BX action :D , also great to see the new battleforce again

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Right thanks for -Don

[@zackduncan5219]

Solid showing from the CIS. Cad surviving to the end was also wild. It really was a tale of dice.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Yeah i wish cad would have gone down early -Don

[@Zeromus5555]

​@@graysquadrongaming8670He should have. Joe shouldn't have given him 2 dodges off the reveal. Independent is only start of Activation Phase... :(

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

You are correct, but it’s like I couldn’t have rolled blocks and survived. -Joe

[@Daan_Dubach]

great game as always! - Daan D

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thank you as always Daan!! -Joe

[@davidluke6015]

Great game! It's nice to see what the experimental droid list can do in a different configuration than before. The snail really limited what could be done, this is a stronger list overall I think.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

It’s a much stronger list for sure. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@gecko2306]

BXs were shredding dudes, love to see it.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

They have a lot of fire power for sure. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@shadowscout0013]

Hate to see maul go down like that, but I love seeing shadow collective up there. The experimental droid surge build up can really help, especially those droidekas. Love the bat reps!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@jesperkjr]

Great game!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@perstalas5621]

Looking forward for more shadow collective!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

There will always be

[@isaacmackey1950]

Experimental Droids I have trouble wrapping my head around since so much of it is different from its 'normal' counterparts.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

They are very solid. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@keithcompton6916]

Nice report

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@chriskempf6787]

Awesome game

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@mro1099]

Ggs!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@jgpoteet2759]

Good game, I ran a similar list but I was over aggressive vs echo base.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

That can happen -Don

[@MisterCorback]

Great game! Thanks a lot for your videos. I don't like when a player concedes a game, it's a dice game, and Maul was in a good position to a least fight for a draw IMH :-)

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

We generally concede when they is almost no chance of winning. Also we film late so it’s often almost 1am when we are done -Don

[@chrishoobler522]

Great game.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@4Refros]

Yes!!!! I love the asset!!!!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@lesliemitchell4984]

Interesting lists

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@joshuataylor7213]

The experimental droids are really intriguing. However, I still don't believe in the heavy options and am struggling to dial in on a strong list build with them. Always helpful o see them in play. Thanks, as always.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

The snail is no good -Don

[@michaelstubbs6642]

Love to see a won fir the separatists, great match!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@MattDoesGamess]

The rise of Don ha begun. The droid battleforce seems to be pretty good as well.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

The experimental droids are fun -Don

[@Zeromus5555]

Much better list this time, Don. I really dont like the new, cheaper Magna. Everything they lose for a 12pt decrease is ridiculous. 2 b1 with repair droids and 2 b2 with HA and and an extra B2 is awesome.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

The list is much better for sure. Magna RPS still have a spot but there are better options. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@acareatti]

Go Droids Go!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching-Don

[@happesushi]

Experimental droids are pretty nuts. But I feel like sniper bx's might be a bit better then melee with this force personally. Was cool to see dekas put in work, love seeing them on the table. def agree that the snail is not good I think the AI kicks in before free actions tho so not sure all those aims would have been there for don.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Yeah I do need to try that out -Don

[@JewishKnight51]

I just went 1-5 as a Rebel player at the SLO, that Cassian card might make me feel better about staying a Rebel player lol

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Well good luck then -Don

[@kingbobb007]

Good to see more X Droids, although this sort of reinforces my opinion that the only good thing about it is the free action surges. The features of the BF were absent in the game. It’s is nice to see something make the BX unit a good choice, although it takes stripping the Magnas down to near nothing. Also, the free action token can’t be taken before AI attack on B1 and B2 units. The AI action has to come before the free action surge, so that last shot with the B1s would not have had an Aim, not that it made much of an impact.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Oh interesting I missed that it was an action -Don

[@GoDz_I_cazual]

Love the vids guys keep them up , just out of curiosity is it only patreons that can submit lists for you guys to play

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching! Yes, you are correct only Patreon can submit list. But you can always submit ideas you’d like to see in the future. -Joe

[@hawkthetraveler6344]

when you go ball droid don't you lose shields until they activate and change back to standard form?

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

No they change back at the end of the round -Don

[@derrickford1101]

watching the experimental Droids list makes me kinda wanna buy the battle force. thank you for the game.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

They don’t sell that one in a batteforce box unfortunately

[@modeldads]

Go go BX action!

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching-Don

[@Zeromus5555]

Went way too aggressive with that ball mode droideka round 1 :(

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

The end turned out the same for him thanks to some crazy dice backing him up. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@CaptainRoyalty]

The experimental droids were better than when you used them last time.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

I don’t think the end result of the last game agreed with that -Don

[@rogerdaene5840]

I love it better when the Salt King loses. It adds spice to the game. Good game though.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

I don’t know how to feel about this -Don

[@jameswoodward280]

Experimental opens a lot of options... I don't know how I feel about the battle force...

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@joshuapicaro8726]

The Don meta has begun. Also, I didn’t hear the words of the game. Was it experimental droids or box droids?

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Yep -Don

[@harraspara0158]

I really want that gar card

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Thanks for watching

[@travisskane5459]

As a supporter of #TeamDon I approve of this video. Not even a promise of cookies will turn me to the dark side.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Haha thanks for the support -Don

[@bookishjungle7553]

Chad bane would have lived lol.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

lol, thanks for watching! -Joe

[@FridgeBrix]

Just played a game against mercenary’s and those pikes are annoying!(they were also running bossk)

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

They are tough, bossk is just good value -Don

[@warzonetakeover5860]

Man these experimental droids did better this game then against the Wookies

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

They did for sure, he built his list better as well. Thanks for watching! -Joe

[@Zeromus5555]

The Snail is just bad in the BF. I'm not sure what AMG was thinking on that one... especially since it can't benefit from the free actions. Don did a much better job with his list this time.

[@Zeromus5555]

Cad shouldnt get 2 dodges when revealed.... he only gets those at the start of the activation phase if he doesnt have an order. Edit: Now im at the end of the Video and he should be dead but he's still alive 🤣

[@Zeromus5555]

Ya, now that hurts to watch after seeing that Droideka shot... :(

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

lol, true we should have given him the dodges but you don’t know he wouldn’t have rolled 1-2 shields more and lived the same. Thanks for watching. -Joe

[@Zeromus5555]

@graysquadrongaming8670 Math says unlikely, so that blunder did kind if affect things. You know fir next time! ;)

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

@Zeromus5555 I mean math can say a lot…. But that doesn’t mean the dice will agree… I blanked on three so the odds of me rolling two more with paint are decent…. Not like it really costed him the game or anything anyways lol. Thanks!

[@Zeromus5555]

@graysquadrongaming8670 Haha true, I just think Cad should have died sooner. Duck In Cover is better than an extra dodge on him with UCaP in my opinion. Gotta get that Danger Sense going!

[@adamlangley5731]

In round 2 cad bane shot at the destroyers, they should not have had shields. They were in wheel mode at the end around one.

[@graysquadrongaming8670]

Wheel mode ends at the end of the round so they get their shields back at the start of the next round. Not their next activation -Don