TAKE THE INITIATIVE TOP CUT LIST BREAKDOWN

Analysis of the Take the Initiative top cut season 3: taketheinitiat...

[@knaacku]

Hey! It is cool to see you review my yellow palp deck. Just for a bit of context on the TIE Advanced, since it is not an obvious include (I believe it was the 8th space unit I tried in this slot). TIE Advanced on turn 3 (onto yularen, probe droid, royal guard, seventh fleet, etc.) into OB turn 4 often creates great impact with 6-7 power barrages (which tended to be underwhelming barrages until late game prior to me adding this). It also works surprisingly well as a turn 2 sneak attack target against aggro. You can power up a t1 play like Yularen, Probe Droid, Piett, TIE LN, ISB to take a favorable/value trade in its arena while the ready TIE Advanced takes out a A-Wing/X-Wing/Red 3.

[@Thorrk_THT]

Thanks for the additionnal inisghts!

[@MichaelO-fe4bu]

Thanks for the kind words on my playing ability and list. TTI was really useful for me in the run up to UKGE to get regular competitive games in. Was great to be part of the top cut even if only short lived. As a big fan of watching top cut games I think the nerves hit me a bit being on stream! (And unfortunately no snapshot reflexes appeared in my hand to show off some of its uses).

[@Thorrk_THT]

I think you played well, the game didn't go your way and Al played perfectly.

[@Astic0]

Power of failure is to deal against Childrsen/Luke/Chirrut and counter traitorous. Veers is on side only to switch resupply in case of aggro matchup. Relentless is enough to fight against Iden/Vador Blue no need other cards like Emporor Legion or devastator

[@pashaw3042]

Thx Thork I took your Green Han deck to a store showdown and got 1st place out of 17 people

[@petemunger4649]

Excellente vidéo encore une fois . Merci

[@JonahNiklasPlays]

I really love the new meme thumbnails!😂

[@BadatBoardgames]

Good video and overview as always good luck !

[@SebastianSebald]

Will you talk about your sideboard plan in a future video?

[@arturkleczek2651]

Love your content.

[@SebastianSebald]

What is the reason behind Vigilance (or no Vigilance) in the Krennic decks?

[@Thorrk_THT]

In this deck you need a way to win a bunch of life to put yourself out of range of FCBI. For this purpose you have either Vigilance or Cargo Juggernaut, each with their own advantages and inconvenient. Cargo is good with ECL, and plays better in the midrange gameplay provide board presence for barrage, threat against control. Vigilance heals more reliably, and can also be used as a removal, and shiled your krennic. You can also use the mill effect as a wincon against control , but I don't think it's viable startegy since hard control deck will always win at this little game.

[@MeepleonFire]

Krennic madness haha They litteraly disapeared in Paris!

[@Thorrk_THT]

As I said in the video, Krennic is definitely over represented in this tournament. With that being said, it is definitely a very strong deck that consistently make good results and this has been the case from the very beginning.

[@RossCooper]

@@Thorrk_THT I think Krennic is a really good overall package, with lots of great synergies. Early units able to damage themselves to make use of leader ability. Deployment on 5 means steadfast is an option with ECL. Being an official is also a nice keyword! In most non-control match ups I think the level of healing is similar to Iden. Next set, Iden might get even more value from the shield though, with units like Maul around!

[@MeepleonFire]

@@Thorrk_THT yeah I think he's very well positionned in the actual meta. That's funny that everyone had the same idea and all the Han's disapeared!

[@pashaw3042]

Do you think there is a reason no one plays Chirrut? Is he not doing well in this meta?

[@Thorrk_THT]

I am not a chirrut experts but her are my thoughts on the deck: I think Chirrut red is a decent deck that can really be strong especially if the opponent doesn't know how to play against it. But once people knows it loses a lot of its potency. The deck is ok against most things but has some very bad MU (hard control and vader green...) . It has some powerful synergies, and a few very good cards, but has a weak gameplan, and Chirrut has a complely worthless leader's ability which I think arms the deck a lot. Chirrut red has been played many times in the league and by very good players. but the best it achieved was semi final once because it was piloted by the chirrut experts himself Wooooo.

[@user-uz3fb5hx5h]

maybe no dispatcher because he thought he would be against a lot of sabine player with the sabine t1 turn ?

[@Thorrk_THT]

I think Dispatcher is also a great card against sabine. If your opponent goes t1 sabine with initiative (which is far from garantee) you can simply play something else. In any other case, dispatcher allow you to go t2 kanan, bright hope, EBD+shield, all of those lines put you ahead.

[@jakubsobkowiak6193]

Other then palpatine. What do you think is good counter to krennic? I feel like boba green has strong match up against him ?

[@Thorrk_THT]

Krennic lists vary wildly from one an other so this can have an impact on the MU. But in general, I think boba yellow and boba green are both around 50/50 against Krennic. I would say Vador and Palpatine are favored. Hard control should be favored in game 1 but once the krennic add the sideboard it's a different story.

[@jakubsobkowiak6193]

​@@Thorrk_THTYeah I usually play a lot of hard control, and struggle with krennic. Usually goes as you said, win the first game, and then lose the next two. I feel like we are going full circle and boba green might be well positioned now.

[@Thorrk_THT]

@@jakubsobkowiak6193 Boba green has always been a well positioned deck, unless you have a meta full of hard control

[@Jfeldhake]

Do people have to play the same deck they qualified with?

[@Thorrk_THT]

No they don't

[@Katar1995]

No han :( Are U planning on posting any updates to Your Han list?

[@Thorrk_THT]

My latest Han list is on my UK Game expo report video :)

[@gerbinos2]

The reason for only one obiwan islta because it to much to lose vs waylay and cunning. If you play obiwan, and it get return, you basicly lose on the game. Luke is slow,l. A lot of strong player in the league agreed thay obiwan is just not good enough, to slow

[@Thorrk_THT]

Thanks for the additional insight! I agree Obi wan is not good against Boba cunning but I think he is great against almost everything else.