No sadly I've never tried it. Its a daunting task to keep straight and other things always jumped up before it in the playing queue. But I keep meaning to because I have all of these Muuns! I might as well use them.


But in the past a few bombs probably would have helped to keep some of it safe

I like the Muuns and I think they are good filler especially with the Colonel but they tend to get overlooked for the much cheaper Drone. Depending on what happens with Poggle, maybe they will have a future. I like that squad though Graham, I like it a lot.

Interestingly, he was originally a non-unique. The core idea was distraction + diplomat. A strong combo even without amphistaff. There was some fear of spamming them to have a nasty very hard to kill spit poison squad. With lots of stealth in the faction and super stealth access, it becomes much harder to kill a diplomat. I think the NU was even cheaper since it didn't have amphistaff yet. So they decided it would be better as a unique. A variant of an idea from Trevor (Mando) became Amphistaff, which is a great addition for Vong. (Props to Trevor).

It's a great character. Under-utilized thus far, but I expect to see more of him. Great design largely by Jake K (Sthlrd2). Agree with the 9 rating.

I don't even know! Dooje's Distraction certainly helps against them though.

Amphistaff only stops SAs. So it stops Heroic Stand and Noble Sacrifice, but not Mon Mothma's CE.

Admiral Daala, from Command of the Galaxy





The two Thrawns, with their swap, Master Tactician, and stat boosts, have been the cornerstones of Imperial builds since forever, and Daala was an attempt to provide an alternative squad base for Imperials. Unfortunately, she ended up too strong and in combination with the Zygerrian Slaver from the same set, created a very dominant build. Via errata the Zygerrian has been neutered, and Daala's power has been reduced substantively; she's lost rapport, reserves, and the +10 bonus from her Charging Assault.

What's left doesn't look particularly impressive at first glance, but it's still deadly, especially with all the other trooper CEs that the Imperials have access too. Charging Fire is a very effective movement breaker for troopers - they can all run 12 and still attack - while Prideful is a universal stat boost for all Imperial allies which can't be disrupted. Prideful does have the limitation that Daala can't be paired with the otherwise ubiquitous Lobot, which limits her somewhat, but even post errata she's still the cornerstone of some very powerful builds. There are at least three directions you can go with her:

This Dr Daman build won the NZ Nationals in 2014:


This atmsalad build came 2nd in GenCon 2014:



While this build came 2nd in the NZ Nationals in 2014. It's not as multi-dimensional as the other two builds, and it loses some troopers with subsequent errata to the Snowtrooper Officer's Rapport:



Daala hasn't been as ubiquitous in 2015, although Dr Daman still took her to the semi-finals of the NZ Nationals. But charging troopers are still a very strong build and a pain to deal with unless you have a way of killing them quickly, 11/10.

Mind = blown. Never thought of that before.

I find Daala to be such a fascinating piece. She pretty much runs completely counter to the current designing methods. With only one SA and one CE, and a cost of 27 points (too much to be an auto-include), she somehow manages to give even Thrawn a run for his money.

Plo Koon, from Clone Strike





Plo Koon is one of the infamous Clone Strike Jedi that cost 20+ points, have no ranged defense, and can only attack once. By himself, he's obviously useless - while his stat line and hit points are very good, he doesn't have much else of interest. Fortunately, the v-sets have looked to improve the original batch of Jedi - Master Yoda gives him Lightsaber Defense and a chance to make an extra attack at the end of his turn, while Yaddle goes even further, giving him Shien Style, Force Renewal 1, Lightsaber Assault, and Master Speed, making him into a very respectable piece, like in this FlyingArrow build:



It's confusing to rate Plo Koon - he's a strong piece once you throw in Yaddle for support, but most of the credit should go to Yaddle rather than Plo Koon, as he only qualifies for Yaddle's boosts because he's inadequate to start with, 3/10.

Even with Yaddle he doesn't make the cut. I'd say 2, 3 at most (Agen as well).

When making Yaddle, we focused hard on the small subset that qualifies for her giant boost. Saesee Tiin, Dark Woman, Coleman Trevor and Jax Pavan are the best to use. Shaak Ti perhaps after that. Nothing saves Plo (or Agen) outside of a future specific targeted camaraderie or CE.