Power creep has been pretty slow in the Vsets, but when you consider that it's been 20 sets since WOTC, it is noticeable. A suboptimal WOTC squad would be crushed in the modern game, but it also gets crushed by optimized WOTC. An optimized WOTC wouldn't win, but it could play decent games.

I think kybuck, gensky, mas, panaka, and doombot still has a fighting chance. GOWK is still v-set level tier 1.

Might be able to base something off that with minimal v-set pieces.

Senate commandoes are cool, they can get up to four attacks at 30 damage. Maybe throw GOWK in, as adamb0nd recommended. I've also had reasonable success playing a squad involving Darth Maul Apprentice of Hatred, San Hill Chairman, and General Grievous Hero of Hypori with variable filler.

Appreciate the advice everyone. I'm open to whatever ideas you think of up until the events. I'll have time in the car and hotel to keep working on squads, but this is some helpful places to start. Its a bit of analysis paralysis since theres tons of vsets to work with, but also I have plenty of minis I'd love the opportunity to play with, and its kind of hard to pick your favorites.



This is helpful insight. I'll probably stick to my favorite units for the most part and maybe fill in the gaps with some mid-cost vset units.



I'd give a special look to Mandalorians or other troopers since they are what I like to collect the most. I don't have much for sith or new republic, but plenty of lightsaber units to proxy with.

Gandalf's post is insightful too. I think all of the old republic jedi might be better than usual with how much text is on each card, and I have plenty of lightsaber minis to work with. Similarly, the twin suns agents are probably extra powerful in this format too. On the other end of the spectrum, separatist droids tend to have lots of buffs and cheap units to try to out-activate opponents relying on 35 point units. They would give me more flexibility in rounding out a squad after picking some core units.



Did GOWK get an errata? I remember reading about something like that but don't remember specifics. I'd avoid him if people think hes a little bit of a sweaty choice, but seems like a safe core unit for Escalation.



I think senate commandos might be a good choice too since they scale well in numbers. GOWK for round 1, and either bring in Argys in round 1 or 2. Then the rest of the rounds are just adding commandos and utility pieces.

I do have Maul and San Hill units to work with, but I don't have a unit that visually matches Grevious well. I'll give those extra considerations.


another question for the thread:
what are some go-to utility units like mouse droid and ugnaught demo? Does each faction have better units to fill those roles or are people mostly still playing with them?

Once upon a time he was banned, and at some point soresu style mastery was erratad. Over time, due to power creep and solutions to counter with him, the those were both lifted. Now he works as his card says. By today's standards, he's a grade A piece but not broken.