Our semi-finals matches for this tournament will start beginning today (5/15/26/) and end next Friday (5/22/26) by midnight. If any additional time is needed, let me know.

Our matchups will be the following:

Spryguy1981 vs Mando

Thereisnotry vs Lightsaber

In honor of the upcoming Mandalorian and Grogu movie: "This is the way!"

thereisnotry defeats Lightsaber 396-290 (3-1) on Warriors' Enclave

Lightsaber won the map so I set up on the left side because the right side had far fewer spots to hide the Vong's squishies from Durge. Maul learned Makashi Style from Dooku. Tsalok gained Amphistaff and Master Shaper (from Nagme), while Nas Choka gained Master Shaper, Avoid Defeat, and a FP from his other allies. The Yammosk stole San Hill's movement CE (!!!!).

Round 1: Basic advancement, as per usual. I didn't go far with Durge...rather than trying to strafe in Round 1, I figured it might be more helpful to set him up for a more worthwhile strafe the following round. Asajj was in gambit, with the rest of my squad not too far behind her. Once I was all out, the crazy started. Dooje opened the big door on the right side of the map. The Vong-SanHill pushed Nas Choka forward, and Nas then ran up and attacked Cad 4x...Hostage Shield put some of the damage onto a Drone and then onto Grievous, with Cad left at 20hp. Because the Drone died, Tsalok got to make a free move (thank you, Consul), but he was just a bit too far away to make good attacks, so he just ran further up so that he'd be in dangerous position for the next round. Gambit for both. 22-19 for Lightsaber.

Round 2: I won init, thanks to Maul's Lying in Wait ability. I couldn't do much good with Cad, but he was about to die if he didn't activate, so I used him to Furious Assault and base Nagme (now alive with 10hp). Tsalok tried to Ambush Asajj, but missed twice (rolling 3 and 1...a taste of things to come). Vongerella moved up to hit Cad, but missed. San pushed Durge forward. Then Durge did a big beautiful strafe of 24 squares; it ended with Nagme dead (Retaliatory Attacks: Vongerella killed Cad, Tsalok missed again vs Asajj, Nas Choka did no dmg to Grievous), Vongerella unharmed (miss and blocked), Khalee Lah down to 50hp, Onimi down to 70hp, Nen Yim to 50hp, Yun-Ne'Shel Priest dead (RA's: Tsalok finally hit Asajj down to 30hp, Grievous took 30 so Presumed Dead), Harrar dead with much thanks to a crit. Durge was now way deep in the Vong starting zone, and at full hp. Khalee ran up and used YY Devotion and another hit to kill my BX droid. That allowed Nas Choka to move for free, which enabled him to kill San on his turn; that allowed Tsalok to retreat a little bit. Dooku moved up and smacked Tsalok for a total of 20dmg, and then Asajj did her thing for another 50dmg (Tsalok at 50hp). The Yammosk pushed Onimi forward so she could use Puppet Master on Tsalok, and he finally hit the final blow on Asajj. That allowed Shimmra to move closer to the door near Durge. Maul laid 30dmg onto Tsalok (down to 20hp). Grievous ignored Nas Choka in his starting zone and advanced out of the starting zone toward gambit. Nen Yim smacked Durge (down to 80hp) and moved away. Dooje based Maul. My Gatekeeper Droid then LOCKED the door in Nas Choka's face! Thud Bug on Dooku (130hp). Tsavong ran a long way to base Maul near the gambit zone. More maneuvering. Gambit for both. 168-91 for Lightsaber.

Round 3: Lightsaber wins init and Tsalok bravely misses twice against Dooku. Maul then shreds Tsalok (RA's: Shimmra missed vs Durge, and Tsavong missed vs Maul) and puts 20dmg onto Tsavong Lah. Durge strafed vs Shimmra (down to 130hp), Nen Yim (down to 10hp), and killed the 8th Cortex Shaper (no more Retaliatory Attacks!!). Tsavong moves around to try to kill my Gatekeeper Droid, but it used Retractable Form to stay alive; he then killed my Drone instead; that allows Shimmra to move...he Shimmra gives up on Durge and runs toward the middle. Grievous hit Tsavong for 20dmg (down to 50hp). Dooku bravely charged forward into a swarm of Vong and put 40dmg onto Onimi (30hp left). Vongerella did 40dmg to Dooku via Plaeryin Bol. Nen Yim advanced toward Dooku. A lot of other people were ineffective trying to attack Dooku. Khalee ran forward with YY Devotion to put 20dmg onto Maul (Maul at 120hp, Khalee at 30). Shimmra moved into gambit and closer to Dooku. Gambit for both. 190-156 for Lightsaber.

Round 4: I won init. Maul gave up some AoO's (all missed or blocked) to attack the 50hp Tsavong Lah, hoping he'd fail 1 of his 4 VCA 6 saves (that would've allowed Dooku to make a free attack)...no luck: Tsavong lived with 10hp. Dooku made one Thud Bug save but then failed the next one from Nen Yim (down to 80hp). Grievous then used Spinning Blade to kill Tsavong and miss twice vs Khalee Lah. Durge used Strafe and Blaster to put 40dmg onto the Yammosk (alive with 30hp, thanks to DR10). Another Plaeryin Bol attack worked vs Dooku (down to 80hp), then Shimmra dropped 40dmg past Dooku's swordsmanship (down to 40hp). Khalee tried to run past Grievous to kill my Gatekeeper Droid, but he died on AoOs. Nas Choka gave up and decided to take the long way around; with some help from the Yammosk he made it to the door on the SW end of the big gambit area. Gambit for me. 225-190 for me.

Round 5: I won init, so Dooku dropped both Onimi and Nem Yim. Vongerella tried to put the killing blow on Dooku with yet another Bol attack, but Dooku was wise to it this time. However, as he was pre-occupied with that, Shimmra finished him off in style. Maul ran up to kill a Scout, which triggered his CE, moving Grievous forward. Then Grievous used Spinning Blade to attack that pile of guys that Dooku had befriended: Shimmra down to 90, dead Scout, dead Vongerella, Consul at 30hp. Nas Choka ran a long way to base Grievous. The Consul attacked Greivous, but he blocked it. Dooje tried to distract Maul again. Durge killed the Yammosk (finally!) with a Blaster and a Strafe, moving closer to the juicy-looking cluster of purple people near the middle of the board. No gambit. 308-290 for me.

Round 6: Lightsaber won init. Nas Choka attemped a miserable series of attacks, where only 2 attacks landed and 1 of them was blocked (Grievous at 80). Durge strafed forward and used Blaster to kill the Consul. Maul lashed out against Shimrra, dropping him to 50hp. Grievous used Spinning Blade to attack everything that was left and hit all his attacks (even with Doctrine of Fear active): Nas Choka at 110hp, and Shimrra at 40. Gambit for me. 345-290 for me.

Round 7: Lightsaber won init and Nas Choka ran into Durge (down to 20hp). Maul erased Shimrra (no more Doctrine of Fear!), then Durge strafed and attacked Nas Choka (down to 40hp), but that wasn't enough for Grievous to finish the job...Nas Choka survived with 30hp. No gambit. 396-290 for me.


This matchup did not look good for me. Tsalok was a major concern; I knew he could punch through all of my parry/makashi saves with his Overwhelming Power, but that makes no difference if he can't roll above a 5 for the first half of the match...and in the end, I think that might've proved to be the difference-maker. Additionally, I was able to get Durge (still healthy) all the way into the depths of the Vong starting zone, which enabled me to deal with most of the piddly support pieces (especially the Scarification) that fuel the Vong beatsticks. It was also a big deal when my Gatekeeper Droid locked Nas Choka out of the action for 2 entire rounds because it meant that I had 1 less big bad scary beatstick to deal with for a while. Again, it seems like people were afraid of Darth Maul...he ended the game with 120hp. If we played this matchup a few more times I think the Vong would win at least half of them; I got lucky this time. Thanks for the game, Lightsaber!