I think SS and thrawn is the way to go with cad

Im sorry Jonny, but this is where we have a friendly disagreement.
BFBH gets uber play all of the time, at 62 points.
Cad costs 54 points, and to me, he is under costed.
his GMA Doub/twin, with stealth and evade, BH +6 and flight make him a very competitive piece. mind you, He MUST be played right in order for you to benefit from his abilities. granted, his HP is for the dogs, but that was the medium for what his stats show.
in all honesty, i think he should have cost as much as BFBH.
his synergy with SS factions is just insane.
I.E, put him in with Nyna and Thrawn, he hits an enemy with stealth, he will hit them at + 20 for 40 damage....4 times.
Boba BH has Synergy with all factions, heck, he is his own Faction, but the benefits from stealth make Cad a monster, where Fett gets no love.

I'm kinda surprised that no one seems to mention Prince Xizor as a pick to go along with Cad Bane...

I agree with Bill on the OR choice. I will be playing him with the Exile for sure!! (as he does not do much for my Mandos)

im going to run him with Malak DLOTS , yay plus four attack

I'm going to run him with a throng of ewoks. Yub Yub.....

And of course by that I mean: I'll never run him cause I won't pull him and I'm not going to spend $50 on a piece with only 80 hit points. I can't wait to play against this chump. I'll run anakin sith apprentice swap squad with new thrawn. Double attack for 40 each, your man is dead, game is over. I hate Cad Bane because I hate playing against squads where someone moves out, shoots, and then hides. Get your weak butt into the line of fire and fight! Chewie didn't strategically move his Atst behind cover and mobile attack on endor, he just kicked @$$ and let God sort em out- fin

I forgot, the only people whose opinion really matter are the "Top Tier" players.
silly silly me......
i dont know if people realize this or not, but there are more people who play minis just for fun, then people who play for a rank.
like i said before, cad will have alot more play then people give him credit for, at a competitive rate i might add.
i dont mind hearing about "top tier", and whose the "biz", but when we get to talking about it ALL of the time, like its the only thing that matters, its gets a wee bit boring.
i only say this because i am not the only one who feels this way, but i am the only one who has the fingers to type it.
there is no upper echelon for really good mini gamers, and theres no badge of honor. a victory in a skirmish and 2 dollars will get you on a New York City Subway, thats it.
for those who want to be proud of their accomplishments, i say have at it.
but when a topic that asks "who will you be running with Cad" turns into, "well, Top Level, Top Tier Yadda Yadda Yadda" BS, it gets real annoying real fast.
in all honesty, No One Cares.

I haven't played in a tournament since my LGS closed around COTF's release. I just don't get bothered when people discuss the game at its highest level, which is a legitimate thing to discuss when they talk about how they plan to use a mini.

Oh, and, how does 2-3 posts on the subject equate to the whole thread being about Cad In Top Play.

Anyway, back on topic. In addition to the previously mentioned Imperial and Old Republic ideas, I also like the idea of Cad in the New Republic. Add Leia Skywalker and you get Stealth, Evade, and free rerolls (which will make me feel a little better about that frightfully low HP). Add Dash/Jag and you've got two powerful shooters on your side both with Evade and re-rolls, then add Dodonna for Tempo Control. Hehe. Prince Xizor and Arica together might make a good combination with Cad. Arica snipes everything; Cad finishes off whatever survives the assault.

Personally, I've never been remotely offended/insulted/put off/made to feel inferior by any of the "top level" players talking about anything being "top tier". Nor do I think it is mentioned too much.

And I've never played the game outside of my own home. I'm probably the very definition of a casual player.

I actually enjoying reading about "top tier" play, because it's a different perspective from the one I have, and I always enjoy hearing other points of views. And second, most of the time, the people that comment about pieces being top tier or not elaborate on why they are or aren't. Which again, helps me look at the game from a different perspective.

Tournament players are tournament players. I don't say that to judge them one way or another, but to point out that if you ask a tournament player their opinion, their default response will most likely be a tournament response.

This is an internet forum. Opinions from all sides get expressed. That's what makes it an internet forum.

Having said that, here's my opinion

I agree that Cad will be in a lot of squads. However, much like BFBH, ubiquity does not equal superiority. I'm not saying that they are both not good pieces, but that the number of people that field them is a separate parameter from how good they are. What I do find interesting is why the so called "best" in the game (and I use that term as good-naturedly as possible) don't use them.

As for myself, I'm actually waiting until the entirety of the first season of Clone Wars comes out on a single DVD before watching it. I mention that because I need to understand Cad a little better. From what I know of him now, I'm probably going to run him in a bounty hunter heavy Sep squad, without droids.

I can't help it. I'm a sucker for themes.