Star Wars Armada "Ready, Set, Reroll!" Vader vs Kracken - ION Radio Battle Report

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In today's episode, we are going to bring the power of a dual providence and pit it against a series of Imperial triangles. Today's match is between the Sith Lord Darth Vader and a super tactical droid named Kraken.
This episode was filmed in October 2022.
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0:00 Titles and Fleet introductions
3:06 Objectives and Deployment
4:30 Turn 1
7:21 Turn 2
20:16 Turn 3
30:21 Turn 4
39:44 Turn 5
46:43 Turn 6
51:55 Score and After Action Report
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Ken's Darth Vader Fleet
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Assault: Opening Salvo
Defense: Planetary Ion Cannon
Navigation: Volatile Deposits
ISD Cymoon 1 Refit (112)
• Darth Vader (36)
• Commander Vanto (7)
• Gunnery Team (7)
• Hardened Bulkheads (5)
• XI7 Turbolasers (6)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
= 180 Points
Arquitens Light Cruiser (54)
• Advanced Projectors (6)
• Slaved Turrets (6)
= 66 Points
Arquitens Light Cruiser (54)
• Advanced Projectors (6)
• Slaved Turrets (6)
= 66 Points
Raider II (48)
• Heavy Ion Emplacements (9)
= 57 Points
Gozanti Cruisers (23)
• Slicer Tools (7)
= 30 Points
Total Points: 399
John's Kraken List (0/400/400)
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Providence-class Dreadnought (105 + 60: 165)
· Kraken (30)
· Local Fire Control (4)
· Flak Guns (3)
· Heavy Ion Emplacements (9)
· External Racks (4)
· Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
· DBY-827 Heavy Turbolasers (3)
Providence-class Dreadnought (105 + 30: 135)
· Local Fire Control (4)
· Flak Guns (3)
· Heavy Ion Emplacements (9)
· External Racks (4)
· Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
· DBY-827 Heavy Turbolasers (3)
Transport (47 + 17: 64)
· Tikkes (2)
· Parts Resupply (3)
· Projection Experts (6)
· Beast of Burden (6)
Gozanti-class Cruisers (27 + 9: 36)
· Heavy Ion Emplacements (9)
Most Wanted
Fleet Ambush
Dangerous Territory
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@floweringnight-lord3008 Год назад

I just primarily love the fact that you guys try to use different ship/commander combos. Keep it up 👍

@IONRadio Год назад

Thank you, Flowering Night-Lord. But the end of season 7, we will have each played 1 match on air with every commander. We want to give as many takes as possible for the game and the commanders.

@Hailthecloudslayer Год назад

Mah dudes, that was a really close game. Very enjoyable to watch. Hopefully more to come!

@CamillusofRome Год назад

1. Fun video. I always enjoy the nail-biter games the most (both as a player and as an observer). 2. You have reminded me that I only have one Providence and that I should look to rectify that soon! I have had a lot of fun with Munificents, Hardcells, and Recusants, but I haven't spent much time finding a Providence build I like. Maybe I'll jump on to Discord soon and solicit some ideas. 3. I would love to see an Agate Salvo 'Hawk go up against a pair of Salvo Providences. 4. Re: Question: I tend to go for dice reroll (LTT, Ordnance Experts, etc) 5. Keep up the good work!

@justinpyke1756 Год назад

It was neat seeing Darth Vader commander on the table! He has a really bad reputation, but looked pretty alright this game.

@IONRadio Год назад

I think Vader has a lot of competition - Officer Vader is a great reroll opportunity, Vader in a TIE Defender is a good squadron also. I'm going to be playing with Vader a little bit more. Perhaps we'll see him back in my hands for Season 8? - Ken

@TD-qs9vt Год назад

Man I hate it when a big juicy ship gets away on one health. My condolences Ken.

@rogerknopfler8567 Год назад

Well I played Vader once and didn’t do that well. So I was actually pretty surprised when I watched this Episode how well he did. Maybe I have to try him again. Good game guys #summa

@IONRadio Год назад

This episode help me to reevaluate Darth Vader as a commander. I am looking forward to actively using him at our local store to see if I can’t create something that will work better for season eight. - Ken

@wolfsigma Год назад

I usually preferred to just throw lots and lots of dice with minor reroll. But lately I have started to come around on the idea of a set dice. It's just really nice to KNOW you will have something.

@IONRadio Год назад

I've played that way (More dice, less modification / reroll capability) and I tend to find I usually need 1 reroll at a critical point of the game. I'm with you there. - Ken

@PapaKhorne Год назад

Excellent video! I am a newer player and really liked the idea of Commander Vader. It was great to see him in action!

@IONRadio Год назад

Welcome aboard Star Wars: Armada, Sam! Thank you for watching. Our hope with our video series is to give you a variety of ideas for different play styles and fleet archetypes. If there is something you are interested in seeing, we probably have a video for it. If not, let us know and we’ll see if we can fit it into our production schedule.

@gabrielbomsta5645 Год назад

It was cool to see Vader in use as a Commander. I've never gotten the chance to use him myself. Regardless it was a fun and entertaining video as always. Keep up the great work and thanks for introducing me to this game!

@warkatwargaming2358 Год назад

Jesus this was down to the wire. Excellent game

@shinmo2131 Год назад

Awesome battle report. That salvo build is just brutal! Can’t wait to test it out for myself! Lol!

@pestosspeedos8817 Год назад

Awesome.

@bradleynew1309 Год назад

Someday you will win a game Ken. As always very entertaining. I tend to like the reroll more for cost and I just like rolling dice. If I wanted to start playing with more of a competitive mind than I think dice placement has its place.

@IONRadio Год назад

Oh, I win - just generally not on the channel. Having said that, the two season 6 games have been close. In most cases, I'll get a fleet to the table for the first time on camera. If I play it again, I do much better. So perhaps I just need to play more off-camera? - Ken

@pascaltheroux413 6 месяцев назад

Awesome like always!

@IONRadio 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@Giraffasaur Год назад

Whew, that was close! It's always great to see skillful play come together for entertaining matches. Your skills have vastly improved Ken, you almost had it!

@IONRadio Год назад

So close, Giraffasaur! I have this feeling as though a lot of our games are going to be decided by either a die roll or a single mistake now. - Ken

@jamesl79 Год назад

Close games like that are always the best. I prefer the rerolls, but that is only because I haven't really experimented with seeing dice yet. I'll have to put together a fleet and try it out. Thanks for another great battle report!!!!

@rileymosman2808 Год назад

I'm pretty new to Armada, got my first ships at Christmas but I've played a few games and want to weigh in on dice mods and my answer is: it depends, but also both. I prefer rerolls on things like the Arquitens that can't get huge damage past Brace and therefore benefit greatly when 2 hits turn into 3, normally I prefer the DTL over LTT and I'd love to talk about why but it's tangential. I prefer set dice when trying to hit my triggers--If I can set a crit for Concussion or APT I'll take that over Ordnance experts any day--same with ion. That said I almost always do a mix of both. One of my favorite applications of this is a Victory with 2 Arquitens. Victory leads with an Overload Pulse (set by Screed, backed up by Weapon Battery Techs), and suddenly the DTL rerolled average of 3 damage from each Arquitens is looking pretty filthy. Bonus points for style if you have Flight Commander and knock down a ship's tokens before sending in a bombing run.

@wingzero771 Год назад

Keep up the content!! ❤

@IONRadio Год назад

Thanks, Alejandro! We’ve got the rest of 2023 planned out and most everything through May filmed already. Lots more to come from ION Radio!

@lorenzoliscio9266 Год назад

I prefer setting dice than rerolling because usually both my rolls and my rerolls are terrible but abilities that let you set dice are generally more expensive so sometimes I am forced to try my luck because i don't have enough points. About this battle I really enjoy kraken's strategy. A risky but well executed manouvre to use the side shots of the providence. That really shows experience in the game

@markgideon3883 Год назад

antoher game where the score doesn't show how close it was. I thought ken was gonna take out ur prov john! great game guyz!!

@kuririnad Год назад

I prefer to set through IF, TRC, etc. Guaranteed dice are a great crutch, so then the initial roll is basically gravy.

@garymilton4448 Год назад

With regards to re rolling or setting dice, I think faction plays a big part. Eg Rebels can swarm CR90s with TRC. With Empire it’s more about the rerolls IMO. As mainly an Empire/GAR player, rerolls are my preferred option (the only exception being an Arquittens, Needa and TRC). Back to the game, that was a really close game right to the end.

@scottross5977 Год назад

Thanks for another entertaining match up! I absolutely prefer to have rerolls. Cheers!

@IONRadio Год назад

Thank you for watching, Scott!

@OnyersixForLife Год назад

Nice match. Was a nice change to have no Squadrons, as that can really slow things down if there are lots. My preference on dice modification is using crew that activate on deployment, then using Vader to kill off the now useless cards as the match goes on. Obviously the options are faction specific though, so that won't be available to the other fleets.

@IONRadio Год назад

We've had a few squadron-less matches in the past, definitely faster games and can amount to a dice fest (larger ships). Key with Vader as a commander is that you are spending defense tokens instead of officers. However, I would agree with you regarding Officer Vader and taking out Titus and Ozzel, etc.

@tylerszorcsik686 Год назад

When I play with MSU for Rebels I try to have a combination of dice mitigation. Such as TRCs on my 3 cr90 As, and OE with ExRacs on my MC30.

@sunnyniu3849 Год назад

Personally I’d go with reroll dice mostly, because those upgrades tend to be cheaper than setting dice, and they add the just enough intensive spicy to the game with uncertainty. Also I think of rerolling dice like shooting the enemy again after the first salvo like irl, and the second salvo may or may not land the hit after recalibrating, so rerolling fits the theme as well. Setting the dice on the other hand, well lets just say I cant really explain that in thematic terms, perhaps using the force?

@justinbrobbins12 Год назад

If it's a tournament, I prefer effects that let me set dice. If it's a casual game I like upgrades that let me reroll. #Summa #mygamestorestillhasntgotthesummakit

@keesschuller6011 Год назад

Great episode as always! I just enjoy gameplay...but also it's nice seeing the Salvo Boat style. The thought in my local group is that the Flak/Local/DBY is too good at its cost, but I'd be curious to hear what you think. I, as a firm Flak/Local/DBY player, generally prefer Set effects. They're definitely more limited, but you can sorta ignore variance.

@crackerman5519 Год назад

i think its fine, you use up a lot of upgrade slots and 10 points can get you HIE wich will perform just as good.

@richardolierii5419 10 месяцев назад

I actually thought Ken was gonna win this one.

@cecilholliday3212 Год назад

Question from a new player, at 21:28 ish, you double spent a defense token, was that from an upgrade card letting you do that? The rules reference says you can't unless i'm just reading wrong? Love seeing the game played rhough!

@IONRadio Год назад

Hello, Cecil! Welcome to Armada. I believe you are referencing the situation in which my Evade token is removed. This is proper usage of the Evade defense token. From pg 5 of the RRG, third bullet under "Evade" "When a ship spends an [Evade Defense] token while defending against a ship of a larger size class, it may cancel or reroll one additional attack die, as appropriate for the attack’s range. If it does, discard the spent token, whether it is readied or exhausted." In this example. the attacking ship was larger, so I exhausted the token and opted to discard it to effect a second die. - Ken

@cecilholliday3212 Год назад

@@IONRadio thanks for the reply! Good to have the page number too, much appreciated. I'll continue to watch every seperatist video and hopefully learn a whole lot more!

@IONRadio Год назад

Glad we were able to help you out. Keep flying!

@RevanBartus Год назад

Ken and his reckless driving, smh. Also Empire vs CIS felt good when looking at Bad Batch, Empire vs CIS holdout ;) Set dice is more consistent but re-rolls are cooler for casual game. #summa