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  1. DarthIntegral

    DarthIntegral JCC Baseball Draft/SWC Jedi Commish star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA VIP - Game Host

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    @Alpha-Red (5) and @s65horsey (5) are headed for TEAMS

    Shedao Shai (Captain), Crosshair, General Greivous, Shada d'ukai, YVH 1-1A, Canderous Odor, Nen Yim, IG-11, Jar Jar Binks, Bolphur

    vs.

    Han Solo (Captain), Chewbacca, Three Ewoks Dressed as Lando, Wedge Antilles, Hera Syndulla, Chopper, Captain Rex, Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso, Poe Dameron

    Let's break this down a few ways.

    Cohesion

    Team Sexy is Back takes this one pretty easily. I'm not sure what the hell Weesa Called Kicking Yousa Ass is doing, but it's not cohesive. Han/Chewie/Wedge is a natural boost to cohesion. Rex/Hera/Chopper as well. Rex canonically being at Endor gives him a tie to Han/Chewie as well. Jyn/Cassian is a natural duo. Everyone is part of the Rebel Alliance except Poe, and Poe has worked with Han. So, it's fairly easy to connect the dots and get to a team structure. But for Team Weesa? Not only is it all over the map. but you've got a prominent clone with the prominent Seppie. And then there are other ... isues. Not close here.

    Leadership

    Han proved his mettle on Endor (and many times after that), and did it leading some of these very troops (as we covered above). Hera has proved time again to not just be a leader, but a great secondary leader, rallying a sub-troop within a larger mission. Poe is a loose canon, but I don't see that being an issue here. Especially considering ...

    Look, I don't see a situation where Crosshair to listens to anyone on that team. And that's a problem. Can he get the equipment he needs? Can he lay out the plans he wants? Given his history, it's not hard to imagine Crosshair doing his own thing and not including the other folks in on his plan. That might work against droids and early Empire foes and the such. But it's not going to work here. Grevious might go along with Shedao Shai, but i Just see a lot of issues on this team coming together. Another edge to Team Sexy is Back.

    Power

    Greivous is the best individual in this battle. Crosshair might be the second best. That's not to slight Han, Chewie and the rest of Team Sexy is back. But it is to state that for their edge in leadership and cohesion, they are facing an uphill climb. Team Weesa takes this one.

    Intangibles

    Jar Jar has an amazing win-loss record and some of the best high-end experience. That's a fact. And he brings a randomness factor that simply cannot be ignored. Han brings his own luck, though, and I can't tell you how many times Poe, Hera, and Wedge have escaped narrow situations they had no business escaping.

    Overall

    While Team Weesa has the top end strength, Team Sexy is better throughout. Team Weesa also seems like they'd be going into a playoff series coached by Doc Rivers with their cohesion and leadership, while Team Sexy seems more like they've got Ty Lue or Phil Jackson or at least Erik Spoelstra. It won't be easy, but I think the way they work together, the way they fall in line with leadership, and they the way the can execute a plan comes together better and ends up in a win for Team Sexy is Back
     
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  2. Alpha-Red

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    Aww c'mon. I think power ought to win this one alone, regardless of cohesion :p
     
  3. Lady_Belligerent

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    I stick with my prior decision.
    Team Sexy wins in a team battle mostly because Chopper is invincible.
     
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  4. DarthIntegral

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    The Classic Cartoon Conference

    An Ode to Tartakovsky 1-0 (7-3)
    Somehow They Fly Now 1-0 (6-4)
    Jango and His Tax Deductions 0-1 (4-6)
    Vong Way Home 0-1 (3-7)

    Next set of matches will be at:
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    The Stadium on Boonta (from Droids)


    @Wang Chi (Somehow They Fly Now) vs. @RX_Sith (Vong Way Home)
    @Jedi Knight Fett (Jango and His Tax Deductions) vs. @Jordan1Kenobi (An Ode To Tartakovsky)

    The Live Action Disney+ Conference

    Shim and the Outcasts 1-0 (8-2)
    Team Sexy is Back 1-0 (5-5)
    Weesa Called Kicking Yousa Ass 0-1 (5-5)
    Deathly, With a Chance of Meatbags 0-1 (2-8)

    Next set of matches will be at:
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    The Vast Open Lands of Peridea (from Ahsoka)

    @Alpha-Red (Weesa Called Kicking Yousa Ass) vs. @SithOverlord101 (Shim and the Outcasts)
    @Darkslayer (Deathly, With a Chance of Meatbags) vs. @s65horsey (Team Sexy is Back)

    Get those numbers in for this round. Rosters are still locked; free agency and trades will be open for the final time after this set of matches is done.
     
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  5. Alpha-Red

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    Ah-ha! I counter with the proposition that Jar Jar is more invincible than Chopper. Remember that time Chopper got hacked by the Imperials and started sabotaging the Ghost? He is far from invincible. By contrast, Jar Jar's record of invincibility is pretty solid.
     
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  6. SithOverlord101

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    Good luck @Alpha-Red. You're going to need all the luck you can get against me.
     
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  7. Alpha-Red

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    Okay Nen Yim is a master shaper, and she's pretty much the only one who knows how to operate a Yuuzhan Vong worldship. So she hops on board a worldship with the rest of Team Weesa, and since it's the only thing capable of traversing the distance between galaxies (besides some super hyperspace ring), Team Weesa travels back to the GFFA and leaves the Outcasts stranded behind on Peridea.
     
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  8. Jordan1Kenobi

    Jordan1Kenobi Force Ghost star 6

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    Good luck @Jedi Knight Fett! May Kreel and Hunter face each other so we can get a cool Clone Bad Batch vs Imperial Bad Batch face off.
     
  9. DarthIntegral

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    Got half the numbers in ... Just need the other half and we can get going
     
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  10. DarthIntegral

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    The first set of numbers is: 9, 7, 1

    The Classic Cartoon Conference

    Matches taking place at:
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    The Stadium on Boonta (from Droids)

    @Wang Chi vs. @RX_Sith

    Lando Calrissian TRYING TO BE SMOOTH with Cara Dune vs. Tsavong Lah
    Commander Karbin vs. Captain Enoch and 3 Night Troopers
    Vua Rapuung (Prepared) vs. Non Anor

    @Jedi Knight Fett vs. @Jordan1Kenobi

    Gregor vs. Sargeant Kreel
    Echo TRUMPED with Fives vs. Kho Phon Farrus TRUMPED with Spark Eternal
    Jango Fett vs. Qi'ra (Prepared)

    The Live Action Disney+ Conference

    Matches Taking Place at:
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    The Vast Open Lands of Peridea (from Ahsoka)

    @Alpha-Red vs. @SithOverlord101

    IG-11 vs. Shimrra Jamane
    Canderous Odor (Prepared) vs. Dash Rendar
    Crosshair vs. Theron Shan (Prepared)

    @Darkslayer vs. @s65horsey

    Cassus Fett vs. Wedge Antilles (Preparing a nice wedge salad)
    Paz Sizsla vs. Chopper TRUMPED with Hera Syndulla
    Cad Bane (Prepared) vs. Three Ewoks Dressed as Lando TRUMPED with Chewie

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    Some really good matches in there. Arguments appreciated. I'll call out a few that I really want to hear on:

    Lando/Cara vs. Lah
    Echo/Fives vs. Farrus/Spark
    Jango vs. Qi'ra
    Crosshair vs. Shan (Prepared)
    Cad Bane vs. Ewoks/Chewie

    @Lady_Belligerent @KenKenobi
     
  12. SithOverlord101

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    I'll start with the easy matchup first: IG-11 vs. Shimrra Jamaane

    This is a stomp. As good as IG-11 is, he lost to early-series Mando. Shimrra basically beat Prime Luke + end of NJO Jacen. I'd argue either over end of S1 Djarin, let alone the Djarin that IG-11 lost to. Shim wins this 10/10.
     
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  13. Alpha-Red

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    Hang on now, IG-11 is the single most overpowered killing machine of his size I've seen in Star Wars. Din Djarin only defeated him with a cheapshot when he wasn't suspecting it. With all that ranged firepower and accuracy, he'd most certainly mow down Shimrra long before he got into amphistaff range.
     
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  14. SithOverlord101

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    I'd personally put IG-88 over IG-11 on the overpowered killing machine scale. IG-88 would get stomped by Shim.
     
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  15. Jordan1Kenobi

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    Some incredible matches in this lot!

    I’ll go easiest to hardest again, which will be
    1) Kreel vs Gregor
    2) Farrus & the Spark vs Fives & Echo
    3) Jango vs Qi’ra (prep) - can she take down Vizsla AND Jango back-to-back in her first two fights ever in a draft? I think so!

    Sergeant Kreel vs. Captain Gregor

    I think this is pretty straight forward. Both Kreel and Gregor are highly trained with weapons, but what gives Kreel the advantage are his fighting skills.
    Kreel’s lightsaber skills are nothing short of impressive, and he has notable fighting feats such as taking on Luke Skywalker multiple times and taking down MagnaGuard droids.
    Gregor hasn’t done anything impressive enough to show he’d be able to hang with someone like this in a 1v1 fight.
    If the arena was full of battle droids, then sure Gregor’s got that easy, but facing an actual impressive combatant? Don’t think so.
    Kreel also has surprisingly impressive reflexes being able to deflect multiple blaster bolts at close range. Something that you’d usually only expect from a Jedi.
     
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  16. KenKenobi

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    Honestly I'd take an arg on pretty much all of those. Have at it.
     
  17. Jordan1Kenobi

    Jordan1Kenobi Force Ghost star 6

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    Kho Phon Farrus & the Spark Eternal vs. Fives & Echo

    Last time I had Farrus facing a Vong warrior. Now they’re facing two veteran ARC troopers. So why is this suddenly an easier fight? Simple - the Clones’ weapons.
    Both Fives and Echo rely heavily on blasters when fighting, and as I established last time Farrus has multiple ways of dealing with those. And also has a lot of experience using their opponents own weapons against them.

    It’s time to pull out the scans again!

    Here we can see Farrus ragdolling two opponents at once because of their blasters, using the calling gloves:
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    This is always something Farrus does:
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    And of course when the Spark is involved, the power is increased by a lot:
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    What can Fives and Echo do without weapons? They’re decent hand to hand fighters, but they’re going up against a deadly assassin. An assassin who is already super deadly with a knife, being able to eliminate entire rooms full of people.
    But when you add the Calling Gloves, Whip of Sorrows, and the Clone’s own weapons to use against them, it’s now overkill against the two defenceless Clones.

    If Farrus doesn’t use the Calling Gloves for some reason, then the Whip of Sorrows can drain the Clones’ weapons making them unusable anyway. Farrus can then launch the fully charged Whip at them with great power.
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    Let’s say Fives and Echo start the fight really quick and fire without hesitation. Farrus has the reaction time to dodge this. Even at point blank range.
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    As seen above, not only is Farrus able to dodge incredibly fast, but then instantly turn the fight around and gain the upper hand by removing Aphra’s weapon and breaking her nose.
    Aphra is no slouch. To get the advantage over her multiple times is impressive.

    The Spark Eternal is the game changer here. Without it, Farrus is deadly and has a lot of ways to overpower their opponents, but it would still be a tough battle because these Clones are highly trained soldiers who’ve fought a lot of battles. They’re far from useless.
    Sadly for them, they will feel quite useless trying to take down the deadly Spark Eternal.

    Blaster fire? No problem. The Spark will regenerate non-fatal wounds instantly.
    In other instances, the Spark will also heal broken bones.
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    Other heavy firepower? A minor set back.
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    Strength, durability, speed, skill, weaponry power, all increased by a lot while being possessed by the Spark.

    I really don’t see any weapons Fives and Echo have on them without prep being an issue. Blasters? Forget it. Thermal detonators (if they carry them)? A minor inconvenience. Their fists? Don’t be silly.

    Now let’s look at the environment. At the Boonta arena there are lots of objects, structures and of course vehicles around.
    We’ve seen how Farrus can use the environment to their advantage, using magents and the Calling Gloves to launch large objects at their opponents.
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    I can just imagine the Spark seeing some podracers or speeders and having Farrus launch them at the Clones.
    How will they deal with this? I just don’t see any solution they could come up with during the fight.

    Fives and Echo have A LOT to overcome here.
     
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  18. SithOverlord101

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    Time for the second easiest of the three fights: Canderous Ordo (Prep) vs. Dash Rendar

    Much like HK-47, Canderous Ordo suffers from KOTOR Symptom -- we don't know which missions he was taken on save for one against Darth Nihilus in KOTOR 2 and even in that mission he isn't verified as having shown up for the fight against Nihilus himself. His other feats include killing his wife in self-defense ... and that's about it. He's basically featless. As for prep, he's probably bringing his basilisk war droid, which can be useful in the open plains, but I'm not sure it's enough to save him here.

    As for Rendar, he's got a solid amount of feats. Defeating and killing an IG-88 unit is extremely impressive, but his most impressive feat is beating a prime Boba Fett while Fett was backed-up by Slave 1 during the Battle of Gall after having previously destroyed an AT-ST. Not many people (let alone non-force sensitives) can say that they beat a prime or near-prime Fett in a straight-up fight -- I think the only ones were Vader, Luke, Chewbacca, and Jaden Korr [plus PROXY ambushing him and Cad Bane beating BOBF Fett if we want to count those two]. All of those characters are either Jedi Draft picks or top-three round Muggle Draft picks. Canderous Oreo, even with his basilisk war droid, is nowhere near any of those as a combatant in terms of feats and will end up losing this fight the vast majority of the time -- maybe he'll pick up a win once or twice through sheer luck, but he's not winning even 20% of these matches let alone a majority. Render wins 8.5 or 9/10 times this fight occurs.
     
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  19. DarthIntegral

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    How many varieties are we going to get on this man's name?
     
  20. SithOverlord101

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    Kriffing Auto-correct
     
  21. Alpha-Red

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    Ah-ha, but see this is where the prep comes in. Not only has Canderous brought his Basilisk war droid, he has secretly mined the battlefield with proton charges, the same way he destroyed the Ravager. When Dash Rendar arrives, he is distracted by the Basilisk and fails to notice the proton chrges...kaboom!
     
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  22. DarthIntegral

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    But how many Oreos does he bring with the prep?
     
  23. SithOverlord101

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    Time to argue the last match (which is by FAR the closest of the three): Crosshair vs. Theron Shan (Prep)

    The first thing I'm going to note is that Crosshair lacks prep -- thus he doesn't have time to scout out the location, set up a place to snip, and use his long-range shooting skills to fight Theron. Theron, on the other hand, has full information on Crosshair, time to plan out how to beat him, knowledge of the terrain, and time to grab a meal.

    I detailed Theron's feats on the previous match that he was involved in, so now I'm going to talk about Theron's gear and how it can seriously mess with Crosshair. First, Theron's got his cybernetic implant, which provides him with the ability to automatically lock on targets, see maps of the surrounding location, take pictures, and hack computer systems. While the latter two skills are completely useless here, the first two skills give him massive advantages in terms of prep time and the fight itself since Crosshair won't be the only fighter here with enhanced aim. Theron also has climbing gloves, which are completely useless here but should still be noted along with EMP grenades which are also probably useless here. Finally, Theron has his trademark bracers, which fire darts which contain ten different toxicities. These darts include the following:
    • Toxicity One: Knock-out dart
    • Toxicity Two: Truth Serum
    • Toxicity Three: Paralyzing Agent
    • Toxicity Four/Five: Unknown and thus irrelevant
    • Toxicity Six: Tranquilizer
    • Toxicity Seven: Taser
    • Toxicity Eight/Nine: Unknown and thus irrelevant
    • Toxicity Ten: Short-ranged pinpoint laser
    I can't emphasize enough how useful Toxicities One, Three, Six, and Ten will be in this fight -- a Prepped Theron literally has time to ambush his opponent and straight-up knock him out with his darts and then kill him at his leisure. Crosshair won't even have the time to move out of the way before Theron uses his toxicity darts to incapacitate him and then Theron can take his sweet time offing the clone sniper. Crosshair's just not a combatant who's used to fighting at non-sniper range, which is what this battle is going to become -- he's far better as a prep option. Theron wins this fight for a decent 6/10 majority.

    Also, Canderous brings so many Oreos with his prep that he goes into a food coma and is thus easy pickings for Rendar.
     
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  24. Jordan1Kenobi

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    Qi’ra (prepared) vs. Jango Fett

    This is extremely tough.

    Let’s start by looking at how Jango died. He got cocky thinking he could take on one of the most powerful Jedi that ever lived. He did not have to enter the arena at all, but he still wanted to.
    Because of his reputation, he wasn’t afraid to take on anyone. But that didn’t turn out well for him at all.
    Jango may be an amazing fighter, but he doesn’t always make the most logical decisions in the moment.

    When he sees Qi’ra standing infront of him on the battlefield, he is going to underestimate her completely. Surely she’s nothing compared to the Jedi he’s fought and killed, he’d think. But he would be very wrong.
    When she starts doing backflips to dodge his attacks and striking at him with the speed of a Jedi, he’s gonna realise she’s the real deal. But will it be too late for him?

    I can definitely see that overconfidence of his coming into play here and costing him greatly.
    This is the type of thing that Qi’ra strives off of. There isn’t a single moment during her reign as head of Crimson Dawn where she shows any sign of weakness or fear until the very, very end when Sidious escapes her trap.
    She is always calm and collected no matter what situation she’s in and no matter which one of her enemies she’s fighting.
    Look at when she’s fighting Darth Vader. Most would be trembling in fear at the sight of him igniting his blade, but Qi’ra smiles and taunts him throughout their entire fight. She excels at p***ing people off.
    Jango’s confidence was his downfall, whereas Qi’ra’s confidence is her strength.

    Both Qi’ra and Jango are confident fighters, but Qi’ra is also a very smart fighter. She always has a plan B for everything.
    A great example is when Vader was struggling to end her in a straight up duel, he had to use the Force to overpower her. It was looking bad until she revealed the hidden detonators in her baton handles and blew Vader away.
    How many can say they not only survived a duel with Vader, but also his Force attacks? Because of her planning and tricks up her sleeve, she escaped unharmed.

    Qi’ra is also great under pressure and can wiggle her way out of any situation. For example, there was one time when Qi’ra was captured by IG-88 and Hondo Ohnaka who were working together.
    Did they turn her in for the bounty? Nope, she managed to turn them against each other, escape from her bonds and capture them both herself. Classic Qi’ra.
    Heck, maybe she can even talk her way out of this fight. Is that even allowed?
    Qi’ra to Jango: “However many credits you have to your name right now, I’ll double it. No triple it, if you walk away right now and claim me the victor.”
    Maybe her money is the greatest weapon she has. Maybe she’ll even recruit him. He is a bounty hunter after all.

    And maybe she’ll decide to bring up his son Boba Fett to get inside his head. He was most active during the years she was leader of Crimson Dawn, and he was even competing against her to capture carbonite Han Solo. So she’s very aware of him and what he’s capable of.
    This also adds an extra layer of preparation since she’ll be dealing with an exact copy of Boba.

    Let’s talk about what her prep time could do here. As the leader of Crimson Dawn, Qi’ra managed to infiltrate every organisation in the entire galaxy for years under everyone’s nose without anyone knowing about it. This ALMOST led to her becoming the most powerful force in the galaxy. She had captured Vader and Sidious with no escape for them, but the Knights of Ren turned against her and set them free.
    This is her level of strategic planning. She accomplishes things others could only dream of.
    She also has unlimited money and resources at her disposal. She’s one of the richest people in the galaxy and can buy anyone or anything she needs.
    Now let’s bring that down to a smaller scale. All she has to do here to put away a bounty hunter. What could she spend all that money on and use all her resources for in 24 hours?
    I can see her getting crafty with her weapons like she did against Vader. Jango isn’t gonna know she’s packing heaps of explosives in her weapon handles. That’s gonna catch him completely off guard.
    She’ll be able to study all of Jango’s weaponry and prepare for that. She’ll also be able to see that he’s always heavily relied on his jetpack, and the fact it got destroyed was one of the main reasons he died.
    When you remove his jetpack from the equation, he loses the high ground and a lot of movement. I think she will target that first to turn the fight into close quarters combat, which is where she excels.
    She’s got a blaster that can shoot his jetpack, explosives that can damage it, or her electro batons which can strike it. There’s several ways it can be dealt with.
    Also as seen during her fight against Dryden Vos, she was able to use his own weapon against him to kill him really quickly. Her skills here were almost assassin-like. Jango is bringing lots of toys to this fight that she can play with.

    I think both of them have incredible feats, but Qi’ra’s three minute duel against Vader has to be one of the best in the entire draft.
    What would we say Jango’s best feat is? Fighting Jedi Knight Kenobi? Or possibly that group of nameless Jedi he killed with his bare hands? Both extremely impressive, but no one he fought was even close to OT Vader’s level.

    I think it’s also important to note that Jango has only ever fought Jedi and never dealt with a Sith. Qi’ra was trained by Darth Maul in Teras Kasi, a form that was used to fight Force sensitives. I have to note that it wasn’t only used to fight Jedi or Sith. It could be used against anyone, as seen when Qi’ra took down Quay Tolsite.
    Jango has never fought against this style of combat before. It’s completely new territory for him and it could possibly throw him off guard.
    It is stated that: “Very few people alive during the Imperial Era even knew that Teräs Käsi existed, with even less actually knowing how to fight with it, making her unique.”
    I guarantee more knew about it during the Republic which is when Jango was active, but it is still unique nonetheless.

    In her fight against Vader we see her Jedi level reflexes and acrobatics, as she blocked every strike from the Sith Lord and effortlessly leaped over his blade. She could dance circles around Jango any day.
    So I don’t really see his flamethrower and rockets being an issue here. It’s his fast draw and blasters that’ll be the biggest obstacle to overcome.
    And on the note of blasters, Jango doesn't have the traditional beskar armour like other Mandalorians. He has a cheaper, more flexible material, so he has a good chance of being shot by Qi’ra as well. It’s not like she’s trying to take down Din Djarin in his invincible armour here.

    Location wise, there’s not anything too special here. I think if Qi’ra is smart and plans this well, which she is and she will, then she’ll take the battle inside the stadium or even inside the podracing tubes instead of staying out in the open.
    This will give her the best chance to take out his jetpack and turn it into a close quarters fight which she will play to her strengths.
     
  25. KenKenobi

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    Alright I'm just gonna jump in...


    Wang vs. ChatRXS

    Tsavong over Lando/Cara-- I def put Jaina & the Destiny's Way crew over this duo, and that's before considering that Cara might judo slam Lando 20 seconds in for some comment.

    Karbin over Enoch & 3 Night Troopers-- Both are mostly famous for dying...well, and the Night Troopers for coming back, but I don't think that's an option here? Especially without a witch trump. Karbin's going out was more impressive either way.

    Nom Anor over Vua (prepped)-- Not sure what Vua would prep with that Nom isn't aware of, and I'm also just high on Anor's ability to almost always get the upper hand-- *especially* when he's Cheaty McCheat against a dude who is locked into his morals (to say nothing of this taking place in a stadium full of heretic tech). When it's against one of his own kind, and someone he's familiar with, that basically goes double for the guy who leveraged Vua himself into becoming Yu'Shaa.


    JKF vs. Jordan1

    Kreel over Gregor-- I buy the idea that if it gets into a 1v1 hand-to-hand kinda situation, Kreel has a solid advantage. And as a stormtrooper commander it's not like he's gonna be at a major disadvantage/taken off-guard while at-range against a clonetrooper like Gregor. Solid arg.

    Farrus/Spark Eternal over Fives/Echo-- I see this as much closer than your arg makes out Jordan1 simply b/c I think Fives & Echo could still hang even with their blasters initially wiped out-- for some reason I see them hotwiring a speeder in my mind lol. Plus they aren't just limited to a single blaster, so if there's a chance they see what's going on, likely split up, and communicate together on a plan I think Farrus is in trouble-- even the Spark Eternal can't heal blasterfire from two ARCs at once. I went back and forth here but I gotta give it to you for 1) making an arg, 2) showing exactly what your trump's path to victory is, and 3) not limiting yourself to JUST the Calling Gloves point, that they would also have the Whip and the clones' own weapons.

    Jango over Qi'ra (prepped)-- I love Emilia Clarke, I just don't love these first draws lol. Maybe it's the re-release of the Bounty Hunter game-- a real underrated gem that they should just make canon to boot at this point-- but Jango is a dawg. While Vader is maybe the best opponent, I don't think she really, truly had him on his heels like Jango did with AotC Kenobi. And speaking of that game, you mustn't forget Komari Vosa-- who also uses dual blades like Qi'ra, along with having the Force. That, plus Jango getting to double-dip a bit-- he kills that giant mutated slug from the TOR games in a comic for example-- means I think he clears even w/o his own prep.


    Alpha vs. SithO

    Shim over IG-11-- I do think the range & accuracy points are valid Alpha, it's just that Shim's gonna have glistaweb and vonduun crab armor to help force the droid away from camping. That self-destruct is gonna be an issue in teams though.

    Dash over Cantankerous Oreo (prepped)-- I don't think Canderous gets his Basilisk here. Then again, it's not like Slave 1 isn't, like, comparable. Also did anyone else notice the Dash outfit you can scrounge together in Jedi: Survivor? I marked out hard.

    Theron (prepped) over Crosshair-- Maybe the closest one of this whole round to me, given what Crosshair can do from far away in this locale. The flipside is, to your point SithO, that he can't easily hide here and that Theron will already have a lay of the land. The darts may be tough against a full set of clone armor, but Shan's cybernetics being able to mess with Crosshair's own tech-- which he loves-- and knowing exactly how to with prep is what really takes the cake here, along with your arg.


    Slayer vs. Sey

    Wedge (prepped maybe?) over Cassus Fett-- Hoo boy. This is one of those things where if Cassus had like...just one more feat he probably takes this, b/c I just don't see Wedge as much beyond the SFD. Also that armor was ****ing sick in KotOR. Also there's just not a lot out here on the plains for Wedge to flex his advantages as a tactician. But I'm still gonna go with that in lieu of, like, anything else. Especially if the salad joke wasn't just a joke.

    Chopper/Hera over Paz-- Paz can fly, but so can Chop-- I mean, his name is Chopper. Gimme Rebels Hera (sorry Ahsoka Hera) being a sneaky badass and Chopper pissing Paz off enough to give her an opp.

    Cad (prepped) over 3 Cosplaying Ewoks/Chewie-- Prep goes a long way toward A) knowing the Ewoks aren't Lando, B) having Wookieepedia access to know better than to just kill them first and send Chewie into rage mode, and C) avoiding that OP bowcaster.


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