Today we’re going to be taking a look at Reylo in our Road to Worlds series. It’s a solid deck and definitely worth testing with and against. This is especially true as we sit here waiting to see if any nerfs come through pre-worlds. If they do, Reylo is likely to sneak by unscathed and come out as the new top dog. So if for no other reason than that your villain supports and hero droid decks could get nerfed, be sure to have this deck in your worlds prep.
Rey Kylo is deemed by many to be tier 1.5, and yet continues to show up in top cuts. While it doesn’t quite have the straight broken mechanics of villain supports or droids, what it does have is some incredibly solid characters. It executes the middle middle game plan almost perfectly, but the deck still wouldn’t be able to stand against the best if it wasn’t for the potential 1+ extra dice it gets a round from the specials. With both Rey and Kylo’s dice having the potential to “go infinite”, the deck can straight roll itself into wins. It’s this infinite potential that made me want to give the deck a run at Nova. This will be a brief tournament recap but that’s because I’m hoping to start my Road To Worlds article here shortly!
Today we’ll be taking a look at the deck that took two of our team, Andrew and I, to top 4 finishes at Gen Con. While many people hyped droids leading up to Gen Con, the main variants in discussion were Satine and Han. Sure, people knew Chopper existed, but most didn’t consider a Chopper version worth testing in a gauntlet when you’re already testing the 2 “best” variants of droids. The Council, on the other hand, had to deal with a young punk kicking our butts with Chopper droids in testing. (Michael Berg is a local who play tested with us going into Gen Con, he took Chopper to a 4-4 at his first major event!). We literally couldn’t ignore the deck, and while it took us long enough, we eventually had to accept that Chopper droids was freaking good, and worth considering for Gen Con. Hopefully this article sheds some light on how to play the deck, and why it can be so good at times.
After all of the rebalancing everyone has been left guessing what to play. Palp got hit, Palp’s friend got hit(Watto), and hero mill got hit(No Answer). Standard now becomes one of the most intriguing formats of Destiny, if it wasn’t already. Going forward Vader is one character I feel is worth revisiting. Vader has been asleep way too long. Red Vader has already started making names for himself in an infinite GQ and now is the time to let him loose in standard. Choosing between FOST and battle droid is personal preference. FOST has the better die but Battle Droid allows for Retribution. I personally like battle droid, but I’ll let you decide.
That’s right, I have the audacity to tell you all how you can win worlds…. To be clear hear, I’m not claiming I will win worlds or have some secret guaranteed way to win, just that I have some useful advice for those of you with a bit of a competitive edge and want to take Worlds seriously. Question? Do you really need to write something about this when worlds is still 4 months away? YES, you need to start prepping NOW if you want to have a better than average shot at winning Worlds. So without further ado, here are some tips for winning Worlds 2019.
