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Utter Devastation: SW Armada Tactics

By Barclay Montgomery | August 23rd, 2017 | Categories: Star Wars Armada, Star Wars Tactics

All offense with no care for defense is the way of the Galactic Empire. Take a look at this super aggressive Imperial Star Destroyer build!


The Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer is a fearsome ship in its own right, but we are going to take this ship to the maximum damage dealing potential it can reach. This ship will be a high risk, high reward behemoth of a combat beast that would make the Emperor proud. Let’s begin with the title.The Devastator title, worthy of its name, is a title that favors all out offense at the expense of defense. While you are attacking, once per round, you may add 1 blue die to your attack pool for each of your discarded defense tokens. So let’s get the ball rolling with getting rid of those defense tokens!A popular defensive upgrade, Electronic Countermeasures will ensure that we will be able to spend a defensive token that gets targeted by an accuracy. This upgrade is only there for a guarantee that we can spend our defensive tokens, so don’t get too attached to them. Intel Officer is a great offensive upgrade that can target the most coveted defensive token of all: Brace. Use this to cripple a targeted ship or, interestingly enough, you can target your own defensive tokens. If you really need to get your Devastator off soon, use this on your own defensive tokens. I know that sounds crazy, but that’s what you signed up for when you requested to be transferred to the Devastator!

Gunnery Team will allow you to select two targets in your massive forward batteries to unleash devastation! A quick note, the Devastator title only works once per round, so choose your targets carefully. The maximum potential of Devastator is 4 red dice and 8 blue dice at medium range, so choose a target that you can destroy outright for your Devastator attack, and follow up on a target that you can cripple.

With a potential 8 blue dice out of your front arc, use SW-7 Ion Batteries to make sure that your damage gets through to your target. Use your unspent accuracies for more damage! The penultimate Turbolaser upgrade, XI7 Turbolasers ensure that whichever hull zone you target on an enemy ship will surely get through to hull. With the ability to lose a brace, with Intel Officer, and only being able to redirect 1 damage, this combo can spell doom for any Rebel ship caught in Devstator’s cross-hairs.

This supper aggressive build will ensure that your enemies go down in a blaze of fire, but at what cost?

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About the Author: Barclay Montgomery

I'm a weird guy wargamer and hobby enthusiast. I'm like the Thing, I can take many forms. I could be a bounty hunter looking for Rebel prey, a commander of an Imperial fleet, or the Hive Mind of the Great Devourer of Worlds.