fingersandteeth wrote:
the other reason Kyle JBM is better is because you can give him evade.
I agree, JBM is stronger vs. shooters, except that as others have pointed out, Republic melee are huge these days. I think joelker has the right idea (though I would never never include Lobot in a build that doesn't also include Wedge; Might as well just consider your opponent starting the game with a 27 pt. handicap if you do).
Plus, most people are learning how to base their opponents' pieces to negate Evade, which makes CI that much more important against Rebel shooter builds (Han notwithstanding). I would probably go something like:
50 Han Solo, GH
46 Kyle, Combat Instructor
45 Mara Jade, Jedi
38 Kol Skywalker
29 Ganner
09 General Dodonna
09 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3
08 R7 Astromech
06 Mouse Droid x2
Two shooters who can deal some early damage, and then when the enemy closes the gap, the melee options rush up. I'd like to fit Wedge in here, but the only option I see to do that is to drop Kol and an Ug and run Wedge and a Twilek Scoundrel. Doesn't seem worth it to me.
Jason Alvey ran a Shado Vao NR build and had terrible luck with it a couple of weeks ago in Carbondale, but I don't know what all he faced.