Jerjerrod Dual ISDs vs Madine Liberty

By request, I built and ran a dual ISD list to go up against the Madine list that my usual opponent, Andy, had been practicing with. In in attempt to just clear out superfluous activations, I made this one a two ship build with Pryce and some rogues for squadron support. Here’s the list: ISD II with Jerjerrod, Gunnery Teams, Quad Battery Turrets, Leading Shots, ECM, and Hondo; ISD-K with Avenger, Boading Troopers, Pryce, Leading Shots, External, Racks, and ECM; and Morna, IG88, Jendon, Aggresor.

On the other side, Andy brought a Liberty SC with Spinals, XI7s, GTs, ETs, and Raymus; a pair of TRC90s with IOS and ETs; a pair of flotillas, one with Slicers and Quantum Storm; and four generic A-Wings. He had the bid and chose my Blockade Run because he haven’t really played that one. Here is the setup (The Kuat was on top):

Round one, I moved my Kuat straight forward at speed two. I was concerned that the CR90s would do a Madine and flank to my left. Increasing to speed three and turning inward would have been the better move perhaps. In any case, here is the close of round 1:

Round two was the Pryce round. Andy slowed his Liberty way down and maneuvered his CR90s to keep them from being jumped on by the Kuat. My squadrons were out of range to contribute meaningfully so I kept them close, in reserve for later. Here is the close of round 2:

In round three, I managed to position my ISDs to block in the Liberty. He did manage to make a crazy post-ram speed one turn in order to position for a round four escape from the trap. Here is the close of round 3:

In the fourth round, the Liberty activated first and successfully jumped the Kuat, but couldn’t escape close range on the side arc, even with the Engine Techs. I activated the ISD2 first and destroyed the TRC90 to its front and jumped to speed 3. My Kuat then activated and finished the Liberty with the BT-Avenger-External Rack shot. We called the game at that point with another solid Imperial win.

Pryce wasn’t a strong factor in this match, but she definitely helps the low activation fleet significantly. I would run this fleet again, though a bigger bid for first may be order. Jerjerrod is such a fantastic Admiral. He allowed me to position those ISDs to catch the Liberty and box it in long enough to kill it. Had Andy deployed his Liberty more centrally, he may have been able to prevent himself from being boxed in and would have escaped the trap, though I’m not certain his list has the tools to achieve a big win against Dual ISDs.

Lessons Learned:

- With ISDs, use the large bases to prevent the enemy from escaping, especially as player two.

- Blockade run is a very strong objective for Dual ISDs.