A Star Wars Legion Podcast - The Notorious Scoundrels

The FORMER World Champion Isaiah Wallace joins the usual knuckleheads in discussing both real-world and in-game pricing of units both new and old. Mike also shares his VERY different experiences playing Mace Windu and Tauntaun Han. Finally, C3-LP makes his triumphant (?) return to let us know what HE thinks Mace and Han should cost. Join us for an extremely optimistic episode where everything seems fine! 00:00 More Adepticon stuff, and also a 40k board game?! 18:00 Prices 40:30 Points Predictions 1:46:00 Mike has tried Mace and HanTaun and...uh oh 02:06:00 C3-LP Makes His Triumphant Return We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

We continued our COMPLETE coverage of the Adepticon reveals, including the exciting announcement of a new Mandalorian Battle Force (which is really like 5 Battle Forces) 00:00 Leaders of the Separatist Alliance 19:45 Jedi on BARCs! 41:00 Mandalorians! 1:22:00 Air Support We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collect... Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

We're back from Adepticon and we had WAY TOO MUCH TO SAY so we're splitting this into two eps, we'll release the next one tomorrow! This first episode focuses on Adepticon itself, our own middling performance, and the Top 8 before beginning our deep dive into the spoilers from the 2026 Roadmap Presentation we were both present for! Top 64 Longshanks: https://www.longshanks.org/event/33316/ 00:00 Preamble 00:02 Intro, GIVEAWAYS, Shoutouts, Travel Talk 00:14:00 Adepticon General Tournament Talk 00:44:00 Adepticon Top 8 Talk 1:39:00 Adepticon Reveals: Jedi Council We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Adepticon 2026 Interview With Atomic Mass Games

Mike and Evan talk a bit of last minuite Adepticon prep (including: Evan lost a game with Grievous!) before diving in to talking about all the newly revealed battle cards. Shadow Collective...we'll, maybe see you in two episodes, we swear, we really do like you. Also, a SHOCKING twist in the ongoing C3-LP drama, until his replacement ultimately sabotages the entire cast by somehow messing up Mike's internet. You don't want to miss it! 26:00 New Advantages 51:00 New Primaries 01:18:00 New Secondaries 01:48:00 New Battle Cards: How They Change Balance 02:12:00 Introducing...MC4-LP?! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Evan and Mike once again punt on the Shadow Collective Tier List because a whole bunch of news came out. We discuss what will likely be the new (new, new) busted hotness that is Rebel Han's 1-Pip as well as a partial reveal on Mace Windu and the SURPRISE full reveal of the Imperial High Command pack. We then sadly say goodbye to this iteration of C3-LP, for reasons you'll have to hear yourself. Requiescat en lava you rusty trash pile. https://youtu.be/XD-cZz7tl74 05:00 Han and Luke Commands 47:00 GT Prizes and Mace Windu 01:00:00 Imperial High Command Spoilers 02:05:00 The Death of C3-LP?! Ahsoka S1 Review by Evan https://thefifthtrooper.com/a-stream-of-consciousness-on-ahsoka-season-1-spoilers/ We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Evan and Mike cover the surprising news about changes at Atomic Mass Games (the studio that creates Legion) then dive into talking about Mike's Ahsoka list as he prepares for Worlds as well as covering other winning lists in the current metagame. We also once again are "shocked" by how much C3-LP screws up when talking about Legion and dive a bit into the revealed POINTS for Han and Luke on Tauns. We recorded this episode BEFORE we saw their insane command cards, more on that next week!00:00 Intro + Shifting Tides at Atomic Mass Games00:37 Mike's Tournament Win with GAR Ahsoka00:58 Open du Midi (France)01:06 Winter Open 2026 (Russia)01:12 Cincinnati Open01:18 Cherokee Open01:27 C3-LPWe are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Evan finally owns up to a few corrections after recounting his recent game against the World Champ, then we dive right in to talking about the now fully-revealed TSMEU Wheel Bike special forces unit for CIS. Will it make the broken more...broken? We also review a Patron Tempest Force list and discuss Empire as a whole before consulting our least favorite clanker, C3-LP for his thoughts on a certain "treaded" vehicle. 00:00 Intro and Evan vs. the World Champ (again) 19:00 Corrections 33:00 TSMEU Wheel Bike Discussion 1:14:00 Patron List Review: Tempest Force 1:24:00 Expanded Empire Meta Thoughts 1:33:00 C3-LP We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Mike and Evan chat up some recent winning lists and discuss the latest round up of legion stats. Also, Evan goes on a long rant about a bodily function, Mike laments the Patriots loss, and we dig C3-LP out of the trash can though we probably should have left him there. 00:00 Intro, Contest Winners, Super Bowl Talk, and also ?Potty Talk? 17:30 A Brief Rehash of Riot Control Squad 29:00 High Performing List Roundup 1:30:00 Stats Analysis 02:03:00 C3-LP Contest winners please email your address to [email protected]! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Mike and Evan round out the faction tier lists by covering the Galactic Empire, after commenting a little bit on the recent changes at Lucasfilm. I will let this one speak for itself, and we very much look forward to the comments! One random commenter will get an Agent Kallus expansion! 00:00 Intro and Nonsense 7:00 Talking Kathleen Kennedy & Dave Filoni?! 18:00 THE EMPIRE TIER LIST 02:28:00 Summary Thoughts on Empire We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Enemy of the Podcast Brian Baer (3rd ranked Rebel player on Longshanks, an "unassailable" metric of skill) "graces" us with his presence once more to share his thoughts on where the MANY units in the Rebel Alliance land. Did we place R2-D2 one tier too high? Did we take a stand on Leia to challenge AMG to do better by her? Is Evan dismissive of the Legion opinions of the WORLD CHAMPION?! Yes. One random commenter will get a Han Solo expansion! Windy City Longshanks: https://www.longshanks.org/event/28862/ 00:00 Intro and More on the Windy City Open results 14:50 Rebel Tier Lists We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collect... Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Mike and I cover some basics from the Windy City open as well as another (?!) tournament where Evan goes undefeated but still doesn't win. After that, we cover GAR Tier lists and, OH BOY, Mike has some opinions. One random commenter will get a Commander Cody expansion! 00:00 Intro 04:00 Windy City Open 14:00 Mox Bellevue (Seattle Area Local) 24:00 GAR Tier Lists 2:11:00 C3-LP: Clanker Content for Lazy Podcasters We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

A "Holiday Parade of Oppression" is here as we kick off the new year by ranking the CIS units with your two favorite scoundrels, one of whom is unassailably, objectively, the best CIS player in the world (LOL). Plus, Mike has some very cool ideas about Tours of Duty and C3-LP gives us the first offering that is not only interesting but also actually legal in Star Wars: Legion in what feels like weeks. 00:00 Intro, Star Wars Ranking Nonsense 05:22 Tours of Duty League Ideas 24:00 CIS Tier Lists 2:00:00 C3-LP: Clanker Content for Lazy Podcasters We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collect... Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Isaac and Owen from The Fifth Trooper Podcast join Mike and Evan to air grievances about Legion and other things in this much-shorter than usual episode with even fewer (YES I SAID FEWER) useful bits of information than usual. Mike questions the legitimacy of "Nyquil Chicken," Owen questions whether Star Wars Eclipse is even real, Isaac questions what the guy in line at Starbucks REALLY knows about public health, and Evan questions the TV viewing habits of his co-hosts...and also, whether there is literally any hope at all. 00:00 Introduction and Soda Delivery Systems 08:12 Introduction to Festivus 11:07 Mike Grievance 1: Star Wars False Starts 14:09 Owen Grievance 1: Issues with Sprues 20:12 Isaac Grievance 1: Shattered Realism 26:34 Evan Grievance 1: Militant Legion Hipsterism 30:50 Mike Grievance 2: Early Access Video Games 38:51 Owen Grievance 2: Mike Barry 41:39 Isaac Grievance 2: Mandalorians Don't Feel Good 44:52 Evan Grievance 2: Misinformation in Social Media 53:43 Mike Grievance 3: The Auto Industry 56:38 Owen Grievance 3: Not ENOUGH SW Holiday Special Watchers 01:00:13 Isaac Grievance 3: Overdue Legion Units 01:02:28 Evan Grievance 3: Corps vs. Core, Fewer vs. Less, Evan vs. his own blog 01:09:21 C3LP's Holiday Grievances

Brian Baer joins us to explain a variety of toxic strategies as we cover Gungans basically being confirmed (ugh), the newest meta numbers, and whether or not Customizable Jedi do "cool stuff" https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 06:15 Gungans are probably happening... 19:00 Corrections 22:40 Patron List Review: Stormtrooper Battalion (JayWhyte) 43:00 Brian talks up the tournament he just won 1:13:00 Meta by the Numbers 1:37:00 C3-LP Gets More Toxic Than Ever Brian's tournament: https://www.longshanks.org/event/29903/ We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Evan (according to Longshanks, and literally no one else, a Top 5 CIS player at the moment) still avoids losing tournament games with Bike GG and STAPS, we finish talking about future releases, and RESPOND to some HOT TAKES given by the LEGION DEVS on...A DIFFERENT PODCAST? Then, Mike is finally mean to C3-LP, and our cruelty goes...un-rewarded. Link to Winter Moon Dev Question we refer to: https://youtu.be/X8YKDvU78bc?si=ov-0G_Xa-O5JMqlB&t=4615 https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper Chapters: 00:00 Intro 03:59 Evan went 3-0 again 9:08 Outflank Insights 23:08 Supply Run Insights 40:00 Is GG STAPS a Mess? (yes) 49:00 Responding to the Devs: The Role of Activation Count 58:00 Responding to the Devs: The Value of Durability 01:21:00 Finishing the Ministrav Review of Upcoming Units 1:59:00 C3-LP We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

"A man of wealth and culture requires protection of equal prestige" - Hercules Rockefeller When Kyl-...sorry, Hercules Rockefeller returns to the podcast we talk about the new Battle Forces, the balance update, some upcoming releases, and the most insane answer from C3-LP so far. This was my hardest episode title so far, other options were: -An Investment in Fear -No Wasted Motion -Loyalty is Their Armor, Silence is Their Weapon -My Personal Invitation Only Regiment -Cultured in Violence https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper Chapters: 0:00 Guest Intro/Shoutout 05:30 Stormtrooper Battallion 24:36 212th Regiment 45:36 Balance Updates 02:03:30 C3-LP Goes OFF THE RAILS We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

The Notorious Scoundrels deliver yet another HARD HITTING interview that SHAKES Will Shick and Will Pagani TO THE CORE!!! NEW REVEALS are made when one of the Wills throws us a bone to get us to just shut up about a couple of topics, SHOCKING ADMISSIONS ABOUND where ONE of the Scoundrels admits he is PROUD of the cheating. WHY DOES A WHEEL BIKE GET TO OVERRUN AN AIRSPEEDER?! IS SIXTEEN ARC TROOPERS IN A UNIT TOO MANY?! WILL ADMIRAL TRENCH BE INVINCIBLE?! There is only one way to find out... 00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back 02:17 The Evolution of Cumbersome Mechanics 08:07 Character Points 12:04 The Impact of New Tactical Droids 20:04 Release Strategy for New Cards and Missions 27:42 Will Turn Zero Change? 31:48 Diversity in Clone Lists 40:21 Evan asks pointed questions...about Trench 48:19 Command Cards on Mounted CHaracters 52:41 Overrun Attacks on Fliers?! 54:14 Expansion Timelines 57:01 How Much Alpha is Too Much? 01:01:37 Terrain Guidelines?! 1:04:40 Evan ends with a Magneto MCP question to vex Mike

Evan's cheating continues as he took down the Oklahoma Open with basically the same list as last week?! We go over that, then start going over our Ministravaganza coverage, starting with the new upgrades and battle cards! Chapters: 0:00 Introduction/Shoutout 8:00 They let Evan cheat enough to win OK Open 42:40 New Upgrades! 1:15:00 New Advantages! 1:36:00 New Secondary! 1:46:00 New Primary! Oklahoma Open: https://www.longshanks.org/event/25749/ We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!

Surprise! We came back for an episode we thought we weren't gonna get to record! We get some list pre-Ministravaganza thoughts in before chatting about a couple of events we took home over the weekend with lists that feel QUITE nasty. One of them was even a GT?! Tune in to hear about all the cheating. 00:00 Introduction and Excitement for MiniStrav 14:17 The BC GT 01:08:03 Mike ALSO Played a Nasty List 01:26:06 Meta Predictions and Future Changes 01:30:56 C3LP We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)! 00:00 Introduction and Tours/Customs Talk 22:40 Clone Marksmen: Early Experiences 46:29 Points Update Predictions: CIS 01:15:12 Points Update Predictions: GAR 01:36:03 Points Update Predictions: Rebels 02:00:12 Points Update Predictions: Empire 02:18:34 Points Update Predictions: Mercenaries 02:35:40 Final Thoughts #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

We have the World Champ Isaiah Wallace back to chat a bit about the new customs and Clone Marksman but mostly we PREDICT THE POINTS!!! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!00:00 Introduction and Tours/Customs Talk 22:40 Clone Marksmen: Early Experiences 46:29 Points Update Predictions: CIS 01:15:12 Points Update Predictions: GAR 01:36:03 Points Update Predictions: Rebels 02:00:12 Points Update Predictions: Empire 02:18:34 Points Update Predictions: Mercenaries 02:35:40 Final Thoughts #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Evan announces our contest winners, then we go right into covering our TAKES on General Grievous on the Wheel Bike and Clone Marksmen, with a list review in the middle for good measure. Finally, C3-LP becomes more troubling than ever when he, apropos of nothing, starts insulting the intelligence of Wookiees. Galaxy on Fire GT: https://www.longshanks.org/event/25903/ Deploy the Games (the small tourney Mike went to): https://www.longshanks.org/event/27827/ We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet, and use code 5THTROOP5%SO for 5% off your next order! Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)! 00:00 Introduction, Business, Contest Winners 11:44 Wheel Bike Grievous: More Cruise Missile than Commander 44:25 Reviewing a 501st Legion List 54:56 Clone Marksmen Overview 01:11:10 Mike Immediately Tries to Make an NPE List From Marksmen 01:39:20 C3-LP: Clanker Content Creation for Lazy Podcasters #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Hey gang! No Scoundrels this week for reasons I get into in the intro, but I'm glad to unlock the first part of my little brother and I ranking as many Star Wars video games as we could think of (that we played...which is most of them). There's no video of ourselves because we recorded this when I was even more of a content noob than I am now, but we have the screenshare up of our tierlistmaker. Part 2 is up for all paid members of the Patreon right now if you're curious! If you want to wait though, we'll release part 2 for everyone in a little over a month. We hope everyone enjoys, be sure to blast us in the comments and just have fun! 00:00 Preamble 03:15 Introduction 10:00 Star Wars Bounty Hunter: A Masterpiece? 13:26 Galactic Battlegrounds 14:54 Battlefront II: Controversies 16:21 X-Wing 17:19 The Episode I Pinball Machine 17:31 Rebel Assault: The FMV Era of Star Wars Games 19:46 Battlefront II 23:24 Episode 1: Battle For Naboo 24:31 Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 25:35 Jedi Starfighter 27:51 Jedi Power Battles 30:46 Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi 37:26 The Old Republic 38:10 Force Unleashed: A Mixed Legacy 40:40 SPOILER 46:42 The Force Unleashed II 48:49 Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike 52:47 Knights of the Old Republic II 55:00 Starfighter 56:20 Knights of The Old Republic 59:40 X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter 01:00:53 NES Empire Strikes Back 01:02:45 Dark Forces 01:07:38 Yoda Stories 01:09:37 Force Commander 01:12:26 Lego Star Wars (all of them) 01:14:39 Super Empire Strikes Back 01:16:32 Rogue Squadron 01:18:40 Outlaws 01:20:43 Republic Commando 01:22:35 Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (the game) 01:25:22 Rebellion https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper

Evan and Mike spent a good deal of time talking about bloody conflicts between Denmark and Canada, we talk some recent tournament experiences on our end, get into the results of the recent (and quite large) GT in Warsaw, Poland, and generally risk making multiple parties mad at us once again.Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collect..., and use code 5THTROOP5%SO for 5% off your next order!Game Toppers: Making industrial quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)!00:00 The Weather, Patreon Intro Stuff 02:51 Facts: Denmark 11:38 Mike Takes Empire to a Local 38:32 Evan Won Something?! 55:13 Patron List Review 01:13:16 Galaxy on Fire GT (Poland) and Various Meta Thoughts 01:42:42 C3-LP

Brian Baer joins us to talk about lots of recent tournament-winning lists, the meta at large, Dale Earnhardt, daily carb intake, the state of the current meta, whether Mike and I are ever wrong about things (no), and somehow much more! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet, and use code 5THTROOP5%SO for 5% off your next order! Game Toppers: Making industrial quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)! 00:00 Intro, Patreon, Sponsors 05:36 Corrections! 08:34 Mike's Crucible Experience 36:57 London GT 45:52 Analyzing Recent Tournament Results 46:56 LVO GT 56:28 LVO Invitational 01:11:02 Meta Review and Early Points Change Predictions 01:17:29 Reports from Testing: Hondo 01:28:29 Reports from Testing: Super Tac 01:52:06 Reports from Testing: Custom Jedi 02:05:04 Discussion on Rebel Customizables 02:08:41 C3LP: Clanker Content Creation for Lazy Podcasters 02:16:43 Upcoming Tournaments CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: All new YouTube subscribers and current Patreon members in September and the first two weeks of October are eligible to win one of: Original Clone Wars Core Set, Wicket and Logray, or Aqua Droids...for free! Shipping paid! #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

We spent pretty much the whole episode covering the newly revealed upgrades for Super Tactical Droid and Jedi customizable commanders and boy howdy does Mike have a FEW THINGS TO SAY! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet, and use code 5THTROOP5%SO for 5% off your next order! Game Toppers: Making industrial quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table into a gamer's haven. Check them out at https://gametoppersllc.com/game-toppers/ and use promo code TFT15 at checkout for 15% off their next order of Game Mats or other accessories (items already on our clearance page or Toppers are excluded)! 00:00 Intro, SPONSORS?!, Patreon Pitch 14:02 Super Tac Upgrades: Doctrines 18:11 Super Tac Upgrades: Programming 38:14 Super Tac Upgrades: Gear 40:54 Super Tac Upgrades: Weapons 44:01 Super Tac Command Cards 57:10 Jedi Upgrades: Doctrines 01:03:07 Jedi Upgrades: Training 01:16:09 Jedi Upgrades: The Lightsabers 01:19:46 Jedi Command Cards 01:22:44 Mike HAS GOT SOMETHIN' TO SAY ABOUT THESE JEDI!: Charge edition 01:38:04 MIKE STILL HAS MORE STUFF TO SAY: Unique Effects 01:42:08 Mike's Conclusions! 01:50:07 Tying it all up for the customs 01:56:06 Clanker Content Curation for Lazy Podcasters (C3-LP) CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: All new YouTube subscribers and current Patreon members in September and the first two weeks of October are eligible to win one of: Original Clone Wars Core Set, Wicket and Logray, or Aqua Droids...for free! Shipping paid! #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Nicholas Bucaille joins us to talk about Grievous on a Wheel Bike, Im Norden, and why the hell Americans aren't playing Ewoks?! 00:00 Introducing guest Nicholas Bucaille 05:50 New Reveals: Super Tac Generics 08:44 General Grievous..on a Bike! 28:44 Hondo Ohnaka: Now Fully Revealed 40:16 Crucible Preparations and List Building 53:45 Im Norden GT 01:00:18 Im Norden's Interesting Format 01:16:58 C3LP: Clanker Content Creation for Lazy Podcasters 01:39:35 Why Don't More Americans Play Ewoks? 01:49:07 Shouting Out Nicholas' French Language Podcast CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: All new YouTube subscribers and current Patreon members in September are eligible to win one of: Original Clone Wars Core Set, Wicket and Logray, or Aqua Droids...for free! Shipping paid! #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Evan Bulriss joins us to talk about Star Wars marketing, cookies, soda, our dumb content ideas...and of course we try to guess what the hell is gonna be in that Jedi box! 00:00 Introduction and Catching Up 02:10 Millennium Games GT Recap 11:10 Cookie Talk...and also Star Wars Branding? 20:40 Legion Advertising? 26:40 Unveiling New Jedi Units 32:07 Wild Guesses: Doctrines 55:20 Wild Guesses: Jedi Training 01:14:04 Wild Guesses: Lightssabers 01:33:54 Clanker Content Curation for Lazy Podcasters (C3-LP) 01:40:46 Evan and Evan talk about their dumb ideas for ?content? CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: All new YouTube subscribers and current Patreon members in September are eligible to win one of: Original Clone Wars Core Set, Wicket and Logray, or Aqua Droids...for free! Shipping paid! #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Why does a gun make it easier to safely explode a bomb at point blank range in someone's face while punching them? Can anyone stop the the Scoundrels (who aren't named Evan) at NOVA Open? Can Evan count? CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: All new YouTube subscribers and current Patreon members in September are eligible to win one of: Original Clone Wars Core Set, Wicket and Logray, or Aqua Droids...for free! Shipping paid! 00:00 Contest Announcement and Community Updates 11:59 Thermal Detonator Talk 40:41 Tournament Insights: Tacticon Overview 01:03:30 NOVA Open Talk with its winner: Mike! 01:39:59 CHATGPT PRESENTS: Wookiee Defenders #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Caitlyn and Isaish "World Champ" Wallace join us to talk about the Evergreen Open and various other things, including Choppper Base Open,. Isaiah's poor snack choices and at the end ChatGPT instructs us to talk about a certain lesser-used Lizard Man. 00:00 Introduction, Patreon Business, Nutter Butters 12:30 Evergreen Open Talk 1:28:00 Chopper Base Open Talk 1:47:00 League Talk 2:01:30 Chat GPT Recommends: Bossk?! #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Mike and Evan TURN THE BUS AROUND to cover the full list of spoilers from the Rebel and Imperial Customizeables! 00:00 Introduction and Context 02:55 Why this is happening 05:59 Overview of Imperial Doctrines 22:01 Imperial Upgrades 42:13 Imperial Command Cards 50:42 Rebel Units 01:01:38 Rebel Doctrines 01:14:47 Rebel Upgrades 01:18:34 Rebel Command Cards 01:28:42 Overall Impressions and Future Meta Changes #starwarslegion #starwars #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

We discuss news and Gen Con results with its winner, Brian Baer. ALSO, here is a PSA about Hondo that comes directly from Atomic Mass Games: "For the Hondo Ohnaka promotion, it is part of Hobby Next. This is the promotional program run by Asmodee. For game stores to be part of it, they need to reach out to their Asmodee Rep, where they can get their allocation for the mini. Their Asmodee Rep will have the information. If they are on the Asmodee Retailer Newsletter, there were a few different communications sent out." Evergreen Open at Dragonflight Game Con August 22: https://dfgamecon.org/ Nova Open August 27: https://www.novaopen.com/ Warsaw Galaxy on Fire GT October 10: https://www.facebook.com/events/uniwersytet-warszawski/warsaw-grand-tournament-star-wars-legion-galaxy-on-fire-sponsored-by-amg/1819132481985151/ Saint Laurent Open October 25 https://saintlaurentopen.com/2025/star-wars-legion Chapters 00:00 Opening PSA about how to get Hondo 07:02 Housekeeping and Updates 15:45 News from Gen Con 20:25 Savage Opress and Star Wars Names 35:41 Tournament Announcements and Community Engagement 42:19 List Review: Din and Sabine by Malmolian 59:06 Brian makes it sounds like "Sleepers are FINALLY Good!" 01:02:37 GenCon tournament insights from its winner 01:19:22 Evan v Mike on Flutters Episode XXVI 01:25:42 Final Match Reflections and Lessons Learned 01:32:07 Tournament Insights and Meta Analysis 01:45:30 Random Unit "Discussion" sponsored by ChatGPT: ARCs? https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper https://www.longshanks.org/event/27318/ #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ Muzak copyright at the end: Muzak: Stimulus Progression 5 Nick Perito orchestra "How Little We know"

Evan and Mike cover new pre-orders, tournament winning lists, Will Smith, AI, and other completely relevant topics https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper https://www.longshanks.org/event/25905/ https://www.longshanks.org/event/26625/ https://www.longshanks.org/event/24309/ Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Its BACK! The Fifth Trooper Podcast has returned. https://podcast.thefifthtrooper.com/feed.xml

We're joined by Brian Baer who helps us keep things toxic around here as we discuss the first full month of stats of the Summer 2025 Legion meta following the recent points adjustments and wave of new upgrades. Chapters 00:00 Introductions, Brian reconciles with his reputation 04:00 Corrections from last week, Mike is challenged on ion 17:25 New Pre-Orders! 38:05 Stats Discussion 1:06:00 Circling back to Starters talk 1:14:15 Tying up meta talk 1:27:50 Mike starts griping, commence comment storm! 1:37:50 E-Web and FD talk for some reason 1:43:00 Goodbyes and Credits Kokozula's Ile De France Stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/wIulsr6Y... / thefifthtrooper #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": • Star Wars Main Theme Soul/Funk Cover- The ...

Mike and Evan dive into lists from a trio of high-player count non-US tournaments, discuss the rising power of the ion, and...Legion doubles??? https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper Chapters 00:00 Introductions, "We're Hiring," Patreon Stuff 12:19 List Discussion: France GT List Discussion: Dark Sphere Grand Tournament 49:12 List Discussion: Abyss Tournament (Quebec) 01:09:30 The Revolution Will Be Ionized(?) 01:39:44 Padmé Talk?! 01:45:36 Doubles Format and Why They Rock?! #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

We welcome Richard Lavery of Crit2Block to discuss the new points, new lists to try, and debate some HOT topics in Legion. WHO WON THE DEBATES??? VOTE HERE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgxRe52BgzlBJ9ZCfiqtYIienMJbp8jkkTE-wUX9-YTy9Ong/viewform?usp=dialog Chapters 00:00 Introductions 7:00 Thoughts on the new updates and lists we're trying out 1:00:30 Legion Debate Club? 1:02:30 Resolution: Large communities develop distinct meta games at the macro level 1:16:15 Resolution: Wookiee Defender players should include the Raddaugh Gnasp Fluttercraft in their lists 1:28:05 Resolution: Is the STABCast Legion content? 1:52:30 Goodbyes and Credits #uncumbersome Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Mike and Evan discuss the latest points update with Will Shick, afterwards they discuss the interview and games with the new adjustments! Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

While not really a "lost episode" we had recorded this before the latest update but hadn't published yet, but we wanted to get it out there for y'all so here you go! Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Evan and Mike discuss the surprising drop of not only a points change, but brand new upgrades??? Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Evan and Mike discuss the results of the WTC Team Championship, Rockytop, and UKGE Tournaments. Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Evan and Mike are joined by Dave Grant to discuss the state of the Empire Meta. Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Evan and Mike talk about the CIS Meta with Trent Hale! Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Evan and Mike talk Shadow Collective and 6 Activation lists with Olly Dier, the 2024 World Champion.

Mike and Evan are joined by Isaiah Wallace to discuss the Republic Meta. Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ

Mike and Evan are joined by Brian Baer to discuss the Rebel Meta. Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQ