Match 1
Bans:
Spooky Action – Jackdaw, Cynabal, Orthrus, Sentinel, Curse, Pilgrim
No Spaceships – Jackdaw, Cynabal, Orthrus, Sentinel, Crucifier, Broadsword
Comp Selection:
Spooky Action – Cyclone Fleet Issue, Cyclone Fleet Issue, Cyclone Fleet Issue, Scimitar, Flycatcher, Flycatcher, Merlin
No Spaceships – Vargur, Vargur, Osprey, Stork, Bellicose, Bellicose, Griffin
Review:
This first match was a case of Spooky Action either not expecting the remotte boosted Vargur comp to be the first pick from No Spaceships or thinking they had it figured out and could out range it with the Scimitar.
Off the bat, Spooky hard dives from their range onto the Osprey of Keps putting themselves into damage range of the Vargurs immediately and losing a flycatcher extremely fast. Pandi lands a max range rapple on BrainStraw in the Scimitar and it allows SKYKILLER to follow suit and close as well, both able to apply big damage to the logistics. The hard dive results in an early logistics trade, which likely benefits the Vargurs given their local rep abilities.
No Spaceships then clears up the screening tackle from Spooky before working their way through the Cyclone Fleets. Again, somehow the CFI of Hwi is in grapple range of Pandi who has been positionally on top of the entire fight, perhaps with Spooky focusing too carefully on getting damage into the other Vargur. Skykiller holds in low structure thanks to repair bots and perhaps some well timed jams from the Griffin, still alive in low structure as well. After he holds the remaining Cyclone Fleets are run down and killed.
I had thought originally that the Bellicoses may have missiles fit, but it also seems they had at least one neut and one nos fit.
GAME MVP: Pandi
Spooky Action 22 : 150 No Spaceships
Match 2
Bans:
Spooky Action – Orthrus, Jackdaw, Scimitar, Khizriel
No Spaceships – Jackdaw, Hyena, Loki, Broadsword
Conquest Banned – Vargur, Osprey, Stork, Bellicose, Griffin
Comp Selection:
Spooky Action – Alligator, Alligator, Gila, Gila, Gila, Maulus, Maulus
No Spaceships – Redeemer, Guardian, Curse, Keres, Pontifex, Omen, Succubus
Review:
Ahh the no logistics Florida man comp up against No Spaceships heavy control armor core. I expect this was just the matchup that Spooky was hoping for, and given their execution of Florida kiting, I would give them the wide advantage in this matchup.
Off the bat, the kite looks good and the drones are going out early but starting with the Keres, an interesting primary given the Guardian logistics that should be able to hold it unless they manage some RNG wrecking shots. We see the Omen of Faffy hard dive the Alligator of Vordak, enabled because drone travel time means he’s completely safe from damage even when being outside of Guardian rep range. What would appear to be overcommitment is likely the play of the match, as he scrams down the first Alligator and allows No Spaceships to close in and secure the kill.
The Guardian of Mr Keps continues to take damage from the remaining 4 sets of boosted drones and bleeds through much of its armor, but backed by an absolute swarm of repair bots, continues to hold. This is likely where the phenomenon I affectionally call “ThunderDrones” may have taken some effect, as we can see several of the damage drones from Spooky continually struggle to stay applying damage in spite of clearly being within range. No Spaceships correctly hard turtles since they are clearly tanking all incoming damage without issue and Spooky begins to work through the repair bots from the No Spaceships side hoping to clear enough to kill the Guardian. The Gila of Asura mispositions and dies while the Guardian begins taking fire again, and with a few slivers of structure remaining on the Guardian, the fight ends.
GAME MVP: Faffywaffy
Spooky Action 1 : 57 No Spaceships
Match 3
Bans:
Spooky Action – Orthrus, Jackdaw, Vargur, Scimitar, Khizriel
No Spaceships – Cynabal, Jackdaw, Orthrus, Scimitar, Broadsword
Conquest Banned – Redeemer, Guardian, Curse, Keres, Pontifex, Omen, Succubus
Comp Selection:
Spooky Action – Astarte, Astarte, Augoror Navy Issue, Omen Navy Issue, Omen Navy Issue, Deacon, Deacon
No Spaceships – Nighthawk, Nighthawk, Osprey, Osprey Navy Issue, Osprey Navy Issue, Osprey Navy Issue, Raptor
Review:
The third match has Spooky banning the Vargur and conquest bans taking out their Redeemer comp, leaving No Spaceships to bring a third comp from their pool. They opt for one of the remaining ones in their hanger with a HAM rush while Spooky appropriately expects this and brings out their counter gun comp leading to a terrific matchup. As expected, No Spaceships tries to find an angle to commit without being kited and gunned to death, but the spread from Spooky and the heavy damage lead to favorable trades from range and allows them to focus the Osprey when it dives to save the Osprey Navy. Meanwhile the two Deacons with Astarte links are incredibly safe from the lack of heavy webs and HAM application, snowballing the match out of control.
GAME MVP: Spooky Action Theorycrafting
Spooky Action 145 : 16 No Spaceships
Match 4
Bans:
Spooky Action – Orthrus, Jackdaw, Vargur, Khizriel
Conquest Banned – Astarte, Augoror Navy Issue, Omen Navy Issue, Deacon
No Spaceships – Broadsword, Alligator, Jackdaw, Scimitar
Comp Selection:
Spooky Action – Cyclone Fleet Issue, Cyclone Fleet Issue, Cyclone Fleet Issue, Osprey Navy Issue, Kirin, Kirin, Bellicose
No Spaceships – Redeemer, Guardian, Curse, Keres, Pontifex, Omen, Succubus
Review:
In the fourth match we see Spooky’s attempt again at handling the Redeemer control core from No Spaceships. This time opting for a missile kite comp. Using the MJU to get to the backline of No Spaceships and hard diving the Guardian they make a big play. But the 100MN fit, combined with the repair bots and impressive understanding to drive the Guardian directly at and through where the Spooky team was leads it to take very little damage and causes the entirety of the Spooky team to get bogged down by the control core. From that point on, the control is overwhelming and easily removes the remaining ships giving No Spaceships the game, set, and tournament.
GAME MVP: Mr Keps
Spooky Action 1 : 150 No Spaceships