What do you pair with Jet Troopers in an Imperial list? A big problem with the Jets is that they are removed too easily if there's no other threat - which is an issue since the Jets represent a significant portion of my offense. For a while I tried Snowtroopers, as healing damage off of multiple units feels great for me and demoralizes an opponent. However, their low health and overall lack of offensive power (if they're healing, they aren't attacking), made them lackluster. My opponents basically had license to ignore them and I wasn't really getting much value from them. I also considered Elite Storm Troopers, but with Rancors and Jedi Luke popular choices in my local meta, I feared that a set of 5 health troopers may not be the best choice. So what's left?

I was a Heavy Trooper skeptic for my first months of playing Imperial Assault. Of course I recognized that their survivability was impressive when compared to many of their generic deployment group brethren, but I wasn't sold on one set of 3-Speed units, let alone two. I wouldn't get much value out of these survivable units if they lag behind the rest of my list.

That's still true - however, the more I've played, the more I've begun to examine the value of patience in Imperial Assault. When I started, I played against a lot of lists that ran Devious Scheme. And, like many players, I often found that in those games, I was falling behind at the beginning of turn two as my opponent would activate a set of units and promptly remove one of my units, reducing my offense. So after a while, I decided to significantly slow down my play against Devious players - if they want to activate first on turn two, they can be my guest, but I'm not going to make it easy to engage me. I'll sit back, let them come to me, and then we can start trading blows. Of course, objectives ensure that you can't sit back forever, but I've found you actually have more breathing room than you think against most opponents in this regard.