Zato and the Ronin, aka Blind Warrior & Rebel Jedi R5x5.v5 3.0

• Versions
• 3.0
• 2.0
• 1.0

I've always wanted to pair up a couple characters with both melee and range damage sides. These two seemed like the perfect pairing!

It's fun, versatile, and actually a pretty simple deck mechanically, but does tak some practice to pilot.

Through a few iterations I'm now at 6-4 with this deck. It's probably as fine tuned as I can get it now, and certainly not a tier 1 deck, but with practice, I think you can pull off a good win/loss ratio. For now, it's my go to deck. I'm also currently working on eChewie-eKanan, and eFinn-eKanan decks as mixed damage compliments to this one. Though, ultimately, I do still really wish one could play eBaze-eChirrut

Basic piloting: Hard mulligan for a Force Speed, It Binds All Things or Reaping the Crystal, and preferably a 2 cost weapon (Shoto is best) with IBAT. RTC with a three cost weapon is okay, but might make you wait longer to get it out after making sure you've mitigated and have the resources left to play it. Don't worry about loosing the battlefield, the extra shields are good. If you do win, you have extra time to get the Force Speed on Kanan, and you get your handy shield generating battlefield. You will usually roll out Kanan first so that his ability is ready to go, along with a Force Speed result to burst through Chirrut. Don't play any weapons until you're sure it's safe to spend the resources. Don't worry about holding off to roll Chirrut. Don't worry about rolling him in with no upgrade. At some point you may need to switch to rolling Chirrut in first when he's full of upgrades and ready to burst damage. Be mindful of redeploy weapons. Often, an opponent won't know who to focus on. If they focus on Kanan, keep upgrades other than Force Speed off of him. If they focus on Chirrut, put your weapons on Kanan...

Good luck!!