Just recently acquired Sky Sentinel and the GUARD Defense base, so I'm pretty keen to run him at this week's event. Here's what I'm looking at:

Elite G1 Fighter
Grunt G1 Fighter x2
Shadow G1 Fighter x3
Elite Rocket Chopper
Shadow Elite Rocket Chopper
Grunt Rocket Chopper x3
Repair Vehicle x2
Fire Engine
Shadow Fuel Truck

That's all of my flying GUARD units. I don't have any Elementals, so please don't suggest them. Pretty happy with the unit list, but I'm tempted to throw a G-Tank or two in for the insane range I'll get from the Defense Base, or a Galaxy Garrison Cruiser, or an Ion Tank or 2 just for variety. Maybe take out a couple of choppers?

My city list is:

GUARD Defense Base
Skyscraper
Construction Site
Defense Contractor
Sports Arena
Downtown Highrise x2
Insurance HQ
Newspaper Building
Publishing House
Oil Refinery
Tokyo City Center

Mostly I was looking for buildings that create Hazards, as with all my Flight it will give me an edge on mobility. They all give nice benefits for securing as well.

Well a trade just came in today which gives me a second Elite G1 (yay!) So I'm going to change my lineup to:

Elite G1 Fighter x2
Grunt G1 Fighter x2
Shadow G1 Fighter x3
Shadow Elite Rocket Chopper
Grunt Rocket Chopper x2
Repair Vehicle x2
Fire Engine
Shadow Fuel Truck
Elite G-Tank

Took out the Elite and a Grunt Rocket Chopper and threw in the Elite G1 and an Elite G-Tank instead. Not sure about the G-Tank really....should I keep in a chopper, or should I add a second Fuel Truck?

I would suggest keeping the chopper. Not only do you get spotter, which is a great ability, but Wing Commander will really help to do damage to the other monster on your unit turns. That is why Sky Sentinel is such a great monster.

Maybe I'll drop the second Repair Vehicle? Two just seems unecessary to me (it's not like you get to repair twice).

I like the idea of keeping the Tank back with the Fire Engine securing my GUARD Defense base. It will make it near indestructable thanks to the Fire Engine's Deflector Shield, and the Tank can combine with the Installation to take out any units that get close.

Most SS (and GUARD lists for that matter) that I've seen take 2 Repair Vehicles. it can be a pretty key ability, and you don't want to get caught needing it at a critical moment in the game only to find that your sole truck is already spawned...but towed out of range of SS.

I only just got the second Repair Vehicle the other day....same time I got the Defense Base, so I've only ever run one before and done fine. It's pretty rare to be out of range of it when playing carefully, and with Sky Sentinel's big range it should be easy. The second one just seems like a crutch....

But on the other hand, how many Rocket Choppers will I really need? I've got plenty of G1's, and I only need one Chopper to be within range to get the Spotter Skill into play. One Elite and two Grunts should be plenty for that.

Ugh....well I played this team last night and it went badly. Sky Sentinel's five health in both forms was a huge detriment, as Pteradax was able to one shot both forms (in part thanks to his ability to Summon a Spikasaur to slam me onto).

I probably should've screened better than I did, and having a lot of 2 cost units was definitely a mistake as well, but still....unimpressed overall.