So it's Monday, which means a tourney weekend just ended, and another will be upon us soon. Hopefully, instead of getting 10-12 separate threads about what we want to run, maybe we can keep it all to one single thread, with some cross-conversation.

Without further ado, onto my list (I know I'm not the first to consider this):

'Hilarity Ensues'

Blue Squadron (22)

Fire Control System (2), Ion Cannon (3)

Blue Squadron (22)

Fire Control System (2), Ion Cannon (3)

Gold Squadron (18)

Ion Cannon Turret (5)

Gold Squadron (18)

Ion Cannon Turret (5)

Notes: Gives me 100 even. A ton of health. I definitely won't be shooting first. Same PS will give me some flying options. B-wings can switch between control and damage. Ions should mix it up and are likely to not have been a factor in my opponent's plans. Figuring I'll run Ys down the middle, with a B flanked to each side (since I will likely have to set up first as well).

Thoughts?

Does anyone know of someone else who ran a similar squad or has a thread I could read?

I have tried an all Ionization squad, it was a recipe for tears Ill link my thread on Dakka dakka before i joined this forum for my x wing needs.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/579131.page

I used Hwk's instead of Ywings, which y wings will probably be better, I thought the cheaper hwk would be better but boy was i wrong. Maybe it was the dice that screwed me or my poor Manoeuvres but it didnt end so well.

Id definitely try it out again with Y wings.

vs the right group, you have a control group where you just fly them off the board with ions

Thoughts?

Does anyone know of someone else who ran a similar squad or has a thread I could read?

I actually took that exact list to a Store Championship. I went 1-3. There was some bad luck involved where I lost a Y-Wing before it even got to shoot to 4 TIE Fighters.

Another of my losses was to time. I had control of the game with Ion Tokens, but lost by a couple of points when time was called as I just hadn't killed enough yet. Given 2 more turns I would have won easily.

The one game I won, I barely lost a ship. I was against Red Daggers and was able to Ion lock up 3 out of 4 of his ships to where he only placed one dial 4 turns in a row. My opponent did not have any fun....

I likely would have done better had I practiced with the list before the tournament, but I ended up going into it cold.

as for a list I ve been dipping my fingers into some more Imperial Builds and really want to run the shuttle. The buzzsaw looks potent especially with Engine upgrades.

Maybe, OGP - Gunner, FCS, EU x 2 =64

Major Rhymer - PtL, APT = 35

I have tried an all Ionization squad, it was a recipe for tears Ill link my thread on Dakka dakka before i joined this forum for my x wing needs.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/579131.page

I used Hwk's instead of Ywings, which y wings will probably be better, I thought the cheaper hwk would be better but boy was i wrong. Maybe it was the dice that screwed me or my poor Manoeuvres but it didnt end so well.

Id definitely try it out again with Y wings.

Interesting. My thoughts would suggest I want to ion with everyone, then turn the Bs to their main guns. If I end up against a swarm, I'll hold back and try and get just out of range, then close the gap and hope to keep things from getting out of hand. Big ships get ganged up on.

I played *against* this build one time. I was flying 3 B's. I destroyed one of his B-Wings on our first pass. Then he got Ion tokens on all 3 of my ships and thought he had me, but he missed one Ion shot a bit later and it was all over. My Ten Numb got behind his B-Wing and vaped it, then I just rolled up on his Y-Wings one at a time.

edit - I was smart enough to get my ships to the middle of the table, so once they were ionized, there was plenty of distance between them and the table's edge.