I apologize for the background on this post. I posted it on another forum, but then decided I actually wanted to post it here. Only I was too lazy to re-type it.. This is what my copy and paste came with.
I have run a few squads with Kyle and Garvin and love the chemistry. Yes they are both filling the same roll of passing out focus tokens, but who doesn't want more of those? Great for attacking or defending so the more the merrier. Recently I have been trying a few modifications of the same squad. In order to keep Garvin and Kyle alive longer in order to continue their shenanigans I paired them with Biggs. The nice part of this combo is that their focus passing allows Biggs to make multiple defensive rolls each turn with a focus.
"Biggs Gets Walked"
Kyle Katarn + Blaster Turret + Moldy Crow (28)
Garvin (26)
Biggs (25)
Rookie Pilot (21)
This build, with 3 X-wings and a blaster turret packs quite the offensive punch. In addition, there is the bonus that you have 2 X-wings that are generally left alone until after Biggs and Kyle have been destroyed. It is also nice that the squads has a pilot skill of 6, 6, 5 and 2.
When it all boils down, the goal of this build is to deal as much, focus aided, damage as quickly as possible while your opponent is forced to deal with 1st Biggs and then Kyle. The shortcomings of this build is the lack of a Recon Specialist on Kyle. With that in mind I have been working on a couple of alternative builds.
Kyle + Blaster Turret + Recon Specialist + Moldy Crow (31)
Garvin (26)
Biggs (25)
Gold Squadron Pilot (18)
or
Kyle + Blaster Turret + Recon Specialist + Moldy Crow (31)
Garvin + R2 Astromech (27)
Biggs (25)
Prototype Pilot (17)
I haven't had a chance to play test either of these very much, and both appear fairly competitive, but losing that 3rd X-wing is a hard choice for me. But not one without merit as Kyle with Recon Specialist is very good also.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.