I've been flying this list and have found success with it in practice, but I'm not certain how well it'll hold up in a tournament setting. Any feedback is welcome, particularly if it comes from experience with a similar list.
HUNTING THE BEES
Green Squadron Pilot (19)
Predator (3)
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)
Dagger Squadron Pilot (24)
Advanced Sensors (3)
Dagger Squadron Pilot (24)
Advanced Sensors (3)
TOTAL: 100 points
I fly it like this:
Z Z A
B B
The A-Wing is a flanker, plain and simple. Predator is excellent, as it gives you very nearly a focus-lock each turn to play with, or allows you to evade without totally sacrificing offense. Sure, you don't get focus + evade like you would with PtL, but you also don't have to put up with all those stress tokens. Against four-ship lists, it'll be a solid little ship. Against TIE swarms, if your opponent makes the mistake of ignoring the A-Wing, it'll chew through those PS 1 ships without too much of a problem.
The Z-95s have actually been the stars of the squad several times; in my opinion, they're the new most underrated ship. Everyone's excited over the Defender and Phantom and E-Wing, but everyone hates the poor little Headhunter. In this list, the Zs take the brunt of the first round of firing. They're usually the only ships that all of the opponent's ships can hit, and, with a focus and three agility dice, they actually last fairly long. Focused fire will generally bring down one of them, but the Bs behind are still safe. Next round, I'll either fly the Z in to use it as a blocker, or, depending on my opponent's list, just keep him with the Bs. The other guy either loses some actions from blocking, or has to decide whether to slag the Headhunter or try to bring down a B-Wing.
If the Headhunter(s) don't get focused down, they very quickly become just about as annoying as an A-Wing darting around. They make good blockers, and give me a couple of extra defense dice to play with. If they do get focused down, that means my B-Wings just got two or three more rounds to unload their firepower. The two Headhunters are, after all, less than a quarter of my squad points combined. But they can still be a thorn in the side if they live.
The major problem that I've run into is high-agility ships. Having just two three-attack ships in my list means that landing a hit can be difficult. However, this hasn't been much of a problem with five Rebel ships on the board. Eventually, a few hits get through, and that's usually all it takes. Phantoms are difficult, but the A-Wing and B-Wings (with AdvS) can usually get some shots in when it decloaks. Them g-g-g-g-ghooooooosts are the toughest opponents I've faced for this squadron, but it can usually pull through.
So there it is. Comments? Critiques? Will this hold up as well as it has for me so far, or have I just been lucky?