Most Underrated Pilot

By Lagomorphia, in X-Wing

Which pilot would you say is the most wrongfully unloved?

Mareek Steele

But he has to be used in epic games vs huge ships.

Once he has his Proton Rockets, maybe, but the Maarek hate I think is well founded.

Kir Kanos, however, seems pretty awesome to me, and once we have Fleet Officer...

Captain Kagi, that poor clone don't get no love from the people.

Vader.. lol

Night Beast, without a doubt. I am not saying he is the best ship, there are lots that are better, but they are also very popular. Night beasts free focus on a green is comparable to awesomeness with PtL. Night beast is only 15 points.

Winged Gundark.

Night Beast, without a doubt. I am not saying he is the best ship, there are lots that are better, but they are also very popular. Night beasts free focus on a green is comparable to awesomeness with PtL. Night beast is only 15 points.

Night beast is my go to for imperial points filler

But my answer is gonna be anyone in the HWK. In the right hands, that ship is a monster.

Night beast is high on the list.

Garven Dreis is actually pretty awesome but i dont see him in many lists - probably due to the B-Wing taking centre stage for lots of rebel fighters.

I use Garven every time I use Kyle, and it happens a lot

I see Garven a lot, he's definitely not underused.

I'll go with Arvel Crynd. He has an ability that no one else in the game can duplicate in any way. I think now with more people taking higher PS ships he might become more viable again, especially with rebel aces.

I second Night Beast. Free Actions are ALWAYS good. And he's cheap to boot.

I use the Lambda heavily so my opinion is opposite of AngryAngel.

Kir Kanos is also in that same list as the Lambda (the third pilot is Whisper).

I would say...Any of the y-wing pilots. I have honestly, never seen one played.

Lt. Lorrir; that guy is crazy maneuverable for only 23pts.

Arvel Crynyd.

The guy took out the Executor, for pete's sake.

im not seeing Garven in many top8 squads, is anyone else?

I think Arvel might see a little bit more play once you can suit him up with Chardaan Refit + Prototype Veteran + Daredevil once Rebel Aces comes out

I think Rebel Aces is going to cause a lot more Arvel to be seen, not to mention Wave 5. What do you think: Daredevil, or Stay on Target on Arvel?

EDIT: I got half-ninja'd

Edited by Audio Weasel

Horton Salm. He has a great ability, I would go as far as to say it's one of the best in the game. He's just not in the right ship, people don't want to spend that many points on a Y-wing right now. If pretty much any other decently popular ship had a PS8 pilot that innately rerolled blank results on every attack they would see play constantly.

I kind of agree on Horton Slam. His ability is pretty awesome. But with two attack dice, it kind of sucks. You need ordnance on the Y-wing, which makes him really expensive.

I think Lando is kind of underratted. He doesn't get the use of Chewie or Han, but he can really help buff a squad if used well. Pair him with Cracken and you got free actions everywhere.

Night Beast again!

Once he has his Proton Rockets, maybe, but the Maarek hate I think is well founded.

Kir Kanos, however, seems pretty awesome to me, and once we have Fleet Officer...

Kir Kanos sucks because the RGP exist. For 1 more point you can have a squint with PTL. Of course you lose the ability, but the ability isn't that great without PTL anyway. If he could just equip PTL he would be awesome. With TO able to pass him a focus, maybe he'll see some table time. Doubt it though.

Winged Gundark.

Really? Never seen him used, ever. He's not underatted, he's not even rated.

I think Rebel Aces is going to cause a lot more Arvel to be seen, not to mention Wave 5. What do you think: Daredevil, or Stay on Target on Arvel?

EDIT: I got half-ninja'd

Fel's Wrath I used him a couple times and he performed really well and being considered the "Worst Pilot" he can't be really rated any lower.

People see his name and his ability, see he can't take PTL and he is almost instantly bumped down to last priority to kill you you can certainly be more bold with him and try to fire at harder targets. If you have Soontir Fel at R3 with an evade and focus up or Wrath at r1 people are probably more likely to try shooting at Fel and that gives Wrath a nice "free" shot With more high PS pilots being used he is becoming more attractive as a naked interceptor

Any Defender.

Carnor Jax. Sure he gets used some, but I think he's still very underrated and I prefer his overall utility to Soontir, especially in the newer meta.