Well, i have been playing lately a lot of lists that involve no phantom neither falcon. I like playing the phantom, but find it unreliable with the current lists people are playing (too many Fat Hans, and a VI Fat Han can ruin your day). I am comfortable playing 3 ship rebel lists against phantoms or Fat Hans tho, but they seem a bit lackluster against swarms.

So i am coming up with a few lists that i would like you guys to criticize:

Rebel (Z's are the new Rookies)

I would use Soontir Trelix of Doom. Although i am Soontirs biggest fanboy, so don't trust my opinion.

I like the second list better but I'm not a huge fan of a suicide ship in a squad with only 3 ships.

The OGP is always better with upgrades, buzzsaw is deadly. Maybe a bounty hunter instead, gives front and rear arc attacks..

I am not sure about R3-A2 on Wedge. I don't know if you want to purposely stress him. I would just try and run him with VI and EU. Then maybe you can bump your Bandits to Talas, or give one a missile.

I like the second list better but I'm not a huge fan of a suicide ship in a squad with only 3 ships.

I've run something similiar. Doom shuttle + BH + upgraded Turr. As long as the Doom shuttle can cause enough damage and allow your other to ships to get in a couple shots, you should be ok. I look at the Doom Shuttle as almost a super Biggs. Your opponent usually has to attack him first because you can't just let Vader sit there and Crit you 5 times. I'm not a huge fan of the HLC on the FS, I just find that it forces you to K-turn more to employ the cannon. The bueaty of the FS is you should rarely ever have to k-turn so you can always perform an action. The second list should be pretty good.

Yeah, HLC is mostly because of Falcons, i already have another option, but i just want to try out the Krassix HLC before because it is better against falcons imho. Thanks for the advices guys. Yeah ,i am not convinced in the Wedge one, i think i can perfectly run a more standard and still have decent chances against phantoms if i fly well, so the R3A2 would be unneeded (and would hinder my ability to deal with other lists), but i still will fly it to confirm it.

go with the first lsit u have 5 ships dat makes it harder for ure opponent to blast em all away at once a 3 ship build is pretty rough cause after losing 1 ship u lost 1 third of ure fire power and such

Rebel (Z's are the new Rookies)

Wedge Antilles (29)

Predator (3)

R3-A2 (2)

Engine Upgrade (4)

Biggs Darklighter (25)

R4-D6 (1)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Total: 100

I like this.

But if you're interested in hearing some possible tweaks, I agree with Jo Jo about R3-A2 on Wedge, and every time I see an Engine Upgrade on an X-wing or Y-wing these days I think of R7-T1. So I'd do something like this instead. You drop your vulnerability to opposing Predators, keep Wedge's ability to boost, and you've still got 3 points to equip an EPT on Wedge (Veteran Instincts? Swarm Tactics? Stay On Target? Expert Handling?)

Wedge Antilles (29)

R7-T1 (3)

Biggs Darklighter (25)

R4-D6 (1)

Tala Squadron Pilot (13)

Tala Squadron Pilot (13)

Tala Squadron Pilot (13)

Total: 97

Veteran Instincts if playing with that droid in my opinion. Yeah i agree, i like the change, gives me the mobility plus the target lock. Swarm tactics is not that exciting with Z's. Stay on target may be useful if i had advanced sensors, i think it would be overcommitting to the phantom's hunt imho.

Thank you.

I would lean more toward the rebel list personally. neither list is terrible though.

I like do prefer Vorpal Sword's suggestion though.