I am planning to run this list in a tournament next week. There's a small tournament on saturday and then the dutch nationals on sunday. I will probably enter both.

Rexler Brath, HLC, predator, 47

Soontir Fel, ptl, tc, 32

Scimitar sq, flechette torpedo, munitions failsafe, 19

98

The idea behind this list is to give my opponent an easy target in the bomber, but one they can't really ignore since he will keep stressing them. While my opponent hopefully focuses on the bomber, Rexler and Soontir do the dirty work.

At 98 points I am making the initiative bid as well, I probably never want to have it.

I tried a similar list last saturday, but with a phantom instead of Soontir and even though I did really well, all my opponents were not very experienced and I don't feel confident enough to take a phantom to a 'real' tournament yet.

So what do you guys think? Rexler is really expensive, but he has a great damage output and can be very hard to catch and also pretty easy to get into position. Is he worth it?

I'm not sure about the Bomber--I'd seriously consider using Backstabber instead, and using the spare points to upgrade Fel's modifications to Shield Upgrade + Hull Upgrade--but I can't see anything wrong with it, and it'll definitely be unique.

Let us know how it runs.

Rexy is a bit out of place in this build, as he's the prime target and will go down hard first.

Try:

Soontir+PTL+TC

Vessery+HLC+Wingman

OMG+Vader

Why not add another torpedo to the bomber? Sooner or later you will hit.

Rexy is sexy but he'll really come into his own with Lone Wolf and/or Fleet Officer.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to trying out Lone Wolf on him as well. With that reroll maybe even Stealth Device will be useful.

Rex has crippled bigger ships for me in the past, team him up with a mini swarm you'll strip shields fast and start piling on the crits it's a thing of beauty.

Yeah, I don't really think you'll "keep stressing" as it was said above, you'll eventually hit. When I run a bomber/defender build, I personally use Vessery with HLC, Jonus with Swarm Tactics, and a fat Scimitar. Of course I usually only use it for home games, but it's a ton of fun.

-Cal

The bomber will only stress them once, twice if the torpedo fails to fire the first time. I would take the bomber out of the list

The bomber will only stress them once, twice if the torpedo fails to fire the first time. I would take the bomber out of the list

As noted above, I dunno if I'd do the same thing in his place--maybe drop Soontir's Targeting Computer in order to run an Omicron Group Pilot + Fire Control System instead of the Bomber?--but it's not a bad choice unless you just don't like Bombers.

I mean, it either provides some extra armor for your flankers, or it harasses your opponent and constrains his or her ships' movement while your flanky guys act all flanky. That's not bad for a 19-point investment, as long as you're comfortable and confident with the rest of the list.

Rexler, hlc,predator

Bounty Hunter, recon spec, seismic charge

Night Beast

I've ran this several times now with much success

Never dismiss what the humble bounty hunter can do, two focus from recon really helps longevity and killing power.

Rexler with Predator is a beast. I ran him last Sunday at a tournament and I did very poorly, thanks to some spectacularly poor dice rolling on my last game while my opponent's dice were on fire.

I ran the following:

Rexler + Predator

Avenger Squadron Pilot

Avenger Squadron Pilot

Avenger Squadron Pilot

It flew very very well, as I feel the Avenger is the best blocker in the game (PS3 + Boost with straight 5), so the anti PS1-2 does not come into play, its hard to hit and hits like a truck.

I do like the idea of a BH flying with him.

Thanks for all the replies.

I mean, it either provides some extra armor for your flankers, or it harasses your opponent and constrains his or her ships' movement while your flanky guys act all flanky. That's not bad for a 19-point investment, as long as you're comfortable and confident with the rest of the list.

This is pretty much what I have in mind for the bomber.

I was never a big fan of the bomber, but I think with wave 4 it has become a very viable ship. Before, if you wanted to make it work you had to load him up with missiles and torpedoes and it would cost a lot of points. Now, with the cheap flechette torpedo and ion pulse missile and the one point munitions failsafe he comes in really cheap and effective. Also, his dial is not bad and with low ps he can be an effective blocker.

I was thinking about adding another flechette, but I kind of wanted to go for ini. Still, maybe another torp is better, as some you said, it will hit at some point.

Soontir Fel is by far my favorite pilot and I have a lot of experience flying him, I've considered shield and hull upgrades before but I just don't feel it's worth the points. If you fly well with him you don't need it and if you don't you're in trouble either way.

Rexler has been pretty good so far, with predator you don't really need the target lock and can often use the focus to flip the cards. I should say that in my meta there are lots of low ps pilots, especially with rebels.

Lone wolf would be great but isn't available yet.

I'm not really sure what Vessery can bring to the table, his ps is two points lower and I don't see myself using his ability ever. He shoots after Soontir so there is not a good chance that the defender has a red target lock, unless he has the same target as the bomber, but I don't see that happening often.

I've done the firespray thing and it is very effective, but I got kind of tired playing with it, so I don't think I'll use it again anytime soon.

Thanks again for all the replies, you've given me some things to think about.

I'd take off TC and go with Hull. But, maybe you're a better flyer than I. 99 pts is fine for ps9 bidding.

Having Soontir helps fight Phantom. Rexler gives decent damage, but dunno if the squad has a good matchup against Falcon.

was gonna say that the bomber isnt all that effective, but seems fine. will be sad when he hits though

might consider dropping Predator on Rexler... but i do like that damage. but you could get VI to help against Phantoms and add another flechette to keep the bomber relevant for longer.

will lower the effectiveness vs falcons