Green Squadron Pilot + Charadan Refit + Predator x5

Five really hard to kill ships. Predator comes close to making up for the 2 attack dice.

5 Black Squadron + Predator has already proven to be pretty nasty.

Only down side - getting all those refits and predator cards.

Predator is nice, but I like the flexibility of PTL, and A-wings have the dial to shed that stress. If you want to shoot well, TL and Focus. If you want to tank up, Evade and Focus. If you need extra maneuverability Boost and Focus. The stress can be a negative the following round and is a trade-off, so the key often is "Should I really PTL this round?" It's always tempting.

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This. PTL is much better than Predator.

agreed, on a ship that flies as well as an a-wing, but has only 2 red dice, i would take PTL every day of the week.

How about Green + Chardaan + Outmaneuver? Shouldn't be too hard to pull that off with the A's dial against most opponents.

Predator doesn't help the "hard to kill" part as much as PtL does.

If you want to help out the red dice, why not this:

Green Squadron Pilot x3

Chardaan Refit

A-Wing Test Pilot

Outmaneuver

Push the Limit

69 points

Prototype Pilot x2

Chardaan Refit

30 points

At 99 points it's a weak initiative bid, so the Prototypes might not work as the greatest blockers. But that's the general idea, anyways: block with the Prototypes, outfly with the Greens, throw actions and green dice out like they're candy.

5 Black Squadron + Predator has already proven to be pretty nasty.

Has it? I've seen no data to back this up. The most I've seen is a few people theory-crafting that it is effective.

That predator is mostly a nuisance in the 5 Black sqdr build. I've faced a slight variation of it, and it was not something worrisome. After all, it's just 5 TIEs, easy to kill.

I like this one;

Green Squadron 19

- Refit -2

- Push the Limit 3 X2

Prototype Pilot 17

- Refit -2

X4

Use the prototype pilots for blocking and shenanigans and pick away with the greens. You can drop a prototype for another green and make use of double pilot skills

I would go with the PTL on 5 greens, But I would go with

Jake+title+PTL+VI+rift

Green +PtL+rift X2

Green + Lone wolf+ refit

Prototype +refit. 100 points

Jake at 9 can help against the phantoms. 2 greens with PTL for great options. Green with Lone wolf for one less point and helps defense and offense. and a proto to cause troubles.

Four greens with ptl and proton rockets would be lovely, unleash 20 attack dice in one round.

5 Black Squadron + Predator has already proven to be pretty nasty.

Has it? I've seen no data to back this up. The most I've seen is a few people theory-crafting that it is effective.

I flew it in a casual game night (don't have the cards to fly it in a tournament) and it was very fun.

I have seen a few people post on these forums with similar effects.

As for PTL vs Preditor, PTL definitely gives more options and a TL+Focus is better than a Predator+Focus, but not by much.

Considering that you get Predator's offensive bump every turn and you might not with PTL.

Personally I prefer PTL on Interceptors, they need the maneuverability to get out of firing arcs. A-wings don't need it as much.

I might think about trying

2 x GSP, Refit, Title, VI, Stay on Target

3 x GSP, Refit, PtL

Predator is seriously good on a-wings, if you put test pilot on an ace and already have ptl.

If only running one pilot skill, PTL is the way to roll

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This as well.