Tournament list idea - Imperials

By cpdilloway, in X-Wing

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Got the chance to play today and decided to try out an Imperial squad I was thinking of using for the tournament next weekend.

Rexler Brath - TIE Defender + Predator (rerolls always good)

Turr Phennir - TIE Interceptor + VI + Shield Upgrade (shoot early, movement shenanigans)

Black Sq. Pilot - TIE Fighter + Determination (wheeeee!)

Black Sq. Pilot - TIE Fighter + Determination (beep beep, coming through!)

Opponent flew the new B-Wing that can shoot outside arc and 2 A-Wings, Jake someone and another of the new pilots from the Aces set. I flew very aggressively and got the TIE Fighters right into his business on turn 2 while the Interceptor and Defender flew in on an angle. One Fighter bit the dust, but the B-Wing lost a couple shields. I concentrated all my firepower on the B-Wing because it was loaded for bear. The Defender wiped it out with 4 hits at range 1. The Defender accounted for one A-Wing and the Interceptor the other. Both TIE Fighters bought the farm, but they did their jobs.
Anyway, I was thinking of maybe upgrading the Fighters to Night Beast and Winged Gundark for the tournament.
Sadly, I don't have stealth upgrades or heavy laser cannons, but this stuff seemed to be some fun and I'm not anticipating a lot of internet-meta kind of players.
What do you guys think of the list? I haven't fought the "fat han" or phantom lists so not sure if those will turn up at the event or not but if they do, do my ships have a chance?
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My preference would be PTL on Turr, and Backstabber and Nightbeast for your ties.

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I like VI on Turr, but, IMO your better off with Backstabber and Night Beast as your TIEs instead of BSQs with Determination.

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You probably won't get much mileage out of determination either. I like the Stabber and night beast suggestion:

Beast can focus evade which is great for defense or double focus which helps on offense and defense.

Stabber: potential for 3 dice attacks is a real plus for a TIE

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I picked up a Firespray and added the HLC to the Defender, dropped the shield upgrade, both Determinations and downgraded the one TIE to Obsidian Sq. instead of Black Sq. to stay at 100 pts. I'm thinking I would run it like last time and even though the Defender is seriously loaded up, the Interceptor with VI moves last and shoots first and can be even more dangerous, although I kinda miss the shield upgrade so it's harder to one-shot the guy off the board

(I only used the Black Sq. w/ Determination at first because I wanted to get playing due to limited time availability and I already had the TIE bases set for Black Sq. and was 2 pts short on the build lol).

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Instead of Determination I'd almost recommend Draw Their Fire IF the TIEs were staying close enough to protect the expensive ships. While a BSP could get really lucky, or more accurately an attacker get really unlucky, the odds really will favor some other choices.

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What the previous people said about night beast and backstabber

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Looks a lot like a squad I won with the other night. It was:

Brath + Predator

Phennir + VI + Stealth

Dark Curse

Night Beast

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I really don't see the point in Determination on Blacks. You could save some points by running base Obsidians.

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My favorite part of this thread was the same avatar icon for four different users. At a glance, it looks like a one man discussion.

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They really need to add some new X Wing avatar options, or let us import our own.

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Beast can focus evade which is great for defense or double focus which helps on offense and defense.

Night Beast can't double focus (at least not without help). The ability on the card doesn't grant a token; it gives a free focus action.

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focus evaaade, green moves alll dayyyyyy. I bet Night Beast is on mary jane all day.

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