Hey guys,

My first tournament is going to be coming up soon. I am going with the intentions to have fun and blow stuff up, and be blown up, all day long, so winning is not an expectation...I'm too new and dont have the experience to just outfly some of the veterans in my local meta.

With that said, i don't intend to go down easily or without a fight, so my question to you is what to take. Ill give you the bare bones of my list, and im looking for assistance or thoughts on what you all would recommend taking and if you can, please help me understand the flaws in my thought processes or the benefits in our recommendations, so i can get a scope of what is good for my purpose and what isnt.

so far, i have 3 builds that i am think of running. The first is

Yorr

Soontir Fel with Push the Limits

Whisper with Advanced Cloaking Device and Veteran Instincts

the problem I'm running into is i don't know what to put on the shuttle. Rebel Captive sounds good, but not sure after that. Suggestions here are greatly appreciated.

The second build is

Oicunn with Ruthlessness, and Vader

Mauler Mithel with Out maneuver

Back Stabber

Dark Curse

The Third list is

Whisper advanced cloaking device, veteran instincts

Soontir Fel with push the limits, stealth device

Carnor Jax with push the limits, stealth device

the upgrades and sets i have available are:

tie fighters (6 of them)

imperial aces

tie interceptor

tie defender

tie phantom

tie bomber

slave 1

lambda shuttle

decimator

which would you run, walking into a relatively unknown meta that is probably going to be moderately competitive? what would you deck out the lambda shuttle with? what changes would you make? Why would you do them?

thanks for the help in advance guys.

Go with the Soontir-Whisper-Carnor squadron. Or whichever squadron you've played the most and are most comfortable with.

As for your shuttle, Engine Upgrade is always a good choice.

Yorr does not actually need anything. Fcs is great vs Falcons though. I'd pick that. Engine is also safe choice. I'd rather have rebel captive on the phantom and naked yorr though.

Lost three looks okay too

Well like you said have fun, enjoy all the dice throws, and don't get nervous, stay calm, and think clearly, if you can, test all list and use the one that you feelk more comfortable, and fits with your style of play, and again enjoy it, good luck, greettings.

If possible always Buzzsaw the Albino Manatee, give it FCS, EU, and Gunner. If you want to spice it up throw in the Rebel captive and let the stress dole out.

I'm kinda in the same boat, I'm doing a first tourney on the 10th, and I'm tweeking my 9s list a lot to find that awesome mix. Might not be a 9s list in the end lol.. may be a 987 list. I just need to get one down and play ot out. I'm hoping to do well, but who knows what happens.

Good luck with the tourney.

You too and thanks for the help. ill give hte buzsaw manatee a shot. i was also thinking of doing it as a doom shuttle.

I'll paraphrase Sables advice on that.. it's not a good idea to Vader a shuttle with many options on it. You are slowly killing your own ship with him, I would run him on a naked shuttle, or a Patrol Leader Decimator.. more bang for your buck there.. literally.. lol

I went against a Decivader last week and was really impressed with it... I had also given him the idea for it.. lol. I thonk it has some real merit.. might not be competitive for a tourney, but that is yet to be proven out.. it's interesting, and longer lasting than a doom shuttle.. DeciDoom is a possibility that needs more testing I think..

ok, so this is what i have been testing with, but i have a few questions:

99 points Pilots ------

Soontir Fel (33) TIE Interceptor (27), Push the Limit (3), Stealth Device (3)

Carnor Jax (29) TIE Interceptor (26), Push the Limit (3)

"Whisper” (37) TIE Phantom (32), Veteran Instincts (1), Advanced Cloaking Device (4)

Do you feel that PTL is necessary on Carnor Jax?

Do you think it would be better to run Fel's Wrath and finish upgrading the rest of the Interceptors with VI, PTL and Stealth Devices? I really like the idea of Fel's Wrath, having an interceptor that doesn't die immediately when it dies, so to speak, but not sure in play how well that ability is used.

or am i just clearly better off with whisper. I do love whisper, who doesn't, but im wondering if redundancy in arms and performance might be better?