30 point battle to the death

By Filthy Pierre, in X-Wing

If you could take one small base ship and you have 30 points to use in and all on all battle with say 4 to 6 other players what would you pick?

Wonder how many Vaders will be chosen. :P

Soontir with PTL, better than vader because you get three actions per turn over two, extra red dice, and your more manuverable

Edited by AdmiralThrawn

Vader is probably the current best at this point range. Not all point ranges are equal for making evenly balanced games.

I'd vote for this though. At least for fun. Sigma stygium Intel fcs. 30

ATC Vader vs. PTL Soontir would probably end up as the big matchup, personally I'd rather run something odd like HLC Laetin or SD Gemmer.

Alternatively, Torkil, BT, RecSpec, Crow title, Dampeners.

Oddly, Horton + Ion Cannon Turret starts to look good at this point range, up to 33-34 points. (At 35 points VI ACD Echo starts looking really good)

Turr with Expose.

Wedge VI could be interesting. Interceptor's less good when it can't reactively reposition.

soontir fel Ptl cuz its my favorite. although if this is a free for all type thing a phantom would be interesting cuz u just stay cloaked to make you the harder target so they are less likely to shoot you since you arent shooting them and have 4 agility. especially if you stick to the edges and try to keep range 3

Delta defender.

Silly question really.

Outer rim smuggler with recon spec

A while back someone, somewhere(I can't remember where I saw it) ran a few test games of 1 on 1 Vader vs Wedge. I am pretty sure Wedge won every time. I think that 3 attack dice with a -1 agility effect is pretty sick at 30pt level. I also think that this test was run before the release of the Phantom. I am pretty sure that a Phantom would now be your best ship. Or like others have said, just run Fel!

We play these kinds of event at my local game store. Our point limit is 35 and we play on a 2"x2" play area with only 4 rocks that are placed at least range one from the edge. Phantoms don't do well at all. To many high level pilots to be effective. Horton with a stress bot and ion turret were the popular choice. A HWK made top 4 with two Y-Wings and one Tie Interceptor. The squint won the whole thing. We are going to be doing another event like this in March and it will be very I terestung with the Scum ships coming in. For my choice a naked Corran but again that is at 35pts.

We started a slow grow league with exactly this format.

My favorite ship by far was a Knave Squadron E-Wing with advanced sensors. It went 3-0, with the final victory being an extremely close game against a Sigma Phantom with an ACD and an intelligence agent. It took almost 45 minutes and the E-Wing's victory against a higher PS phantom convinced me of it's dogfighting prowess.

Luke with Lone Wolf?

Tarn w/ R7 astromech, Fletchette Torps, Stealth Device.

Tarn is currently one of my favorite ships. So hard to kill one on one, and in a furball who is going to gang up on the annoying X-wing, knowing that if they shoot first they are wasting thier shot.

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Maarek + ATC + Lone Wolf

or

Commander Alozen + ATC + Opportunist

Maarek + ATC + Lone Wolf

or

Commander Alozen + ATC + Opportunist

If you're a single ship, Opportunist is kind of crap.

Soontir with push the limit in all on all is awesome. I had my opponent cheering when I fell into his arc only to boost and roll away. LOL

Tarn Mison, R7 Astromech, Engine Upgrade?

And soon...

Kavil, Blaster Turret, R4 Agromech.

Edited by FTS Gecko

Maarek, x1 title, advanced targeting computer, expert handling.

Fel's Wrath with royal guard title, shield and hull upgrade.

Arvel. A-wing test pilot. Intimidation. Stealth device.

Porkins + R5D8, Determination

Tetran Cowell + Outmaneuver, Hull -or- VI, TC, Hull

Palob Godalhi + Lone Wolf, ICT, Moldy Crow

Laetin A'shera with HLC and Stealth Device.

Nera Dantels and a pair of flachette torpedoes.

Well, stick Lone Wolf to anything. Really.