I have a small tournament coming, most players will play rebels so I decided to fight for the Dark Side and crush the rebellion!

However I'm a bit less confident with the Empire's finest, who seem to die at the slightest misstep. That is why I decided to go with the Firespray as my main ship, in the name of VI Kath.

Now the question is, who will escort her? I'm torn between two lists:

1/Elite Killers

- Kath Scarlet - 38

- Veteran Instinct - 1

- Seismic Charges - 2

- Gunner - 5

- Engine Upgrade - 4

- Soontir Fel - 27

- Push The Limit - 3

- Shield Upgrade - 4

- Backstabber - 16

Total 100

2/TANKS!!!

- Kath Scarlet - 38

- Veteran Instincts - 1

- Seismic Charges - 2

- Gunner - 5

- Engine Upgrade - 4

- Commander Kenkirk - 44

- Lone Wolf - 2

- Ysanne Isard - 4

Total 100

I play tested the first one and liked how it flew, although it does require a lot of finesse to avoid getting Fel killed too quickly.

On paper the second one looks like fun, and might be a bit more forgiving to flying mistakes, at the cost of damage output. The Decimator is lightly loaded compared to most builds, but I think it can last on the table long enough, Lone Wolf helping both attack and defence with Kenkirk's ability.

I did consider alternatives with VI Boba Fett instead of Kath to be PS10, but I don't know if it makes that much of a difference facing most builds.

What do you think of those lists? Any suggestions, or strategy tips you use for similar builds?

So in the end I decided to go for the second list and I'm very happy with the result, landing me 3rd place with 20 players!

I won against a 3 elite A-Wing list, a Super Dash, a double Decimator and a funky Jake Farrell, 3 Z-95 and ORS list.

My only loss was against a 3 Y-Wing list with Horton and Dutch, all loaded with proton torps and ICTs. I failed to keep at R3, getting ionised a lot! My Decimator was blown to bits from the torpedoes and my Firespray gently ionised out of the table! That game was hilarious!

Once Kenkirk's ability triggers, combined with Ysanne, Lone Wolf and a focus action he becomes really tanky and hard to kill (on the game with 2 Deci my opponent gave up when we were left with Kenkirk vs his Patrol Leader who failed to land a single damage two or three turns in a row while I was casually crippling his ship).