I have been thinking about trying one and figured I should see if any one has come up a good rebel build yet.

I'm running one tonight.

I actually expect R2 to make the Rebel ones better. All 1 and 2 speed moves are green gives the y-wing a slow, but decent dial.

I won a store championship last weekend with the title on my Ywing with an Ion cannon and R3-A2. Double stressing a single target or putting stress on two different targets is amazing. Just accept the fact you'll never have an action again.

I've had success with this list with and without the BTL-A4 title.

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Corran Horn — E-Wing 35
Veteran Instincts 1
Fire-Control System 2
R2-D2 4
Engine Upgrade 4

Gold Squadron Pilot — Y-Wing 18 (x2)
Ion Cannon Turret 5
BTL-A4 Y-Wing 0

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There's currently 8pts wiggle room for extra bells and whistles. I normally take R3-A2 on the Gold and Dutch for the other.

But with Bomb Loadouts the Y's got amazing flexibility with controlling the field and protecting it's rear with it's turret locked forward.

I faced the Spanish Nationals list that had BTL Ywings instead of the two B-wings with FCS. Everything shot before me and I was getting Ionned a lot. That list went 3-1.

I just remembered the rebel Y's were denied EPTs and system upgrades hmmm...
I just hope this makes them useful for something other than an ion tank.

Saw a bunch of Y-wings come out at the store championship on Saturday - it was nice to see some being used! - and they were more effective than I would have guessed. Most had R2/Unhinged and/or Engine Upgrade, to give the maneuverability you need without the 360, but at least one guy had stressbot instead.

- H8

Theres a dozen or so threads on exactly this topic already, but what ive been having fun with is wedge Biggs and 2 btl y wings. I need more practice with it and I don't see it winning a championship, but its definitely fun to play.

Scum Ys with unhinged mech is great to mess up players. Hit a K-Turn and most opponents are still ingrained with the Y not going very far next turn. They move up, then you pull a 3 move to clear stress and drop right on him.

I'm gonna be trying this versiion of Dutch on Thursday, I'll pass it along if this thread's still going by then

Dutch Vander

-R7-T1

-BTL-A4

-Autoblaster Turret

The idea is joust (or set up on the flank with the rest of your list doing its thing), get into range 2 of someone, boost into range one and have a target lock to punch them in the face.

Hmmm. I wonder how good 2 Golds w/ title ion and R2 plus 2 Blues with title and Tactician will be?

yes it was pretty good. used the blaster turret. problem is the focus requirement so you cant TL... however the scum Ys can do that easily with the agromech!! I am going to try running 4 of them tonight!!!

I'm gonna be trying this versiion of Dutch on Thursday, I'll pass it along if this thread's still going by then

Dutch Vander

-R7-T1

-BTL-A4

-Autoblaster Turret

The idea is joust (or set up on the flank with the rest of your list doing its thing), get into range 2 of someone, boost into range one and have a target lock to punch them in the face.

This Is close to what I was thinking just mine is using 2 Y's and the R2, hmmm gotta think about the R7 on one of the Ys

yes it was pretty good. used the blaster turret. problem is the focus requirement so you cant TL... however the scum Ys can do that easily with the agromech!! I am going to try running 4 of them tonight!!!

You gotta do a battle report man.

Scum Ys with unhinged mech is great to mess up players. Hit a K-Turn and most opponents are still ingrained with the Y not going very far next turn. They move up, then you pull a 3 move to clear stress and drop right on him.

Those long greens are pretty sweet after pulling a k-turn.

yes it was pretty good. used the blaster turret. problem is the focus requirement so you cant TL... however the scum Ys can do that easily with the agromech!! I am going to try running 4 of them tonight!!!

While the maximum damage potential of the Blaster Turret is higher, I have a feeling that the Ion Turret will do better damage in the long run. The Ion token is just gravy.

Hmmm. I wonder how good 2 Golds w/ title ion and R2 plus 2 Blues with title and Tactician will be?

After all that is there enough room on one of the Y Wings for the stressbot?

Hmmm. I wonder how good 2 Golds w/ title ion and R2 plus 2 Blues with title and Tactician will be?

After all that is there enough room on one of the Y Wings for the stressbot?

That should be a 98 point list. Swapping an R2 for R3-A2 would make it a 99 point list.

BTL Y-wings

Every single Y-wing ever is a BTL. BTL means Y-wing in the same way A-wings are RZs and X-wings are (NJO nonwithstanding) T-65s.

The Y-wing in the Clone Wars was the BTL-B.

The one seater, turret locked forward Y-wing is the BTL-A4.

The two seater Y-wing with a turret gunner is the BTL-S3.

It's an A4 title, not a BTL title.

I'm running one tonight.

I actually expect R2 to make the Rebel ones better. All 1 and 2 speed moves are green gives the y-wing a slow, but decent dial.

Just my 2 cents, don't listen to me though, I haven't ever flown a Y Wing.

BTL Y-wings

Every single Y-wing ever is a BTL. BTL means Y-wing in the same way A-wings are RZs and X-wings are (NJO nonwithstanding) T-65s.

The Y-wing in the Clone Wars was the BTL-B.

The one seater, turret locked forward Y-wing is the BTL-A4.

The two seater Y-wing with a turret gunner is the BTL-S3.

It's an A4 title, not a BTL title.

Until FFG releases a second title for Y-Wings, people are going to refer to this title as BTL.

Not necessarily. Most people who play this game play it at least in part because they like Star Wars, which means it's more likely that they didn't know than they're being deliberately tautological. I see people say "squint". They like their theme.

The BTL-A4 is the one seater Y-wing used in the Battle of Yavin, and the BTL-S3 is the two seater used in the Battle of Endor (and the Battlefront games).

I'm running one tonight.

I actually expect R2 to make the Rebel ones better. All 1 and 2 speed moves are green gives the y-wing a slow, but decent dial.

I was thinking of this and I think the scum unhinged astromech might be better because it just gives you more manuevering options by taking away the red moves. Basically R2 might give you better versions of moves, but unhinged gives you more moves.

Just my 2 cents, don't listen to me though, I haven't ever flown a Y Wing.

Unhinged should be better in general but R2 should be better for frequently ditching stress.

BTL Y-wings

Every single Y-wing ever is a BTL. BTL means Y-wing in the same way A-wings are RZs and X-wings are (NJO nonwithstanding) T-65s.

The Y-wing in the Clone Wars was the BTL-B.

The one seater, turret locked forward Y-wing is the BTL-A4.

The two seater Y-wing with a turret gunner is the BTL-S3.

It's an A4 title, not a BTL title.

Until FFG releases a second title for Y-Wings, people are going to refer to this title as BTL.

Not necessarily. Most people who play this game play it at least in part because they like Star Wars, which means it's more likely that they didn't know than they're being deliberately tautological. I see people say "squint". They like their theme.

The BTL-A4 is the one seater Y-wing used in the Battle of Yavin, and the BTL-S3 is the two seater used in the Battle of Endor (and the Battlefront games).

People also call pilots by cute nicknames that have nothing to do with their name (chiraneau = chippy, for example) because it's functionally easier and despite being wrong, people still know what it means. I'm usually a technical name stickler, but I agree that until there is a BTL-S3 title, this will be known as "BTL"

I agree that until there is a BTL-S3 title

The S3 is the Y-wing without the title. The second person is the gunner.

it's functionally easier

BTL is easier than A4?