Tourny list that needs the deft hand of a butcher

By Uncanny Penguin, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I run mostly A-Wings and have came up with a list that should be able to tango with double IG2Ks and a super Falcon. Any help in tearing this list apart would be greatly appreciated.

Tycho: 33pts

test pilot

Experimental Interface

PTL

Dare devil

refit

Jake: 27pts

refit

outmaneuver

autothrusters

Gemmer: 23pts

test pilot

refit

VI

autothrusters

Prototype Pilot: 17pts

refit

autothrusters

Enjoy

Edited by Uncanny Penguin

Think Jake is 30 points and Gemmer is 25 points with the upgrades you loaded..

jake yes, had to re look at it. Jake does not have PTL or test pilot. Gemmer is 22 naked, 20 with refit. adding autos and VI nets him 23pts

jake yes, had to re look at it. Jake does not have PTL or test pilot. Gemmer is 22 naked, 20 with refit. adding autos and VI nets him 23pts

Yup didn't see the VI. I naturally put Push the Limit on my A wings. Haha.

Your list lacks punch.

How about this:

Tycho w/ title, PtL, DD, prockets & EI = 38

Jake w/ title, PtL, VI, prockets = 31

2 protos w/ chardaan = 15 x 2

99 pts.

No autothrusters, which might matter if you're in a turret heavy environment, but otherwise should be fine.

If you really want autothrusters:

Jake w/ title, PtL, outmanoeuvre, prockets & autos = 35

GSP w/ title, PtL, predator, prockets & autos = 30

2 protos w/ chardaan & autos = 17 x 2

99 pts

The point is, don't send your a-wings out of the hangar without some firepower!

Have fun trying to take down double IG with only 2 attack ships. It will be pretty hard to get damage through. I agree if you are going all A-wings (kind of crazy :P) you need to pack some Prockets.

In a last split second decision, about 4 hours before the regional tournament, I ended up going with 5 A-Wing build.

Tycho:

Test Pilot

PTL

DD

refit

autothrusters

Gemmer:

Test Pilot

VI

auto thrusters

refit

Proto:

refit

Proto:

refit

Proto:

refit

round one: Fat Han and Ten Numb W/ mangler cannon and AdvS

killed ten quickly and chipped away at han. modified win, i lost 2 protos (30 pts) against his Ten (39 pts)

round two: 2 alpha intercepters, howlrunner, academy pilot, echo with Adv Cloak

I had 4 rounds against echo with Tycho and Gemmer against a no cloak echo and rolled 24 attack dice total and got 3 hits, 2 focus and 19 blanks. my evade dice matched my attack dice. I lost 0-100 pts

round three: thug lyfe: 4 sydicate thugs with ion cannon turrets, R4 aggromech

dice continued to roll blanks, tycho had a bump with an ionned Proto and went down after 3 y-wings with double attacks on him. I lost 25-100

round four: dash and 2 blue squadron with AdvS

protos kept dash occupied and blocked while gemmer and tycho took down a B-wing, same turn proto #2 got vaporized. next turn the protos and the aces switched targets and dash took heavy fire from gemmer and tycho. 2 turns later dash went down to gemmer from range 3. final round proto #1 took down the last B-wing. I won 100-15

Final round: not so fat Han and a wild spacer

Han had lando, falcon title, PTL, engine upgrade, Nien Numb.

Wild spacer had outrider and HLC

turn one: protos swarm the falcon while the aces headed for the outrider. outrider had no shots falcon had shots on the proto swarm. Proto #2 lost a shield the protos got 1 shield each off the falcon.

turn two: proto #1 blocks han, Tycho and Gemmer get within range 1 of the outrider. Han blasts proto #2 from the sky, Tycho and Gemmer knock the shields off the outrider.

turn three: gemmer switchs targets to the falcon and tycho stays on the outrider. Han chose to shoot at gemmer ( had 4 green dice with an evade token and autothrusters) and wiffed his attack. tycho gets one damage on the outrider, gemmer gets 3 shields from the Falcon, proto #3 gets first damage on Han. outrider decides to try and shoot Gemmer as well and gemmer avoided all damage again.

turn four: outrider zigged when i Zagged and tycho had no shot on the outrider and went to chase Han instead. proto #1 blocks Han and the rest of my squad gets into range one of Han. Han bumped proto #1 and tried to shoot gemmer again to no avail. Tycho and Gemmer get Han down to 1 hull after a very lucky direct hit. Proto #1 finishes Han and Proto #3 gets a hit on the outrider.

final turn: tycho, gemmer, and Proto #1 get into range 1 of the outrider who bumped proto #3. Tycho and Gemmer get the outrider to 1 hull and Proto #1 finished it off.

I won 100-15

What I learned was that Gemmer with auto thrusters is the bane of any turreted ship trying to shoot at him. VI helped me a few times but PTL would have been a better choice. On the games that I lost, Gemmer was the last one to die. The extra Prototype Pilots were well worth not having Jake and Prockets.