How good is the Jan and Dash build?

By Scoundrel, in X-Wing

i played a lot of han and jan back in the day. han throwing 4 d all over and five at r1. my setup was jan, rec spec, title, vi, EU and han with either EU, ptl, kyle, lando or threeps, pred, gunner, eu.

Now a saw that super dash has been played with this jan too. Does is work and how potent is the list?

I used to run Jan + Dash when Outrider first came out it was.

58 Dash.

Jan + VI + Rec Spec + Title + Blaster Turret + Stealth device. - PS10 Jan also soft counters Phantoms.

Runs at 97 points so you have room to change Stealth out and still have a good 98ish point Bid.

Makes for a semi tanky Hwk rolling 3 evades and having a stack of focus, and a 5 dice HLC is always nice, however the HWK is the weak link and dies under any kind of sustained fire (unless its 3v3 and you always come up with no blanks)

It's a lot of fun but a good player will either sit in the donut hole or tackle the Hwk hard.

I drifted away from this to 58 Dash with 2 A + Z or 55 Dash (Mangler instead of HLC) and 3 A's

Edited by KovuTalli

I think it's solid, but a list with Buzzsaw whisper AND Fel will give you nightmares.

I did extremely well with it dealing against Phantoms

Jan with veteran instincts Engine upgrade, and ion cannon shuts down any Phantom

However against other lists, it's hit and miss. Depending on many variables

But it's not something I'd be overly concerned about vs other builds

I used to run Jan + Dash when Outrider first came out it was.

58 Dash.

Jan + VI + Rec Spec + Title + Blaster Turret + Stealth device. - PS10 Jan also soft counters Phantoms.

Runs at 97 points so you have room to change Stealth out and still have a good 98ish point Bid.

Makes for a semi tanky Hwk rolling 3 evades and having a stack of focus, and a 5 dice HLC is always nice, however the HWK is the weak link and dies under any kind of sustained fire (unless its 3v3 and you always come up with no blanks)

It's a lot of fun but a good player will either sit in the donut hole or tackle the Hwk hard.

I drifted away from this to 58 Dash with 2 A + Z or 55 Dash (Mangler instead of HLC) and 3 A's

Edited by Comradebot

My concern would be that the hawk dies really fast to concentrated fire. Having fought that list a few times, take out the hawk without sustaining horrible losses, which isn't hard if the hawk isn't extremely careful, and dash alone can't solo everyone.

I've had a good bit of success running Jan w/ ICT, Chewy, VI, EU. Having chewy negates either that feared munitions failure or a direct hit, keeping Jan relevant for a much longer period of time. MC title would be a good addition to her though if you could afford those 3 points.

I've used the following Jan in a Han + Jan list to good success:

Jan + VI + Autoblaster + Chewbacca + Engine + Title

Good for hunting high agility targets. Decent survivability with Title + Chewie.

If the Twin Laser Turret works as suspected (from Spanish leak), I think it will be a good fit on Jan. It'll let her stay at range 3 and contribute to damage.

It's very good. Jan needs Engine to keep up with Dash and Chewbacca crew to not die in one turn. VI is good, though with the Phantom nerf Determination might be just as good, combos well with Chewie crew. If they go after Jan, then they're not attacking Dash which means more turns for Dash to hammer them and reduce their ship count, making it easier and easier for him to dodge arcs. If they go after Dash, then he's shooting 5 dice at range 3 until they kill him and will also have Jan pecking away at their flanks.

Like any Dash build, the key to victory is to fly AWAY from the opponent, not towards them. Also keep in mind that Jan's main purpose is to make Dash better, and it's okay if she's not in the fight as long as Dash is kicking ass.

The difference between Jan and Corran is that Corran is there to counter the things that counter Dash (PS8+ ships that can boost into the donut hole) while Jan just makes Dash even better at beating the things he's already good against, which are pretty much anything that has a lower pilot skill than him.

Edited by Tvboy