Been playing around with Rexlar Brath. Tell me what you think.

Brath: HLC, VI

Whisper: VI, FCS, ACD

Dark Curse.

Would this be a fun list or just a fast death?

Rex is my all time favourite pilot and I've had a lot of experience flying him - I've found that he absolutely NEEDS dice modification to justify his high price, so I almost automatically put Predator on him. Having a reroll that's not result-specific (like Lone Wolf) and always in play without using up his action (like a Target Lock) is worth its weight in gold.

His ability is incredible...when it comes up. I've found it best to just treat him as a PS8 Defender with a rare, 'when the planets align' added bonus - more often than not you'll want to be taking focus actions for the added dice modification (a Target Lock doesn't mesh well with Predator) rather than saving them for the ability, unless you roll up four hits without using it or the target has sufficiently low evade dice that you can guarantee at least 1-2 hits are going through.

Whisper looks standard so will almost certainly perform well, though I personally prefer Backstabber to Dark Curse - he's the same cost (16pts) but the activation of his ability is far more under your control. With Curse, on those occasions where your opponent has rolled well enough to not need to modify their dice, or don't have any modifications available anyway, he's no better than a standard TIE.

Yeah I agree on using Pred on Rex but the problem comes on what to lose then as it is 3 pts and the list is already at 100. I guess I could switch HLC for Mangler and add Pred. I also like Backstabber but I have found people ignore Dark Curse as he is so annoying to kill.

I may try this as well. Like I said I am just playing around with some lists to see if they are fun to fly.

Yeah I agree on using Pred on Rex but the problem comes on what to lose then as it is 3 pts and the list is already at 100. I guess I could switch HLC for Mangler and add Pred. I also like Backstabber but I have found people ignore Dark Curse as he is so annoying to kill.

I may try this as well. Like I said I am just playing around with some lists to see if they are fun to fly.

I think the choice of Dark Curse vs Backstabber is list dependent. If you have a list where you have lots of hard to kill targets, then Dark Curse is a good choice because he's the cheapest hard-to-kill ship in the game, so he fits well leaving your opponent with no good choice of targets. In your list though, everyone is going to go after Brath first since he is a big threat and relatively the easiest to kill. They might go after Whisper instead if you are over-aggressive with her or they are able to get a block on her. Regardless, no one is going to worry about the lowly TIE. this is the perfect situation for Backstabber, because he can get behind the enemy easier when he's being ignored and get his extra attack die more often. Alternatively, even if your opponent does decide to shoot at him first, then he's gotta turn his back on Whisper and Brath (big mistake!).

I agree predator is really nice on Brath. To get it, you'd probably have to drop FCS on whisper which is NOT ideal...

Alternatively, you could try running Vessery in there. With Whisper's FCS, you always got a TL for his ability to trigger off of:

Whisper w/ VI, FCS & ACD

Vess w/ HLC & your choice of stealth device or hull upgrade

Backstabber

Yeah I agree on using Pred on Rex but the problem comes on what to lose then as it is 3 pts and the list is already at 100. I guess I could switch HLC for Mangler and add Pred. I also like Backstabber but I have found people ignore Dark Curse as he is so annoying to kill.

I may try this as well. Like I said I am just playing around with some lists to see if they are fun to fly.

I think the choice of Dark Curse vs Backstabber is list dependent. If you have a list where you have lots of hard to kill targets, then Dark Curse is a good choice because he's the cheapest hard-to-kill ship in the game, so he fits well leaving your opponent with no good choice of targets. In your list though, everyone is going to go after Brath first since he is a big threat and relatively the easiest to kill. They might go after Whisper instead if you are over-aggressive with her or they are able to get a block on her. Regardless, no one is going to worry about the lowly TIE. this is the perfect situation for Backstabber, because he can get behind the enemy easier when he's being ignored and get his extra attack die more often. Alternatively, even if your opponent does decide to shoot at him first, then he's gotta turn his back on Whisper and Brath (big mistake!).

I agree predator is really nice on Brath. To get it, you'd probably have to drop FCS on whisper which is NOT ideal...

Alternatively, you could try running Vessery in there. With Whisper's FCS, you always got a TL for his ability to trigger off of:

Whisper w/ VI, FCS & ACD

Vess w/ HLC & your choice of stealth device or hull upgrade

Backstabber

Yeah that does sound fun I may give it a try as well.

Thanks for the input.

Yeah I agree on using Pred on Rex but the problem comes on what to lose then as it is 3 pts and the list is already at 100. I guess I could switch HLC for Mangler and add Pred. I also like Backstabber but I have found people ignore Dark Curse as he is so annoying to kill.

I may try this as well. Like I said I am just playing around with some lists to see if they are fun to fly.

Where to cut points is a valid concern (FCS from Whisper would be my vote), but I'd advise against the Mangler - for a ship that already has 3 attack dice, you pay too many points for an effect that just isn't that helpful, especially for Brath who can cause his own form of critical hits anyway. Stick with the HLC.