Kath and Two BTL-A4 Y-Wings

By CBowser, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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I'm a very new player. I am going to be playing in my first tournament at the end of July. It is a small store tournament with a pretty open meta (from what I am told). I've found myself really leaning toward the Scum and Villainy faction. I want to get settled on a list so I can get a little practice with it before the tournament. Here is what I've got...

Kath Scarlet with HLC, K4 Security Droid, and Expert Handling
2x Syndicate Thug with Ion Cannon Turret, R4 Agromech, and BTL-A4
My general strategy is to send the Ys in to joust, and keep Kath behind them. The Ys should soak up and deal out some damage, while hopefully controlling a ship or two. This will allow Kath to keep firing with 4 dice from either arc.
My biggest question is the upgrades on Kath. Am I crazy for not taking Engine Upgrade? How else would you spend the 12 points to upgrade Kath?

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I don't bother with cannons on Kath, generally speaking. They are only usuable out the front arc and that means they are just an alternative to her ability. I also think personally that Predator is much better on her than EH, because t leaves you free to focus or evade most of the time. I would run Kath with EU, Pred, and a 1 point initiative bid, to try and cpunter Dash etc.

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I have run Boba Fett with calculation, recon spec, mangler cannon

Kavil with VI,agromech, and blaster turret and Thug outfitted with autoblaster turret and an unhinged astromech.

It's a nice tanky list and folks have to decide what to handle first.

I've won about as much as I've lost but that's mostly on my being new to the game.

My new version. Is Boba with engine, and Vi, Kavil with the unhinged autoblaster turret combo and 2x Binayre Pirates.

I like Kath fine, I think she works really well but Boba has always been my favorite and getting him stuck in to collect rerolls can be really effective.

Edited by Angerland
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4 Bwings will eat you up if you joust with them, don't fly straight at them

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Nothing wrong with a cannon on Kath. Especially if the points couldn't be better spent elsewhere (arguably the case here).

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4 Bwings will eat you up if you joust with them, don't fly straight at them

Wait, do Warthogs really lose to B-wings? I imagine the Y's can Ionize the B's either off the board or to smithereens.

Also, I don't think Kath is bad with cannons, all Firesprays work pretty well with Rec Spec and HLC. With Kath it ensures 4 dice attacks at all times.

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4 Bwings will eat you up if you joust with them, don't fly straight at them

Wait, do Warthogs really lose to B-wings? I imagine the Y's can Ionize the B's either off the board or to smithereens.

Also, I don't think Kath is bad with cannons, all Firesprays work pretty well with Rec Spec and HLC. With Kath it ensures 4 dice attacks at all times.

B's greater mobility means that they can almost always stress you. And are quite adept at arc-dodging, to boot.