I'm playing a tournament this weekend and want to run a Imperial build cause I don't fly empire to often. These are the expansions I own: Core w/ 1 extra Tie, 2x phantom, defender, advanced, Lambda shuttle.

How many Gunners do you have?

What's a gunner? I've only been playing 3 months so I don't know all the X-wing lingo.

What's a gunner? I've only been playing 3 months so I don't know all the X-wing lingo.

That answers that.

It's an upgrade, specifically a Crew, so it can fit on your Shuttle or Phantoms

If your first attack misses (as in all of the damage you rolled was taken care of by dice or tokens), you may immediately make a second attack with your primary attack.

5 points.

Any friends to borrow cards from? You can run shuttle with vader and pass out target locks, paired with a phantom

I'm generally leery of giving squad advice to new players. I feel a big part of learning the game is the trial and error of squad building. If someone just gives you a good squad, you're not learning what works or not really.

This is the squad I built.

Colonel Jendon: Weapons engineer, Fire Control System, & ST-321

Echo: Outmaneuver, Advanced Sensors, & Advanced Cloaking Device

2x Obsidian Squadron

I'll flank with Echo and have the Ties stay close to the shuttle so they can benefit from Jendon's ability

Echo won't live one turn.

Why? Cause its 6 ps only. She won't even have a chance to recloak after shooting, cause everyone gonna blast her out of the sky.

Correct phantom build is

Whisper

some crew

fire control system or advanced sensors

Advanced Cloaking Device

Veteran Instincts

That way Your phantom, has 9 pilot skill, moves as one of the last ships, decloak, shot as first and cloak again, before being shot while decloaked.

From what you have i see nice build:

Lambda in configuration You posted - title.

Colonel Vessery with heavy laser cannon and predator

2x Academy Pilot

That way you got lambda as TL painting device for academics and vessery shreds people with his HLC.