Hi

We will be having a wave 1 + 2 only store championship, and I was thinking of taking the following squad:

Bounty Hunter - 31 pts

Soontir Fel (stealth, PtL) - 33 pts

Backstabber (stealth) - 19 pts

Night Beast - 15 pts

What do you think? I am expecting a heavy Han Shoots First meta, and some Chewie as well. Would you change anything?

I want to avoid a 7 or 8 tie fighter squad, and ordnance.

I'd reconsider the TIE Fighters. They'll be fairly easy points for your opponent to take.
Also, give Fel the Title and some Autothrusters already.

I'd reconsider the TIE Fighters. They'll be fairly easy points for your opponent to take.

Also, give Fel the Title and some Autothrusters already.

Hi Dracon, thanks for the tip. But since it is wave 1 and 2 only, no title and no autothrusters allowed. What would you swap the ties for?

I'd reconsider the TIE Fighters. They'll be fairly easy points for your opponent to take.

Also, give Fel the Title and some Autothrusters already.

Hi Dracon, thanks for the tip. But since it is wave 1 and 2 only, no title and no autothrusters allowed. What would you swap the ties for?

Missed the wave restriction, My b. However, the Bounty Hunter is 33 points, not 31, so you're over budget anyway.

Anywho, an Imperial List with only Wave 1&2 cards. That's when I started playing the game, so prepare the feels.

Imperial Threat No. 1: Howlrunner Swarm.

Using Wave 2 upgrades to keep Howlie alive a bit longer, this thing was the most terrifying force on the battlefield until mitigation crept higher, and the time limit locked in.

However, with those factors being locked away due to the wave restriction, this is still the top of the heap, and has no trouble taking out a pure-damage Solo build.

Imperial Threat No. 2: Triple Bounty

The Bounty Hunter was the most difficult ship to kill in Wave 1-2, and you can field 3 of them in a fleet, so you can keep up with HSF for damage output.

Very tanky, and operates surprisingly similarly to the Swarm.

Imperial Threat No. 3: Trellix or Phennir with Mini-Swarm

Krassis Trellix with an HLC is very very nice during this time, for obvious reasons

Turr Phennir with PtL is possibly nicer, due to his incredible arc-dodging, but suffers against Solo due to fragility. Still, typically out-performs Baron Fel until the PS wars of Wave 4+.

Run either with as many TIE Fighters as you can, so you can take out the bad-match-ups of either pilot. Do NOT run the two ships together, as you are left with too few points for countering.

Let it be said, though, that the TIE Fighter was the most cost effective ship for 3 waves, and that you can spam it to your heart's content and table your opponents.

Against a Pre-3P0 Falcon? TIE Swarm is practically an auto-win.

Rebels flew the following:

Han Shot First

Double-Falcon

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Also, Expert Handling was a god-send.

Wow, that is really good. Thanks a lot! :-)