Epic raider build

By barriecritzer, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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Raider-class Corvette (Fore) — Raider-class Corvette (Fore) 50
Single Turbolasers 8
Engineering Team 4
Backup Shield Generator 3
Ship Total: 65

Raider-class Corvette (Aft) — Raider-class Corvette (Aft) 50
Shield Technician 1
Grand Moff Tarkin 6
Ion Cannon Battery 6
Ion Cannon Battery 6
Gunnery Team 4
Tibanna Gas Supplies 4
Instigator 4
Ship Total: 81

Colonel Jendon — Lambda-Class Shuttle 26
Emperor Palpatine 8
ST-321 3
Ship Total: 37

Captain Jonus — TIE Bomber 22
Ship Total: 22

Academy Pilot — TIE Fighter 12
Ship Total: 12

Academy Pilot — TIE Fighter 12
Ship Total: 12

Academy Pilot — TIE Fighter 12
Ship Total: 12

Academy Pilot — TIE Fighter 12
Ship Total: 12

Academy Pilot — TIE Fighter 12
Ship Total: 12

Soontir Fel — TIE Interceptor 27
Push the Limit 3
Stealth Device 3
Autothrusters 2
Royal Guard TIE 0
Ship Total: 35

Thought is that Jendon and Jonus would stay in range 1 of the raider to give it a free target lock every round and to give it re-rolls on its secondaries while soontir and the ties kept anything from getting to close to the Raider

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You gotta fit some Vader/Juno combo in there, if anything just for theme.

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First off, drop the Gunnery team. You're already hogging the energy and you'd better use it for shields or firing the main weapon again rather than spending it to turn over a blank. Besides, you've got Jonus for the rerolls. And the Emperor to fix that for you.

You plan to use Coordinate on whom? As in, why Jendon?

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First off, drop the Gunnery team. You're already hogging the energy and you'd better use it for shields or firing the main weapon again rather than spending it to turn over a blank. Besides, you've got Jonus for the rerolls. And the Emperor to fix that for you.

You plan to use Coordinate on whom? As in, why Jendon?

You are right I had not thought about it like that, dropping gunnery team and jendon down to omicron without title will free up a bit of points

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Dropping gunnery team and jendon down to omicron and losing the title card freed up 12 points which allowed me to add another academy tie.

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I'd find another six points for howlrunner- it's criminal to have so many TIEs on the table without her.

I would probably lose one of the ion cannons to free up the points- I doubt you'll have enough energy to fire all three secondaries past the first round. Having jonus around to help does make it a fearsome first turn attack. However, it looks like jonus is pretty much a 22 point upgrade for the raider in this list. Is he really pulling his weight?

I suppose you could double down on the jonus bonus by exchanging APs for ordnance carriers, but that is also problematic. I once flew jonus in a semi-casual epic game with a couple of HLC defenders and the raider and it seemed to do pretty well - not to say that list is optimal...