HWK TLT

Rookiee X with R2

Blue B

Procket A

Bandit Z

100 points

B-Wing for barrel roll. It's a pretty easy choice.

In most matchups the inability to correct maneuvers is just too handicapping.

Against Low PS obviously you arc dodge then. Against higher PS i find boost more hepful, but if you can guess their maneuver right, any form repositioning is worth more than a few shields!

HWK with TLT.

I actually love that someone says that. So great that the lowly HWK finally got something.

HWK with TLT.

I actually love that someone says that. So great that the lowly HWK finally got something.

so bad that actually for 2 points more you can get Ywing, and Ywing is much better ship.

x-wing. Aesthetics are everything.

no terrible XXX puns?

Not unless you make them, oh punishing one.

x-wing. Aesthetics are everything.

Amen, Brother Ravncat.

HWK with TLT.

I actually love that someone says that. So great that the lowly HWK finally got something.

so bad that actually for 2 points more you can get Ywing, and Ywing is much better ship.

Can't put Tactician on a Y.

HWK with TLT.

I actually love that someone says that. So great that the lowly HWK finally got something.

so bad that actually for 2 points more you can get Ywing, and Ywing is much better ship.

Can't put Tactician on a Y.

But the dial of HWK is unacceptable.

Naked Blue, because I'm not paying a £12 premium to get just one Integrated Astromech card.

You could also take Airen Cracken with Swarm Tactics to help out the rest of the squad.

You could also take Airen Cracken with Swarm Tactics to help out the rest of the squad.

And Blunt with ION rockets + Deadeye to make sure you are going to hit with the swarm - auto 2 ION tokens + 1 damage are sweet!

HWK with TLT.

I actually love that someone says that. So great that the lowly HWK finally got something.

so bad that actually for 2 points more you can get Ywing, and Ywing is much better ship.

Can't put Tactician on a Y.

But the dial of HWK is unacceptable.

I disagree. The HWKs dial is pretty much usable because it has white 2 turns and the ability to change direction on a green manouver. I would argue that because of the last part, the Y-WIng dial without Unhinged/R2 is worse. The Y-Wings dial is better for TLTs, though, because it can go faster with less effort, I would agree there.

At 22 points I suspect my new go to will be the R2/IA Rookie, but that is pure speculation for now and requires some testing. In the 24-25 point range the B-Wing with its panic loadout and FCS/Advanced Sensors abilitys will remain my favourite.

For a spam list the mixed BBXXZ seems like my thing. It also is what I could run easily. I have two B-WIngs, I want to buy two T-70 expansions, I have 4 X-Wings and I guess I might as well pick up that rebel Z-95 sonner rather than later. Wave 7 is my favourite wave so far, but wave 8 is going to come close with viable X-Wings and illicit cloaking devices.

Naked Blue, because I'm not paying a £12 premium to get just one Integrated Astromech card.

This is a very valid point. Only one copy of this Integrated Astromech card in the T-70 expansion pack.

Seriously FFG, if this is the X-Wing "fix" we've all been waiting for, then not putting two in is just ridiculous.

BUT does that imply that this isn't the fix and that there is still a fix coming?

For just 2 points you are getting more from Y-wing. Speed 3 banks, K-turn, 1 hull more and 3 shields more as well as the possibility to get a mech.

HWK is better if the list is missing those 2 extra points for Y-wing.

For just 2 points you are getting more from Y-wing. Speed 3 banks, K-turn, 1 hull more and 3 shields more as well as the possibility to get a mech.

HWK is better if the list is missing those 2 extra points for Y-wing.

And if you have a use for its supporting abilities. Or scummy evilness. The banks and higher tankiness are highly valid arguments and I agree that the go to ship for TLT spam is the Y-Wing, but that doesn't mean the HWK is unplayable. K-Turns only matter in unlikely edge cases when you have a range 3 turret. I will never stop saying that the HWKs bad dial is no where near as bad of a drawback as people make it out to be.

For 22 points, the Y-Wing can't bring the TLT. That is not to say they are not worth the points at 24-25, because they are. But if you are trying to get a 5 ship build, there are so many nice ships in that 22 pt sweet spot so that 4 of them leaves room for the 12 pt filler/blocker.

All these ships are 22 pts:

Rebels,

Blue

Rookie, IA, R2

HWK, TLT

Green, PTL, Auto, Chardaan

Tala, Assault Missiles, Shield upgrade (or upgraded Blount or Cracken or init bid)

Gold, Autoblaster, R7

Imperials

Bomber, Clusters, EM

Tempest, Title, ATC

Avenger, AT or Royal

Mauler, PTL, Trgt Comp. or Howl, Determination, Hull (or upgraded BSP and init bid)

Cutless, Tracers

Omega, PTL, Weap Guide.

Lambda, Int Agent

Scum

HWK, TLT

Cartel, Cloak

Tansarii, Juke, Hull (or Mangler Cartel and bid)

N'Dru, LW, Hot Shot, or Black Sun, Clusters, Hot Shot, Mun Failsafe and 1 pt bid

Thug, Autoblaster, Salv Astro

I just threw that together, so there are probably even better combos in the same pt range but the point is, mix and match to taste then throw in a Z or Academy for your 5 ship 100 pt list. You can even get in a some PS 4-6 ships pretty easy to counter other PS1-2 lists, or go Predator proof. I am loving the potential list diversity here at this price range.

HWK with TLT.

I actually love that someone says that. So great that the lowly HWK finally got something.

so bad that actually for 2 points more you can get Ywing, and Ywing is much better ship.

Uh yes just that you can get Recon Spec on the HWK which does help a lot with the TLT