Figuring Out Poe

By generalchaos34, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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So I have been playing with Poe a few times and he seems like a very interesting ship, but I think I have been playing him too much like a jouster so he was been getting shot down a lot lately. Im trying to figure out good synergy with other ships and I think I may have something, but I was wondering what you guys thought!

Poe

-R5-P9

-Predator

-Autothrusters

Kyle Katarn

-Recon Specialist

-Twin Linked Laser Turret

-Predator

Jake Farrell

-Chardaan Refit

-A-Wing Test Pilot

-Autothrusters

-Push the Limit

-Veteran Instincts

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What about PTL and BB-8 on Po? Free barrel roll from the droid and an extra action from ptl. Reveal green maneuver, Barrel Roll, Boost, get stress, green move, shed stress, take action. Plenty of action economy.

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Your Poe list is interesting. The BB-8 idea from Stoneface is a good suggestion for your list, however I also prefer the R5-P9. It synergizes so well with Poe's ability, it's hard to not have it. I feel that to get the most mileage out of it, however, that you need to exploit the shield regen with the rest of your list. For example, I made my Poe Biggs list a little while ago and it was really fun to fly.

It started out like (fun to fly/did well):

Biggs Darklighter [R2-D2] (29)

Wedge Antilles [bB-8, Push the Limit] (34)

Poe Dameron [R5-P9, Draw Their Fire, Autothrusters] (37)

It ended up like (not tested):

Biggs Darklighter [R4-D6] (26)

Miranda Doni [Twin Laser Turret] (35)

Poe Dameron [R5-P9, Push the Limit, Autothrusters] (39)

Both of these lists exploit the regen by making your opponent focus fire Biggs to start and then you can drop him back and take hits with your other ships that can regen.

If you are intent on keeping the ships you listed, I would recommend Weapon's Guidance on Poe. To fit it you should probably drop predator on Kyle. This lets you spend your focus if you absolutely need to so that you can flip a blank to a hit. It also lets you shift a focus from Kyle to Poe to regen a shield when you need to use weapons guidance. That way Kyle has good interaction with both pilots.

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I have been experimenting with Poe also and these are the 2 lists I have played. I found Kyle's ability worked well and the TLT gave him some teeth. Also the bank of focus tokens helped him alot with TLT and still helped Poe have a focus regardless of his action. The HWK is a bit squishy for the points so I tried it with the K Wing and it worked OK but the K Wing wasn't as big a threat offensively because Poe would burn 1 token leaving 1 for the TLT and Poe wasn't as flexible because he still had to take a focus action to use his ability or regenerate.
After playing the 2 I would probably lean towards the HWK build over the K Wing. I also have a build I haven't played with 2 A Wings over the 2 Zs but the HWK/K Wing is replaced with TLT Stress Hog so it loses some action flexibility. I may play the PTL/BB-8 build of Poe in that list for action economy.
Poe Dameron (31)
Predator (3)
R5-P9 (3)
Autothrusters (2)
Esege Tuketu (28)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
Recon Specialist (3)
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)
Total: 100
Poe Dameron (31)
Predator (3)
R5-P9 (3)
Autothrusters (2)
Kyle Katarn (21)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
Recon Specialist (3)
Hull Upgrade (3)
Moldy Crow (3)
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)
Total: 100
Unplayed build:

Poe Dameron (31)
Push the Limit (3)
BB-8 (2)
Autothrusters (2)
Gold Squadron Pilot (18)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
R3-A2 (2)
BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0)
Prototype Pilot (17)
Chardaan Refit (-2)
Autothrusters (2)
Prototype Pilot (17)
Chardaan Refit (-2)
Autothrusters (2)
Total: 98
Edited by Wretch