Poe Wedge and.....?

By brystrom1, in X-Wing

What would you fill the last 24 points with? Blue Squad B seems nice with FCS or naked for initiative bid at 98 points. I love Zs so 2 Bandits is always an option. A single Goldie Y with TLT but then running just one TLT seems pointless. Any other ideas?

Wedge 38

PTL

BB-8

EU

Poe 38

LW

R5-P9

AT

???

Edited by brystrom

You might have better luck in the subforum set up for lists an' stuff.

I'd drop some of those upgrades and add Jan Ors (HWK) with Twin Laser Turret or Ion Cannon Turret.

I'm a big believer in that who moves last usually wins so I'd go blue with initiative bid.

A Dagger Squadron B-Wing could be a good choice so that all of your ships shoot before Gold or Thug TLT Y-Wings.

Against quad TLT's Wedge gets one shot before he's dead though.

I ran a similar list last night, but with DTF on Poe and Biggs as the third ship. Seemed decent, but hard to say for sure since anything can win when your opponent's dice revolt en-mass (Bigg took no damage. Poe lost two shields in the final engagement after Biggs ended up disengaging, but otherwise His Bro-bots failed to hurt anything or dodge anything).

A Dagger Squadron B-Wing could be a good choice so that all of your ships shoot before Gold or Thug TLT Y-Wings.

Against quad TLT's Wedge gets one shot before he's dead though.

Edited by Squark

What would you fill the last 24 points with? Blue Squad B seems nice with FCS or naked for initiative bid at 98 points. I love Zs so 2 Bandits is always an option. A single Goldie Y with TLT but then running just one TLT seems pointless. Any other ideas?

Wedge 38

PTL

BB-8

EU

Poe 38

LW

R5-P9

AT

???

+ Gold with R2 unit, Autoblaster Turret and BTL.

With those two X-Wing aces there's a good possibility to slip in and surprise somebody... and if they instead turn their guns on the Gold your X-Wing aces are absolutely lethal.

But then - I love Y-Wings and I haven't exactly won a whole lot.

Here's my own Wedge/Poe list. Remember that some of the choices i've made are because i don't have some cards and needed to get the next best thing.

Wedge Antilles; Outmaneuver, R7-T1

Poe Dameron; BB-8, Push the Limit, Autothrusters

Jake Farrell; Push the Limit, Chaardan Refit, Autothrusters

Heres the philosophy behind this. Wedge grabs R7-T1 instead of EU because of the duality of the action. If he's in range 1-2 in arc, he's in danger, he gets a target lock and a boost still. That way when he gets behind someone to get a shot at them he can focus, he'll be target locked, and their agility will be down by 2. Even better if it's at range 1. Initially i took EU but i found that i was boosting so often because i was allowed to, and not focusing or TLing, and when i rolled all blanks it was a completely wasted shot. With R7-T1 i'll still get a boost and a TL which will come in handy later.

Poe is going to benefit from the legendary BB-8 BR-boost-maneuver-action combo, for the same 38 points while still remaining defensively covered from his focus and AT. That goes without saying.

Jake is... invinsible. I'll just say that now. He gets a similar combo; focus-BR/boost-PTL for a second action and your dial is so green you clear the PTL stress almost immediately and can perform the combo next round. So he's going to always have a focus and an evade in addition to 3 green dice and AT. Sure, he's only got 2 red dice, but so does a Z-95. You can use Jake's lower PS to your advantage and bait the enemy out for the easy A-Wing kill, using Jakes predictability against higher PS opponents and turn that into THEIR predictability. Then sweep up behind them with Poe and Wedge and kill them.

use a green squadron pilot with PTL, AT, and Juke (when it's released)

or, a rookie with r3-a2 and integrated astromech

Edited by quasistellar