Different take on 4 Y's

By thestggrwng, in X-Wing Squad Lists

2 Golds with BTL-A4, Ion turret and R2 Astromechs

1 Gold with BTL-A4, TLT, Bomb loadout, and Ion Bomb

1 Gold with BTL-A4, TLT, R3-A2 stress droid.

It's more firepower than thug life and I should be able to outgun it. The range three double stress is anti soontir and Whisper and it has enough firepower to drop pancakes and corran quick. The ion's get rid of the donut hole problem and give me an element of control. The ion bomb is to win the K turn battle if they are going to K turn behind me right when I do it.

The only thing that worries me is the obsidian swarm, but again, I have more firepower coming out than Thug life so if all Y's survive the first barrage of fire, I (in theory) should be able to drop 2 and I think it is winnable.

The other idea I had was drop the Astromechs and the bomb to upgrade both TLT's to Grey squadrons. This would help against Predator and Obsidian Swarm but it feels very meta dependent and The bomb and Astro's give me more versatility.

I like it. I thought about something similar, yet totally different, with 3 TLTs and 1 ICT but no BTL-A4. I really like BTL-A4, though, and your list looks really fun to fly. Would you fly them in close formation? I think you might have a hard time getting things in arc, but maybe not.

When you mention "Thug Life" are you referring to 4 x Thugs with BTL-A4+Ion+Agromech (or Unhinged) or something else?

I dig your list. I love BTL-A4 as well. The stressbot Y shod be able to help against a lot of the stuff that 4 Ys would conventionally find troublesome.

When you mention "Thug Life" are you referring to 4 x Thugs with BTL-A4+Ion+Agromech (or Unhinged) or something else?

Yeah, 4 syndicate thugs with TLT and Unhinged astros = Thug life

I like it. I thought about something similar, yet totally different, with 3 TLTs and 1 ICT but no BTL-A4. I really like BTL-A4, though, and your list looks really fun to fly. Would you fly them in close formation? I think you might have a hard time getting things in arc, but maybe not.

with 4 ships moving in a square ions in front and TLT's behind, You can keep a lot in arc. I fly this list very aggressively and yes arc dodgers played well will give you a lot of trouble. There is enough hate for them though that I think it will keep them defensive and I can work them into a block or mistake.

When you mention "Thug Life" are you referring to 4 x Thugs with BTL-A4+Ion+Agromech (or Unhinged) or something else?

Yeah, 4 syndicate thugs with TLT and Unhinged astros = Thug life

Someone really needs to come up with a new name for the quad TLT list. It seems like any list that is all Syndicate Thugs ends up getting called that.

so TLT spam thugs should be called "Tender Loving Thugs"?

so TLT spam thugs should be called "Tender Loving Thugs"?

They'll give you the Thug Hug.