Kyle, Poe & Horton

By skotothalamos, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Tried this list out at league tonight. Went 2-0, only losing one ship over the two games. Mostly looking to maximise TLT on high-PS ships and get the most out of Kyle+Moldy Crow. Thoughts?

Poe Dameron

+R5-P9

Horton Salm

+R2 Astromech

+Twin Laser Turret

Kyle Katarn

+Veteran Instincts (so they're all PS 8 for easier squad management)

+Twin Laser Turret

+Recon Specialist

+Moldy Crow

The idea is to slow-roll the first 3-4 turns and build up Kyle's focus bank. Poe should lag behind the two TLTs to cover them. Anyone rolling into the donut holes should expect a fully-modified Poe shot (TL as action, then borrow a focus token from Kyle). If Poe doesn't need to do that, pass a token over to Salm for two fully-modified TLT shots from him. Kyle is actually the least threatening ship in the squad, but he makes the others so much better, as a good HWK pilot should. If I had another 3 points, I'd put PTL on Poe, but the token poaching from Kyle is nearly as good (and sometimes better, as Poe can K-Turn, T-Roll, or bump, but still get his focus token for Poe shenanigans and regeneration).

I'll give it another run next time I have a chance (our league has changing build restrictions each week to make people change their lists. next week is only one upgrade per ship), but I thought I'd share and see if anyone had ideas for improvement.

Edited by skotothalamos

Looks solid to me.

Might be worth considering swapping Poe for Wedge with PTL and BB8 if you're looking for more firepower. It would give you an arc-dodging component to your list when you face off against joust-heavy lists.

That Poe, R5-P9, Kyle combo is pretty nasty though - not sure I'd give that up.

I have tried a similar list however Kyle just gets pumped and dies to quickly.