Tank Chewie and the B's

By iblamedice, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I will be taking this list to the store Tourney this weekend, it's as solid a build as any I think.

Chewie - 42

PTL - 3

Falcon Title - 1

C3-P0 - 3

Recon Spec. - 3

*52 Points

Blue Squad B-Wing - 22

B-Wing E/2 Mod - 1

Jan Ors - 2

*25Points

Blue Squad B-Wing - 22

*22 Points

I think it is so cool how I can make Chewie near untouchable having him proc PTL using focus evade, then Jan Ors changes one of the two focus' to a second evade leaving him with 2 evades and a focus, plus having C3-P0 as a "guess 0" evade.

It is actually possible for chewie to to get 4 evades in a turn (if need be) you get the 2 evades and a focus guess 0, then if you roll a focus change to 4th evade..... Mind Blown

Only thing to remember is that you want to take the last hit on a ship with gunner even if its a crit Chewie doesn't give a crap about crits.

The 2 B-Wings are great jousting ships and have great base stats, obviously play a little conservative with the B-Wing that is carrying Jan Ors and recklace with the naked one.

What do yall think? Can you let me in on any hard counters I might be expected to run into?

Edited by iblamedice

It doesn't look bad, but I dislike restraining the Falcon with its unreasonably good dial to its poor greens. If you play this recognize situations where you don't PTL. Quad TLTs are an issue, but not quite as bad as for other Falcons, since you really stack evades. Being restrained to your greens makes it a lot harder to outmanouver them, though.

Just using a focus to get a focus evade and using 3P0 is just as good in most situations, PTL for double evade is for first round or two when he's getting focused, but once the B-Wings put in a range one attack with focus on someone they are quick to try and salvage the situation by switching to a B-Wing

I've noticed the same concept works much better with fat han and a moldy crow.

Edited by Hondo Ohnaka

I've noticed the same concept works much better with fat han and a moldy crow.

I am not sure what build you would use if you are switching out Chewie for Han and then the B-WIng for a HWK (with Kyle Katarn I'm assuming), on both ships you are using more points only to get less survivability and you throw a lot less dice from the HWK. Am I missing something? Please elaborate.

Edited by iblamedice

That's one tanky Chewie!

I think it looks solid on paper, but watch out for any stress or blocking.

Since you're sitting at 99 pts, I'd suggest dropping the RecSpec for 2 x FCS on the B-wings. You still get the same number of evades on Chewie, so you're just trading a Focus (and only if Chewie is getting shot at) for 2 x FCS. More importantly, it spreads the threat out a bit and really punishes your opponents for going after Chewie first.

And if they go after the B's first.... well you're probably going to crush with that end-game Chewie.

Hope that helps,

Edit: That also lets you move Jan Ors to Chewie which is ideal since he can use it on himself anyway. With the extra point, you can either go for the weak PS2 init bid or just grab a value Tactical Jammer to turn Chewie into a real pain in the arse.

Edited by zerotc

Want tanky Chewie? Try this on:

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Can’t Chew This

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100 points

Chewbacca (54)

YT-1300 (42), Push the Limit (3), Lando Calrissian (3), Jan Ors (2), Millennium Falcon (1), Experimental Interface (3)

Green Squadron Pilot (23) x 2

A-Wing (19), A-Wing Test Pilot (0), Chardaan Refit (-2), Wingman (2), Autothrusters (2), Elusiveness (2)

Potentially 4 Evades a round for Chewbacca. You Evade, PTL to Focus (Jan turns to Evade), then EI to Lando (which could result in up to 2 Evades). The Greens then pull the stress off for him.

Want tanky Chewie? Try this on:

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Can’t Chew This

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100 points

Chewbacca (54)

YT-1300 (42), Push the Limit (3), Lando Calrissian (3), Jan Ors (2), Millennium Falcon (1), Experimental Interface (3)

Green Squadron Pilot (23) x 2

A-Wing (19), A-Wing Test Pilot (0), Chardaan Refit (-2), Wingman (2), Autothrusters (2), Elusiveness (2)

Potentially 4 Evades a round for Chewbacca. You Evade, PTL to Focus (Jan turns to Evade), then EI to Lando (which could result in up to 2 Evades). The Greens then pull the stress off for him.

I did not think that Jan could affect the ship she was a crew member on, I just read up a bit on it though and found out she does, thanks.

That's one tanky Chewie!

I think it looks solid on paper, but watch out for any stress or blocking.

Since you're sitting at 99 pts, I'd suggest dropping the RecSpec for 2 x FCS on the B-wings. You still get the same number of evades on Chewie, so you're just trading a Focus (and only if Chewie is getting shot at) for 2 x FCS. More importantly, it spreads the threat out a bit and really punishes your opponents for going after Chewie first.

And if they go after the B's first.... well you're probably going to crush with that end-game Chewie.

Hope that helps,

Edit: That also lets you move Jan Ors to Chewie which is ideal since he can use it on himself anyway. With the extra point, you can either go for the weak PS2 init bid or just grab a value Tactical Jammer to turn Chewie into a real pain in the arse.

I'm gonna try to run it both ways and see if blocking will be too much of an issue to chewie, I was hoping that I could use the B's to block out potential blockers using low ps.

Can't do an action with EI if you're stressed from PtL. For 4 evades, you have to Lando for 2, PtL evade, get a focus from kyle,Jan it to evade. Then, get another focus from Garven, guess 0, roll a focus, 3PO an evade and use the focus to change the eye to an evade for six evades?!

You can (I think), EI and PTL both interrupt the action chain. You do however end up with two stress markers, which makes this combo only usefull on Tycho.

Can't do an action, free or otherwise if you're stressed unless your name is Tycho Celchu.

Thanks for all the feed back guys! After reading the pros and cons I think I am going to take out ptl and just have chewie rely on recon spec to get an evade and focus plus 3P0 so chewie isn't stressed and allowing me the points to give chewie tactical jammer to help shield the B Wing with Jan Ors and both B-Wings get Fire Control. So the list is gonna look like this...

Chewie - 42

C3-P0 - 3

Recon Spec - 3

Tactical Jammer - 1

*49

Blue Squadron - 22

B-Wing/E2 - 1

Jan Ors - 2

Fire Control System - 2

*27

Blue Squadron - 22

Fire Control System - 2

*24

You can (I think), EI and PTL both interrupt the action chain. You do however end up with two stress markers, which makes this combo only usefull on Tycho.

Correct. The triggering of the next action from EI (or PTL) occurs before stress is applied, due to nested actions.

You do end up with two stress ... hence the two Green Squadron Pilots with Wingman to pull both stresses off!