Has this been discussed at all yet? What would be the pros and cons of taking five Alpha Squadron Interceptors with Autothrusters against the four Gold Squadron Y-Wings with TLTs?
Get in close, force them to spread to cover themselves outside of Range 1, and then attempt to concentrate on outliers before they can reform? Is that possible?
Or will two out of five just get incinerated on the Alpha Strike with the rest fighting a hopeless battle?
I think PS 1 is going to hurt that list a lot. You really want to be shooting first against a TLT list to hopefully take one out before they get to return fire. I'd expect that list to lose one or two Interceptors before it gets to fire, and it's going to struggle to put out the damage it needs after that.
I wonder if the stronger version of this list is 4x Avenger Squadron Pilots with Autothrusters (22 points each) + an Academy Pilot blocker for the remaining 12 points. Still hits like a ton of bricks, and has the PS and maneuverability to really make TLT swarms and other beefy PS2 squads pay. ****, now I want to play this squad. Stupid Imperial Aces not coming with Alphas or Avengers.
Stupid Imperial Aces not coming with Alphas or Avengers.
Preach. \ o /
the utter bane of TLT is PS > 2
freaking agility 1 redline has had no problem with them at all because ordnance + obsidian mini-swarm just rips one to pieces before they can fire
plus, higher PS means deploying after they do; making it VERY easy to cut them off from ideal routes through obstacle fields
all told, Alpha squadrons would imo not be the way to go because they're PS 1
5 Avengers dogging them the entire time playing full aggressive looks fun at the very least.
Turr Pherrin, VI, Royal Guard TIE, Autothrusters, Hull Upgrade.
Carnor Jax, PTL, Royal Guard TIE, Autothrusters, Hull Upgrade.
Soontir Fel, PTL, Royal Guard TIE, Autothrusters, Hull Upgrade.
Could this work against the TLTs? Or the HLC Dash?
Best way to figure out how to beat 4Y is to play it yourself against different opponents.
We just playef this tonight my friend and i although i play horton dutch and a goldie. Both time the squints beat me but it was close each time last game it was both we both had 1 ship with one hp im about to post my changes to get some advice