For those who fly Aces + palp

By dangerJ, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Has anyone else ran VI Vader with Prockets?

My build lately has been VI, title, ATC, engine, prockets on vader. Soontir with PTL and Autothrusters. And OGP with palp. 99 points.

I gotta say that a well timed Procket has been extremely satisfying in every game I've played so far. And I haven't noticed too much of an issue with Fel not having stealth or TC.

What have you played against?

Dash, corran, other palp aces, tlts, swarms, ace mini swarms...

I can get behind VI procket Vader build, but Fel without stealth is just riding your luck too much, in my opinion, especially in a tlt-rich meta.

VI Vader may become more common, as a response to the many VI Poes that are now bound to crop up... It'll be a sad thing though. Predator Vader is such a monster bully, it just feels so thematically well suited!

I love Procket Vader, people don't expect it and he deals that big punch you need.

I run it with a PTL & ATC Juno as she is pretty manoeuvrable (that one hard is spot on) and a bit tankier than Soontir without stealth device.

I use VI PRocket Juno and Vader instead of Soontir.

Juno is beastmode.

Why though? It's only 1 more hit over a normal range 1 attack. Doesn't seem worth the points nor losing the ATC crit??

With palp I can still get a critical garantee, if necessary. Plus the target lock could be on another ship. But mostly it's great to boost/focus and take a big swing that you're opponent isn't expecting.