Latts and the Fives

By Democratus, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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Took this list out Friday night and won 3 matches. I'm not sure if it is good for anything other than casual play, but it was a lot of fun.

LATTS AND THE FIVES
Latts Razzi (Gunner) + 2 Black Sun Aces (Glittercrack)
100 points
PILOTS
Latts Razzi (48)
YV-666 (33), Bossk (2), K4 Security Droid (3), Gunner (5), Inertial Dampeners (1), Engine Upgrade (4)
Black Sun Ace (26) x 2
Kihraxz Fighter (23), Crack Shot (1), Glitterstim (2)
I like the flexibility granted by having the same PS for all the ships. Saves me from collisions in a tight dogfight. But since it is mid-level PS you must do a lot of predictive movement.
The combination of Bossk and Gunner was much better than I had anticipated. And when I purge the stress next turn by doing a green maneuver, K4 gives me another target lock.
Comments, tweaks, and criticism is welcome.
Edited by Democratus
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Why would you want Inertial Dampeners? Can't the 666 already do that 0 maneuver?

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Why would you want Inertial Dampeners? Can't the 666 already do that 0 maneuver?

So you can do it on the fly if needed. Something ends up right in front of you and you would bump, pop the dampeners and sit at range one

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It's also useful in case you need to stand still twice in a row.

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This is the exact list I posted up a week or two ago (minus the Dampeners for a 1 point initiative bid as it's for a team tournament this coming weekend where things like that matter). I've been playing a few games with it over the past few weeks and it's surprisingly effective, especially against aces. The key is to make sure you get your target in all 3 arcs at once, if you have to spread fire you're in trouble.

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Cool! Didn't mean to post a duplicate of someone else's list.

I agree about getting multiple arcs on a single target. Fortunately the arc on Latts is big enough so that you really only need worry about the fighters.

I haven't fought Soontir with this yet. That little guy just might be able to avoid the PS 5 fighters for the whole game. Being able to boost+roll last does tend to make it difficult to pin an ace down.

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Haha, no worries. I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this either. I just found it amusing it was so soon after. :)

Soontir is potentially tricky. I've fought him a couple of times, and on one occasion he got behind Latts, but fortunately he can't go slow and follow for long, especially when your opponent forgets the 0 stop and crashes into the back of you, leaving an Ace to one-shot him with Crack Shot. ;) I've generally left him to last as even with your tricks he's so hard to hit when the Emperor is on the table (as he was in those games).