Hi,
The Tie Fighter animation with the badass Tie Bomber pilot lady makes me want to fly a Tie Bomber scentered squad. Anyone have any ideas on how to play them / what to use? (Preferably on the budget-y side.)
Tie Bombers?
Hi!
I fly, on occasion, 3 bombers and an advanced. The advanced requires Raider upgrades to function. But you can sub in anything really, particularly if it's a for kicks list.
Some of those munitions are less common than others. But you can add whatever you might have to round it out. The issue with bombers is they are somewhat hardy but prone to crits and therefore they will be hampered by various effects throughout their lifespan. Also in my list I have a lot of low PS that cost a middle amount of points. Meaning they will die early and probably not get to use all of their munitions. But it's a blast to fly and it hits like a ton of bricks.
Jonus
Scimitar + cluster x 3
Howlrunner
Re-rolls for primaries and secondaries. Strong alpha strike and a lot of health to go through. Had a winning record when I played this list after release of bombers, not sure how it would do in current meta.
Question: Are you good with proxies/unreleased cards?
Jonus with XX-23 Tracers, XX-23 Tracers, and Determination
Scimitar Squad with Extra Munitions, Assault Missiles, and Seismic Charges x 3
If no unreleased stuff, then add a Seismic Charge to Jonus in place of the Tracers.
I did some testing with 2 ps4 gamma bombers with homing missiles/extra munitions, coupled with the pope mobile and backstabber I murdered 4y TLT pretty good a few times. have not tested against more though. I've considered running them in a store tournament.