Imperial escalation list

By McFoy, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I'll be going to an escalation (60/90/120/150) tournament soon and I know what I'd like to run

Soontir Fel (27)
Push the Limit (3)
Autothrusters (2)
Targeting Computer (2)
Royal Guard TIE (0)
Tempest Squadron Pilot (21)
Cluster Missiles (4)
Accuracy Corrector (0)
TIE/x1 (0)
Tempest Squadron Pilot (21)
Cluster Missiles (4)
Accuracy Corrector (0)
TIE/x1 (0)
Tempest Squadron Pilot (21)
Cluster Missiles (4)
Accuracy Corrector (0)
TIE/x1 (0)
Tempest Squadron Pilot (21)
Cluster Missiles (4)
Accuracy Corrector (0)
TIE/x1 (0)
Total: 134

Soontir and 1 advanced to start then one more each round, this leaves me with 16 points so I could pop a AP in as a blocker or I could pump the Adv up to storm squadron instead. I don't know what is typical at an escalation tournament but I think this list would be strong against most things. Thoughts/ recommendations?

If you don't take a large base ship in the first round, you may struggle early on. It's hard to beat Han/Dash/Decimator with only 60 points of small ships.

But once you get all 'swarmy' in the later rounds you could do well.

I don't know if it's standard but there has to be at least two ships in the initial round so I'm not overly concerned about big ships aside from decivader.

Here's what I've typically seen in round 1:

  • Decimator (vader), Black Squadron (Crack Shot)
  • Dash Rendar (title + hlc), z-95
  • Chewbaca(stuff) + z-95

You usually see these in round 1 because it's not possible to get a big ship later with 30 point increases.

Just a heads up. Don't want to mess with your mojo. :)

Thanks, that's a good point. I've never done escalation but that does make a lot of sense. Like I said, decivader scares me most so I may need to rethink some things.