My next tourney list - The Ion and Stress Express

By jeframdenkar, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Captain Oicunn — VT-49 Decimator 42 Predator 3 Mara Jade 3 Rebel Captive 3 Tactician 2 Ion Projector 2 Dauntless 2 Ship Total: 57 "Redline" — TIE Punisher 27 Fire-Control System 2 Ion Torpedoes 5 Extra Munitions 2 Cluster Missiles 4 Ship Total: 40

Total: 97

Doing this list for my next local tournament. What do you think and is this something that could work out well? The normal meta in my area is imperial focused with 3 ship builds the most common.

I'd suggest dropping the tactician for Intimidation. Dropping the agilty and then being hit by redline would be brutal. I think it would work well in your meta. Though i would be a littke worried about flying against the likes of soontier or vader. With that in mind maybe homing missiles would be a good second.

If you are not seeing 4+ ship builds very often, Ion torpedoes are an iffy choice. I definitely agree with the above that homing missiles would be more useful in their place. Also, If you see a lot of imperials, that means less shields, and so I think Vader would be much more useful than mara jade...

If you are not seeing 4+ ship builds very often, Ion torpedoes are an iffy choice. I definitely agree with the above that homing missiles would be more useful in their place. Also, If you see a lot of imperials, that means less shields, and so I think Vader would be much more useful than mara jade...

Played it today with only a couple changed out card switch (Replaced tactician with Ysanne and took Engine boost in place of the title and Ion projectors). The Ion torps earned their keep against a mini Swarm in my second round. Allowing me to out right kill a Storm pilot and damage two others thanks to Oicunn stressing them after a ram once they were hit with the ion torpedo(Ok Mara jade helped). plus in the fourth round kill that left me in a perfect spot to kill Chewwie with Oicunn. My losses came when I could not keep the Punisher and Decimator close to each other to support each other (First round ended quick when an asteroid placement forced them to separate them and 5 turns later they were both dead. 2 wins 2 loses.

VT-49 Decimator: · Captain Oicunn (42)

Daredevil (3)

Engine Upgrade (4)

· Mara Jade (3)

· Dauntless (2)

Firespray-31: · Krassis Trelix (36)

Ion Pulse Missiles (3)

Ion Cannon (3)

Tactician (2)

· Slave I (0)

Extra Munitions (2)

-- TOTAL ------- 100/100p. --

I really want to run this at my next tournament after the store championship