Guri, Talon and...

By Kitekw, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I'm beginner player, in two weeks im going to my first Store Championship :D What I should take with Guri and Talonbane? Palob or Kavil? Or something different? I have Most Wanted, StarViper, Khiraxz, Y-wing, Z-95, HWK

Guri (37)

Predator

Autothrusters

Virago

Inertial Dampers

Talonbane (31)

Lightning Reflexes

Gliterstim

and

Palob (31)

Calculation

Blaster Turret

Recon Specialist

Moldy Crow

or

Kavil (31)

Blaster Turret

Salvaged Astromech

Crack Shot

Anyone?

I run something similar to that with a Sensor Jammer Guri. Even though you don't appear to have access to some of the upgrades that I normally run with, I would go with Palob. Hawk's are pretty squishy, but with a decent amount of focus stored up they stick around longer than you think. People HATE both Palob and Talonbane, so getting them to ignore Guri and go after either one of them works to your favor. I would probably give Talonbane crackshot to push damage through, but Lightning Reflexes is pretty solid too.

Keep in mind that Crack Shot only works in arc...so it does not synergize with Kavil's pilot ability. Also, if you only have 31 points, you can get Kavil with TLT and Unhinged astromech, which is much more consistent and powerful than blaster turret with salvaged. If you don't have TLT yet, I would stick with your Palob because Blaster Turret works better with his ability...or swap your salvaged astromech for R4 Agromech on Kavil.

One other thing to note is the Virago title on Guri. Spending two points for Intertial Dampeners seems very weak...maybe a personal preference thing, but I have not had good success on Guri with it. If you remove Virago and Dampeners, you save two points that could be added elsewhere...

I think some good options will be:

Kavil+BT+R4+Lightning Reflexes(and switching TB's EPT for Crackshot)=30

Palob+BT+Recon Specialist+MC title+Calculation=30

Dace Bonearm+Ion Cannon Turret+MC title+Recon Specialist=34 (Removing virago and ID from Guri to save two points)

I think any of of these could be pretty potent...you could open up even more options if you had a seismic charge or ion bomb and/or TLT in the future.

Edited by Deepspace5

Unless you can gain access to more cards I like your list with palob plus what Deepspace5 has suggested.

I have used kavil with TLT + crackshot and its actually very effective. The reasoning is that aces will try to stay in arc to avoid the 4th dice (or you can't get out) so thats where crackshot comes into play. Its a budget choice though. Predator and EU is better.

Edited by Carnor Rex