5 Ties with Youngster. Expose/Opportunist

By ElitePilot, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I flew this casually the other night and it was interesting to say the least. First game was against a VI whisper, Royal Guard Interceptor with PTL, and redline full of ordinance.

99pts

Howlrunner-- Opportunist

Scourge-- Opportunist

Mauler Mithel-- Opportunist

Backstabber

Youngster-- Expose

2 attack dice, +1 from situational Pilot Skill, +1 From Expose, +1 From Opportunist, +1 for Range 1= a Possible 6 attack dice with Scourge or Mauler + a Reroll.

I set up in middle, but angled to the right in formation. He set up off to the left corner. 1st (or 2nd) turn I think I 1 turned left to face him. I saw that it may be possible to have a shot after he moves...so i exposed on my ships. I took the chance because i new i needed to kill whisper asap. By chance he 3 banked with whisper and evaded. Whisper shot and hit Youngster i think it was for 1 damage. Got a focus token and stealth... So i attacked back with everything. Howlrunner had 3 dice but missed but took a token, Scourge had 3 dice and missed but he used a token, Mauler Mithel had 3 dice and hit!, Backstabber had 3 dice and Hit!, AND youngster had 3 dice and killed Whisper! We were both stunned. He was rolling 5 Greens and had tokens. (shots were either range 3 or 2 through a rock depending) He actually came back after that, but i ended up winning with only 1 HP on howlrunner.

I just showed a friend this list. He is going to try it out. He has been toying around with Younster and expose already. This just gave him the icing on his cake. Lol.

Sounds fun!

Though did Opportunist really pay off on Howlrunner at all, granted she's was the first to shoot on your squad? Thinking Swarm Tactics or Elusiveness would be better on her.

Sounds fun!

Though did Opportunist really pay off on Howlrunner at all, granted she's was the first to shoot on your squad? Thinking Swarm Tactics or Elusiveness would be better on her.

Stealth Device is really good on Howlrunner.

My friend uses this list:

Youngster - expose

Howlrunner - swarm tactics

Black Squadron pilot - swarm tactics x3

Academy Pilot

That's 5 Ties at PS8 each with 3/4 attack dice with howlrunner reroll. Its quite effective, and when I faced it, he took out a B and damaged another in 1 turn, before I could shoot back...