"Hobbie" Klivian (25)
R7-T1 (3)
Engine Upgrade (4)

"Dutch" Vander (23)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
R5-K6 (2)

Keyan Farlander (29)
Wingman (2)
Gunner (5)
B-Wing/E2 (1)

Total: 100

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While trying to figure out how to use Keyan Farlander to defeat stress, i came up with this goofy list. I think it could take out stress bot, the problem would be having it handle the rest of the opponent's list. Even with all the target locks. I'm sharing this mostly to get ideas out into the air. I'm not suggesting taking this exact list to your store champ.

I think in the stress meta Luke would survive pretty well. His ability, unlike Poe's, is not action dependant and is armed with Predator can also modify attack rolls without actions. With R2-D2 whilst removing stress will also regen. Against a stress bit would probably rather take Luke than Poe.

Only thing i'm not sure on is whether would run with a shield upgrade to improve R2-D2 effectiveness or to take the IA option.

I like Keyan but not with gunner. I think he may go down too quick to make the 5 points worth while. For Hobbie I quite like the targeting astromech. Can perform a k-turn, pick up a target lock, lose the stress straight away and still take a focus action.

I saw that combo, and it seemed super awesome, the only issue I had with that is, he only has one red move. You can't shed extra stress that way. if you're hit with a stress that's not from your own K-Turn, your back to doing green maneuvers. You are also not guaranteed to be able to escape arcs via K-Turns because TLT, don't have to be BTLA4 necessarily.

Yeah I think Luke is still very good just as described above or with Lone Wolf as a flanker. If he makes it into the long game, he is going to be difficult to take down. I think shield upgrade is a little too expensive for 4 points when IA will give you that extra hit point (or two if you discard a direct hit) for free. The T-65 doesn't have as many tricks as the T-70, but he is still very survivable.

I do like Keyan too but I'd rather see C3PO on him to keep him around a little longer, which sures up one evade per round and doesn't worry about actions or stress either. 3PO won't help much against those pesky TLTs though but it might stop a damage here or there.

Also don't forget about Tycho, the ultimate middle finger to stress builds. He can do work against a stresshog, or any 1 agility ship for that matter.

Also don't forget about Tycho, the ultimate middle finger to stress builds. He can do work against a stresshog, or any 1 agility ship for that matter.

And Ibitsam has his uses too with basically a built in wired

I definitely looked at Ibitsam as well. And I didn't forget Tyco, he's amazing. I was looking at a list that provides some synergies between pilots, and tycho definitely fits, but I think Ibtisam is a bit more work to fit in. I was flying BBE, when I realized I might be able to make anti stress B's, problem is, in that list I didn't have the points. So I crafted a new thing altogether.