C3PO or Tactician on Miranda? (Poe/Miranda/Green)

By timfreilly, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I've been running this list and enjoying it:

Poe - VI, R2, AT

Green - Chaardan, Test Pilot, PLT, Juke, AT

Miranda - TLT, Tactician

My impressions from playing it about 10 times:

  • Being 99 points is occasionally nice since I can choose how to interact with other 10s and 8s.
  • Miranda seems to be the "best" target for opponents to go after, given Poe's regen and Green's ability to stack up defensive bonuses.
  • I sometimes get Tactician off (and it's sweet when I do) but it's not even an "every game" sort of occurrence. This might be because of my lack of experience with k-wings and turrets in general (only maybe 20 games with k-wings/turrets under my belt)
  • Juke on the low-PS pilot makes him really annoying for high skill pilots... do they use up their focus, knowing that's going to let Green get a little damage in?
  • Double Regen is obviously quite strong and I have a lot of success in middle/long games.
  • Miranda with TLT/Tact is one point less than a standard Poe, which has meant I was in a 1 point lead in a few matches when time would be called.

Do you think C3PO would be better in this list? Are there other swaps you'd make? I don't own rebel y-wings so I'd like to take stresshog off the table even though it's a great ship.

Edited by timfreilly

I find with Miranda you are going to be running more than jousting. I ran a 50pt Miranda with 3p0 for 2nd place in a SC. The thing that really made that build let me mitigate damage was engine upgrade. With such a limited dial boost would often leave fewer opponents in range or leave them out of arc while still allowing her pilot ability to shine.

You could try dropping Tact and Juke, pick up EU, and replace Juke with your 1pt EPT of choice. Crack shot? Wired? etc.

Her actions tend to be pretty mediocre anyhow, so I can see EU being useful.