Anti Poe List

By Clangador, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I need an Imperial or Scum list to deal with Poe when he has R2-D2 regenerating shield. Any ideas?

Poe + R5-P9 is more common as a regen combo since it doesn't tie Poe to greens and makes use of the Focus token that he will normally be hanging on to.

I don't know about complete lists but Palob could be a nuisance by stealing his Focus token.

The other option is to go for heavy hitters like Jumpmaster torpedo boats. Regen builds are great at recovering 1 shield per turn. If you hit him with lots of damage to burn through the shields and start eating away at the hull, regen won't help. Kill him in one turn before he gets to recover his shields.

Another thing to consider is direct damage via Wampa, advanced homing missiles or proton bombs etc

At my Store Championship I managed to knock out a regen Poe with proton bombs without worrying about his shields (hit him twice and lucked out on a Direct Hit)

It's not so much your squad build, but how you fly it. As stated above, Poe is mostly flown with the focus bot. So, to deny regen, deny his action. Either force a bump with your low pilot ships or deny his focus. Palob and Carnor are hard counters to this, but I prefer to just force a bump. The easiest (and funnest!) way to do this is throw scum z95s at him equipped with feedback arrays. If he's flying with r2 (Corron is usually the one with r2 but whoever the pilot is, the tactic always holds true against the droid's in use), then it means he's limited to the greens. You know EXACTLY where he's going. Again, block him, deny him defensive actions, or repositioning, and focus fire. So, to recap, if it's focus bot, block him with mini swarm or large ships. If it's r2, predict his greens, block him to deny defensive/repositioning actions, and focus fire. I prefer to see r2 in my opponents lists. Makes my job easier. Hope this helps!

Captain Oicunn, Vader and Gunner. Ram and crit him to death. Works against any ace, Poe takes a little longer to kill then most though.

doth quoth the raven

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NEVERMORE

(the raven let itself go)

throw between 7 and nine dice at it per turn with at least one free "vader doesn`t like you...here take a crit"

i just don`t think much of poe little poe peep. ive never seen it live long enough to bother me.

RAC/WHISPER 99 pts.

RAC- gunner,vader, adaptability (+1),engine

Whisper-ACD,FCS,kallus,Vet Ins.

4 straight plus boost. ...kill Poe on turn 1.

if not dead,vader him a crit. and finish the job the next turn.

enjoy slapping whatever they left around for 20 minutes.