Utterly Baffling

By Tsiegtiez, in X-Wing

im somewhat new and certainly not the best player in the world. but how exactly do you fly the build in the OP?

just line up the shuttles in front of their ships then all stop / tractor them to hold them in place? i dont understand.

Nah, man.

​You get to fly them as though they were actual ships now, using the E-Baffles to remove reds when when necessary.

You never Tractor with all of your tractor beams in one round, at least not in the 4x Waffleo list. They're for stopping one enemy ship in their tracks, so the rest of your ships can concentrate fire on them.

​And, of course, there's the Tractor + Tactician combo, wherein you tractor beam them into Range 2, whereupon they are dealt a stress token.

It actually works pretty well vs Alpha Strike lists as well; 40 HP to a list means that I'll still be relatively healthful after they've spent their collective load.

​I can't move Scouts around, sadly, but given that I can actually maneuver now means that I get to joust against something my size fairly effectively.

"tractician"

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"tractician"

I prefer to think of the tactician as the Farmer, what with the cow and the tractor.

Edited by DraconPyrothayan

Electronic Baffle + Expert Handling -> damage for barrel roll where there should be no barrel roll (Aggressors, VCX-100).

How did you get expert handling on the VCX-100?

By not reading the cards carefully! Oops.

Captain. Yorr.

Remove ALL the stress from your squad, then explode your own ship with it.

**** this made me laugh to much that I woke up my GF....now I'm in trouble.

This will sound crazy... but in a world where stress is everywhere... would a...

(insert your favorite Tie Adv pilot with EPT)

PTL

Title

Ebaffle

MK2

be insane?

im somewhat new and certainly not the best player in the world. but how exactly do you fly the build in the OP?

just line up the shuttles in front of their ships then all stop / tractor them to hold them in place? i dont understand.

Hey no worries!

First of all shuttles are pretty particular to begin with, but work very well at forcing bumps and take advantage of blocking lanes between asteroids. Being able to stop multiple times consecutively (with actions!) offers an offensive advantage, especially with multiple 3ATK ships.

And of course as Draco pointed out, now the humble Lambda can move and dogfight just like a real human bean starship. It isn't something to try and do every round but being able to actually take a 2-Turn in response/anticipation to/of the opponent.

The original list I posted is designed to force multiple bumps whereby one or two shuttles block and stop (once or multiple times) and the Ion Projectors force this situation to continue at the whims of the shuttle player; the other two shuttles can flank and attack whatever is being blocked and ionised.

This will sound crazy... but in a world where stress is everywhere... would a...

(insert your favorite Tie Adv pilot with EPT)

PTL

Title

Ebaffle

MK2

be insane?

Yes. Still only 2ATK! Not sure it's worth the effort, y'know? Plus that's, what, 25 to start with Colzet Alozen? So, 29 points? To do 20% of your total HP in damage to yourself to undo PtL stress.

Edit: Derped on names there, had the cost right

Edited by Tsiegtiez

Colzet doesnt have an EPT, so minimum would be 30 points lol

Getting multiple red moves in a row can be pretty big. Also consider that with TIE/Ds upcoming, Ion is going to be thrown around a lot more liberally.

Agreed. My comment is a little off topic but I'm so excited for the new defender titles....so

Ion cannon will be great. However, I think some are forgetting about flechette cannons. There is no debate that ion is better but F.C's give you an extra point to play with. That point could give you the valuable VI upgrade or crackshot. While list building for the new defenders you can really change things up with these cheaper cannons.

Colzet doesnt have an EPT, so minimum would be 30 points lol

Yep, derped out on the pilot names there sorry! It's Alozen that's PS5 and 25 points.

Colzet doesnt have an EPT, so minimum would be 30 points lol

Yep, derped out on the pilot names there sorry! It's Alozen that's PS5 and 25 points.

do wish colzet had an EPT though....