So Nym's special critical effect is to force the Defender to discard a defense token when he rolls a Blue Critical. Naturally everyone is thinking kill that brace token!

However he has a 25% chance to get his crit off. In a game of 6 turns he might get 3-4 shots off where he might land the blue crit. That means in a game he might kill 0-2 defense tokens at best.

So some strategies to overcome this have naturally included upgrades like Adar Tallon and Yavaris, effectively giving Nym 2-3 shots per turn, increasing his chances somewhat.

Wave III offers Bomber Command Centre and Toryn Farr, allowing a Bomber dice to be rerolled and a blue dice to be rerolled respectively.

So now if you are flying Nym, each time he attacks you have 3 chances of fishing for that blue critical, on top of any Yavaris or Adar Tallon shenanigans!

Just something i'd thought to share in case no ones thought of it yet....

Nym and X-Wings I think are the clear winners from the fighter enhancements in wave 3. Both get a bit more from these upgrades than your average bomber. X-Wings get so much more reliable with the bomber command center. Nym just becomes a total **** is he's got Adar, Yavaris, BCC, and Farr. Admittedly, that's a ton of points to sink into ship-based squadron upgrades, but adding BCC and Farr to the Adar+Yavaris combo gives you a very real shot at tossing out 3 ship defense tokens in a single turn.

Nym and X-Wings I think are the clear winners from the fighter enhancements in wave 3. Both get a bit more from these upgrades than your average bomber. X-Wings get so much more reliable with the bomber command center. Nym just becomes a total **** is he's got Adar, Yavaris, BCC, and Farr. Admittedly, that's a ton of points to sink into ship-based squadron upgrades, but adding BCC and Farr to the Adar+Yavaris combo gives you a very real shot at tossing out 3 ship defense tokens in a single turn.

Yeah I was saying something like this at my last Armada night. We were discussing the new stuff and I was like, "Nym with Bomber command and Yavaris and Farr could be fun" and he was concerned about the cost of putting that combo on the board. Thing is though, since most of that is sort of global effects you would consider in any bomber fleet, its really just that suddenly Nym isn't hot garbage. Now he's viable. And that's cool to me. I love when new stuff takes things that were previously irrelevant or afterthoughts and propels them forward.

Man a single bombing run from that combo... *shutters*

I'm so excited about X-wings and Nym with BCC and Taryn, I can't even stand it. Almost makes me want to stop playing until they drop, because I'm already feeling kind of like I'm missing something without them...

Those X-wing red dice jump from .75 average damage to slightly over 1 with BCC. Delicious.

Pork Chops is also part of wave III.

They giveth and they taketh away.

(Though Nym is meaty enough to cope with that)

Pork Chops is also part of wave III.

They giveth and they taketh away.

(Though Nym is meaty enough to cope with that)

So his ship runs up to Nym, and thereafter it is his ship losing the defense tokens.

Don't forget Luke!

Luke & Nym can now REALLY screw up a large ship

Don't forget Luke!

Luke & Nym can now REALLY screw up a large ship

nym+Luke+keyan*yavaris*Dodonna= Explodey Boom Boom BOOM!

Imagine Luke going first and bringing down the shields...

Nym and X-Wings I think are the clear winners from the fighter enhancements in wave 3. Both get a bit more from these upgrades than your average bomber.

Massive Y-Wing Swarms.

Been running my Ruthless Strategist 12xY list. I dunno what Ill do with myself once i can reroll bombing runs AND one of my 2-3 blue dice.

More help for the mighty Y Wing...as if it needed it.

Nym and X-Wings I think are the clear winners from the fighter enhancements in wave 3. Both get a bit more from these upgrades than your average bomber.

Massive Y-Wing Swarms.

Been running my Ruthless Strategist 12xY list. I dunno what Ill do with myself once i can reroll bombing runs AND one of my 2-3 blue dice.

More help for the mighty Y Wing...as if it needed it.

True, but the same can be said of TIE bomber swarms. The reason I singled out X-Wings and Nym is because they have lower than normal basic success rates for their bombing functions. Nym's 1/4 chance to toss a defense token can re-roll twice with BCC and Farr combined. The X-Wing gets a bit more out of BCC than the average bomber simply because they are already missing more than other Bombers with their 5/8 hit chance.

I dunno.

Blanks coming up on a black bomber come often enough. Often in multiples. A single RR makes them totally reliable. RR a red and its still a good chance to miss entirely. X-Wings CAN bomb, and they benefit sure, but they still arent that great at it.

On the other hand...rr'ing the blue? For Y swarms? INSANE. My Y swarm sports 31 blue dice on the attack right now with FC. Now, before the points come out, I dunno what my composition will be with the Flotillas, but Ive got 13 squadrons total in my airforce. That is 13 rr'able blue dice. If you are rr'ing Nym and escorts? How many?

Bombing run for Y swarm. 12 blacks, one blue....all rr'able

Anti Squad run. 31 Blue dice...13 rr'able.

CRAZY!

Again, I dunno how my composition will change, but my Squadrons are 12 Y/1 Hwk all ordered.

If I keep that Squadron comp (132pts) the 2 squadron on the flotilla should keep me "ordered". I think Im only looking at a Cheaper 3rd capital ship and a shuffling of FC's, Strategists, Boosted Comms and Exp Hangers.

Tie Bombers dont measure up to the Y using this sort of Formation. Black on Anti Squad not as good as 2 blue...especially considering the RR. Black AS not rr'able with bomber command I dont believe.

I'm not saying it isn't going to be extremely potent. It definitely will be.

Yea, vice versa w/your stuff.

Its just when I saw the announcement I was like..."Well this release was made for the Y-Wing", when I guess you were "X/Nym".

Basically, 'SQUADRONS'.

Turns out rerolling dice is good in games where you roll dice. Who knew.