Help with Tie swarm for up coming tournament

By CaptainAl, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Here is the list

Howlrunner

Hull Upgrade

Mauler Mithel

Dark Curse

Stealth Device

Black Squadron

Crackshot

Black squadron

crack Shot

Obsidian

Total:100

Scouts will die quickly with all the TIEs firing at them. Dark curse with stealth device is a beast. i am open to recommendations. Just remember i don't have any of the yes from the gozanti, and i only have access to 2 crackshots.

Howl (18)

Swarm tactics (2)

Hull (3)

Dark Curse (16)

SD (3)

Backstabber (16)

2x Black squad (14)

Crack shot (1)

Academy pilot (12)

Total 100

IMO you'll get more out of backstabber then you will mauler. Plus swarm tactics helps bump your academy up to get a shot before getting destroyed. Also the academy makes for a good blocker.

Howl (18)

Swarm tactics (2)

Hull (3)

Dark Curse (16)

SD (3)

Backstabber (16)

2x Black squad (14)

Crack shot (1)

Academy pilot (12)

Total 100

IMO you'll get more out of backstabber then you will mauler. Plus swarm tactics helps bump your academy up to get a shot before getting destroyed. Also the academy makes for a good blocker.

I am going to try that out when i get a chance

Mauler Mithel rocks. 4 dice at range 1 is fantastic. I'd keep MM. He was my hero ship againt a weird triple scout list.

I agree with Swarm tactics on Howlrunner thought. Great EPT for her.

Edited by BlodVargarna

Mauler Mithel rocks. 4 dice at range 1 is fantastic. I'd keep MM. He was my hero ship againt a weird triple scout list.

I agree with Swarm tactics on Howlrunner thought. Great EPT for her.

2 reasons to drop MM out of this list 1) you'd have to drop swarm tactics to have the points for him and 2) a naked Backstabber is better than a naked MM IMO

I flew the list with swarm tactics and had great success. still getting a hang of fly the six tie swarm. any tips you guys can give will be helpful.

From my persobal experince I rather the 7 ship swarm build over the 6 ship build especially with tie swarms. Mainly because its quite easy to lose a tie early and with 5 tie on the table it as a lot harder early game.

Furthermore i find that i generally steer clear of MM. This is for the simple fact that yo get the most out of his ability you need to get to range 1 to get the most out of him. And at the range he will surely be shot down. I have also found it hard to keep him out of arcs to keep him alive.

All that said I find that things like:

Howlrunner - hull

Wampa

5 Obsidians

Always seem to fare well in my local meta.

Also i like:

Howlrunner

Backstabber

5 obsidians

I just cant seem to get enough out of 6 tie hence i prefer that extra ship over the abilities the aces offer and a swarms true power lies in its numbers.

Dont know if this helps.

From my persobal experince I rather the 7 ship swarm build over the 6 ship build especially with tie swarms. Mainly because its quite easy to lose a tie early and with 5 tie on the table it as a lot harder early game.

Furthermore i find that i generally steer clear of MM. This is for the simple fact that yo get the most out of his ability you need to get to range 1 to get the most out of him. And at the range he will surely be shot down. I have also found it hard to keep him out of arcs to keep him alive.

All that said I find that things like:

Howlrunner - hull

Wampa

5 Obsidians

Always seem to fare well in my local meta.

Also i like:

Howlrunner

Backstabber

5 obsidians

I just cant seem to get enough out of 6 tie hence i prefer that extra ship over the abilities the aces offer and a swarms true power lies in its numbers.

Dont know if this helps.

Is this a noobish question? What does MM stand for?

I flew the list with swarm tactics and had great success. still getting a hang of fly the six tie swarm. any tips you guys can give will be helpful.

Fly it as many times as you can.

Yes I used MM to quick reference Mauler.

I flew the list with swarm tactics and had great success. still getting a hang of fly the six tie swarm. any tips you guys can give will be helpful.

Fly it as many times as you can.

I am going to try to get in as many games as possible before the tournament