Ok so what is your favorite wave 8 squad so far? And I don't mean "I addeda base TAP or Jumpmaster to my favorite squad" I mean a squad made up majorally of Wave 8 ships. So what is your W8 squad? How did you do?

My favorite Wave 8 squad is:

Sienar Test Pilots with V1 title, Guidance Chips, and Proton Rockets x 5.

I only played it once against a Dash/Ehtan list but it did great and was a blast to play. My friend uses Mangler cannon instead of HLC to avoid the doughnut and then gets a second crit from Ehtan. He came up quickly with Dash on Turn One, and shot with his Mangler but I evaded them all. I shot back and he evaded. Turn Two, I used my lower PS to quickly move up and barrel rolled to block Dash. Then he shot with no dice modification at a ship in my formation, but again I evaded. Ehtan had bumped a rock and couldn't shoot. Then I unloaded with the TAPs (only one could shoot his prockets since the others had barrel rolled) and between the one procket shot and 3 range 1- 3 dice attacks, I killed Dash. Then the guy who had been in contact with Dash, shot at Range 3 into Ehtan and did two damage. The the turn ended with my ships untouched (4 with Prockets still) and Ehtan with only 1 shield and 2 hull left. My friend called it at that point. So anyway, I know this was pretty much a best case scenario, but it still seems like with the TAPs close range dial and 5 Prockets, it should be a pretty good list. It's fun eitherway.

What have you tried?

I tried the 5 procket list and didn't like it. Probably a good squad to bring against a list with fat PWT's but if your opponent has more ships it gets harder to use those rockets.

I am liking the 4 barons list with PTL and Title and AT a lot more. Beat a ghost/shuttle/awing list with it today but my opponent was using it for the first time and not quite used to it yet.

4-Lom with PtL, Cloaking Device and Mist Hunter Title

Fly him like an aggressive B-wing and dump your stress onto your opponent's ships during the end phase. When you need to bug out or if you know you wont have a shot, cloak and evade.

Paired that set up with Dengar and a generic Khiraxz the other night to strong effect

I'm having quite a bit of fun (and success) with Sabine. The crew card that is. Currently I'm running her on a Warden w/ TLT, Conners, Seismics, EM, AdvS and TLT. It's an god awful expensive ship, which is why I'm trying to shy away from it - perhaps by dropping the TLT (but it's so useful on turns when I don't AdvS). But I haven't lost yet, and that ship has been the MVP of every match.

That said, something even more fearsome is needed. I've been running it with budget Chopper and a Bandit w/ Concussions or the standard 37pt Poe. But the 22 points has kinda become an awkward total for rebels. Rookie w/ R2 + IA? Blue? Gold w/ Protons? None of these excite me that much. Perhaps an Green Squadron w/ PTL and Juke/Crack? Or a Prototype with Protons? So many choices, none seem that exciting. Plus while Poe is obnoxious, everyone fears the 4 dice primaries of Chopper.

I tried the 5 procket list and didn't like it. Probably a good squad to bring against a list with fat PWT's but if your opponent has more ships it gets harder to use those rockets.

I am liking the 4 barons list with PTL and Title and AT a lot more. Beat a ghost/shuttle/awing list with it today but my opponent was using it for the first time and not quite used to it yet.

What is the strength of the 4 Baron's list? I don't have my pilot cards in front of me, do they make for good arc dodgers with such a low pilot skill?

I've enjoyed flying this. Gives the Palpmobile extra utility and I learned quickly that the Inquisitor is pretty hard to hit.

Scyk Scyk Sputnik

Serrisu w/SD, TB

3 x TPV w/ Manglers

ALL of them with Attanni Mindlink.

Fun, semi-competative, non-meta.

I mean, my favorite list at the moment uses a single 1-point upgrade from Wave 8, but Rage is what makes the Swarm viable these days.

Que Van Halen song JUMP!!!

I mean, my favorite list at the moment uses a single 1-point upgrade from Wave 8, but Rage is what makes the Swarm viable these days.

How have you been doing with the Youngster Rage and 7 Academies? I'm a former swarm player so I want to try it but I'm burnt out on playing useless genericwing ships.

Does it have a chance against Palp Aces and squads that feature Soontir in general?

Triple U-Boat is the only super wave 8 squadron I've been flying. It's great fun, and unlike quad TLT it isn't a chore to fly.

Quad gammas with quad homing missiles, quad EM, and quad chips also if that counts.

I mean, my favorite list at the moment uses a single 1-point upgrade from Wave 8, but Rage is what makes the Swarm viable these days.

How have you been doing with the Youngster Rage and 7 Academies? I'm a former swarm player so I want to try it but I'm burnt out on playing useless genericwing ships.

Does it have a chance against Palp Aces and squads that feature Soontir in general?

The 8-TIE Rageswarm has difficulties against Palp-Aces offensively, until you remember how to block.

Still, I find greater success in that match-up with a 7 TIE swarm.

Youngster + Rage

Epsilon Leader

Wampa + Hull

4x Academy

Wampa with a 42% chance of using his ability at Range 2-3 rather terrifies the Aces .

Moldy Crow Focus Factory:

Manaroo with Mindlink, Unhinged, K4, title

Moldy Crow Palob with Mindlink and TLT

Some other ship

Watch Palob become Focus Tycho...

What have you tried?

I tried leaving the TAP in my case while I use Guidance Chips on my Bombers/Punishers.

Dengar

Push the Limit

Title

K4

Zuckuss

Expose

Fire control

Outlaw tech

Pirate

Dengar and pirate distract zuckuss hits hard

What have you tried?

I tried leaving the TAP in my case while I use Guidance Chips on my Bombers/Punishers.

I've tried that too, using

Jonus w/thread tracers x2

Scimitar w/Assault Missiles, Cluster Missiles, EM, Guidance Chips x4

Pretty fun. Not very competitive. Lost to Palp Aces(but at least I killed Palp)