I was playing against a friend last night prepping for a Tournament with 2 IG88s HLC with Crack Shot and Glitterstim.

I initially tried a weird variation on Dash Corran: (100 pts)

Corran Horn+PTL+Plasma Torps+FCS+R2D2+Guidance Chips

Dash Rendar +Stay on Target+HLC+Outrider+Navigator

Corran got off a shot in the first attack with his primary and gained a TL to prep for reshot with the Plasma Torps, but both IGs hit and killed him before he could even regen a shield or fire back.

Dash flew well with the combination, but the lack of modifiers on attacks made him unable to get past the evades and shields of the IGs and they turn by turn took him down. I typically could keep one ship out of arc, but not both.

0-100 loss.

Second Game,

I went to a more standard Dash-Corran Build:

Dash+PTL+Engine+HLC+Outrider+KyleKatarn

Corran+PTL+R2D2

Dash essentially flew around untouched for most of the game and Corran died after one IG was down to only 1 hull and the other one had 4 shields gone.Dash moved around for about 3 more rounds and lost 3 shields while killing both IGs.

100-42 win.

I'm not happy with Corran's lack of an ability to do a green turn to get turned around quickly and have actions. I spent a number of rounds trying to evade being shot and could not get turned around to fire until right before he died.

If they come out with a Rebel Veterans pack, it would be nice to get some new E-wing pilots and a Title that could give green turns.

Not sure that will happen, for the fear of an overpowered Corran, but it's the one weakness I see in an already pricey ship.

I'm not happy with Corran's lack of an ability to do a green turn to get turned around quickly and have actions. I spent a number of rounds trying to evade being shot and could not get turned around to fire until right before he died.

If they come out with a Rebel Veterans pack, it would be nice to get some new E-wing pilots and a Title that could give green turns.

Not sure that will happen, for the fear of an overpowered Corran, but it's the one weakness I see in an already pricey ship.

There's nothing wrong with Corran. If you want green hard turns you take R2 astro. You can't seriously expect to be able to get the benefits of 2 astromechs on friggin Corran Horn!

Frankly, I never liked the Dash + Corran combo. It is a build that tends to absolutely murder the sorts of lists that new players to the game come up with, but most experienced players have seen it so many times, they are quite comfortable in dismantling it.

Basically what you are asking for is a more effective Corran, but you cannot do that with only 42 points. The best Corran build is 49 points and simply does not work with Dash. And that is fine. If you want better support for Dash, you should be looking elsewhere.

I do agree that the e-wing needs some sort of buff (like the T-65 x-wing), but not Corran. His pilot ability is already exceptionally good, thus complicating any attempt to fix the e-wing without overpowering Mr Horn...

So what's better to match up with Dash?

So what's better to match up with Dash?

Good question!

Full disclosure: I haven't really flown dash (although I've flown against him many times). If I were to do a Dash + something, I would go with Ello, although he doesn't need all 42 points to do well. The only problem with Ello though, is that he and Dash can struggle a bit against higher PS aces, so he's not 'perfect' as Dash's wingman.

My favourite Ello build is: lone wolf, R2-D2, autothrusters. For 38 points. I would then either throw proton rockets on Dash (to offset the 'donut hole') or some torpedo on Ello.

But discounting my preferences for a sec, I have seen Miranda used to good effect alongside Dash. I personally despise the k-wing, and would never fly it myself, but there's no doubt about Miranda's effectiveness. Conner net is quite good on her (to help deal with the list's achilles heel---high PS arc-dodgers). And Conner + TLT leaves 3 points for a crew of your choice for her.