Han Solo help

By AdamGATX105, in X-Wing Squad Lists

My biggest question is what would be a better wing man.

Han Solo 46

Title 1

Engine upgrade 4

Push the limit 3

Kyle katarn 3

Nien nunb 1

Total 58

With

Jake Farrell 24

Chardaan refit -2

Swarm tactics 2

Total 24

Green Squad Pilot 19

Chardaan refit -2

Total 18

Or should I drop the A-wings for

Corran Horn 35

R2D2 4

Push the limit 3

Total 42

Push the limit is a bad idea on Han solo. Nien numb does not solve the issue. Its far too easy to block him and kill him. You can make it work with Kanan Jarrus crew, but of course, you do lose firepower without access to predator, so its important to run gunner as well (after all, you are spending 60+ points on a ship---you have to make sure as much as you can that it can deal consistently good damage turn after turn)

So the build looks like:

Han w/ PTL, falcon title, gunner, kanan & engine = 62

Edited by blade_mercurial

However I dont own a Kanan card

Here is a list I ran earlier in the week and won both my games with. Things would have gone smoother if my opponent had not had Palob threatening to steal my Focus/Evade tokens but if it can work against a fleet with him in it then it should do well.

46 Han Solo

4 Engine Upgrade

1 Falcon title

3 C-3PO

7 Luke

1 Veteran Instincts

31 Poe Dameron

1 Cool Hand

3 R5-P9

2 Autothrusters

99 Total

Well Predator works good too.

Solo w/ pred, gunner, C3-P0 & engine = 61 (or you can take luke for 63 points)

Poe or Ello make decent wingmen if you just want 2 ships.

Here's the trick with predator on Han; when attacking, if you...

...roll 0 hits, activate han ability and re-roll all.

...roll 1 hit, activate predator and re-roll the hit (yes, the hit). If it comes up another hit, yay! Activate han and re-roll the other 2 dice. If it comes up miss, activate gunner/luke.

...roll 2 hits, activate predator to re-roll the miss (or if its a range 1 shot, you can predator one hit vs 3 agility and han the 3 remaining dice on a miss or just Han the whole thing).

...roll 3 hits, grin at your opponent (if its a range 1 shot, use predator to re-roll the 1 miss).

Edited by blade_mercurial

I love Han Solo with Lone Wolf. It costs one point less than Predator, and works brilliantly while defending, especially with C3PO.

If you're going for tournament style games with a strict time limit, I think Jake Farrell with PtL, VI, AT, and Prockets is the way to go. You will get the lead early on points with a procket kill and force your opponent to be more aggressive. Jake doesn't go down easily, and should be able to harass pretty well. If you bid well for initiative Soontir and Whisper are no longer threats, too.

If Han is 62 points or less, take 3 bandits or talas for blocking and flanking, or a PS10 Poe.