Scum or Rebel - Ride of the Ywings

By LagJanson, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Y-wing - Gold (or equivalent Scum)

Autoblaster Turret

(optional) BTL if you feel you can fly it hard to victory

Repeat.

Gives you 5 Y-wings with autoblaster turrets. Individually, not exactly high on the threat priority list. That range one bubble isn't all that threatening. A person can normally avoid it more often than not. Five range one bubbles on the other hand get more interesting, and with that many ships and hit points they are going to be around a while. The main strategy here is, I may lose one on approach, but I will close, and when I do I hurt you.

Triple scout? Well, I'll lose a Y-Wing... but then I close. You can't fire torpedoes at me running away, and if you're in close I'm shooting you. Personally, I like the BTL option here...

Aces? Same problem only worse. Less hit points and more dependence on green dice. The Emperor can't help you when the evades don't matter. And this unfortunately is why BTL is not such an obvious choice... Good wingman coverage lowers this concern.

Engine upgraded turrets? I've got 5 Y-Wings, cast the net. Decimators don't dodge. Dash with HLC is likely the biggest threat. Maneuverable enough to likely keep out of range one and continue using that turret all the while.

The list has flaws - clearly. Range 3 the firepower is laughable, and range two isn't a whole lot better. It depends a lot on your own red dice. Lowers the importance of green dice though! And if you're good enough to fly it with BTL you will seriously wreck things at range one.

Sounds like a fun list to fly. Feast or famine though.

I think if you catch people off guard, force bumps, and spread your squad out; aces will drop like flies.

The main issue I see with this list is how it closes games out. If you don't win early, finishing opponents off with 1 or 2 Autoblaster Y-wings is a difficult task.

That's actually the old Thug Life, back when Most Wanted was released. In time, it was replaced with the 4xTLT version.

A fun list, but falls apart quickly.

I guess I missed out on that one. Never seen it. I would agree as well that it would be tough to recover if things fall apart.