A Flock of Hawks

By DeathToJarJar, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So I enjoy wacky/out-of-the-box squadron ideas. My current idea was to come up with an all-hawk list (or at least mostly-hawk) that is still somewhat competitive, and this is what I came up with:

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

- Glitterstim (2)

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

- Glitterstim (2)

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

Total 100

So the idea is you vomit stress tokens in the initial pass, and then while they're trying to clear you take down a ship or two with the TLTs as you swing around. HWKs aren't that maneuverable but with four of them supporting each other you ought to be able to line up that tactician shot on at least a couple. Could work with rebels too, although you'd need some kind of modification to replace Gstim.

Is this at all functional or is it just crazy?

Not only functional. It has already won big stuff.

Spice Runner (16):

  • Twin Laser Turret (6)
  • Feedback Array (2)
Total: 24 pts

Spice Runner (16):

  • Twin Laser Turret (6)
  • Greedo (1)
  • Feedback Array (2)
Total: 25 pts

Spice Runner (16):

  • Twin Laser Turret (6)
  • Bossk (2)
  • Feedback Array (2)
Total: 26 pts

Torkil Mux (19):

  • Twin Laser Turret (6)
Total: 25 pts

Torkil leads the flock, bringing something down to their level.

Feedback Array covers R1 while TLT takes the rest. Bossk HWK for accuracy, Greedo HWK for crits.

That's the one thing Thug Life can't do.

Edited by K Genesis

So I enjoy wacky/out-of-the-box squadron ideas. My current idea was to come up with an all-hawk list (or at least mostly-hawk) that is still somewhat competitive, and this is what I came up with:

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

- Glitterstim (2)

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

- Glitterstim (2)

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

Spice Runner (16)

- Tactician (2)

- TLT (6)

Total 100

So the idea is you vomit stress tokens in the initial pass, and then while they're trying to clear you take down a ship or two with the TLTs as you swing around. HWKs aren't that maneuverable but with four of them supporting each other you ought to be able to line up that tactician shot on at least a couple. Could work with rebels too, although you'd need some kind of modification to replace Gstim.

Is this at all functional or is it just crazy?

Actually, not only is it functional, I think if I faced this (even in a casual game) I believe I would actually look like this:

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