Shield instead of Engine on Horn... or Hull?

By Wiredin, in X-Wing

Take standard Horn and just swap shield.

Does it help with his longevity longer than boost?

whats your thoughts?

In this meta:

Fcs--> Shield

Sensors--> Engine

In this meta:

Fcs--> Shield

Sensors--> Engine

So due to the transitive property (or is it ditributive):

(Sensors + Shield) = (FCS + Engine)

Engine lets you control range against U-boats. That's a helluva lot better than 1 shield.

If you are going for either, though, take shield over hull. You can regen it.

Engines might get you out of arc (although I doubt that this is possible against the usual aces) or into R1 where you deal a devastating attack. Shield is the winner if you run with R2D2 of course, as there's more to regenerate.

I always run my horn with hull. 1 pt has helped me out in iniative more than it should have. If u gonna run away and regen not likely going to be gone for 4 rounds. And the extra hull helps against advanced homing missiles and wampa, cuz sometimes u get blocked and they get that shot through.

Engine lets you control range against U-boats. That's a helluva lot better than 1 shield.

If you are going for either, though, take shield over hull. You can regen it.

In a meta where Wampa is a thing, I'd want the hull over the extra point of shields.

I'm already picturing a nightmare scenario where, instead of dying with three shield tokens on Corran, you're going to die with four.

Engine lets you control range against U-boats. That's a helluva lot better than 1 shield.

If you are going for either, though, take shield over hull. You can regen it.

In a meta where Wampa is a thing, I'd want the hull over the extra point of shields.

I'm already picturing a nightmare scenario where, instead of dying with three shield tokens on Corran, you're going to die with four.

This is very true. I got Kavil bombed with my 4 Green squaddies and Hull saved me. If I didn't have hull upgrade on them I would have lost 2 to direct hits with full shield still.

I really enjoy the A and the E. Trying to find a way to meld them together in a list... but they have very little synergy.

I actually tend to run him with BB-8, Sensor Jammer, Push the Limit, and Stealth Device. 4 Agility and the ability to force an opponent to flip one of his hits to a Focus result can be nasty - you're practically forcing them to use the Focus action of they wanna touch you.

Corran has a rough time right now in this Meta due to jumpmaster alpha strike. If he can survive that salvo, he is superb. I have been running him with R4D6 Biggs amd with Draw Their Fire EPT, FCS, R2D2, and Hull Upgrade. Hull Upgrade is really superb on him. Without the PTL token stack because I took DTF, I will take damage, but Hull Upgrade gives you just enough breathing room a lot of the time to Regen enough health and hammer through damage with double tapping FCS. With other EPTs or systems, maybe a different modification makes sense, but for my Corram it is hull upgrade definitely. Plus it makes me not that scared of Wampa.

In this meta:

Fcs--> Shield

Sensors--> Engine

So due to the transitive property (or is it ditributive):

(Sensors + Shield) = (FCS + Engine)

Then we have to substract Engine leading us to:

Sensors + Shield - Engine = FCS

Divide this by FCS:

(Sensors + Shield - Engine)/FCS = FCS/FCS = 1

So "1" is the answer