TLT's against the u-boat prevalance?

By Essexkiwi, in X-Wing Squad Lists

The meta in my part of the world seems to be larger ship combos with aces lists and swarms in the minority, so I'm tempted to trot out some TLT's with support.

How would this work?

PS8 Poe, Veteran Instincts, R2D2, Autothrusters, 38

Gold Sqn Y-Wing, TLT, 24

Gold Sqn Y-Wing, TLT, 24

Tala Sqn Z-95, 13

99pts

Looks decent but I could suggest some tweaks that would improve it. If Aces are really not a big deal in your meta then maybe replace VI on Poe with Lone Wolf. This will provide a solid boost to his offence and defence and synergises well with his ability. Also You can probably replace R2-D2 with R5-P9 for regen which saves you a point.

Next you might want to consider dropping that Tala to a Bandit. On the face of it a downgrade sounds odd but a cheap PS2 ship can act as a better blocker which really messes up U-boats by blocking them from focussing.

That means you now have 2 points spare so you can upgrade 1 gold squadron to a grey squadron. Those TLTs don't want to block but allowing at least one of them to shoot before U-boats and PS<4 Generics will help. If I could see a way to upgade the other Gold to a Grey I would suggest it but I think you have probably reached the limit of what you can trim off.

Thanks for that, good points there. I would have gone with R5-P9 but don't have the card yet hence defaulting to R2D2, but the transport may just be my next ship purchase.

Lone Wolf bonuses would be handy but means I have to run Poe well clear of both the Y's and the Bandit so might not be getting the benefits in a few turns.

I could drop VI for Adaptability instead and with the other changes I'd have the points to switch the Golds to Greys?

U boats explode TLTs well before the opposite happens - PS2 ones, anyway.

I think there's room for PS4 TLTs, but I'm not certain.

I'm more sure, though still not completely, that there's room for a PS4 stresshog against u boust. U boats live and die by their actions and have a weird dial for stress shedding, so stress them and survive their first barrage, you can probably keep out of their way and/or keep them stressed and not firing their torps until the game ends.