So after almost 2 years of playing Xwing i finally assembled enought Ties to start playing some swarms. Now as beeing total rookie in terms of playing 5+ ships i have some ideas and need advice which one is the best to pursue:

Swarm A -modern old school:

Howlrunner /Crackshot

3xAP

3xEpsilon Squad

7 ship classic with HP worth of another tie due to shields on epsilons. 1 Crackshot cause why not, may be usefull. Im loosing 5 crackshots for 7th tie.

Swarm B -classic crackswarm:

Howlrunner /Crackshot

3xBlack Squadron /Crackshot

2xOmega /Crackshot

What can i say? Just modern 6 ship crackswarm. Im not using maulers or scourge and blacks cause im limited to 4 ties and 3 fos in my collection

Swarm C - crackOL:

Howlrunner /Crackshot

Omega /Crackshot

Omega Leader /Juke,Comms

3xAP

And this one is my personal frankie-monster. Omega Leader brings insane value. Basically im trading 3 crackshots (cause i count OL as another crackshot, and multiple use one) for omega leader.

Here's a nowdays quite classic Tie Swarm:

"Howlrunner" — TIE Fighter 18
Crack Shot 1
Stealth Device 3
Ship Total: 22

"Wampa" — TIE Fighter 14
Stealth Device 3
Ship Total: 17

Black Squadron Pilot — TIE Fighter 14
Crack Shot 1
Ship Total: 15

Black Squadron Pilot — TIE Fighter 14
Crack Shot 1
Ship Total: 15

Black Squadron Pilot — TIE Fighter 14
Crack Shot 1
Ship Total: 15

Black Squadron Pilot — TIE Fighter 14
Crack Shot 1
Ship Total: 15

Howlrunner at PS8 and the rest at PS4

Or a more damage output swarm:

"Howlrunner" — TIE Fighter 18
Crack Shot 1
Ship Total: 19

"Backstabber" — TIE Fighter 16
Ship Total: 16

"Mauler Mithel" — TIE Fighter 17
Crack Shot 1
Ship Total: 18

"Zeta Leader" — TIE/fo Fighter 20
Crack Shot 1
Ship Total: 21

"Omega Leader" — TIE/fo Fighter 21
Juke 2
Comm Relay 3
Ship Total: 26

Swarm B is the current Gold standard for Crackswarms and the one I'd take given those three choices. However, you should also consider the 7-TIE crackswarm variant that won the Madrid Regionals and the Yavin Open.

Howlrunner, Crackshot

3x Black Squadron, Crackshot

3x Academy Pilot.

Seven ships, four crackshots.

I've run swarms at the last 3 store tournaments I've gone too... And I'm fairly sure I'm going to do it again next weekend with:

Howlrunner w/Crackshot

Mauler Mithel w/Crackshot

Scourge w/Crackshot

Black Squardon w/Crackshot x3

Even with Crack and the new AND old All-Stars is 5 TIEs enough? I'd like to see it work, but I'm not sure.