Hi all

So what do you fly with your defenders?

Aces? A mini swarm? More defenders?

Flair and confidence

More Defenders.

More Defenders!

You have some really good options with Imperial Veterens, I have taken Mini swarms with them several times in the past but they were alwys a bit lacklustre.

With the new Titles and EPT slots, we suddenly have a wealth of new options, I took three Defenders with the new rules to a recent comp and had a blast.

I am itching to try out the Countess with Palp and two Juking Glaives with the Inquisitor.

I've been using two Glavies with PTL, MK II and X7 with a Bomber Shuttle carrying Vader.

4 games in and I'm 3-1 up. Enjoyable too

I'm going to fly vessery with VI, tie/d, tractor beam and MK2 e go e with tomax bren with Crackshot, extra munitions, homing missiles, guidance chips with Omega Leader with Comms relay, stealth device and Juke.

Depending how it goes with Tomax I can shuffle things around and use the Inquisitor instead.

I also like running a mini-swarm with a Defender. Stele is PS7 while the 3 TIE/LNs are at PS8. It almost always let you get to the soft insides after the TIEs strip the shields. Very tasty.

Defender and mini-Swarm (99)

Maarek Stele (45) - TIE Defender

Predator (3), Ion Cannon (3), TIE/D (0), Shield Upgrade (4)

Mauler Mithel (17) - TIE Fighter

Adaptability (0)

"Scourge" (17) - TIE Fighter

Adaptability (0)

"Howlrunner" (20) - TIE Fighter

Juke (2)

A palp shuttle and a spare ace can work rather well.

Palp aces isn't going anywhere, after all.

As said above more defenders

I like them with

1) more Defenders

2) TIE/fo aces

3) TIE miniswarm

In that order.

All of those have been good for me. I've had trouble pairing them with Interceptors, Bombers, or Firesprays, but I think that's more due to my deficiency with those ships than their lack of cooperative ability with Defenders.

Inquisitor and other TAP's play well with vessery.

Mini swarms are best buds with Rexler.

Maarek likes high ps aces that open up targets for his ability.

Really they play well with anyone.

Hi all

So what do you fly with your defenders?

Aces? A mini swarm? More defenders?

Omega Leader is one of the best Vessery enabelers along with the Inquisitor.

Outside of that you can make Defenders work in pretty much any context, only Vessery needs his squad to be build around him.

I enjoy the fact that you can slap down 2 x7 defenders and a deci with 4 points to spare. Just the ships alone on the field are impressive to see together.

I have repeatedly tried and failed to make lists with only one defender in them

how could you not have at least 2?

I have repeatedly tried and failed to make lists with only one defender in them

how could you not have at least 2?

Vessery with Juke and x7

Ryad with PtL, x7, TIE MK II.

Palp Shuttle with ST-321 and FCS

Vessery with Juke and x7

Inquisitor with PtL, TIE/V1, and Autothrusters

Palpatine is so stupid good that you simply cannot have a squad without him.

Yeah, Palp shuttle is the easy answer.

TIE Shuttle with Systems Officer and Weapons Engineer could pair nicely with Vessery.

vess ryand is two defenders

vess inq is lammmmmmmmmmmmmme

there's just something so brutishly imposing about having a pair of defenders that it makes flying a loner so unappealing to me

really doesn't hurt that the TIe/x7 turns it into one of the most all-around reliable jousters in the game

Vessery, Vader, Omega Leader

the Target Lock Trio

So I've been thinking about the Vess, Ryad, Palp combo. It is incredibly strong, but I feel there is one big weakness: Dash. Has anyone else who has proxied this list tried the Dash matchup? I have not yet.

So I've been thinking about the Vess, Ryad, Palp combo. It is incredibly strong, but I feel there is one big weakness: Dash. Has anyone else who has proxied this list tried the Dash matchup? I have not yet.

havn't even seen Dash in a dog's age

we had one local tournie where, I **** you not, 3 Dash + VCXs showed up

after none of them breached top 4, never saw them again

I myself ran into one of them (how could you not with that many in circulation?) and procket Farrel proved to be too much, nevermind the potential palp aces that are fairly common in my local area

Dash is hard to play in this meta

vess ryand is two defenders

vess inq is lammmmmmmmmmmmmme

there's just something so brutishly imposing about having a pair of defenders that it makes flying a loner so unappealing to me

really doesn't hurt that the TIe/x7 turns it into one of the most all-around reliable jousters in the game

What's your list? I've got a vessery/ryad/omega leader list that I love and I'm curious to see what other people are running.

vess ryand is two defenders

vess inq is lammmmmmmmmmmmmme

there's just something so brutishly imposing about having a pair of defenders that it makes flying a loner so unappealing to me

I freaking love that shuttle paint job, kudos to whoever owns that ship.

Vessery with TB and crackshot kills aces.

So I've been thinking about the Vess, Ryad, Palp combo. It is incredibly strong, but I feel there is one big weakness: Dash. Has anyone else who has proxied this list tried the Dash matchup? I have not yet.

From the other side of the fence, I think that defenders would be a fairly tough nut for Dash to crack, especially with Palp backing them up. 6 health behind 3 agility and the x7s normally having both Focus and Evade. Even Super-Dash will struggle to shave off more than one shield a round. PS8 seems to be the new benchmark and Dash falls just below that.