Quis, Tomax, PalpShuttle... Looking for views...

By slowreflex, in X-Wing Squad Lists

The Inquisitor [Push the Limit, TIE/v1, Autothrusters] (31)

Tomax Bren [TIE Shuttle, Crack Shot, Hull Upgrade, Ysanne Isard, Tactician] (34)

Omicron Group Pilot [sensor Jammer, Emperor Palpatine, Ion Projector] (35)

Trying to be a bit tanky, but have enough firepower as well. Any thoughts?

Even with hull upgrade I feel like ysanne will be a waste more often than not on any tie shuttle. My reasoning: on a decimator like kenkirk ysanne makes sense, there is 12 hull there, at best youll end up at 11 when her abillity starts working. 11 hull with a free evade and 1 evasion die is going to be bulkier than whatever is left of your bombers 7 hull by the time ysanne kicks in. 2 evade vs 1 evade isn't that huge of a difference.

Assuming you brought hull upgrade to pair with isaard, I would drop both of them to add gunner to tomax and maintain a 2 point bid. 2 die attacks miss. Often. Even with crack shot. So why not line up at range 2, not use crackshot on the first attack (trying to trigger gunner) and then use crackshot on the second shot to try to push through damage while also double-stressing your target?

Of course this is personal preference, your list may work better without my changes.

Edit: spelling

Edited by BleakSquadron

Thanks for the feedback. I think you make some good points. I ended up running Inquis as specified, Tomax with just Crack Shot, and a Patrol Leader Deci with just Vader. Seemed to work quite well.

Edited by slowreflex

Nice! I love a patrol leader with Vader. My favorite decimator currently. What you ended up with is very close to a list I run often. My list simply replaces tomax with omega leader and his typical 26 point build. Did tomax put out reliable damage with crack shot every turn? I look forward to trying him out in the future.

Nice! I love a patrol leader with Vader. My favorite decimator currently. What you ended up with is very close to a list I run often. My list simply replaces tomax with omega leader and his typical 26 point build. Did tomax put out reliable damage with crack shot every turn? I look forward to trying him out in the future.

Tomax did pretty good, but was the first to die every match. My opponents wanted to kill him first for some reason, which I think worked to my advantage though as the Decimator was just annihilating people. I would say his damage output was similar to Inquisitor. One less die (unless at Range 1), but the Crack Shot helps obviously. I quite like him with just Crack Shot as it seems pretty good for the points. He is tougher to take down than people think as well, due to PS8, Barrel Roll, two agility and 6 hull. Of course, Omega Leader is great as well. Not made up my mind yet which is better as there are pros and cons to each. Probably Omega Leader, but not tried that composition yet.

Edited by slowreflex