Howdy folks
Having been fed with Interceptors and Aces in general, I like to play kinda off meta lists, but still competitevely.
And this list feels like having been made for me
RACING STEEL
100 points
PILOTS
Rear Admiral Chiraneau (65)
VT-49 Decimator (46), Predator (3), Emperor Palpatine (8), Ysanne Isard (4), Engine Upgrade (4)
Maarek Stele (35)
TIE Defender (35), Veteran Instincts (1), TIE/x7 (-2), Twin Ion Engine Mk. II
In a couple of games played with this list, I already fell in love. I'll be honest, I hate the Shuttle, that's why I never play Palpatine when I play aces. In this list Palp is just destroying things. In tandem with RAC ability and Predator I can get easily Hit/Crit/Crit on every attack made with the Deci.
The new Tie/x7 title is also just brilliant. The defensive capabilities of the new defender are great, especially with Palp in the mix.
As for the games played, I played so far 2 games against 3 Aces with Soontir, Inquisitor and Omega, a B/A/X-Wing with Biggs, Keyan and Jake and Fat Han with Poe.
So far a 4-0 for Racing Steel. Soontir is generally left for last and with all the offensive capabilities of RAC and Stele, the Inquisitor and Omega drop like flies. After that, killing Soontir is just a matter of positioning the Defender for the shot. In neither of the games I lost any of the ships.
The B/A/X list was more of a fun game, so the win was really easy. I must say killing Biggs with R2-D2 was a big nuissance for a couple of turns.
The Fat Han list was the most difficult one oddly enough. I might blame it on bad dice though. I killed Poe very quickly, but then Han was just sitting there, not getting killed. The game ended up with RAC shot down, but my dear Maarek Stele was still at 3H 1S when getting the last shot through.
All in all, try this list, tweak it and play it. Cause it's f***** amazing. Who needs Soontir when you can have a beefy Defender