Thanan Darklighter go out on the town

By Tailsgod, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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Thane Kyrell (30) - ARC-170

Tail Gunner (2), Alliance Overhaul (0), Vectored Thrusters (2)

Kanan Jarrus (44) - VCX-100

Jan Ors (2), Recon Specialist (3), Tactical Jammer (1)

Biggs Darklighter (26) - X-Wing

R4-D6 (1), Integrated Astromech (0)

Feel like it could be a fun

Really hoping snap shot is shooting as an action though

Could be fun to stick that on thane

First off, I really like this ship pairing - Kanan + Biggs is always good, but Thane makes it even better. That said, I think you can do some tweaking to optimize it. Thane need some better action options (Barrel Roll will rarely be relevant when your goal is to stay near Biggs and enemies are already in arc). My reccomendation would be to drop Thrusters and Tail Gunner and add Plasma Torps, Guidance Chips, R2-D6*, Adaptability, and Chopper to Thane. The plasmas are the main addition - Thane can shoot them with a focus token via his ability, which combined with Chips makes them quite powerful. (Adaptability lets you either move at equal PS, which can be helpful, or drop to PS 3 so your ability triggers before you shoot vs crack swarms and stuff like that). Other options would include dropping any of Thrusters, Gunner or Ors for Autoblaster Turret or FCS on Kanan, or Seismic Torps or Lando on Thane.

*Edit: Accidentally said R4-D6

Edited by DeathToJarJar

First off, I really like this ship pairing - Kanan + Biggs is always good, but Thane makes it even better. That said, I think you can do some tweaking to optimize it. Thane need some better action options (Barrel Roll will rarely be relevant when your goal is to stay near Biggs and enemies are already in arc). My reccomendation would be to drop Thrusters and Tail Gunner and add Plasma Torps, Guidance Chips, R4-D6, Adaptability, and Chopper to Thane. The plasmas are the main addition - Thane can shoot them with a focus token via his ability, which combined with Chips makes them quite powerful. (Adaptability lets you either move at equal PS, which can be helpful, or drop to PS 3 so your ability triggers before you shoot vs crack swarms and stuff like that). Other options would include dropping any of Thrusters, Gunner or Ors for Autoblaster Turret or FCS on Kanan, or Seismic Torps or Lando on Thane.

Hmmm I like that alot, I think i'm going to go with the former suggestion because the reason I have Jan Ors on Kanan is to give Biggs just slightly more survivablity by giving him an evade token thanks!

I don't think Thane has a native Elite Talent.

It's a nice idea, though. As noted, Biggs & Kanan is a nasty pairing, and Thane works even better with the synergy.

Tail Gunner is nice, but I might alternatively suggest gunning him up; R2-D6/Expose costs 1 point more than what you've currently equipped him with - and as long as Biggs is around, he can use it freely. Alternatively, a single torpedo spread gives you one big punch at a cost of less firepower after Biggs explodes.

To be honest, if you just treat Thane's ability as 'always gets a second action until Biggs goes down' he's still pretty good value for money - a Target Lock/Focus 3-dice attack is not easy to ignore. I'd agree with dumping off Vectored Thrusters, though - for 2 points I'd rather have a fire control on your squad's "big stick" - the primary weapon on the Ghost.

Dang it, meant to say R2-D6 in the list above to get adaptability. Expose is a great idea though.

Okay better list now

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Thane Kyrell (30) - ARC-170
Jyn Erso (2), Alliance Overhaul (0), BB-8 (2)

Kanan Jarrus (44) - VCX-100
Jan Ors (2), Recon Specialist (3), Tactical Jammer (1)

Biggs Darklighter (26) - X-Wing
R4-D6 (1), Integrated Astromech (0)

I liked the expose but Jyn gives the list a slight better survivability and bb-8 is just fun as hell to fly with and makes thane slightly more maneuverable after biggs bites it and he has to survive on his own.

Jyn and Jan also are extremely fun together, add that with Kanan and we have a oddly tanky Biggs

Ok yeah just saw that preview. Jyn is ridiculously awesome in this list to refill Biggs or Kanan as needed. OK now I need an ARC-170 and a U-wing ASAP because I'm definitely giving this a try.