How does this look for epic?

By Fuzzywookie, in X-Wing Squad Lists

EPIC The Empire (300)

Raider-class Corvette (Fore) (63) - Raider-class Corv. (Fore)

Ion Cannon Battery (6), Gunnery Team (4), Backup Shield Generator (3)

Raider-class Corvette (Aft) (88) - Raider-class Corv. (Aft)

Rear Admiral Chiraneau (3), Weapons Engineer (3), Ion Cannon Battery (6), Ion Cannon Battery (6), Engineering Team (4), Sensor Team (4), Engine Booster (3), Instigator (4), Optimized Generators (5)

Tomax Bren (31) - TIE Bomber

Crack Shot (1), Concussion Missiles (4), Extra Munitions (2), Guidance Chips (0)

Captain Jonus (29) - TIE Bomber

Deadeye (1), Concussion Missiles (4), Extra Munitions (2), Guidance Chips (0)

Black Eight Sq. Pilot (27) - TIE Punisher

Concussion Missiles (4), Guidance Chips (0)

Onyx Squadron Pilot (31) - TIE Defender

TIE/x7 (-2), Twin Ion Engine Mk. II (1)

Onyx Squadron Pilot (31) - TIE Defender

TIE/x7 (-2), Twin Ion Engine Mk. II (1)

In a nutshell:

- Not enough ships (bring out academy pilots to block your opponent). 6 ships is simply not enough.

- Your backup shield generator is in the wrong spot (the fore section has recover, so if you lose that, you lose all regen potential)

I could go into more details, but let's start with that.

TIE Punishers are in a rough spot for Epic... Turbo laser fire at range 5 and the thing still only rolls TWO green dice. Plus, it's a magnet for Rebel fighters, so you need a pretty good fighter screen to protect it.

I agree with Dotswarlock, you need more fighters. Your only fighter support is a pair of mark 7 Defenders. Not nearly enough fighters. At 300 points, and a Raider, you really need Academy pilots to fill the sky... or if you're aggressive, a bunch of Alpha squadron Interceptors.

As for the Raider... You're not going to do a lot of damage with it, but if you're expecting a capital ship on the other side you're going to give it a bad day. That's a lot of ion batteries. The range is nice too. Not sure about the sensor team in this case, as you only have that range 4 band that's impacted, and you won't be able to focus fire with re-rolls anyway. Lots of speed on this Raider, I like it...

Yeah, drop the punisher and a few of the teams from the raider to add three Academy Pilots in there at least.

I might replace the punisher and defenders with a howlrunner black squadron crack swarm.