So, got my HoTr today and immediately set about some listcrafting with the new falcon...

Came up with...

Rey

veteran instincts

falcon title (hotr)

Kanan Jarrus

Finn

smuggling compartment

inertial dampeners

counter-measures

She comes in at 59 points... Which is Super-Dash territory, but hopefully she'll put a similar level of hurt on.

Most of the upgrades feel pretty obvious; VI helps to get her moving last & shooting first, which feels very important given her reliance on the firing arc.

Falcon title just is... And should be immeasurably important with post-maneuver repositioning. Kanan obviously helps helps clear the stress and keeps the dial nice & open.

Finn I feel is a pretty obvious inclusion, given how well he & Rey synergise together.

The smuggling compartment obviously is there to enable the inertial dampeners, which provide the falcon with a really nice alternative maneuver. This should hopefully seal the deal and make Rey as close to impossible as can be to outmaneuver.

Counter-measures help to protect the (substantial) points investment, and should hopefully stop rey from melting too quickly under focus-fire.

So, following that wall of text; what are the thoughts on this build? And what might be a good ship to make up the other half of the list?

I have a similar 59pt Rey build and came up with Miranda. Hits hard and regens. Not a ship you want to save til last, and dont want to be chasing a regen ship while Rey clobbers you.

Miranda (29)

Homing Missiles (5)

EM (2)

Sabine (2)

Thermal Detonators (3)

Guidance Chips (0)

Total = 41pts

Personally i think that Rey with Finn is the only worthwile new Falcon to fly. New Han's Pilot ability is awful just as Chewies new ability. There is no much reason to field them instead of their younger alter egos.

So that leaves us with Rey, Finn, MF (TFA). And 49 points to play with.

Kanan is not really needed if you ask me, you will use Koios and Segnors from time to time, but i would not take Countermeasures either, sono real need for better stress dumping, especially if your other ship does not need stress relief (if it does, reconsider).

I think PS8 is sufficient as you don't run EU anyway. So i would go for lone Wolf if you run another independant Ace with her. Provides you another reroll in addition to Rey' ls and a defensive one on top.

For Crew i'd take Recon Spec to be able to use Finn's ability easier on offense and defense. C-3PO would also work quite well.

If you then run a cheap partner, EU is still okay, if not Rey dos not really need a special mod. Burnout Slam

Maybe as illicit for the one-time oomph?

For partners, the old suspects. Corran, Poe, Miranda...

I've been using this recently and its been pretty good:

Rey (45)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Kanan Jarrus (3)
Finn (5)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Millennium Falcon (TFA) (1)

Poe Dameron (31)
Predator (3)
R5-P9 (3)
Pattern Analyzer (2)
Autothrusters (2)

Total: 100

My falcon is also at 59 but I have EU instead of countermeasures and dampners. I think if i were to take counter measures it would probably be with glitterstim for the turn of (basically) 3 greens with re-rolls and focus to evades which would make her pretty tanky in a joust, but it obviously means dropping a point somewhere else.

Poe does what Poe does. I think in a two ship build he needs to be able to pull his weight offensively hence predator. The new pattern analyzer helps keep him pointing at enemies as you can use the k-turn and t-rolls while still taking a focus and using Poe's and R5-P9s ability. Then you can also use Kanan to shift the stress after doing a white the next turn.

The other partner that I have used is:

Lothal Rebel (35)
Fire-Control System (2)
Autoblaster Turret (2)
Jyn Erso (2)
"Chopper" (0)

Its basically the tried and tested lothal but has Jyn Erso who is useful for passing multiple focuses to Rey so she can have some for defence or both offence and defence when she uses boost.

I really like Poe with pattern analyzer and also with Predator or if i run him with Black one Primed thrusters is a solid choice too.

For Rey, the question is how many Turns do you need to shed stress on any of your ships in range with a white. It depends on the playstyle a lot, but if you are not constantly stressing yourself i feel Kanan is better replaced by C3PO or Recon Spec. This again depends on if you take EU. Boosting a lot? -> C3PO! If not -> Recon Spec.

Sorry for double posting but it seemed not to have worked the first time i submitted xd!

Use Poe with the Black One title. It helps keep focus off of Rey. Something like this:

Poe (ps 8):

-PTL

-R5-P9

-Black One

-Pattern Analyzer

-Auto Thrusters