Braylen/Poe/Jansen

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I am going to be running this for a causal game name and plan on trying it out for a tournament.

Braylen Stramm (25)

Gunner (5)

R2-D6 (1)

Rage (1)

Alliance Overhaul (0)

Poe Dameron (31)

Adaptability (0)

R5-P9 (3)

Pattern Analyzer (2)

Integrated Astromech (0)

Wes Janson (29)

Veteran Instincts (1)

R3-A2 (2)

Integrated Astromech (0)

Total: 100

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The goal is to hit with Wes first to clear any tokens and add stress if everyone is in a good spot to finish off the ship the next turn then clean up with Poe and Braylen. Please let me know if there are any changes I should make. I would like to try to keep the list to two x wings(ether types pilots don't matter) and a single ARC. Thanks!

I ran a ragin' Braylen recently. You don't need Gunner — he doesn't miss that often. I recommend Chopper, so that you still have the option to rage on turns that you don't get rid of that other stress. That frees up 5 points to put Autothrusters or either Predator or PTL on Poe...or you could switch to PS 9 Poe + PTL.

Edit: Another idea... PTL on Poe, R2-D2 on Wes.

Edited by stonestokes

Thanks! I love braylen in the ARC and I can see the gunner being a bit over kill with Wes stripping the tokens before hand anyways. How would something like this look?

Braylen Stramm (25)

"Chopper" (0)

R2-D6 (1)

Rage (1)

Alliance Overhaul (0)

Poe Dameron (31)

Veteran Instincts (1)

R5-P9 (3)

Pattern Analyzer (2)

Autothrusters (2)

Wes Janson (29)

Veteran Instincts (1)

R2-D2 (4)

Integrated Astromech (0)

Total: 100

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It looks great. The reason that PTL would be good on Poe is because with Pattern Analyzer he can focus + TL before the check pilot stress step. If his maneuver was green, then the stress he gets from PTL goes away. But you'd have to drop VI + Autothrusters. The real question is what does the PS meta look like for your area?

Edited by stonestokes

It's mostly on the higher side. Swarms or 4 ship builds aren't really a thing anymore. You will see them here and there but the normal palp defenders/bro bots/ regen builds are common.

I play here in south Texas San Antonio/Austin area if you are familiar with the meta here at all.

If you are seeing more Palp Defenders than Palp Aces, I would absolutely go with PTL + IA on Poe instead of VI. Brobots don't care about your VI on Poe. Imperial Aces and Dengaroo are what you will want VI + AT for.