Going to play in my first tournament in January and atm I cant choose what list to use .

I have only been playing friendly games with friends at this point (sadly to game shop with small tournaments or game nights where i live )

so this is the first time I have been "tryharding" when building lists.

atm Im not even sure if Im flying rebels or Empire :/

the Rebel lists I have been putting together so far is

Rebel List 1:

Rebel List 3:

Corran with Miranda and a Bandit to sum it all up. (Cant list rebel ships without including Corran in at least 1 of them )

Rebel List 5:

Miranda Doni (29): C-3PO (3), Twin Laser Turret (6). 38 Points

Poe Dameron (31): R5-P9 (3), Veteran Instincts (1), Autothrusters (2). 37 Points

Gold Squadron Pilot (18): Twin Laser Turret (6). 24 Points

99 Points

Miranda with a cheaper Ace to make room for a Gold TLT. (can change R5-P9 to R2-D2 but I perosnly like R5 better on Poe)

If it wasnt obvious I really like flying Miranda ^^. Sadly I dont have the Ghost expansion so I dont have Sabin to make the Miranda bomb list .

and on the Imperial side (before people suggest palp aces, I dont have Palpatine)

Empire List 1:

Soontir Fel (27): Royal Guard TIE (0), Autothrusters (2), Stealth Device (3), Push the Limit (3). 35 Points

Omega Leader (21): Juke (2), Comm Relay (3). 26 Points

Zeta Leader (20): Weapons Guidance (2), Twin Ion Engine Mk.II (1), Wired (1). 24 Points

85 Points.

Here Im not sure what to fill out the last 15 points with. at first I thought a Academy Pilot and a stealth device on Omega, but I could also

fit in a Black Squadron with Crack Shot or a Epsilon Squadron Pilot or Night Beast or Winged Gundark. Dont have Wampa.

Delta Squadron Pilot (30): TIE/X7 (-2). 28 Points

99 Points

Empire List 3:

Soontir Fel (27): Royal Guard TIE (0), Autothrusters (2), Stealth Device (3), Push the Limit (3). 35 Points

Carnor jax (26): Royal Guard TIE (0), Autothrusters (2), Stealth Device (3), Push the Limit (3). 34 Points

Omega Leader (21): Juke (2), Comm Relay (3), Stealth Device (3). 29 Points

98 Points

and so on.

I dont think Whisper will be that good Since Heroes of the Resistance will have come out by then and Im expecting at least some to play Rey with VI to shoot before Whisper can cloak.

and this is where I am atm with list building and would love some tips and criticism.

Empire List 2:

Alrighty, thats a brick of lists!

For rebels;
- I like your two last lists best, but the dash list might work as well, though I don't see the reason for kyle katarn in the list, since you run VI.
If you could fit in Rey, it could be cool, or maybe recon specialist?
Alternatively you could fit sabine + ion bombs on him, as well as putting ion bombs on miranda.

All in all, I think the poe/miranda/Z-95 list might be your best bet. It is double regen with a blocker, fun abilities, and not too much stuff to remember. Plus it doesnt get oneshot by some random crap shot (Like Corran).

All in all, I think the poe/miranda/Z-95 list might be your best bet. It is double regen with a blocker, fun abilities, and not too much stuff to remember. Plus it doesnt get oneshot by some random crap shot (Like Corran).

So Miranda and Poe with 2 Z-95s? didnt think of that, was focusing on fitting in a ship as close to 25 points as possible ^^

Of the imperial lists, I like your last one best. It isnt weak against turrets (as you might say, falcons are incoming!), has three good aces, and omega will either be your biggs, keeping the shots on him first, or you will make your opponent cry in late game.

Of course the triple defenders list is solid as rock, but you probably knew that

Woops, meant Y-wing, not Z-95! Could work though!

Honestly, I stopped on the first list. But I like the idea of leveraging Eaden and the stress mechanic. Here is something I come up with:

Eaden Vrill — YT-2400 32
Tactician 2
Ship Total: 34

Braylen Stramm — ARC-170 25
Gunner 5
R3-A2 2
Alliance Overhaul 0
Ship Total: 32

Shara Bey — ARC-170 28
Weapons Engineer 3
M9-G8 3
Alliance Overhaul 0
Ship Total: 34

I dropped a bit off the YT2400, partly for points, partly because Eaden only works with the PWT. SO no cannon or title needed. His lack of EPT and dice mods hurt, hence Shara and the M9. One for you to help with reds and one from them to reroll their reds. I'm not too sold though, a rerolled red still has a 50% chance to hit so it may be a thing, time will tell. Other than that, its a new standard ARCHog, just remember to only shoot 2 on the first shot to help that gunner ability proc.

Your Empire List 2 is probably the most competitive right now. Triple x7 D's are always tough and can take a beating from whatever a tourney brings.

Dash and Miranda can work, but if youre using Katarn on Dash, you need PTL to stress, not too mention get away with boost/b-roll. Drop conners for ion bombs/seimics and put PTL on Dash.

In your rebel list 1, Esege focus only works on attacking, not defending.

Doesnt look like you have Heroes of Resistance yet, but if you do, Pattern Analyzer is a thing of beauty on Poe.

Yeah, Eaden should be kept as naked as possible, maybe anti pursuit lasers.
A good build is a gray sqauadron stress hog, eaden vrill and whatever ace you want; Poe Dameron, Miranda doni with TLT/c3po..
If you like ARCs take a look at this one;

In the Poe Miranda Gold list, is there any good 1 point astromech for the gold is just better to keep that point for initiative?

or is it better to change R5-P9 to R2-D2?