I was experimenting with some list building ideas, and had an odd thought. Janson with VI is mostly a token stripper, rather than a list's main damage output. So, would it be a good idea to toss R3 on him to keep him alive and doing his role a bit longer? If not, what would you say is the best Astromech to toss on him?

I like bb8 to help him reposition and make sure he gets the shoy to strip the enemy.

But I can see ok value in R3 to help him stay alive.

I do love wes, one of my favorite rebel pilots.

Mmm Tangeting astro and abuse K-turning? Idk if it works or not .

R3A2.

R3A2 is my favorite, with BB8 a close second. Because he generally isn't trying to do much damage, I really like vectored thrusters on him combined with R3A2. Although with just R3A2 and VI he is very decent.

At PS 10, he is one of a handful of pilots that R3 seems to have potential. The problem with R3, in my admittedly only 2 games trying it albeit with 3 ships that had them, is that you can't guarantee it working. If your tactic is to try to turtle up with Wes, Wedge, or Luke for example; you want to get a focus token and save it for your defensive rolls. That means rolling 3 naked reds and hoping for a focus result, which will frustrate you when you it doesn't happen as well as pretty much guaranteeing you aren't doing any damage. Even if you DO get it, 2 greens and an evade for defense isn't exactly top tier defense anyway. So you're not doing much damage as well as having an unreliable 2 point droid that may or may not boost your defense. Finally, and this was the final nail in the coffin for my R3 experimenting - even if one pilot does get it, the other one or two wont, which means they just shoot at your X-Wing that doesn't have the evade token. So most turns it did literally nothing for me.

Mmm Tangeting astro and abuse K-turning? Idk if it works or not .

Mmm Tangeting astro and abuse K-turning? Idk if it works or not .

Targeting Astromech works best on Hobbie by far. Hobbie is the only X-Wing I ever take it on. Usually I just use it on Y-Wings with ordnance.

Or anyone with Stay on Target

Mmm Tangeting astro and abuse K-turning? Idk if it works or not .

Targeting Astromech works best on Hobbie by far. Hobbie is the only X-Wing I ever take it on. Usually I just use it on Y-Wings with ordnance.

Or anyone with Stay on Target

Mmm Tangeting astro and abuse K-turning? Idk if it works or not .

Targeting Astromech works best on Hobbie by far. Hobbie is the only X-Wing I ever take it on. Usually I just use it on Y-Wings with ordnance.

Or anyone with Stay on Target

That's an idea I've been thinking about a lot lately. I really want to try that combo on Wedge sooner or later. SoT at PS9, and stil getting dice mods, all for only 33 points sounds good to me.

If I play Rebels, I will try Ps9 Poe with Stat in Target, Primed, Vectored, Targeting Astromech.

With Rey crew/ps6 HWK.

But I am crazy, so..