Twice the Falcons, double the fun

By Karhedron, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Making use of a few of the new toys coming with the U-wing expansion, I present the Raging Wookiee.

51 Chewbacca (42), Rage (1), Ezra (3), Inspiring Recruit (1), Smuggling Compartment (0), Countermeasures (3), Burnout SLAM (1)

49 Resistance Sympathiser (38), Kanan (3), C-3PO (3), MF Title (Evade version) (1), Smuggling Compartment (0), Countermeasures (3), Burnout SLAM (1)

100 Total

These ships are designed to stay within Range 1-2 of each other to exploit the synergy between Kanan and Inspiring Recruit. This allows Chewie to Rage every turn and shift 2 stresses on any white or green move. That gives him plenty of rerolls and Ezra lets him flip a Focus to a Crit each turn. The Sympathiser is a tankier ship with C-3PO and the old Falcon title to keep it alive and trundling. Both ships have Countermeasures and Burnout SLAM for one-off boosts to defence and speed respectively.

I quite like to look of this list but I think there must be some room for improvements there. Are CMs and Burnout Slam the best solution? Should I ditch Ezra and put Kanan with Chewie? It makes the ships independent if necessary and frees up a crew slot on the Sympathiser for someone like Rey or Jan Ors.

I really like the Ezra/Rage/Kanan/Inspiring recruit synergy. I would go so far as putting Recruit/Kanan on the Sympathizer and put Ezra/Kyle on Chewie.... Chewie does a white, kanan/recruit clear double stress, Kyle gives Chewie a free focus. Chewie rages. Now you have rerolls, Ezra, and a focus for insurance!

you don't get the C3po tankiness on the other falcon.. but hey, Chewie just got that much deadlier.

I'm not so sure about burnout slam... but I like both with APL a lot.

I think CM works well with Burnout Slam. If you find your ships under pressure (2 large bases - it's more than likely) you can use the Burnout to grab some distance, remove those pesky locks and take advantage of a higher agility in lieu of shooting that turn.

I like it.

I really like the Ezra/Rage/Kanan/Inspiring recruit synergy. I would go so far as putting Recruit/Kanan on the Sympathizer and put Ezra/Kyle on Chewie.... Chewie does a white, kanan/recruit clear double stress, Kyle gives Chewie a free focus. Chewie rages. Now you have rerolls, Ezra, and a focus for insurance!

Rage already provides a Focus token in addition to rerolls to hit. With only 1 agility, Chewie is less likely to be able to spend that Focus defensively so I am not sure if Kyle brings enough benefit to make it worthwhile. So many tempting crew, so few slots....

Like it a lot - how about dropping CM to APL or ion projector on both (as they are reasonably low PS and 2 large bases could be good for blocking) then swapping ezra for gunner as you have a focus to modify your eyeballs. Then you can use rage on both attacks with Chewy, hopefully strip tokens on the first shot and then try to push damage through with the second shot (with rage rerolls and the focus).