Defender-less Swarm Leader

By Rolotamasi, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I really like this new EPT, I think it has legs. Trying to find the best carrier for it was the first part of putting it in a list. I think you should start with a 3 dice ship to really pack a punch. Next I was looking for pilots with inherent dice mods, as the EPT takes away predator and lone wolf. This leads me to one of my favorite pilots who has recently come back into the meta, Rear Admiral Chiraneau.

Next, who re the best evade carriers to fuel his dice? I know x7 defenders are the natural choice, but their price point doesn't match with RAC. Who are other free, or nearly free evaders? Low PS TIEs can move and evade before the bump for semi-efficient evades. Another one are titled TIE Advanced Prototypes. Sticking with the low PS for action efficiency you can zoom in Target Lock, evade, then stay in the way for a potential bump. Then swing and boost RAC in for a heavy shot. Or, give him the en vogue hotshot co-pilot/gunner combo. Shoot with three (or four), don't change an eyeball to crit, strip tokens with hotshot and probably miss. Then shot two, strip the foci and change the eyeball for a heavy 5 dice attack.

Should be good, The TAPs are fairly sturdy with a decent dial and three greens and autothrusters to help them out. The only better Swarm Leader carrier IMO would be one with a crew (for gunner) maybe two (for hotshot) a system slot (for FCS). Too bad none of the Lambdas have an EPT :P and none of the Batwings have re-roll (or decent PS).

RAC Tap

Rear Admiral Chiraneau (46)
Swarm Leader (3)
Gunner (5)
Hotshot Co-pilot (4)
Engine Upgrade (4)

Sienar Test Pilot (16)
Autothrusters (2)
TIE/v1 (1)

Sienar Test Pilot (16)
Autothrusters (2)
TIE/v1 (1)

Total: 100

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Edited by Rolotamasi

The attacks from the admiral should be pretty brutal. You can also squeeze in 3 Academies with two points left over. Maybe bump two of them to Obsidian. Overall, I like the idea.

Even without SwL the Gunner/Hotshot combo is pretty nasty.

Edited by Jo Jo