Once again, a new wave gives me new possibilities to try and make APTs work.

By joyrock, in X-Wing

Probably not competitively, but **** am I excited to try.

http://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Rebel%20Alliance&d=v4!s!44:186,144,34,126:-1:11:U.199;44:186,-1,34,126:-1:25:;205:18,193,29,-1:41:-1:&sn=Unnamed%20Squadron

Hardly a competitive list, especially in my untrained hands, but it just seems exciting to try. One B-Wing serving as a blocker with Cassian Andor, while both have the threat of two APTs each, and collision detector allows them to abuse debris fields for maneuverability when unable to get in range, with Tractor Beam for some extra control as needed.

Alternatively, there's a list with both using the B-Wing modification

http://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Rebel%20Alliance&d=v4!s!44:186,-1,34,126:-1:11:U.199;44:186,-1,34,126:-1:11:U.201;205:18,-1,29,-1:41:-1:&sn=Unnamed%20Squadron

as the ability to bank a focus turn one is great.

Neither are competitive, but I'm excited to mess with them. What kind of casual lists are you looking at?

Nera is always fun with APT and Rey certainly makes it easy for her to get them off. She just comes in too costly (usually 34pts) and that's a really expensive biggs...albeit one that can pretty much guarantee a 5 shot before death.

Edited by Rakky Wistol

If you want to use APTs, you need a way to ensure that you have both TL and Focus on the turn you want to fire. Otherwise you cannot guarantee those 5 hits.

You can use FCS to provide a free Target Lock from the turn before. You can use Rey crew to bank a Focus token for you or you can use Jyn (crew) or Kyle (pilot) to pass out free Focus tokens.

The most self-contained way of doing it is probably using the Expertise EPT as that converts all eyeballs for hits but that is really expensive at 10 points for a single 5 dice attack. Add EMs and you can get 2 of them for 12 points but your enemy is unlikely to let you live long enough to fire both, especially at Range 1.

Miranda Doni can fire a 5-Dice homing missile from Range 3 and usually has full mods (either from LRS or Rey crew). APT is dangerous but just too expensive and restrictive for what it does. Proton Rockets roll the same number of dice on most ships that carry them and are half the points.

Yes, and this list can guarantee both a target lock and a focus thanks to shara, with Rey assisting. Not a super viable list, but the ability to get two five dice attacks per b wing is pretty strong.

I don't quite get what the TB is giving you here, it seems like a free point to use somewhere else. But I would also drop Cass(3 points) for any of the TL astros, R5-X3, Targeting, or R7-T1. If you are gonna run Eng you might as well get the most outta it!

All this jank when you could just run El Heffe with cassian, zeb and chips ...

Good luck getting to range 1 with Blues. I use to run Autoblaster Cannons, boy they are fun. But getting to range 1 is.....difficult. I wish you the best.

I clicked expecting to see Heff Tober with Zeb and Rey crew. Torps ho!!!!

Rymer with expertise looks interesting

Rymer with expertise looks interesting

Not really.