Rey and Jan

By RampancyTW, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I know Jan Ors tends to be a bit of a one-trick pony, but I've been thinking that she could have great synergy with a munitions-equipped Rey to deliver the kind of punch that a Jan +1 list would normally be lacking:

Rey(45(63)):

Expertise(4)

Kanan(3)

Finn(5)

Cluster Missiles(4)

TFA Title(1)

Smuggling Compartments(0)

Inertial Dampeners(1)

Guidance Chips(0)

Jan Ors(25(35)):

TLT(6)

Predator(3)

Nien Nunb(1)

The premise here is that there are few PS8+ stressors in play to block Expertise, and the 5+4 attack with rerolls + Expertise + GC for backup in case of a blank will wreck the day of anything that gets caught in arc, token stacks be damned. While it lacks the sustained damage output of a lot of lists, the initial punch and follow-up shots with Jan-fueled Rey should be enough to delete an enemy off the board very quickly. Dampeners + Kanan allows for some cheap unpredictability. And Nien on Jan gives her a way to keep on the edge of the fray to keep using her ability for as long as possible and keep raining in some modified TLT goodness.

I figure with 2 points to play with and Predator being somewhat optional, there's some wiggle room with this list as well. Anybody have any thoughts or suggested improvements?

If you want to free up a few points, Wired is not a bad EPT for Jan as she will often be stressed and it can benefit both TLT rolls.

I am not convinced about the cluster missiles though. You get a double 3-dice attack which I think will often be inferior to the 4-6 dice single attack that the Falcon can potentially generate in this configuration. I would ditch the Clusters and GCs in favour of EU. Even at PS8, the ability to get an extra repositioning move is valuable on Rey.

Ye I agree that the cluster missiles there are probably less effective that a Jan boosted primary in a lot of cases. If you have the points (and you do) after taking expertise, engine upgrade seems a logical modification as your action is free'd up in a lot of cases (although there are times when taking a focus will be useful on defence).

Overall I'm just not really sold on Jan as a wingwoman for Rey, I'd be concerned that she would get focuses down quite quickly and leave Rey with a lot to do herself. Hopefully your mileage will differ though.

Ah. Just realized Finn is only for primary weapons. Whoops.

Thought the clusters would be 5 + 4 as opposed to 4 + 3. Totally changes things. Thanks for the feedback!

How about the following:

62 Rey (45), Finn (5), Kanan (3), TFA Title (1), Expertise (4), EU (4)

38 Miranda Doni (29), TLT (6), C-3PO (3)

This has a fully tooled out Rey flying with a much tougher TLT caddy. Miranda can lend her own firepower to the fight but more importantly she can regenerate and also use C-3PO to mitigate damage.

I would also consider to take "Counter Measures" (with or without Smuggling Compartment with dampeners or SLAM).

Counter measures are really helpful when Mod slot is free. It removes an enemy target lock (alpha strike from e.g. Dengar or Atanni Rau) and gives you plus one agility, having at least 3 green dice with Finn. Next round you then can make the segnors loop getting behind a lot of ships

Edited by IG88E