Hello everyone,

I'm attempting to prepare for regionals coming up in a few weeks. Unfortunately, I started my master's program back in October and have not had the chance to play a single game of X-Wing since then. I most likely will not get to play a game of X-Wing before regionals either. Instead I'm dedicating all the time leading up to knocking out homework and research so I can afford to spare the weekend.

That said, I'm looking to the only alternative method of preparation that I can think of: Theorycrafting. Below is the squad I plan to bring, primarily due to previous familiarity and love of the ships; I'm not interested in making major changes.

"Whisper" (32)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Sensor Jammer (4)
Intelligence Agent (1)
Advanced Cloaking Device (4)

"Pure Sabacc" (22)
Adaptability (0)
Lightweight Frame (2)
Adaptive Ailerons (0)

Imperial Trainee (17)
Adaptive Ailerons (0)

Imperial Trainee (17)
Adaptive Ailerons (0)

Total: 100

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A hard counter seems to be through Dengaroo and other turreted ships that can completely negate the necessity to outmaneuver my opponent. Soontir Fel and other action reliant ships are not a big concern of mine, as I have extensive practice blocking them and will have to bank on that.

Dengaroo is a squad I've yet to beat without a squad tailored against him. Given the popularity, this is where I'd like to start. What would everyone suggest, I could really use the help?

Only problem I can see right away is going in without an initiative bid for Whisper. If you're up against another PS9 (Or higher, which then a bid doesn't matter), it might be hard to keep Whisper cloaked/alive

If I were to make an initiative bid, I'm leaning towards dropping Lightweight Frame for a solid 2 point bid. Sensor Jammer has really saved Whisper's skin so many times.

This list will die to so many bombs.

I think the trainees are a mistake, but that's up to you, they offer good power...if your lucky with dice, they can also melt to decimators, dangar, bossk,ketsu, ghosts, so many big hitters, I think sabacc makes a good biggs for two elite ships, like go whisper with kallus and fcs, saves a point, then a defender, and sabacc, still lots of power but with good flying you could go far, or you can run a tie fighter for a blocker and make the other cheap ship a little more survivable. Like whisper, sabacc, tie fighter, and then something with the rest of the points, like a tie fo, maybe the one that gets an extra attack die. Just my opinion though, everyone has a different style. I think without a way to burn focus, your gonna only have sensor jammer do very little work, or take fcs and rebel captive, so if they do target whisper, they pay for it with stress, making the rest of your squad able to beat them up for it. It will really help against mindlink lists.

I think the trainees are a mistake, but that's up to you, they offer good power...if your lucky with dice, they can also melt to decimators, dangar, bossk,ketsu, ghosts, so many big hitters, I think sabacc makes a good biggs for two elite ships, like go whisper with kallus and fcs, saves a point, then a defender, and sabacc, still lots of power but with good flying you could go far, or you can run a tie fighter for a blocker and make the other cheap ship a little more survivable. Like whisper, sabacc, tie fighter, and then something with the rest of the points, like a tie fo, maybe the one that gets an extra attack die. Just my opinion though, everyone has a different style. I think without a way to burn focus, your gonna only have sensor jammer do very little work, or take fcs and rebel captive, so if they do target whisper, they pay for it with stress, making the rest of your squad able to beat them up for it. It will really help against mindlink lists.

I would drop the trainee's based on reasons above... I'd replace them with an X7 Defender (Ryad or Vessery in this case.)

I've not been getting a ton of use from sensor jammer the way things are lately. Lots of ships have a focus.

It's like focus tokens went on clearance at a dollar store.

At least you should take ships (or just the type) you have played before. Anything else is suicide

(Trust me, I know what I am talking about )

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