Squadron b.u.y.

By DeathstarII, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I want some opinions on this squad

Squadron B.U.Y.

Kenyan farlander (43)

B-wing (29)

Adaptability (0)

HLC (7)

Advanced sensors (3)

B-wing/E2 (1)

Ezra bridger (3)

Blue squadron pathfinder (29)

U-wing (23)

Collision detector (0)

Pivot wing (0)

Sabine wren (2)

EM (2)

Seismic charges (2)

Chopper (0)

Gold squadron pilot (28)

Y-wing (18)

TLT (6)

Bomb loadout (0)

EM (2)

Seismic charges (2)

Total: 100 points

This won me two matches when i flew it (note: i made this to be casual, but might consider using it competitively)

I dig the idea a lot. Those bombs need you either to be a crack predictor or else have knowledge of where the enemy will end up. If I were you, I'd put Cassian Andor on the B-Wing. Ezra is a tad redundant what with Keyan's ability, and Cassian will help him line up his shots, and tell the bombers when to drop. Also, with his stress reliance, you can't just hope to always have a red maneuver open, so I'd switch to PTL. FCS is also nice on him. Real nice.

You could also go with higher PS bombers, so they wait to see if they even should drop a bomb. But that'll be pricier. It would also be cheaper to have 2 Ys than a Y and a U as bombers. K-Wings are beauty for bombers, though again, pricier, and they like action bombs.

I dig the idea a lot. Those bombs need you either to be a crack predictor or else have knowledge of where the enemy will end up. If I were you, I'd put Cassian Andor on the B-Wing. Ezra is a tad redundant what with Keyan's ability, and Cassian will help him line up his shots, and tell the bombers when to drop. Also, with his stress reliance, you can't just hope to always have a red maneuver open, so I'd switch to PTL. FCS is also nice on him. Real nice.

You could also go with higher PS bombers, so they wait to see if they even should drop a bomb. But that'll be pricier. It would also be cheaper to have 2 Ys than a Y and a U as bombers. K-Wings are beauty for bombers, though again, pricier, and they like action bombs.

But you need to change the name to YUB as in "YUB YUB"

Not convinced by Ezra on Keyan. Instead of using Ezra to flip a Focus to a Crit when stressed, I would rather just spend the Stress token to flip all Focus results to Hits. It has a similar effect but leaves the crew slot free for something a little different and means you end the turn unstressed. This can be important if you need to K-Turn on the next round.

How about something a bit different and give Keyan the Rage EPT. Now he gets 3 rerolls for his HLC, a Focus token for defense and can spend stress like Focus when shooting. Add Hera as crew just in case you need to pull a Red while still stressed.

For even more fun, you could replace Chopper on the U-Wing with an Inspiring Recruit. That way as long as Keyan is within Range 2 of the U-Wing, when he spends a Stress token (by shooting it), he can remove a second token. This leaves him Stress-free meaning he can Rage every turn if you want with little penalty. The list would look something like this.

42 Kenyan Farlander (29), Rage (1), HLC (7), Advanced Sensors (3), B-wing/E2 (1), Hera (1)

30 Blue squadron pathfinder (23), Collision detector (0), Pivot wing (0), Sabine wren (2), EM (2), Seismic charges (2), Inspiring Recruit(1)

28 Gold squadron pilot (18), TLT (6), Bomb loadout (0), EM (2), Seismic charges (2)

Not convinced by Ezra on Keyan. Instead of using Ezra to flip a Focus to a Crit when stressed, I would rather just spend the Stress token to flip all Focus results to Hits. It has a similar effect but leaves the crew slot free for something a little different and means you end the turn unstressed. This can be important if you need to K-Turn on the next round. How about something a bit different and give Keyan the Rage EPT. Now he gets 3 rerolls for his HLC, a Focus token for defense and can spend stress like Focus when shooting. Add Hera as crew just in case you need to pull a Red while still stressed. For even more fun, you could replace Chopper on the U-Wing with an Inspiring Recruit. That way as long as Keyan is within Range 2 of the U-Wing, when he spends a Stress token (by shooting it), he can remove a second token. This leaves him Stress-free meaning he can Rage every turn if you want with little penalty. The list would look something like this. 42 Kenyan Farlander (29), Rage (1), HLC (7), Advanced Sensors (3), B-wing/E2 (1), Hera (1)30 Blue squadron pathfinder (23), Collision detector (0), Pivot wing (0), Sabine wren (2), EM (2), Seismic charges (2), Inspiring Recruit(1)28 Gold squadron pilot (18), TLT (6), Bomb loadout (0), EM (2), Seismic charges (2)

Ezra and Keyan resolve at the same time though, so i use ezra to turn a focus to a crit, then i spend a stress to turn all remaining focuses to hits and still end up unstressed

But you need to change the name to YUB as in "YUB YUB"

That does sound better, x-wing jesus

Ezra and Keyan resolve at the same time though, so i use ezra to turn a focus to a crit, then i spend a stress to turn all remaining focuses to hits and still end up unstressed

True but it is 3 points to basically turn a hit into a crit sometimes. Personally I would rather use the crew slot to add something new or different to Keyan's reportoire. Jan Ors would be another good crew member as she can make him a little more resilient by turning the Focus from Rage into an Evade.