Ragin' Keyan, Stressmule and Biggs

By Karhedron, in X-Wing Squad Lists

The centrepiece of this list is a fully loaded Keyan. Between his ability and Inspiring Recruit, he should be able to Rage every turn and still end up Stress-free after shooting. Advanced Sensors allow his to rage, even if he needs to pull a Red maneuver (although he will end up with 3 Stress). Braylen with Stressbot is there to share the Stress tokens with the enemy while BIggs keeps the low-agility ships alive a bit longer.

42 Keyan Farlander (29), E2 (1), Rage (1), Inspiring Recruit (1), Heavy Laser Cannon (7), Advanced Sensors (3)

32 Braylen Stramm (25), Gunner (5), R3-A2 (2), Alliance Overhaul (0)

26 Biggs Darklighter (25), R4-D6 (1), IA (0)

100 Total

Not quite. You can't execute a red maneuver if you're stressed... unless you have Hera as your crew mate. She's a good crew for Keyan, since he often gets burned if he doesn't end with a shot such that he can dump a stress. Otherwise, looks pretty good. It has the same complaints as any Keyan build, and the same mitigating Biggs effect, should be fun to fly at least.

Not quite. You can't execute a red maneuver if you're stressed... unless you have Hera as your crew mate.

Ah, good point. Still, at least that means I can probably live without Advanced Sensors. Given that Rage provides rerolls, I wonder if I actually need anything in that system slot. Collision Detector is free I suppose....

I wonder if putting Hera on Keyan would be better and the dropping the ARC in favour of a U-wing with Inspiring Recruit aboard. Decisions, decisions.