So the obvious pairs are Poe, Norra, Miranda, and Corran. You can also swap in 58 Dash for a lot of these. I want to try out Rey, so ignore Dash for now. What does Rey have trouble with and which of the 4 works best to cover that weakness? I'm leaning towards Norra or Poe.

100 points

Rey (58)
YT-1300 (45), Expertise (4), Finn (5), Kanan Jarrus (3), Millennium Falcon (Segnor's Loop Version) (1)

Poe Dameron (PS9 Version) (42)
T-70 X-Wing (33), Black One (1), R5-P9 (3), Pattern Analyzer (2), Push the Limit (3), Integrated Astromech (0)

vs.

100 points

Rey (58)
YT-1300 (45), Expertise (4), Finn (5), Kanan Jarrus (3), Millennium Falcon (Segnor's Loop Version) (1)

Miranda Doni (42)
K-Wing (29), Twin Laser Turret (6), Proton Torpedoes (4), Extra Munitions (2), Bodhi Rook (1), Guidance Chips (0)

vs.

100 points

Rey (58)
YT-1300 (45), Expertise (4), Finn (5), Kanan Jarrus (3), Millennium Falcon (Segnor's Loop Version) (1)

Corran Horn (42)
E-Wing (35), R2-D2 (4), Fire-Control System (2), Veteran Instincts (1)

vs.

100 points

Rey (59)

YT-1300 (45), Expertise (4), Finn (5), Kanan Jarrus (3), Millennium Falcon (Segnor's Loop Version) (1), Smuggling Compartment (0), Black Market Slicer Tools (1)

Norra Wexley (41)
ARC-170 (29), R2-D2 (4), Push the Limit (3), Kyle Katarn (3), Alliance Overhaul (0), Vectored Thrusters (2)

I'm partial to the Norra version because Rey really only needs her action for Focus for defense when using Expertise. BMST gives something else to do sometimes and Norra is just really good (although I do like Tail Gunner too). I think my personal favorite is Norra and least favorite is Corran since he doesn't have the points available for EU. Miranda is cute with Bodhi and Protons, but C3PO or Sabine might be better. In any case, I'm not super excited about Miranda without running the super Miranda with Corran build. So really it comes down to Norra vs. Poe for me.

Thoughts?

Chopper or Lothal Rebel?

I've been looking at making a rey/ace list too, I really love running Poe in other lists but I feel like he's too fragile here. Yeah he's slippery but he doesn't have the bulk to stand by rey, essentially it seems like its too easy for your opponent to pick a target and focus fire them. Rey/Norra on the other hand seems to have a lot of redundancy, they're both pretty bulky, they're hard to arc dodge and both throw out crazy damage. It gives your opponent a harder time just picking you apart, gives you a unified plan of attack.

Admittedly, this is all theoretical, as my HotR is still in the mail.

I've had a lot of fun flying Rey and Norra! I haven't tried the expertise build yet.

Whenever I fly Poe I've found him a little squishy and he doesn't quite hit hard enough for a 2 ship list. I'm sure better Poe pilots will have better results than I.

I also tried flying Miranda, a ship I don't have much experience with, but I felt that it wasn't enough points to really kit her out. I've thought about trying a Warden with lots of bombs but haven't tried it. I haven't tried Corran but I think he needs more points then Rey can give up as well.

I'd like to try the Lothal Rebel or Chopper builds with Rey sometime. I had a lot of success with Dash and Chopper a few months ago so think it would work.

Norra is a lot of fun to fly with Rey and once or twice I've been able to roll 5 dice attacks from both ships in the same turn. A regen wing(wo)man is great too as my Rey always feels a bit squishier than other Falcon pilots...

One challenge I felt with the list is that both pilots have great mods but you still have to have a good initial roll to really get the hits in. Expertise likely helps a lot with that problem. Not getting a good first attack roll with Norra and having to spend the target lock as normal instead of adding dice can be frustrating.

I went 3-1 with this Rey/Miranda build at my last tournament:

•Rey (56)

Smuggling Compartment (0)

•Millennium Falcon (HotR) (1)

Veteran Instincts (1)

•Kanan Jarrus (3)

•Finn (5)

Inertial Dampeners (1)

•Miranda Doni (44)

Long-Range Scanners (0)

•Jan Ors (2)

Homing Missiles (5)

Extra Munitions (2)

Twin Laser Turret (6)

Expertise hadn't been released yet, but I can see it being very helpful on rey. Getting blocked (and thus losing her focus token) is rey's biggest weakness, hence inertial dampeners (it's made even better by the fact that most opponents quickly forget about it and are surprised when rey just stays in place with an enemy ship in blocking position eg in range 1 in front of her).

VI i felt was mostly useful for basically killing whisper in the listbuilding stage. but she's not very common anymore so it shouldn't matter much.

I'd drop extra munitions on miranda to accomodate 58p rey.

I've also tried pairing rey with a lothal rebel, but i feel this doesn't work. rey isn't such a great late game ship because she's no durable enough and has a hard time keeping manouverable opponents in arc. She's better paired with a regenerating ship that wins 1o1 against most ships (even if it is by running away and winning on points). and homing miranda coupled with damage migating crew (jan or c3po) is just such a great ship! plus she eats defenders, which is super usefull these days.

I have the same dilema - only I want to add an Engine upgrade to Rey.

I have flown it with Poe and it was OK. I don't think Corran can stay alive long enough. I would love to try the Lothal rebel with hera and Han solo and FCS (if it fits), but I don't have the model. Probably will have a chance to try Miranda tomorrow.

I was looking at videos last night and finally saw Asajj - that might be a problem due to the stress at the start of combat phase - shuts down Expertise. Unless you can keep at range 3.

I think Rey+something build will have trouble with 3 or more ship lists ( 4xTLT - I am looking at you).

I need to try flying Miranda with Homing Missiles. I got wrecked by Defenders flying Rey and Norra so having a wingman who's better in that match up would be nice.

I just need to learn to fly Miranda better in general...

My two favorite Rey builds (Rey +)

Rey (45)

Old title (evade)

Expertise

Finn

C-3PO

Smuggling Compartment

Burnout Slam

Total: 59

Poe (31)

VI

R2D2

Sensor Cluster

Autothrusters

Black One title

Total: 41

Rey (45)

Old title (evade)

C3PO

Finn

Expertise

Total: 58

Lothal Rebel (35)

FCS

Autoblaster Turret

Han Solo

Hera

Total: 42

The last option is 29 damage to slice through while trying to avoid Rey returning fire w/arc + Finn and rerolls; then you also have to worry about C3PO and the possibilty of turning a 1 agility Falcon into a 2 agility. On the backside you have a stress building, K-turning, target-lock aquiring 4 red dice ship you can just sit in the middle take hits and return them two-fold. So while it seems the lack of green dice may hurt you, it doesn't.

I need to try flying Miranda with Homing Missiles. I got wrecked by Defenders flying Rey and Norra so having a wingman who's better in that match up would be nice.

I just need to learn to fly Miranda better in general...