Heff Smash!

By gennataos, in X-Wing Squad Lists

The (ideal scenario) thought here is Heff blocks (of course), followed very closely by the A-wings for Snap Shots on whomever hits Heff. Biggs can be at a varying levels of distance. He definitely needs to be close enough to take any Range 1 shots Heff or the A's might take. Provided I feel Heff is protected by Biggs, he'll start on the Attack side up, but will flip to the landing side up on the title on this initial block. Now the choice on Heff is to either stop or 4 forward away to stop and pivot the next turn. That's going to be completely situational. If the stop seems like the best choice, the information gleaned from Cassian will be key. If I guess right, I should be able to set Heff up to get out of dodge, block or shoot. If I guess wrong, I'll at least know whether or not the pivot is a good idea. Meanwhile, the A's and Biggs will likely K-turn (if Heff stopped) or fly away if Heff did.

After that?...who knows. It'll probably be a total mess. Most of my plans are a total mess once dials hit the table. This is all visualized with a straight up joust in mind, too. I'll definitely have to practice flying this to figure out how to keep them all together through turns and whatnot. I'll also need to carefully consider that initial approach. That initial joust, though...that could be a lot of fun.

Heff Tobber (24)
Fire-Control System (2)
Seismic Torpedo (2)
"Zeb" Orrelios (1)
Cassian Andor (2)
Pivot Wing (0)

Green Squadron Pilot (19)
Trick Shot (0)
Chardaan Refit (-2)
Snap Shot (2)
Autothrusters (2)
A-Wing Test Pilot (0)

Green Squadron Pilot (19)
Trick Shot (0)
Chardaan Refit (-2)
Snap Shot (2)
Autothrusters (2)
A-Wing Test Pilot (0)

Biggs Darklighter (25)
R7 Astromech (2)
Integrated Astromech (0)

Total: 100

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Drop seismic torps

put on a Tac jammer

upgrade Biggs Astromech to the +1 agility one.

Thanks, BV, but those changes won't work for me. :(

I don't have Tactical Jammer, or I probably would use it. I know you'd encourage me to proxy, but I'm planning to never own anything aside from Rebels expansions (ignore the Autothrusters I got as an Xmas StarViper gift), so unless I get the card in a trade or as a promo, I'll never have it for an event. I kind of like the Seismic Torp as a possible free action for Heff after a bump, catching an opposing ship or two in the blast. Also, the fewer obstacles for this list, the better.

With Tactical Jammer out, R2-F2 makes less sense. Unmodified green dice are not something I'm willing to trust. Besides, I seldom see more than 2-3 ship lists and I'm happy to make a ship re-roll, particularly if they just bumped Heff and don't have actions. I've put R7 on Biggs in my Kanan/Biggs list and it did some serious work.

Edited by gennataos

For pure lols I think that Heff gets Zeb crew, Guidance Chips, and Advanced Proton Torpedoes.

Focusing, sticking a block, and then getting a TL on the ship that bumped you may not happen very often, but when it does it will be hilarious. I'm not sure what the odds are but the only way to not get at least 4 hits and a crit would be to roll 5 blanks. If you do you still end up with 3 hits and a crit.

you could always avail yourself of the burgeoning aftermarket trade in individual upgrade cards on the very well known on-line auction site.

But given your constraints I'd still recommend a different Astromech for Lord Darklighter. I think he wants to take focus as his action. R7 only will help against a single target. But give your list a whirl and let us know how it works out. I think the seismics could be nasty surprise given the right circumstances.

I've looked at eBay...I really don't want to pay a third or half the price of a small expansion for one card.

I agree...Biggs probably is going to want to focus most of the time. I'm just not very excited by any other low-cost astromechs available to me.

I'm in the midst of a trade for Tactical Jammer, so I may be switching to your suggestions after all, BV!

If only Tactical Jammer could be used to proc Trick Shot...if only...