List building help needed (newbie with limited resources)

By Levilion, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Hello, fellow pilots! I just got into the X Wing madness a few weeks ago and it has already consumed my entire life. Like most of you, I started out thinking "it'll only be a core set", and then a week went by and I spent all my salary on it, no regrets yet.

I've been trying to build somewhat competitive lists with what I've got, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on them. There are two catches, though. Number 1: the brazilian meta is super weird. We've got the two core sets, everything up to Wave IV, then we jump to Wave VI and the Kihraxz and Punisher from VII, but no Aces/Veterans, nor the other waves yet. Catch Number 2: I'm trying to build a Rebel squad for my brother and an Imp fleet for myself. Which means we need to split the upgrades.

Our collection is comprised of: * The Two Core Sets

* Y-Wing Expansion

* A-Wing Expansion

* TIE Phantom Expansion

* TIE Interceptor Expansion

* StarViper Expansion

My budget is gone for the time being, but I'll buy some stuff in the future (since I need Veteran Instincts, it seems)

The squads we're flying right now are:


[REBELS 100pts] - or "Poe Dameron, that's one hell of a pilot!"

  • Poe Dameron (PS 8) - [R2-D2 + Weapons Guidance + Elusiveness + Autothrusters] [41 pts]

  • Dutch Vander (PS 6) - [Ion Cannon Turret] (28 pts)

  • Biggs (PS 5) - [R2-F2 + Hull Upgrade] (31 pts)

[The idea of this squad is to fly on a spear formation, with Poe flying up front and using his boosts to be our main damage dealer. Dutch helps by giving Poe a target lock to help him raining fire over our enemies, and by ionizing arc dodgers who depend on their movement to get a good position. Biggs works as a tank, with R2-F2 giving him an agility boost to keep him alive. Poe also packs R2 and Elusiveness to help him survive in case Biggs goes down or he need to break formation. I've been thinking about giving Biggs the Autothrusters to make him even tankier, maybe?]


[IMPS 93 pts] - or "Can I Make These Aces Work Together?"

  • Soontir Fell (PS 9) - [Push the Limit + Autothrusters] (32 pts)

  • Whisper (PS 7) - [Recon Specialist + Fire Control System + Determination + Advanced Cloaking Device] (42 pts)

  • Zeta Ace (PS 5) - [Wired] (19 pts)

[This list is what I'm struggling with the most. I can't outfit Whisper with VI, so her low PS makes her a sitting duck, right? The idea was to have Soontir hunting the higher skilled pilots, while Whisper would use her absurd 4 die attack to basically wreck **** up all around. Zeta Ace is my favorite ace-filler out of the two core boxes, but I don't think this team would work that well :/ Any suggestions to what I could do with what I have? I've been thinking about flying Whisper + 4 TIEs, and running her with Push The Limit, so I could use my actions to get 2 Focus and 1 Evade. That would help me get a little bit tankier while my stealth doesn't kick in. Could it work?]

Thanks in advance. This game is proving to be super fun, i just wish it didn't make me spend so much money!!!