So I'm going to show my X-wing youth here, but I jumped post B-wing glory. I just haven't faced them, until yesterday. Wow, I wasn't prepared, nope, not really at all. My list wasn't a meta topping one, just fun arc dodgers.

So....in that light, as I lick my wounds. What bests them best? And are there good competitive current builds? They looked fun on the other side of the canopy.

Actually, b-wings really struggle right now. Abuse the fact that they have 1 agility and when they turn, they're usually actionless (3 naked reds is not that bad) Basic ways to win against them:

1)alpha strike on higher ps, burn them before they can answer

2)force them to split if in formation, use astreoids well, lonely b-wings are easy to hunt

3)arc dodgers, i'm sorry if you lose with them, but if you play them well against b-wings they will do the job, just dance around them. you can use fat turrets arc dodgers with engine upgrade and high pilot skill

4)outperform them (aka just use defenders with x7 title)

PS: Control mechanism like ions or tractor beam should work well against them too in fact, because you can reliably hit them with it)

1 agility hates tractor beams.

Have them split their fire and PS kill one before it shoots each round. If a group of BWings can focus on 1 ship, it's in big trouble. Their dial is plenty serviceable.

Dont let anyone make you ashamed to lose to anything. We're rolling dice here.

7 minutes ago, channellockjon said:

Dont let anyone make you ashamed to lose to anything. We're rolling dice here.

Yeah, well, I have no pride as dice can fail haha. I was surprised, B-Wings? Huh? Well, that coupled with good red dice rolls from him and a 2K turn (never seen that)....they punch. I thought, wow, they are cool ?

I've been trying out ten numb with VI and a mangler cannon recently. Fun, but not going to shake up the meta any time soon, way too expensive (like so many rebels)

B's can be deadly: my friend came up with a list with autoblasters and accuracy correctors. Range 1 it was lethal. Even at 2-3 getting guaranteed hits was pretty sweet.

Try this:

RAC: Adaptability, Palp, Gunner, Engine (63)

Ryad: Lone Wolf, x7, Stealth Device (37)

It is literally impossible for even 3 b-wings to kill this Ryad. I don't remember the exact build I played against, but I believe it was 3 b wings or 2 + something else. Anyways, Deci trades his shields for like 3 damage on 1 B and then leads the Bs on a merry chase through the rocks while Ryad gets behind them. The Bs K-turn in hopes of surprising Ryad, but at range three, with 5 greens, Lone Wolf, Palp, a focus token and an evade token she laughs off all three shots and slaps 2 more damage on the damaged B. Next turn, the B wings move slow to keep Ryad from getting behind them and Ryad predicts this, zooming into range 1 of the damaged B. I 4 die shot later and the B is dead. Fortunately, I only needed Lone Wolf to get 4 hits because the remaining B-Wings decided to both shoot Adv. Proton Torps at me! When the dust cleared, Ryad had only lost 2 shields and a stealth device after 2 5 hit attacks... A few rounds of K-turning later and the 2 remaining Bs are dead, not putting any more damage on Ryad, with the deci not even being in the fight since the first round to save MoV.