Yo Dawg, I herd you like X-Wing, so I put an X-Wing in your X-Wing so you can fly while you fly.”

By Suro Kawa, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Jess Pava (30)

T-70 X-Wing (25), M9-G8 (3), Pattern Analyzer (2), Integrated Astromech (0)

Poe Dameron (PS9 Version) (43)
T-70 X-Wing (33), Black One (1), R5-P9 (3), Pattern Analyzer (2), Swarm Tactics (2), Autothrusters (2)

Biggs Darklighter (26)
X-Wing (25), R4-D6 (1), Integrated Astromech (0)

After half a year of playing X-Wing I realised I have never actually flown an X-Wing, so, this is my attempt at an X-Wing only squad. Any thought or input would be greatly appreciated.

Fly in formation, lock with Jess on Poe for reroll, Swarm tactics on Jess for double shooting fun. Biggs, well, it's Biggs.

Best regards,

Suro

I would cut down Poe's points a little tiny bit so that can put R5 P9, AT on Biggs, putting Biggs at 30

Or Lonewolf, R5 P9, IA, instead of AT for 30 total.

Remember Biggs makes it so that your opponents CANT target, attack POE, any ships.

They must kill Biggs, or they lose.

Lonewolf, R2 D2, or R5 P9, AT, combined with skillful flying makes Biggs almost impossible to kill.

I'd cut at least the AT, black one, and either Pattern, OR, Swarm, replace with integrated astromech 0, saving 5 points, bring poe to 38, to stick R5 P9, LW, to Biggs.

Making that change would turn your list into a nightmare list for opponents

Slow roll Biggs in back. Keep Poe, Jess out front, blocking for Biggs, while attack, destroy your opponents, while they cant attack you, because of Biggs, but who they cant get too, because he in back, and blocked by poe, jess.

Watch opponent frustration begin.

When they do attack Biggs, LW helps defense. And P9 will regen shield.

Tried almost exacly same list. Nah nothing special - does its job but not enough punch to kill some stuff before Biggs dies.

52 minutes ago, Asturonethorius said:

I would cut down Poe's points a little tiny bit so that can put R5 P9, AT on Biggs, putting Biggs at 30

Or Lonewolf, R5 P9, IA, instead of AT for 30 total.

Remember Biggs makes it so that your opponents CANT target, attack POE, any ships.

They must kill Biggs, or they lose.

Lonewolf, R2 D2, or R5 P9, AT, combined with skillful flying makes Biggs almost impossible to kill.

I'd cut at least the AT, black one, and either Pattern, OR, Swarm, replace with integrated astromech 0, saving 5 points, bring poe to 38, to stick R5 P9, LW, to Biggs.

Making that change would turn your list into a nightmare list for opponents

Slow roll Biggs in back. Keep Poe, Jess out front, blocking for Biggs, while attack, destroy your opponents, while they cant attack you, because of Biggs, but who they cant get too, because he in back, and blocked by poe, jess.

Watch opponent frustration begin.

When they do attack Biggs, LW helps defense. And P9 will regen shield.

Lone Wolf ? On Biggs..? Are you joking right...? Thats most useless Elite you can imagine on Biggs EVER.

And thats aside from the fact you cannot take Elite on Biggs along with regenerating droid.

Biggs can't take either AT without engine upgrade and can take lone wolf without R2-D6, and that's way to many points on him.

I like your list, but the only tweak I'd make is a different Pilot Talent for Poe. Lone Wolf maybe for if he's alive at the end (probably will be your last ship) or even drop down to cool hand so you can grab a double focus or focus and TL or boost that one time you pull off a perfect T-Roll. (PA will let you perform an action but cool hand will give you a free focus or evade off of a red move, or other source of stress).

Or maybe you think you'll face Kylo's Dark Side and you could take Determination.

I'd keep the title though, he can remove TL from Biggs if he needs to. B1 is like a 1 point insurance policy against TLs.

Ok, either didnt see, forgot that Biggs, cant have both Ept, Regen droid, and that didnt have the boost icon to take AT.

So now that I so see, know now. I would Put R2 D2 4, and Integrated Astromech 0, on Biggs, pushing Biggs, to 29.

To pay for that, drop the R4 D6 on Biggs, Saving 1.Change the AT on Poe to Integrated Astromech, Saving 2. Then drop black one on Poe, saving 1, for a Total 4 saved to put the R2 D2 4 on Biggs.

That Tanks up Biggs so that he lives longer, if hold him in back, slow roll him gradually, slowly forward.

Block with Asteroids, Debris, Poe, Jess, etc, combined with slow rolling Biggs, combined with R2 D2, and he will live even longer, thus allowing Poe, Jess to tear opponents up.

43, 44,45, etc, on Poe is just tooo many points on Poe.

Get Poe down to at least 40,41 points at the very highest.

Having Poe at 43,44,45,etc, with only a 25,26,27 Biggs, that can, could be more easily removed, will hurt when, if Biggs removed easily, and then, Poe is either ganged up on crack, snap, 1 to 3 shotted, destroyed, 1.5 turns after Biggs dies.

Careful flying with the change I suggested helps mitigate that.

Asturonethorius: I can appreciate that you want to regen Biggs!! I have played with super biggs to try and keep him alive indefinitely and it is nearly impossible to make a good list and a super Biggs. Soooo, what I am trying to say is, don't put a regen droid on Biggs unless you have the means to make him way more defensive, its a waste of points for one regen shield (two if you are super lucky). An example of a good regen situation is if you fly Kannan with Jyn & Jan and tactical jammer and maybe Rex in Tie. Problem there is lack of fire power and difficult to fly in formation. Anyway, keep Biggs cheap 1pt droid with IA and he can protect your heavy hitters in first pass and hopefully you trade him for something worth more points!!

Well JS whether can, should or should not regen Biggs, my point to OP, others was, is that 43 points on Poe is too many points on Poe, in his list.

As is the OP list: Foes will quickly shoot down Biggs, then within about 1.75 turns of that shoot down Poe and his 43 points.

Unless there is a way with OP list, to make Biggs, either a little tiny bit more defensive, regeny, etc, and or shave off a little tiny bit of points off of Poe, and put them somewhere else on either Jess, Biggs, unless there is a way to do that, I dont, wouldnt seem like the OP list as viable.

I could be wrong, just seems that way.