Dash and the crew

By BinaryShield, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Hello all,

I recently started playing with Dash and was wondering what everyone else is doing with the crew for Dash. I've been running him with Rey but I've seen people put Recon Specialist with Dash instead and I'm not sure which one is going to be the most reliable.

Also, does the way you play the game change, depending on which crew is with Dash?

Thanks.

Push the limit Dash, with engine upgrade, heavy laser cannon + outrider title is the norm.

Then you either take kyle katarn for action economy or Kannan jarus for a completely open dial.

Yeah Kanan is hard to argue with in pretty much any Dash build. Everything but the k-turn becomes green, which makes him wildly hard to pin down.

Not anymore. There's also lone wolf dash with rey or recon specialist. I like rey better because you can br and still have a focus if you banked enough of them at the start of the game.

The build is dash, lone wolf, rey, title, hlc and it's better than super dash in a lot of matchups, plus it's cheaper (52 instead of 58).

Honestly, I've run against every variant with a skilled Dash player, and the only two worthwhile are Kyle and Kanan. Rey exhausts far too quickly unless you have some way of passing focus every turn to feed it. The mobility granted by PTL and EU are pretty much what keeps him alive. I can generally nuke down a non-PTL Dash in a turn or two, simply because they're so much more predictable.

If you want to cut points, there's an argument for VI, drop EU, and use Kyle. In that instance, you're still getting action economy, but you're losing mobility. The bump to PS9 helps mitigate some of that, but you're more reliant on your wingmates as a distraction/tank.