Escalation list: Imperial Aces

By JSwindy, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So, may be involved in my fist escalation match at LGS next week and put this together

Fel Omega Escalation 1 (60)

Soontir Fel (34) - TIE Interceptor
Push The Limit (3), Royal Guard TIE (0), Autothrusters (2), Targeting Computer (2)

"Omega Leader" (26) - TIE/FO Fighter
Juke (2), Comm Relay (3)

ADD

Fel Omega Escalation 2 (81)

Scimitar Squadron Pilot (21) - TIE Bomber
Homing Missiles (5), Long-Range Scanners (0)

ADD

Fel Omega Escalation 3 (118)

Colonel Vessery (35) - TIE Defender
Juke (2), TIE/x7 (-2)

Extra Munitions (2) on Bomber

ADD

Fel Omega Escalation 4 (149)

The Inquisitor (31) - TIE Adv. Prototype
Push The Limit (3), TIE/v1 (1), Autothrusters (2)

THOUGHTS?????

My only thought is that I really want to do an escalation tournament one of these days. My lgs sticks to competitive tournaments and doesn't do much of the variations, that do seem like a lot of fun.

Looks to be a very very good list... to be honest it has me questioning my own !! (if you see a Scum player sweating as you pass by, that'll be me, worrying about facing this list! if you're playing at Wayland on the 6th?)

My list -

60pts (60 spent)

Fenn Rau (Protectorate Starfighter) - Autothrusters , Concord Dawn Title - 31

Kavil (Y-Wing) - Ion Cannon Turret, Adaptability - 29

90pts (89 spent)

Fenn Rau (Protectorate Starfighter) - Autothrusters , Concord Dawn Title, Attanni Mindlink - 32

Kavil (Y-Wing) - Ion Cannon Turret, Adaptability - 29

Old Teroch (Protectorate Starfighter) - Concord Dawn Title, Attanni Mindlink - 28pts

120pts (120 spent)

Fenn Rau (Protectorate Starfighter) - Autothrusters , Concord Dawn Title, Attanni Mindlink - 32

Kavil (Y-Wing) - Ion Cannon Turret, Adaptability - 29

Old Teroch (Protectorate Starfighter) - Concord Dawn Title, Attanni Mindlink - 28pts

Guri (Starviper) Attani Mindlink - 31pts

150pts (150pts)

Fenn Rau (Protectorate Starfighter) - Autothrusters , Concord Dawn Title, Attanni Mindlink - 32

Kavil (Y-Wing) - Ion Cannon Turret, Adaptability - 29

Old Teroch (Protectorate Starfighter) - Concord Dawn Title, Attanni Mindlink - 28pts

Guri (Starviper) Attani Mindlink, Virago Title, Fire Control System, Autothrusters - 36pts

Syndicate Thug (Y-Wing) Twin Laser Turret, Unhinged Astromech - 25pts

What scares me the most about yours is the action economy, the dice manipulation and the fact that most rounds you have a initiative bid, which trumps me for each ! ; )

Edited by Vindicare101

Why not put the EM on the bomber right away? You have the points for it, no? Otherwise, looks pretty good. You'll need to be careful how you engage with this many Fragile Aces, but you should be good otherwise.

3 hours ago, Kreen said:

Why not put the EM on the bomber right away? You have the points for it, no? Otherwise, looks pretty good. You'll need to be careful how you engage with this many Fragile Aces, but you should be good otherwise.

You are correct on both points. The EM's is a small mistake from trying to make sure I had points for Vess. My theory, is that even though Fel is kinda fragile, on the 60 point round he should be hard to kill if I fly him well and then the bomber becomes an imperial Biggs, cuz no one wants that Homing missile to fire. With all the potential target locks I thought squeezing Vess in was a good plan and added some meat to the crew. And then it was down to what extra Ace could I afford. My biggest question here was should I adjust the order they come in? For example maybe run Inqy in round one and bring Fel in later??? Basically, as much as I love the idea of a Fenn, Guri, Palob.... Attanni list, I really wanted to have several pilots that could flank and fly all over, evade some damage and screw with target priority, and most the list can solo 1v1 decent.