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Posted at 2017-05-10 23:22:28+00:00

So this isnt really anything new, i know people have seen it im just mulling over the merits in my head and seeing if there arent any tweaks.

Scimitar Squadron Pilot (16)
Unguided Rockets (2)
Lightweight Frame (2)

Total: 100

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So that's 15 Shots that only require a focus and don't give up a defensive range bonus if at R3. The Dial isn't great and low PS but that many ships means most firing arcs can be covered and they're not reliant on Target Locks. 2 or 3 Dice on defence isn't bad either when the list is sitting on 30 total HP. I was looking at maybe dropping to 4 and running a support ship but the limit on the Missile shots being modified means there's not much leeway.

Aces might make short work of this, or at least be able to weather the bombardment before getting into the Dogfight but with the meta moving away from Aces and more towards low agility health sponges (and Biggs) I actually think this might be a legitimate threat to a lot of common lists.

Posted at 2017-05-11 10:26:49+00:00

This is a "raw" nothing tricky and no combinations, nice and simple. As for point efficiency I believe that tie bombers with LWF are pretty close to 100% efficiency and with that much health this list is no easy target. It will make short work of VCX-100's and Decimators and even things like K-Wings and Trandoshan Slavers. I would say that overall it's pretty decent however if your meta is arc dodgers than it will get chewed up. As for the "world" meta this seems to be pretty decent other than the obvious Fenn Rau weakness which isn't great as he's pretty prevailent.

So so like all lists it has good and bad matchups but due to te falling of aces I'd say that as long as your careful against Fenn it's a pretty decent list as far as ordinance is concerned. It has one less attack dice than 4 bomber alpha strike list but the pay off is that you can shoot the rockets more than once or twice. It does lack modification as you don't take guidance chips but those don't work with unguided rockets anyway...

Best of luck

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