Considering the fact that maneuvering four large ships will be difficult how strong would four Blue Squadron Pathfinders with FCS and Pivot Wing be?
The offensive output is great with 12 die. Consistent TL with FCS and a focus action makes those 3 red die go further.
With Pivot wing each will have 2 green die making this Blue Squadron more viable than its B-Wing counterpart, which has historical success.
Having 32 hit points this may be the toughest Squad available.
I'm pretty sure someone did a write up in the Battle Report forum about using four U-Wings at a tournament. If i find it, I'll share the link.
I remember a thread where the sky was falling with this list, but the OP has pretty much been proven wrong by time. Don't buy 4 U-Wings just to try it, they are way too expensive for that.
18 minutes ago, Admiral Deathrain said:I remember a thread where the sky was falling with this list, but the OP has pretty much been proven wrong by time. Don't buy 4 U-Wings just to try it, they are way too expensive for that.
That's what squad benchmark is for.
Though the spare Expertise will fetch a nice price on the secondary market.
I own three and borrowed a friends to run this list. I got stomped by Brobots. One of my issues was one or two would pivot wing and flip and then get outmaneuvered and have half the list the wrong way. I have found you want to try and keep then in formation because four U-Wings firing on a target will wreck it. They are just not that maneuverable. I also think they were designed as a crew carrier so flying them without any crew is not optimal. Love the ship though!
The four u-wing would survive longer, but maneuvering them would be insane. You couldn't really run a formation with them. Maybe one as a blocker, with the other 3 behind in a firing squad. Then you do a STOP the next turn and see how many ships you can blow out of the sky.
4 U's on the table would look pretty intimidating, if nothing else.
2 minutes ago, Malabor said:4 U's on the table would look pretty intimidating, if nothing else.
Would you leave the model's wings open or closed though?
15 minutes ago, Toph said:Would you leave the model's wings open or closed though?
I think you'd want the extra evade dice. That's the main reason to take the U-wing over a B-wing. At the point you close the wings, your opponent is expecting the 180 degree turn thou. If all four fold up, you could use that to your advantage to out flank your opponent. It wouldn't be easy thou.
7 minutes ago, Biggsy_boy said:I think you'd want the extra evade dice. That's the main reason to take the U-wing over a B-wing. At the point you close the wings, your opponent is expecting the 180 degree turn thou. If all four fold up, you could use that to your advantage to out flank your opponent. It wouldn't be easy thou.
I don't mean the dual card, just the actual physical model's wings. I usually do open and close them with the card, but you don't have to
Desperately tried to make triple U-Wings a thing, couldn't make that viable (with the equivalent of an entire ship to spend on upgrades when compared to what you're asking). I just don't see how triple or quad U-Wings would be viable...I can certainly see how they'd be helpful in dealing with some pilots (Dengar) but I can't see how they'd be competitively viable...