Tie Bomber or not Tie Bomber

By Luner_Eclipse, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Tie Bomber, I struggle to come up with lists that combine well with Tie Bombers.

I like using Tomax Bren, Crack shot, extra munitions, plasma torps, cluster missles, prox mines, and Guidence chips.

Drop the Plasma Torpedo and upgrade your missile to Homing. Then switch your Guidance Chips for Long Range Scanners. This sets Tomax up for a consistent Alpha Strike. At pilot skill 8, Tomax is in a better position to use a maneuver-drop bomb instead of action-drop. Trade proximity mine for Thermal Detonator. 35 points instead of 37; more for the rest of the squad. I recommend a Defender to joust in formation with Tomax, and a flanker.

An older imperial list I absolutely loved playing with was a support shuttle, 2 tie fighters, and a bomber. Ties where basic, just used for blocking and range one shots. Shuttle had fleet and systems officer. Hand out focus to the ships I felt would need it most for that turn, and hand out a tl to whoever could get a good shot off. The bomber was one of those pilots with "death" in the name lol Ps 3, his ability allowed him to drop an action bomb for free before revealing dial or after performing another action. This would allow me to move into position, barrel roll over and drop Proximity mines on a ship that was bumped by a tie. Next turn, before revealing the kturn, I'd drop the second proximity on the same ship. After kturn, support shuttle would then hand out focus and tl to the bomber, allowing for proton shots. Was very fun to fly and was pretty effective, almost enough to have been my tournament list at the time. Eventually it evolved into a support shuttle with system officer and general Hux, with 3 strikers instead.

I like the sound of triple strikers with a support shuttle, but how can you put hux on there? Isn't shuttle limited to 4 points or less?

I think he means a lambda shuttle not a bomber shuttle

This build works for me

Tomax Bren, Crackshot, Plasma, EM, chips (30)

Captain Jonas, VI, Plasma, EM, chips (28)

Scimitar Sq. Plasma, EM, LRS (21)

Scimitar Sq. Plasma, EM, LRS (21)

This one hell of an Alpha strike and Jonas ability is nearly as good as a TL

Ok, will look into these options thanks.

Tomax Bren: Crackshot, Proton, EM, Chips

Backdraft: VI, TS, LWF, FCS, Title

Vessery: Vi, /X7

This list has alpha strike capability and can play long game as well.

If you want to be more Bomber-heavy:

Tomax Bren: Crackshot, Plasma, Clusters, EM, Chips

Jonus: Crackshot, Proton, EM, Chips

Quickdraw: DTF, FCS, TS, LWF

This is a pure alpha strike list, however it punches very hard (I jousted Dengar/Tel with it and fully killed Tel in a first round of shooting)