I am a new player with the 2 core sets b wing a wing arc 170 special forces tie and imperial veterans sets. I am playing casual though would like to play in tornaments when i am good enough. I am using a fairly sucvessful rebel squad at the moment. What do you think? Biggs with r2 f2, poe with bb8, wired and push the limit and norra with tail gunner, seismic torpedoes, r3 astromech and alliance overhaul. What do you think? Any other rebel or imperial suggestions? Thanks

Hey,

Biggs and Poe are both excellent pilots. I'm not as familiar with the ARC-170. I think both R2-F2 and R3 Astromech are considered pretty inefficient (one requires an action, the other gimps your offence). BB-8 with Push the Limit is an excellent combination; good call. Unfortunately, it's not possible to have the second EPT of Wired on Poe as well (the number of upgrades of a given type must match the number of icons of that type on the ship's upgrade bar -- except for titles and modifications, which don't require an icon but you can still only have one of per ship). Did you mean for that to be on Norra? I wonder if you could fit R2-D2 in there somewhere.

With regard to tournaments, as long as you're more interested in having a good time playing than winning, I'd say just dive in. Out of my nine tournament games so far (I only started in January), I've only won one -- but I've had an absolute blast. At least where I live, the X-Wing community is a blast just to be around and play with.

Welcome to this awesome game

You have everything you need to build a pretty killer Norra (Push the Limit, BB-8 or R2-D2, Tail Gunner, Alliance Overhaul) and Biggs is always a fantastic choice for Rebels. I'd be a little hesitant to recommend Poe for you just because you don't own Autothrusters - without which he is really vulnerable to turrets - but with your limited options I think he's still a good choice for you.

With what you currently own you could do:

Norra with Push the Limit, R2-D2, Tail Gunner, Vectored Thrusters, Alliance Overhaul (one of several ideal builds for Norra)

Poe Dameron with BB-8 (ideal would include autothrusters (Starviper) for sure with R5-P9 (Rebel Transport) or BB-8 and then an Elite Pilot Trait that increases pilot skill (Veteran Instincts or Adaptability))

Biggs with R3 (ideal is R4-D6 (Rebel Transport) with Integrated Astromech (T-70) mod)

Some of these additional cards you might be able to pick up as individuals online

Keep Poe and Norra close to Biggs until Biggs dies, then split up as needed. With Norra you will do a green maneuver (regenning a shield via R2D2 if you aren't full), then Focus / Target Lock with Push the Limit or throw in a barrel roll if you need to reposition. Rinse, wash, repeat with the next green maneuver you do clearing the stress from PTL. With Poe you always want a focus token for his ability so dial in a green, barrel roll with BB8 to hopefully get out of some arcs and set up your shot, take a focus, and hope the enemy doesn't have turrets.

An idealized version of this list in my opinion would be:

Norra, PTL, R2-D2, Tail Gunner, Alliance Overhaul (38)

Poe, Veteran Instincts (making him pilot skill 10), BB8, Autothrusters (36)

Biggs, R4-D6, Integrated Astromech (26)

100 Total

Happy flying!

I agree with Hydra about just trying a tournament if you're interested in that. I only had a few games under my belt before i did the SC tourney last year and i went 2-2 and had fun. I've had fun at every tournament ive been to win or lose because the people make it fun. There's only 3 people out of many matches that i wouldn't want to play again.

My opinion on r2-f2 is if u like the luck of the dice then use it. There are More reliable choices definitely but I'm not afraid to use that or Lando. Lando has normally worked out for me. Took him in a tournament and he was a beast all but one game. But there are games where he doesnt pull his weight. If you use r2-f2 on biggs i would bring Ahsoka or maybe Jyn crew when you get it to give Biggs focus. I've been running my first Biggs list with r2-f2 and stealth device, give focus action with Ahsoka and i have Thane with Jyn crew. Can have a focus for every shot most of the time and makes Biggs hard to kill unless your dice forsake you lol

Thank you all. I hope to play you in a tornament one day, I now see the wired mistake, it was meant for norra though i am thinking of rearranging to include r2. I am still open to suggestions. Thanks

MY 2 CENTS: Since you have Ryad and Deathfire/Tomax you could easily put together a list with a couple Ties to block with. The main reason I say this is that Ryad is probably one of the most forgiving options to fly with all of her green k-turns. If you have used bombs or are interesed in them, Deathfire is alot of fun, but Tomax is probably the better option with his PS and and reusable crack shot. Biggest thing for either one is you will want to borrow Extra Munitions from someone. Fill in with your favorite Ties, keep their PS low so they are efficient blockers, this eliminates you opponent's actions.

Thanks for the suggestions