Poetensity is sweet sweet music the rebels have always wanted with their aces. The man is a beast and just like the films now.

Stress? He dont care.

(41) PS9 Poe w/ Intensity, BB8, Primed Thrusters, AT, BlackOne

Incredible. Flying over debris, then boost and get a focus. Kturn or tallon then boost and get a focus. Dont even have to do a green maneuver next round. 2 sharp, boost, and get ur focus.

"Stressed? Im doing a 3 turn, boosting and getting my focus, son!"

So so nice. Fell in love with Poe after 1 game. Its like having Snaps ability combined with Poes.

He flew all across the map like a god, dropping TLs on friendlies, not giving a **** about debris.

He was a predator after his prey. And he was hungry!

I love Poetensity. But he clocks in at 41 points. My conundrum is finding the right squad for him. I'm still looking. What are you flying him with?

(I almost want to take a 59 point bid! When I play him he seems to really come alive once the rest of his squad is dead. )

8 minutes ago, BlodVargarna said:

I love Poetensity. But he clocks in at 41 points. My conundrum is finding the right squad for him. I'm still looking. What are you flying him with?

(I almost want to take a 59 point bid! When I play him he seems to really come alive once the rest of his squad is dead. )

59 points to play with. If only Dash or Rey could fit in there...

12 minutes ago, BlodVargarna said:

I love Poetensity. But he clocks in at 41 points. My conundrum is finding the right squad for him. I'm still looking. What are you flying him with?

(I almost want to take a 59 point bid! When I play him he seems to really come alive once the rest of his squad is dead. )

Flew him with Wulf w/ VI, Luke, HSCP and naked Rex TIE fighter. Gave me a 3pt bid.

Wulf dropped focus tokens from two enemies (in this case was Dash and Nym) and Poe erased the locks. It was just naked dice being thrown around.

21 minutes ago, Stevey86 said:

59 points to play with. If only Dash or Rey could fit in there...

I've tried both! I'm not sure that either holds up in the new meta. I'm decent with Dash but he too seems antiquated nowadays. Rey always seems to just get burned down too fast.

I suppose I just need to git moar guder with one of them.

I went through some numbers for Poe, and it's really mind-blowing. So far the problem was his defense, but not anymore! The build is Intensity, BB8, Autothrusters and either PrimedThrusters or SensorCluster. Use BB8-intensity to get an evade, and focus from your action.

The result: Poe with Intensity and Autothrusters is amazing. The only downside is that he needs the BB-8-Roll. Adding in Sensor cluster almost guarantees you 3 damage + keeping the focus at 80%, but you're susceptible to stress. Using Primed thrusters instead still gives you almost guaranteed 2-3 prevented damage, but often spending the focus. Which, to be honest, is quite good. And Primed thrusters+Intensity has so many other benefits that were mentioned here before, such as boost+focus despite being stressed.

The numbers for those interested:

If you have Primed Thrusters and can't use Autothrusters:
33% chance to prevent 3 damage and keep the focus
6% chance to prevent ate 3 damage and spend focus, or 2 damage and keep focus
47% chance to prevent 2 damage and spend focus, or 1 damage and keep focus
14% chance to prevent 1 damage and keep focus

But that was the worst case. If you add Autothrusters;
33% chance to prevent 3 damage and keep the focus
6% chance to prevent ate 3 damage and spend focus, or 2 damage and keep focus
47% chance to prevent 3 damage and keep focus
14% chance to prevent 2 damage and keep focus

Now if you swap Primed Thruster for Sensor Cluster, but no Autothruster;
33% chance to prevent 3 damage and keep the focus
53% chance to prevent 3 damage and spend focus, or 2 damage and keep focus
14% chance to prevent 2 damage and spend focus, or 1 damage and keep focus

And finally if you get Autothrusters and Sensor cluster:
80% chance to prevent 3 damage and keep the focus
20% chance to prevent 3 damage and spend focus, or 2 damage and keep focus

2 minutes ago, BlodVargarna said:

I've tried both! I'm not sure that either holds up in the new meta. I'm decent with Dash but he too seems antiquated nowadays. Rey always seems to just get burned down too fast.

I suppose I just need to git moar guder with one of them.

I'd be tempted with something like this:

Rey
Expertise (4)
Jan Ors (2)
Kanan Jarrus (3)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Millennium Falcon (TFA) (1)
Ship Total: 59

Will hit hard, live a little longer thanks to Jan's evade, and between the white SLoops and boost shouldn't have too much trouble keeping things in arc.
Plus when you're not using Kanan to clear stress off Rey, he's free to take it off Poe.

8 minutes ago, BlodVargarna said:

I've tried both! I'm not sure that either holds up in the new meta. I'm decent with Dash but he too seems antiquated nowadays.

If only the YT-2400 hadn't come 1st and 2nd at European Championships last month...

This is the build I'm eager to try:

14 minutes ago, SOTL said:

If only the YT-2400 hadn't come 1st and 2nd at European Championships last month...

Alright. I'll just git moar guder with Dash. ?

59 points you could even run an old Fat Han. Evade Title, C-3PO, EU, Expertise, Inspiring Recruit

I've considered running him with Super Jake and Ahsoka with VI, C TIE, and Rey crew. Passing free focus/target lock actions seems good.

I just love that people are now talking seriously about running Poe with BB-8 in competitive games. Now it we could just get Luke to be remotely viable with R2-D2...

(and for the love of the force can we please not call it "poetensity?" *shudder*)

Instead of looking at just 1 ship to fill in the rest of the squad, maybe 2?

Wes Janson w/ VI, R3-A2, IA - 32 pts

Biggs Darklighter w/ R4-D6, IA - 26 pts

1 pt bid with 2 great ways to get rid of TLs on your ships with Wes Janson and Black One or just stripping other tokens with Wes. Plus....ALL X-WINGS

I was thinking about a tanky Han. It'll take a while for this list to burn stuff down, though.

Poe Dameron (PS9) (33)
Intensity (2)
BB-8 (2)
Primed Thrusters (1)
Autothrusters (2)
Black One (1)

Han Solo (46)
Determination (1)
Rey (2)
C-3PO (3)
Countermeasures (3)
Millennium Falcon (1)

Total: 97

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9 minutes ago, Herowannabe said:

I just love that people are now talking seriously about running Poe with BB-8 in competitive games. Now it we could just get Luke to be remotely viable with R2-D2...

Luke Skywalker
Lone Wolf
R2-D2
Vectored Thrusters

Done.

12 minutes ago, Herowannabe said:

I just love that people are now talking seriously about running Poe with BB-8 in competitive games. Now it we could just get Luke to be remotely viable with R2-D2...

(and for the love of the force can we please not call it "poetensity?" *shudder*)

No - Luke is better with r5-p9. Try Luke, stealth device, r5-p9 and lone wolf....

As much as I'd love to see Poe being a real thing, I really think a PS10+ alpha period is imminent and the Black One title is going to be neutered. I hope I'm wrong.

3 minutes ago, Stevey86 said:

Luke Skywalker
Lone Wolf
R2-D2
Vectored Thrusters

Done.

Just now, Ravncat said:

No - Luke is better with r5-p9. Try Luke, stealth device, r5-p9 and lone wolf....

I appreciate the efforts, both of you, but these builds aren't exactly tearing up the Meta... (or even appearing anywhere in the Meta). Sorry.

Just now, gennataos said:

As much as I'd love to see Poe being a real thing, I really think a PS10+ alpha period is imminent and the Black One title is going to be neutered. I hope I'm wrong.

Rebels have plenty of ways to gain combat phase actions or p.s. 12

1 minute ago, Ravncat said:

Rebels have plenty of ways to gain combat phase actions or p.s. 12

Aside from Airen to give an action and Roark to make a ship PS12, is there anything else? It's early and I haven't had caffeine yet. That Black One title really loves the BB-8 barrel roll, and there's no way to make that happen later.

7 minutes ago, RStan said:

Instead of looking at just 1 ship to fill in the rest of the squad, maybe 2?

I agree. My own way to go is with Jake (who is in almost every squad I make) and a stressship. I'm still torn between those two:

Jake Farrell (24)
Push the Limit (3)
Cruise Missiles (3)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Autothrusters (2)
A-Wing Test Pilot (0)

Poe Dameron (PS9) (33)
Intensity (2)
BB-8 (2)
Primed Thrusters (1)
Autothrusters (2)
Black One (1)

Gold Squadron Pilot (18)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
R3-A2 (2)

OR

Jake Farrell (24)
Push the Limit (3)
Chardaan Refit (-2)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Autothrusters (2)
A-Wing Test Pilot (0)

Poe Dameron (PS9) (33)
Intensity (2)
BB-8 (2)
Primed Thrusters (1)
Autothrusters (2)
Black One (1)

Braylen Stramm (25)
Baze Malbus (3)
R3-A2 (2)
Alliance Overhaul (0)

I can't make space for a gunner, so I'm not sure about Baze or Tactician, either. But I prefer the Y-Wing build for the moment, because of cruise missiles and the turret. And no, I won't add the title because I suck at flying Y-Wings

Just now, Herowannabe said:

I appreciate the efforts, both of you, but these builds aren't exactly tearing up the Meta... (or even appearing anywhere in the Meta). Sorry.

you are in the wrong meta my friend - LW luke has taken out tie swarms single handedly, destroyed firespray and mindlink builds... The Meta isn't nearly as known or understood as people make it out to be - ever since worlds, the variation is actually a lot higher....

2 minutes ago, gennataos said:

Aside from Airen to give an action and Roark to make a ship PS12, is there anything else? It's early and I haven't had caffeine yet. That Black One title really loves the BB-8 barrel roll, and there's no way to make that happen later.

Ashoka

2 minutes ago, GreenDragoon said:

Jake Farrell (24)
Push the Limit (3)
Cruise Missiles (3)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Autothrusters (2)
A-Wing Test Pilot (0)

Poe Dameron (PS9) (33)
Intensity (2)
BB-8 (2)
Primed Thrusters (1)
Autothrusters (2)
Black One (1)

Gold Squadron Pilot (18)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
R3-A2 (2)

I've just built this same list on my squad builder app, but I think Jake still wants prockets over cruise missiles.