Attacking The Tie Defenders

By Boom Owl, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Anyone have some tips on how to approach Tie Defenders and crack their shell?

Specifically interested in how to fly at/around them while attacking.

Some General Ideas:

1. Attempt to block their K-Turn path

2. Attempt to block their 3-5 speed range path

3. Concentrate fire from close range.

4. TLT to strip tokens

5. Autoblaster to ignore tokens

6. Hot-shot Co-Pilot Crew

7. Fly at PS9 or above since the most common pilots are at or below PS8

8. Hit and Run? Seems like a bad idea since they can then 3-5 speed catch up.

9. Bombs that ignore Green Dice

10. Block and Pop ( Stop em with a low PS and smash em with a high PS )


Edited by Boom Owl

Block, alpha strike and bombs.

Blocks and Concentrated fire works well in any situation!! get all your ships pointing at the same ship with modified attack dice and eliminate their actions. The thing about fighting defenders, is that many ways they are more manueverable (white/green k-turns) so the key is to e one of the board right away in the first pass if possible.

Miranda chews them up with clusters.

Lots of TLTs. Green dice will inevitably fail.

Old Teroch wrecks them. Before nerf I took Ketsu and Teroch to regionals and evaporated x7 Defenders. Ketsu tractor beams them, and rolls their arc into Teroch who drops their tokens then they both have range 1 shots.

Adv Sensors Nym with ABT should wreck them with bombs and auto damage.

Bumpmaster is probably what they fear the most. Scout w/ intel,feedback or rigged cargo,APL