Red Squadron vs. Blue Squadron (epic)

By Mackaywarrior, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Which do you prefer to use for epic?

Huh?

Red Squadron pilot X-wing or blue squadron novice T-70

Blue Squadron any day of the week. Point compairison you get a Blue with autothrusters for the price of a Red naked one a 26 points - a lot better

On 27/08/2017 at 4:13 AM, Mackaywarrior said:

Which do you prefer to use for epic?

I regularly play Epic as Imperials against Rebels. PS4 and above can be very potent in Epic - I have found aces to get overwhelmed quickly with concentrated fire power, so they rarely get taken, and so there are lots of generics on the board making mid-range PS more important. On top of this Epic ships top out at PS4 so if you have initiative you can fire before the Raider. So out of your two choices I'd go for Red Squadron Pilot but for 3 points more it's hard to resist Red Squadron Veteran! Oh and I'd always take Integrated Astro over Autothrusters - playing against it it's so irritating when you get that crit and the R2 Astro bites it instead!