Rey Dash

By badlands122, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Not for competitive play, but thinking outside the box on this one...

Y1300

Rey (55)

Vet inst

Proton Rockts, Tactician, Mil Fal(evade version),Hull upgrade

YT2400

Dash(45)

Marksman, Ion Can, Hull upgrade

Any thoughts??

Edited by badlands122

Both Rey and Dash both usually want to be built to over 50 points so it is pretty tough to fit them into a list together without sacrificing some of their normal tricks, but here goes.

First off, we need to look at some of the upgrades you have going and just evaluate their usefulness on the ships you've chosen. Proton Rockets is really just for high agility ships as it adds damage according to the agility stat of the ship. So competitive or not, there's really no need for it on a YT 1300.

Rey also really likes to keep arc on her enemies so that her ability triggers, making the Segnor's Loop title much more appealing than the evade version. She also isn't getting much out of the hull upgrade behind one agility either, so that should be cut to make room for the things that really help her. Tactician isn't a bad idea honestly as she will be trying to keep arc and that will trigger when she's at range 2 of an enemy, but there may be better options.

Dash really needs his title for the 360° turret cannon. It's what that ship does so that's gotta be in there. Marksmanship is kind of unnecessary, especially if you just take a Mangler Cannon to save some points. Again the hull upgrade just isn't going to get a lot of mileage so I'd toss it in favor of points for Rey.

So here we go:

YT-1300: · Rey (45)

Adaptability (Increase) (0)

· Kanan Jarrus (3)

· Finn (5)

· Millennium Falcon (Segnor's Loop) (1)

YT-2400: · Dash Rendar (36)

Veteran Instincts (1)

"Mangler" Cannon (4)

· "Chopper" (0)

· Outrider (5)

-- TOTAL ------- 100p. --

Rey has Adaptability to bring her to 9 for no points. Finn for offensive and defensive extra dice that she can reroll with her ability. Kanan to allow her to remove the stress from the S-loop and be able to focus.

Then we have Dash going up in PS to match Rey at 9. So he can still barrel roll to arc dodge and get out of sticky situations at higher Pilot Skill. Mangler is a cheap but effective critical dealing cannon for him with no donut hole of no shoot zone. Chopper is free so he can still do actions even if stressed if it will save him from getting obliterated. And the title that he desperately needs to be effective with his cannon as a turret.

I think this list will be much more effective and plays into both ships' strengths a little more than some of what you had going on. Happy flying!

What that guy said.
proton rocket is basically your primary for 3 points.. so no point in having that!
Marksmanship on a ship that wants to use an ion cannon is not worth it, since crits do not count. Also, the outrider title is too strong on dash to let go of.

I think the above list is as close as you can get to bringing the two ships together without giving them weird or useless upgrades for their kit.

Personally, I think HLC is the most important upgrade for a YT-2400, even without the title. Outrider is great, which is why it's almost always used. However, I think I'd rather throw 4-dice in arc, than 3-dice out of arc with Mangler Cannon. Likewise, Rey without Finn seems like it's missing something. Kanan is great for being stress-free with the Segnor's Loops, but most ships get stressed when turning around, and could possibly be skipped.

So I'd try something like:

Rey: Finn, HoR Title, Adaptability or Veteran Instincts (51 or 52 points).

Dash: Heavy Laser Cannon, Recon Specialist, Predator or Lone Wolf (48 or 49 points).

In arc, you'll have two attacks with essentially 4 dice with rerolls, and you'll still have out-of arc dice you can throw. It's also worth considering Leebo for the extra 2 points. The difference between the two of them is small enough that it can easily be worth switching to get extra points for upgrades. Recon Specialist could probably be switched for Kanan Jarrus on Rey.

Thank you very much for the replies, I do appreciate it very much. It's been a very, very LONG time since I have played and from what I was reading these 2 seemed very interesting to play in the current series. I will definitely give all list a run and see what I can come up with.