Broken Boats

By CerseisAdvocate, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I really would like to become immortal by creating a meta defining list. I have no Idea if this will do and it is probably a far too ambitious title but for the case that this list or a derivate of it will become a meta defining archetype it has to be named Broken Boats (BB). My name is Hannes and you heard it first from me.

So at this moment the FAQ is young and you probably just read it. JM5Ks are nerfed hard. Their defininmg trick was a devestatig alpha strike, something that has to be possible to do withe the holy GUNBOAT.

So this is the trick

##### BROKEN BOATS #####

You start with two of these Guys
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and you add
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For a total of 2x 26 Points = 52 Points.
Then add two of these guys:
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with
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2 x 24 = 48 Points

-> 100 Points

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I see the synergy, but I have some observations.

I don't think that your Rho Squadron Pilots will have much use once they fire their payload. While I know the SLAM action is good, I think you'll have to really work your flying chops to become unpredictable with your moves. I also think your overestimating the value of the bare chassis without either of the titles.

I don't mind the loadout for the Nu, though. I think that'll be something to spam pretty hard. The Jammer might also be a solid trade, but I'm not sure how it'll perform yet.

I also think that this is a hard counter to Nym+Anythingreally and Fairship Rebel, but I think that you might have a bit of trouble if you start running into 4-6 ship swarms or Aces lists. Which I wouldn't mind.

Really, I think this ship will have a lot of trouble against pretty much any non-ordinance TIE and other ships with Interceptor-class dials. So if we see these begin to overwhelm the meta, we could see a lot more swarms and Acey stuff.