Haven't played tournament in 2y

By thebigeb2589, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Hey everyone, I haven't been in the tournament scene for 2 years so I'm really clueless as to the current meta. I know bombs and that's about it. So I have a tournament this weekend and I wanted to run some options by the group.

VT-49 Decimator: •Rear Admiral Chiraneau (57)
•Emperor Palpatine (8)
•Kylo Ren (3)

VT-49 Decimator: Patrol Leader (43)
•Darth Vader (3)

Total: 100/100

K-Wing: •Miranda Doni (42)
Hull Upgrade (3)
•Chewbacca (4)
Twin Laser Turret (6)

K-Wing: Warden Squadron Pilot (29)
Twin Laser Turret (6)

K-Wing: Warden Squadron Pilot (29)
Twin Laser Turret (6)

Total: 100/100

ARC-170: •Norra Wexley (41)
Vectored Thrusters (2)
Alliance Overhaul (0)
Push the Limit (3)
•Kyle Katarn (3)
•R2-D2 (4)

K-Wing: Warden Squadron Pilot (29)
Twin Laser Turret (6)

K-Wing: Warden Squadron Pilot (29)
Twin Laser Turret (6)

Total: 99/100

TIE Interceptor: Royal Guard Pilot (28)
Stealth Device (3)
Royal Guard TIE (0)
Push the Limit (3)

TIE Interceptor: Royal Guard Pilot (28)
Stealth Device (3)
Royal Guard TIE (0)
Push the Limit (3)

Upsilon-Class Shuttle: •Major Stridan (40)
•Kylo Ren's Shuttle (2)
Advanced Sensors (3)
•Kylo Ren (3)

Total: 100/100

Edited by thebigeb2589

Ok ill comment on each list

Double decimators are always awesome and id love to see them in a tourny but id put vi on RAC for definate as he wants to shoot first, maybe drop kylo or palp and throw some upgrades on there. Patrol leader with darth is fine just upgrade RAC

Miranda list could do with tweeking. Maybe put on sabine and bomlet generator or theres plenty of different builds you can do with her, ive only flown her a few times so i cannot comment too much

Thats my go to norra build and the k wings are high health tlt carriers so should work pretty well

Tie interceptors dont need vectored thrusters as they have barrel roll as an action . Autothrusters are a must. Or stealth device if you have points.

Also the interceptors will die pretty quick if your expecting bombs .

Id go with your first but take off kylo and get vi on RAC and then whatever else you fancy

Edited by spamdex

Im actually 20 wins 0 losses with the Miranda build. 8 of those wins are tournaments.

That's funny that your go to norra build is that cuz I just threw it together lol

You are right totally spaced on vectors thrusters and the interceptors having barrel roll.

I do not know about your Decimator build, but I hope you are aware, that Darth Vader crew ("after... attack") can not be used as condition for Kylo Ren crew "during an attack"? I do not think Emperor Palpatine is not worth the 8 points after the nerf, but Kylo Ren is worth every penny and a lot more especially if you put VI, Gunner and Dauntless title on RAC, which comes to 8 points and is a lot better than the Emperor. This RAC combined with Vaders automatic crit due to TIE/x1 and Advanced Targeting Computer is an awesome.
RAC, VI, Hotshot Co-pilot, Gunner, Kylo Ren, Dauntless, EU (65)
Vader, Adaptability, TIE/x1, ATC, EU (34)
Two ships at PS 10 with a 1 point initiative bid nearly secures a blinded pilot on a ship before it gets to shoot the first two combat rounds, which hurts all 2 ship builds a lot and there is a lot of two ship builds in the current meta right now.

Your Miranda and Ks build might still be good, but I am sure the 3 points for a hull upgrade can be spend better. Suggestions could be
Bomblet Generator, Plasma Tropedoes, Cruise Misslies, Ray, Recon Spec...
By the way put Long Range Scanners on all of them if you can. Its a zero point upgrade, so why not - especially if you put missiles or torps on Miranda.

I my opinion there are better and cheaper ways to build Norra. With PTL, BB-8, Kyle and title you can give her a green maneuver - barrel roll with BB-8 - push off this barrelroll action for a target lock or focus - execute the green maneuver removing stress and getting focus from Kyle - then you can take your normal action as either TL or focus - either way thats four actions ending up with an unstressed Norra with 2 focus tokens and a TL. All that for 37 points!
Combined with 2 Ks with TLT and LRS thats 95 points, which let you take either Engine Upgrade for Norra or some other fun stuff.

Reguarding your Interceptor build - Interceptors are having a really hard time right now - Bomb, Misslies, Torps, TLTs, Snapshot, Autoblasters... all kills them all too easy and the Shuttle is not a lot more surviable - do not expect much from that build.

I think both your rebelbuilds and your RAC build, with a few modifications, will have good chances, if you fly them well - good luck :)