T65 + Stress thoughts

By tonycanevaro, in X-Wing Squad Lists

This list seems like it would give several lists a hard time. Thoughts? Tweaks?

Stress lots of stress (99)

•Braylen Stramm (29) - ARC-170
Tactician (2), •R3-A2 (2), Alliance Overhaul (0)

•Wedge Antilles (34) - X-Wing
Push The Limit (3), •BB-8 (2), Integrated Astromech (0)

•Luke Skywalker (36) - X-Wing
•Lone Wolf (2), •R2-D2 (4), Vectored Thrusters (2)

Braylen is better with Gunner, but you don’t have the points for it. Maybe switch Braylen for the classic Gold Squadron Stresshog. It saves you three points, leaving you with 4.

Things I would do with those 4 points:

Engine Upgrade on Wedge

Flechette or Seismic Torpedoes on Wedge and Luke

Bomb Loadout, Seismic Charge and Extra Munitions on the Y-wing.

I'd ditch Push the Limit. The only two actions Wedge can take are Focus and Target Lock, so just take Predator for rerolls instead of TLs and never have to worry about stress. This will open up the white moves on your dial. On Poe who has a Boost, PTL/BB-8 can be strong, since you can boost to alter your ship's position, or to mimic the effects of doing hard turns. Without that Boost, Wedge will be incredibly slow and predictable if he's locked into Greens.

Luke and Braylen are standard enough builds.

You'll run up against the limitations of T-65s though. They're 6 HP on two green dice with no reposition, or you can spend points to drop down to 5 HP and get a Boost or Barrel Roll. Swapping Wedge for Jess Pava (M9-G8 or R2-D6 and either Trick Shot, Crack Shot, or A Score to Settle, plus Integrated Astromech), Luke for Poe (any number of Poe builds, seasoned to taste), will probably do better. The T-70 is just a lot stronger than the original.

Edited by theBitterFig

I'd upgrade to Gunner on Braylen, leave wedge, and fit in something cheaper for the third ship. Getting stress shut down by Braylen followed by Wedge's hammer is brutal, and a third ship would just even out the playing field, maybe Jess w/ M9-G8 and pattern analyzer: lock one of the friendlies for mini-predator, and she herself is a tremendous pilot.