Hi Folks!

Hope things are going well for you and your family .

I'm trying out a new build for my next game against my son with ships from "Hero's of the Resistance" expansion pack.

Here's what I came up with:

Poe Dameron, The 2nd (33)
A Score to Settle (0)
R5-P9 (3)
Integrated Astromech (0)
Sensor Cluster (2)
Black One (1)

Total = 39

Rey (45)
Daredevil (3)
Finn (5)
Kanan Jarrus (3)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Millennium Falcon, The 2nd (1)

Total = 61

Total Squad Points = 100

My thoughts are with Poe, to have R5-P9 to being able to regenerate shields, Sensor Cluster to boost defense, Black One to help evasion, and his normal abilities working all with a Focus action while also being able to trigger Sensor Cluster or R5-P9. I originally also had Calculation to use the Focus token also, but I couldn't make it under 100 with Daredevil for Rey, so I opted for a close 2nd with "A Score to Settle".

With Rey, I my main focus was trying to keep her ability of keeping enemies in her firing arc, so I opted for the Falcon Title (2nd Edition) and Daredevil with Engine Upgrade helping me do just that. The best part is, with Kanan Jarrus I can do the Segnors Loop & Daredevil while not gaining any stress at all! Finally with Finn, I can augment my firepower in conjunction with Rey's special ability of being able to reroll blanks.

Unknown to my son (I haven't seen his list yet) this will be our first "mirror" match of Rebel's vs. Rebel's as I've been curious to try this out. Anyways, I will see how this one will go and maybe I can finally end my son's winning streak!!!!

Well, thanks for reading my friends God bless you and your family!

Rey is an excellent build. While I'd prefer VI or Expertise, Daredevil is clever!

I think Poe is a tad scatterbrained, however. There's too many conflicting desires for actions and focus usage on the build. I'd try trim it down to a classic Poetensity: Intensity, BB-8, Black One, Autothrusters, Primed Thrusters. Hard to pin, hard to hit, VERY adaptable in terms of where you want him to go, excellent and reliable action economy. I can't recommend him enough lol. That leaves you room for either VI/EU or Expertise on Rey with Finn/Kanan/Sloop title.

2 hours ago, SlaveofChrist said:

Rey (45)
Daredevil (3)
Finn (5)
Kanan Jarrus (3)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Millennium Falcon, The 2nd (1)

Total = 61

The best part is, with Kanan Jarrus I can do the Segnors Loop & Daredevil while not gaining any stress at all!

This doesn’t work. Check the entry for Kanan Jarrus on page 19 of the FAQ. You’re good to clear stress from the MF title, but not from Daredevil.

I think Expertise and VI are the best EPT’s for Rey.

This is my version. I’m tempted to bump Poe down to PS8 to free up some points.

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ReyPoe (99)

•Poe Dameron (41) - T-70 X-Wing
Intensity (2), •BB-8 (2), Primed Thrusters (1), •Black One (1), Autothrusters (2)

•Rey (58) - YT-1300
Expertise (4), •Kanan Jarrus (3), •Finn (5), •Millennium Falcon (1), Smuggling Compartment (0)

I had burnout slam on Rey but took it off for a bid. I’d put it back on and upgrade primed thrusters to Com Relay with PS8 Poe.

10 hours ago, Greebwahn said:

Rey is an excellent build. While I'd prefer VI or Expertise, Daredevil is clever!

Thanks! Most kind .

10 hours ago, Greebwahn said:

I think Poe is a tad scatterbrained, however. There's too many conflicting desires for actions and focus usage on the build. I'd try trim it down to a classic Poetensity: Intensity, BB-8, Black One, Autothrusters, Primed Thrusters. Hard to pin, hard to hit, VERY adaptable in terms of where you want him to go, excellent and reliable action economy. I can't recommend him enough lol. That leaves you room for either VI/EU or Expertise on Rey with Finn/Kanan/Sloop title.

Hmm...you bring up some good points. I guess I just liked the idea of having lots of options for my focus token for usage - but...I think you're right. Maybe I'll tweak it a bit towards your suggestions, thanks !

8 hours ago, jmswood said:

This doesn’t work. Check the entry for Kanan Jarrus on page 19 of the FAQ. You’re good to clear stress from the MF title, but not from Daredevil.

I think Expertise and VI are the best EPT’s for Rey.

Aaackkk ! Sigh...didn't realize that. After looking at this and comparing it to Page 4 of the Rules Reference "When an ability instructs a ship to execute a specific maneuver, it resolves only the “Execute Maneuver” step." (not to mention the FAQ) looks like I was wrong. That's the 2nd time (recently) that I got tripped up by the wording of the card and thought I was following it correctly. Oh well, at least I can still clear the stress the following turn and still get my actions - still...maybe I'll reconsider this (too bad).

Hmmm...two votes for Expertise, good action economy...might have to reconsider this, thanks !

6 hours ago, Estarriol said:

ReyPoe (99)

•Poe Dameron (41) - T-70 X-Wing
Intensity (2), •BB-8 (2), Primed Thrusters (1), •Black One (1), Autothrusters (2)

•Rey (58) - YT-1300
Expertise (4), •Kanan Jarrus (3), •Finn (5), •Millennium Falcon (1), Smuggling Compartment (0)

This is my version. I’m tempted to bump Poe down to PS8 to free up some points.

I had burnout slam on Rey but took it off for a bid. I’d put it back on and upgrade primed thrusters to Com Relay with PS8 Poe.

Another vote for Intensity ! I think you guys are on to something there, hehe ! Plus you guys are steering me towards a more maneuverable Poe vs a regen version of Poe...hmm...good suggestinos. And now three votes for Expetise, ok! SOLD! Will do. Let's see what I can come up with...

(...to be continued...)

Daredevil Rey is neat. As @jmswood reminds us, Kanan's tricks don't work on the Daredevil move, but it still seems like an interesting build worth testing. A more classic Rey build would offer more points for Poe, but let's give this DevilRey a try.

As to Poe, I don't like R5-P9 and Sensor Cluster together. Spending your focus for an evade result is the same as spending your focus to regain a shield with R5-P9, and so the Sensor Cluster seems redundant. Pattern Analyzer wouldn't be, however. That'd allow Poe to take a focus after a K-Turn or T-Roll, which is pretty handy with an R5 build. Next, while it isn't exactly Heroes of the Resistance, I might swap the PS 9 Poe down to the PS 8. That'd free up two points for Autothrusters instead of Integrated Astromech. Lastly, I don't really like A Score to Settle on Poe. ASTS is great when you've got rerolls handled from another source (FCS Quickdraw, for example), but when you've already got Poe's soft focus, the offensive benefit of ASTS gets a lot lower. Trick Shot is handy in the Heroes of the Resistance box, I'd probably prefer that.

*edit* one last thing. Black One and R5-P9 don't work great together, IMHO. Poe only gets one action: either a focus or a boost. If sticking with an R5 Poe, I'd consider that as a flex point, probably the first one I'd cut if I wanted to add something elsewhere in the list. Black One is amazing with Intensity and/or BB-8, however.

Rey with Daredevil and Kanan could still clear the stress from Daredevil on a white maneuver in the following round, and repeat Daredevil again. This still creates some interesting reposition options to keep Rey’s arc on target for her rerolls. Keep in mind, if you use the MF title on the round after using Daredevil, then you’ll still have stress at the Perform Action step.

Looking ahead with the Daredevil Rey idea to Wave 12. Rey with Daredevil and Maul would have a way to clear the stress from Daredevil before the next Planning Phase. Kanan and Maul on Rey could clear 2 stress tokens per round, making the Daredevil/MF sloop more viable. Giving up Finn is a hard sell, and you still have to find a spot for Ezra in your list.

5 minutes ago, jmswood said:

Rey with Daredevil and Kanan could still clear the stress from Daredevil on a white maneuver in the following round, and repeat Daredevil again. This still creates some interesting reposition options to keep Rey’s arc on target for her rerolls. Keep in mind, if you use the MF title on the round after using Daredevil, then you’ll still have stress at the Perform Action step.

Looking ahead with the Daredevil Rey idea to Wave 12. Rey with Daredevil and Maul would have a way to clear the stress from Daredevil before the next Planning Phase. Kanan and Maul on Rey could clear 2 stress tokens per round, making the Daredevil/MF sloop more viable. Giving up Finn is a hard sell, and you still have to find a spot for Ezra in your list.

Maul seems like a big ask, when Rey already kinda has rerolls. That'd be a grand total of 6 points in the list devoted entirely to stress removal, for only an extra 45 degrees of arc-rotation when doing specifically a S-Loop. And that's on top of the Engine Upgrade (often kinda optional on Rey), and it gives up Finn. I don't think I could go that "all-in" on Devil-Rey (despite the cool name).

Finn/Rey's arc is so potent (extra blank + 2 rerolls), Daredevil seems like it could go a long way. 1-Hard into 1-Hard is nutty. Daredevil will be able to get more arcs than just Engine; the question is then whether that's better than a perma-focus. Maybe Daredevil is a way to skip Kanan? Greens are less bad when you've got the Daredevil option going, and adding something like C-3PO would be cool.

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As to a stressed MF using Kanan to clear stress first, then to flip, I'm starting to be hesitant. Per the title, you have to be not-stressed to trigger the effect. Up until a few days ago, I'd 100% have been on the side of Kanan clearing the stress, then MF flipping, and ending with a stress. Was there a specific ruling about this before, or just something which was taken as given?

Anyhow, some folks have been discussing Snap Wexley with Flight Assist Astromech in the Rules subforum, and that makes some things a bit murky. The general consensus seems to be that FAA checks for arc on enemy ships when you complete the move, rather than when you want to perform a boost or barrel roll. As such, Snap couldn't execute a move, have arc on an opponent, use his own Boost into a position without arc on an enemy, and then use FAA's barrel roll. Millennium Falcon seems to work somewhat in the same way. If the Snap/FAA interpretation is correct, if you're stressed when you execute the 3-bank, you wouldn't meet the conditions for triggering MF (that is, "you are not stressed"). Anyhow, I'm going to go cross-post this observation there.

@theBitterFig I forgot you can’t be stressed before you trigger MF title. Good catch.

Some good discussion and suggestions here, very helpful thanks!

So I decided to try out the Poe Dameron "Poetensity" sounds pretty good, here's my updated list - thanks everyone!

Poe Dameron, The 1st (31)
Intensity (2)
BB-8 (2)
Primed Thrusters (1)
Autothrusters (2)
Black One (1)

Total = 39

Rey (45)
Daredevil (3)
Finn (5)
Kanan Jarrus (3)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Millennium Falcon, The 2nd (1)

Total = 61

Total Squad Points = 100

Well, hope the rest of your day goes well, God bless !

Hi! I'm playing Rey and Poe in the last couple of months. This is actually the list I'm testing right now...

YT-1300: · Rey (45)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Smuggling Compartment (0)
· Finn (5)
· Kanan Jarrus (3)
· Millennium Falcon (Segnor's Loop) (1)
Inertial Dampeners (1)
T-70 X-Wing: · Poe Dameron (33)
Intensity (Exhausted) (2)
· BB-8 (2)
Autothrusters (2)
· Black One (1)
Comm Relay (3)
-- TOTAL ------- 99/100p. --

Rey at PS10 is what let her to be brutal and hopefully use her ability, and Finn, every round of combat.

Do not have enough points to try expertise on her, because I do prefer these choices on Poe: bb-8, intensity and comm relay let him make some funny maneuvers.