Blackout w/ Ions

By Crabbok, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Blackout List with a TIE/D Ion Cannon, and an Aggressor w/ Ion Turret. Idea is that we can ionize some enemies to line up that perfect Blackout shot.

Hmm. Interesting. I tend to run Blackout with Trick Shot or Debris Gambit, Collision Detector, Primed Thrusters, and Autothrusters, which is a very nasty build. I like to run it with some TIE Fighters or Gunboats to pencil in my opponent inside a ring of debris, and have Blackout pelt them with 4 dice.

Seems like way too many points tied up to get a marginal benefit. Especially when adv sensors gets you most of the away there by itself. Its throwing good points after bad.

Maybe just kestal with an ion turret and an hlc gunboat. They want to close range 1 of gunboat, but that means range of kestal and rocks of blackout.

Someone here did PTL Vynder with ion pulse missiles. Was pretty effective.

Edited by wurms

I dig the idea of Ion helping out Blackout, especially because both are strong on their own. I would suggest going with the cheap Blackout build of Title, Trick Shot, Collision Detector, Autothrusters, Pattern Analyzer. For your Ion delivery, I love the idea of a Delta Defender with TIE/D and an Ion Cannon, and then your choice of Aggressor with LWF and Ion Cannot Turret. You could use any of the pilots you pleased.