I need help choosing between three different gunboat lists for competitive play. I've played everything from Palp Aces, U-Boats, Dengaroo, Fennssajaroo, Fair Ship Rebels, various rebel and scum Nym lists, etc. I don't like where scum is currently at in the meta and the only rebel lists I like are Dashranda, Deathstar Rey, and Ezra Low Miranda Stress Control. I am looking to play one of the following Imperial lists for tournaments in the foreseeable future:

QUICK AND THE DEAD

100 points

PILOTS

Nu Squadron Pilot (22) x 3
Alpha-class Star Wing (18), Harpoon Missiles (4), Long Range Scanners (0)

“Quickdraw” (34)
Special Forces TIE (29), Veteran Instincts (1), Fire-Control System (2), Special Ops Training (0), Lightweight Frame (2)

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RHO RHO FIGHT THE POWA

100 points

PILOTS

Rho Squadron Veteran (26) x 2
Alpha-class Star Wing (21), Deadeye (1), Harpoon Missiles (4), Guidance Chips (0)

Nu Squadron Pilot (22)
Alpha-class Star Wing (18), Harpoon Missiles (4), Long Range Scanners (0)

“Omega Leader” (26)
TIE/fo Fighter (21), Comm Relay (3), Juke (2)

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RHO RHO RHO YOUR BOAT

100 points

PILOTS

Rho Squadron Veteran (26) x 3
Alpha-class Star Wing (21), Deadeye (1), Harpoon Missiles (4), Guidance Chips (0)

“Pure Sabacc” (22)
TIE Striker (22), Trick Shot (0), Adaptive Ailerons (0), Guidance Chips (0)

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Personally I am leaning towards the Sabacc version because I believe there will be a lot of LRS hate (Black One/Countermeasures) coming up since the 3 Nu + QD build is fairly popular. What are y'alls thoughts?

I'm pondering your top list (3x Nu + QD) as I played against it and it seemed pretty devastating.

I'm also considering 2x Rho w/ Harpoon/LRS and a Loaded Kylo Ren.

Your 3rd list is interesting as well for the reason you stated. I pondered building a Poe list specifically to fight the gunboats/LRS build. I have 1 month before our local regionals to decide... Curious what others will say.

Yeah Rhoboats seems really good, it's just a question of if the Rhos are better than the Nus more than QD is better than Sabaac/Zeta Leader.

I like the 1st list, mostly because QD is strong enough to add some significant punch, rather than just a little annoyance.

Anyone else have comments?

7 hours ago, Hoffburger said:

Anyone else have comments?

I like that last one, almost enough to get another copy of Chips so I can run my third one lol. I just wonder if the Striker will be competitive as even with the AA title it seems rather slow and stress will kill you.