Thoughts on: M12-L Kimogila 'heavy' fighter

By Wookiee_Slayer, in X-Wing

So it's been a month and I picked up a Star Wing and a Kimogila this wave, and I still don't know what to make of the Kimogila. It's a Missileplatform (right?) and with reload you can make some quick attackruns.

But what is holding it back in the meta? Better lists? or is the ship itself not good enough?

Please discuss :P

After some play, Dalan Oberon is by far the best pilot imo.

Their problem is their are quite weak, 6 hull 2 shield with 1 agi means they will recieve early crits and die fast.

So you can't play them as the backbone of a list. Also they can be build for really high cost with all their upgrade slots.

For me, 30-33 points ist a good range, with VI, harpoons and guidance chip as the base build for Dalan. Boy can he hit hard with the bullseye...

If you manage to get in from side / behind, or make them focus some other ship, i was really impressed by the Dalan.

I've had decent success with the Kimoglia, including against some competitive tournament lists. They key seems to be harpoon missiles, high PS, and making sure you have the flexibility to b-roll and fire the missile in the same turn. I frequently get the bulls-eye arc to activate, and probably 90% of the time this is because I barrel-rolled into the bulls-eye. Also, high PS is critical, because if the opposing ship has a higher PS it's usually trivial for them to re position out of the bulls-eye. With that in mind, here are the two builds that have been working:

Torani Kulda- VI, Harpoons, Unhinged, LRS (33 pts)

Dalan Oberos- VI, Harpoons, Unhinged, GChips (31pts)

Torani uses LRS to pick up the target lock early, and thus can barrel roll for the bulls-eye. Dalan barrel rolls as his action, and then uses his ability to get the missile lock.

Also, out of about 10 games, I haven't been able to get the title to proc once. This could be because I generally try to flank with the Kimoglia out of fear that flying a 1-agility ship straight at the opposing list will get it burned down. Nevertheless, I have taken the title out of my lists.

My current list is the above two pilots and Fenn Rau. Fenn goes straight at the opposing list as a direct threat, and the Kimoglias come in from the sides. My opponent is forced to choose between turning away from Fenn and letting him get behind their list, or facing Fenn and letting the Kimoglias roll in on the flank.

Edited by Sabre 7

I have ran Dalan a few games but slightly different than the above. I went with deadeye Dalan and r4 agromech. List below.

  1. Fenn Rau-PTL, title, at
  2. Dalon-deadeye, title, gc, harpoons, r4 agromech
  3. Kavil-deadeye, vt, synced turret, r4 agromech

It will never be top meta but I have had fun with it.

PTL+Unhiged sounds nasty to me.