A new style of Poe

By Ronu, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So messed around with this list today, pretty effective honestly. Not likely to break the meta but certainly one thing to think about or look into. Feel free to discuss options alternatives ect. As a casual list against another casual list it was pretty brutal.

Poe Dameron (PS9) (33)
Juke (2)
R2-D2 (4)
Comm Relay (3)
Autothrusters (2)
Black One (1)

Fenn Rau (Sheathipede) (20)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Hotshot Co-pilot (4)
R2 Astromech (1)

Blue Squadron Pathfinder (23)
Collision Detector (0)
Jan Ors (2)
Operations Specialist (3)
Pivot Wing (0)

Total: 99

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I like the idea of Juking X-Wings, but there is an obvious issue with how do you generate the evade tokens for them. My own solution was to take R3 Astromech as it was for a list with 3 T-70's so I had no-one who could carry Jan Ors. The advantage of this is that the ship can generate it's own evade tokens without needing to rely on a supporting ship (especially one that is fairly easy to take out). Of course with R3 you are relying on getting a shot and rolling at least one focus result, but that should happen most of the time you attack.

It's an idea that's come up before - but tying five points of investment into Poe to a U-Wing is always going to be a bad idea. Even aside from that, damage output from this list is quite low and it will struggle to punch through really tanky enemies; particularly the PS2 U-Wing who will be lucky if he gets more than one shot in a game (which also renders OpSpec on him a risky investment).

Jan Ors is a decent way to get an Evade onto a T-70, but there might be better platforms for her than a U-Wing.

Rebels don't really have an obvious Juke ship to pair with Fenn Rau/Hotshot Copilot. Corran, maybe, but he also gets so much from PTL. A-Wings have too small an attack value. If Juke Poe is working well for you, great. To me, it feels like you'd be giving up a lot of what makes Poe work so well, but that just shows the high potential of juke in the right situations.

How would a Wookiee work instead of the U-Wing? A PS 1 Auzituck with Jan Ors and C-3PO would fit, or a PS 3 with Selflessness or Draw Their Fire, Jan, and Courier Droid, if I'm doing the math right. Even on a U-Wing, I might like C-3PO more than Operations Specialist. I can see it, though. Fenn will usually miss, and can pass a focus over to someone, or gain one for his own defenses, presuming he coordinates as his action.

Too much jank. Not reliable in my mind.