Ordinarily I'm not that great at X-wing, but I stole this basic build from @Stay On The Leader the other day and it's been like a friggin' renaissance for my game. The motivation was simply that I finally gave in and bought HOTR and figured I may as well fly the two stupid Falcons since I had 'em. Well, lo and behold, they're not stupid at all! The idea here is that both of these guys are at the same PS for flexibility, and if you play your cards right you end up with Focus/Evade/TL on both of 'em every turn.

Lando Calrissian (44)
Push the Limit (3)
Nien Nunb (1)
Kyle Katarn (3)
Millennium Falcon (1)

Chewbacca (42)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Jan Ors (2)
Recon Specialist (3)

Total: 100

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I'd be curious to get any feedback about the following (or whatever else):

1. Lando is a fire magnet. Maybe I've been baiting with him, or maybe my opponents figure he'll be easier to burn down than Chewie, but he's definitely been the guy they go after. Is there anything I can tweak to help him with that? On a related note:
2. Embarrassing as it is, I forget to do Kyle's ability about half the time. Similarly, when the pair eventually get separated during the course of the game, I find that Chewie's single-action Focus/Evade is actually pretty much all he needs to be effective--and Lando does all right if I end up having to PTL to get Focus/Evade too. This makes me wonder if I'd be better off with a different crew member--but who? My thoughts jump to C-3P0 for greater durability, Baze Malbus to throw more dice at people, Recon Specialist to do more token stacking, or Rey to bank Focus and get a small bid. Ezra could work too, maybe, but at that point I'd almost rather just do the RecSpec so I can stack more focus in case I take more shots. And the downside I could see with Rey is that there aren't great odds that I'm going to have extra focus hanging around.
3. How does this seem likely to fare in the current meta? I still mostly play in a tiny non-meta bubble, but I've been getting out to my FLGS more and I see pilot cards that get talked about a lot on here. I'm pretty sure the age of Fat PWTs has passed, so I'm curious if I've just stumbled onto a meta-situation where they can still shine, or if there might still be something to 'em in this day and age.

1. People won't want to pick Chewie because he ignores any crits, with all things being equal they'll pick Lando pretty much every time. You can tweak that on the table by leading with Chewie a bit more - force them to decide between a R1 shot on Chewie or a R2 shot on Lando. Ideally you'd use tactics like this to keep switching their fire between the two so they don't focus one down. You could add Draw Their Fire on Chewie, but you lose the flexibility of move order.

2. C-3PO may well be the right answer, given what's happening in the first thing you said.

3. Unknown, probably not great but if it's working for you I wouldn't worry too much about that.

4. Keep an eye on Saw Gerrera when he comes into the game, he could fit in really nicely as a big damage buff for very little cost.

9 hours ago, CoffeeMinion said:

Lando Calrissian (44)
Push the Limit (3)
Nien Nunb (1)
Kyle Katarn (3)
Millennium Falcon (1)

Chewbacca (42)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Jan Ors (2)
Recon Specialist (3)

So you have stumbled upon an old wave meta list. I did the same thing last store championship season. I showed up with a variation of this and people kept talking about me running an old wave meta. It was so much fun though. I lost because everywhere I looked at store championship season was parratani and ordinance Dengar. The high ps and token efficiency of parratani was just too much for it.

My one big suggestion would be to change VI on Chewie. They are going to go for Lando, because of Chewie's ability. when you move chewie, take your action like normal, then when lando moves, Chewie will still get the free action.

If you switch VI to draw their fire, chewie can take the crits from the lando attacks, and still turn them face down. It's great.

Good luck and have fun.

Hey,

i actually played this list at our Regional in Hamburg/Germany two weeks ago and placed 6th in the cut with it!
Went 5:1 trough the Tournament and then lost my first game in the cut.. But i achieved more then i actually ever could imagine with this list.

My Opponents:

Round 1: QD, Backdraft and Vessery - Win
Round 2: Poe and Dash - Win
Round 3: 2 Scurrg and Torani with Harpoons - Win
Round 4: Ghost (TLT with AC, so basically 4 Autodamage per Round) with Fenn - Win
Round 5: Ion-BroBots (Piloted by the acting german Champion..) - Loss
Round 6: Dengar/Nym - Win

Cut:
Round 1: Ghost (TLT, Reinforced Deflectors)/Fenn - Loss

So, i really love those two and they work perfectly in todays meta!

Give it a try!

hmmm, I have this list sitting in my Aurora Squad builder for a while. Didnt realize it was an old meta list, but i have wanted to fly it... may this weekend.