Skinny Miranda & Norra + Ezra/AP5

By Tupacca, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Hi all,

I've been wanting to put together a double regen list for while now and have come up with the below:

Miranda, TLT, LRS, Bomblet, Rey/Sabine (40)

Norra, PTL, R2D2, Nien Numb, VT, Title (39)

AP5, M9G8, Weapons Engineer (21)

or

Ezra, Snap Shot, R3A2, Courier Droid (21)

Let me know your thoughts!

AP-5 with M9-G8 and Weapons Engineer is pretty solid. I've seen it used to good effect, and it'd also be great offensively in that list, with Norra possibly spending her TL to add focus rather than reroll, and Miranda shooting twice with TLT.

I'd consider moving Rey over to Norra, though. I really want a bigger token stack on her, and having 2 focus tokens allows her to save a TL/focus for defense, and still have something like focus/M9 reroll for offense. Or she could TL/barrel roll and draw down a Rey focus. Alternately, I might think about running Kyle or Recon Specialist instead of Nien and VT. It's a trade-off. I can't say it's better per se, but there are things which I like about those builds too.

Anyhow, if Rey moves which crew for Miranda? If you'd be stuck at 1 point max, Bombardier can surprise some folks, and Inspiring Recruit would help against stress, whether that's from AP-5's ability, or just from other cases. Actually, using AP-5 to coordinate Norra would be pretty cool. AP-5 could coordinate her a focus to remove her stress, she pulls a white move, and then can TL and Barrel Roll. While Miranda won't always be close enough to allow AP-5 to clear both stress with Inspiring Recruit, but it's a pretty nifty trick.

Something else to consider; Bomblets + Crew cost the same as Harpoon Missile. Having a 1-shot 5-dice focus/TL attack is pretty nice. I wouldn't test it until a few games into the list, but it could be interesting to compare which one feels like it adds more damage.

you got some neat ideas here. AP5 WE/M9G8 is a very nice combo to ahve. I like it a lot. I totally agree with @theBitterFig regarding Rey on Norra. This is something I've been doing a lot lately and it's been just deadly.

I'm pretty torn how I would configure this myself, because there are tons of interesting options that your putting out there.... but this is ultimately how I would tweak it, and I'll try to explain why.

Norra Wexley (29)
Veteran Instincts (1)
Rey (2)
R2-D2 (4)
Alliance Overhaul (0)

Miranda Doni (29)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
Extra Munitions (2)
Harpoon Missiles (4)
Sabine Wren (2)
Proximity Mines (3)

AP-5 (15)
Courier Droid (0)
M9-G8 (3)

Total: 100

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I would personally rather have a skinny Norra than a Skinny Miranda. Miranda is your end game ship, she can be harder to hit, and a point fortress for competitive games. Normally my Skinny Norra is with Flight Assist, but I wanted to keep the double regen in there for you. this does limit Norra's re-positioning ability, which I think makes FAA very under-rated on her. But she will still hit like a tank here.

I ditched Weapons Engineer from Ap5 because Miranda doesn't need the re-rolls as bad as Norra. There are defensive benefits to the ability as well for sure, but having room for some extra offense is pretty important. The courier droid is there so you can deploy with more information.

Miranda I swapped out bomblet for proximity mines, EM, and Harpoons. This up's her offense in a lot of ways. Yes, no bomblet is sad. But the flexibility with AP5 and action bombs is pretty awesome! You can use AP5 to coordinate a bomb drop! I've nuked and been nuked by this combo pretty hard. I took an opposing Rey down with this combo last week in one round.

Play around with this idea for sure, there are a ton of options available, they are very flexible ships and you will be able to do a ton of damage with them.

Hmmmm. I like this. M9 rerolls are stupendous on Norra and Miranda, so I think AP should keep both WE and M9. Miranda obviously needs TLT. I also like Rey and LRS on her. While Rey's focuses can be Fenned, the M9 rerolls can't.

As for Norra, I would also want to build her so that she can't be Fenned - that means Expertise. That leaves 6 points. I could see R2-D2 or FAA, but if you want regen, Artoo is your best bet. That leaves 2 points, which I, for one, would probably spend on VT or Tail Gunner.

If I weren't so scared of Fenn, I'd like the VI Norra builds that allow for much more flexibility.