Lando & Jan (JANDO!)

By Tupacca, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So I've been trying the below recently and have had some great results.

Lando (92)

Trickshot (1), Agile Gunner (10), Title (6), Perceptive Co-Pilot (10), Nien Nunb (5), Engine Upgrade (9) 133

Jan Ors (42)

Trickshot (1), Jyn Erso (2), Title (12), Shield Upgrade (6), Engine Upgrade (3) 66

Total = 199

So I started thinking about a potentially strong two ship rebel build and settled on Jan and Lando.

The way I've been playing the list is to take the largest rocks, create as dense an asteroid field as possible, then have both ships circle round it.

IMO the list has lots of strengths and synergy:

  • Both ships are Initiative 5 which allows me to activate in any order and arc dodge (I've also considered swapping agile gunner for a cheaper gunner, or dropping it all together for a bid over other I5's)
  • Trickshot combined with the extra die granted by Jan lets Lando hit really hard - especially since he typically has full mods. With the new title Jan is also capable of hitting hard.
  • Both ships have several actions per turn
  • Jan can stack double focus in the first few turns, and then has the option to boost, TL, or focus and turn it into an evade
  • Lando can double focus (turning one to an evade), or double focus then evade, or TL, or boost, and then rotate his turret in the end phase. Lando and Nien Nunb gives him 9 greens, which makes his dial super flexible and can help give Jan actions if she gets blocked or needs more tokens.
  • The Hawks improved dial and added greens also helps Jan clear her stress more easily, which with engine upgrade makes her surprisingly fast and able to keep pace with Lando skirting round the asteroid field. L

Let me know your thoughts!

As a huge 2 ship list player I love this kind of thing, I just haven't seen it do well in 2.0

What is your record with it so far? Has it held up vs the generic swarms so popular?

Seems like Jan will still go down too quickly for her cost and then Lando will struggle to kill things quickly enough. Perhaps GONK instead of perc cop for the late game?

As far as paper, I DIG it. But is Jan too fragile??

Jan is actually far more tanky than your standard xwing being able to stack double focus evade. The play style of the list IMO, is to kite round rocks so she is typically benefiting from another defense die.

The shield upgrade also helps.

If love to read some battle reports once you get more games in!

I put together a really similar list, only using Hotshot Gunner on Lando and Juke Jan, with the idea being that that Lando hits with 4-5 fully modded dice and a token strip, then Jan follows up with three Juke dice.

Haven't had a chance to try it, though. Too busy enjoying A-wings that can actually do stuff

The big question is can this kind of thing deal with barrage rocket bomber swarm or that inferno squadron list of 6 TIEs?

2 hours ago, FriendofYoda said:

The big question is can this kind of thing deal with barrage rocket bomber swarm or that inferno squadron list of 6 TIEs? 

I'd probably drop the Shield Upgrade and run Bistan instead of Agile Gunner because of those lists, personally. Perceptive Bistan may be expensive, but it lets you mod the first shot and keep a focus token to trigger Bistan and then spend on the second.

Edited by GuacCousteau

But what about this option?

Lando / trick shot / nien nunb / perceptive / bistan / EUpgrade title

and

benthic TTubes / perceptive / jyn / FCS

which gives:

BTT fly than produce Double focus, one transfer to Lando. Than Lando fly blue and his trigger gives him two focus and one make evede. Action / boost/Tal etc so we have BTT with FCs and focus, Lando with TLock Focus Focus Evede - rerol green and Double shoot ....

BTT is more tanky