Vader soontir

By skins1924, in X-Wing Squad Lists

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New Squadron

(70) Darth Vader
(12) Supernatural Reflexes
(8) Afterburners
(3) Fire-Control System
Points 93

(52) Soontir Fel
(2) Predator
Points 54

(47) Lieutenant Sai
(6) ST-321
Points 53

Total points: 200

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I'd drop Predator and ST-321 for an 8pt bid.

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18 hours ago, SOTL said:

I'd drop Predator and ST-321 for an 8pt bid.

Or downscale massively....Sai is nice because he's moderately competent himself (getting a free focus and target lock out of co-ordinating. The value of that depends on how easily you think you can line up shots with the shuttle or how high priority a target you think it'll be. If all you want is co-ordinate for extra token actions, a black squadron ace with squad leader (30 points all-up!) lets you give Soontir extra focus, evade or barrel roll, and saves enough points for afterburners and stealth for Soontir and proton rockets for Vader

Admittedly, the idea that you have a squad of Baron Soontir Fel, Saber Leader, Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith, and Jenkins, and Jenkins is the squad leader is faintly ridiculous.

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4 minutes ago, Magnus Grendel said:

Or downscale massively... ...if all you want is co-ordinate for extra token actions, a black squadron ace with squad leader (30 points all-up!) lets you give Soontir extra focus, evade or barrel roll, and saves enough points for afterburners and stealth for Soontir and proton rockets for Vader

Tomorrow's 'ten squads in ten days' list is Soontir/Vader/Vizier.

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Indeed?

Vizier's a nice balance point between the two; unlike a lambda he can actually turn corners (better than the TIE in fact because his ability gives him a white co-ordinate) but he's actually got enough durability not to pop like a soap bubble if anyone looks at him wrong, and even unmodified, a 3-dice primary might score damage occasionally. And again, you save points to spend on the two aces who actually matter.

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I like Vizier in 2.0. Reaper big problem now is that they can't turn and that means they're going to sloop A LOT. Vizier is the dude who can coordinate and sloop at the same time (not every turn, obv) and that's exactly the functionality the Reaper is looking for.

  • Vizier - 0-0-0 (48) done. Coordinate, sloop, get mods from 0-0-0, contribute red dice.
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