Requesting Advice for Lambda Fun

By JJ48, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I always found the Lambda to be a fun ship to fly, and would like to try out a list of just them. I came up with the following list:

Lambda -class T-4a Shuttle - •Lieutenant Sai - 52
•Lieutenant Sai - Death Squadron Veteran (47)
Jamming Beam (2)
ISB Slicer (3)

Lambda -class T-4a Shuttle - Omicron Group Pilot - 48
Omicron Group Pilot - (43)
Jamming Beam (2)
ISB Slicer (3)

Lambda -class T-4a Shuttle - Omicron Group Pilot - 48
Omicron Group Pilot - (43)
Jamming Beam (2)
ISB Slicer (3)

Lambda -class T-4a Shuttle - Omicron Group Pilot - 48
Omicron Group Pilot - (43)
Jamming Beam (2)
ISB Slicer (3)

Total: 196/200

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The idea is that with so many arcs, someone should have enemies in arc each turn, and Jamming Beam can occasionally be used if defensive tokens become an issue. My main concern is whether it's better to have four rather bare shuttles, or remove one and load up the others. Thoughts?

i was tinkering with something similar not long ago. i own 3 shuttles but havent invested in any conversion kits yet. im pretty sure u only get one Omicron GP in the conversion kit making a multi-cow list like this very expensive to assemble but borrowing the cards and cardboard inserts shouldnt be too hard.

Back to ur list. what would you do with those 48pts if u dropped one omicron? collision detectors could be really good. Oblative plating does something similar and is cheaper. some intersting crew options. Vader crew?

55 minutes ago, Da_Brown_Bomber said:

i was tinkering with something similar not long ago. i own 3 shuttles but havent invested in any conversion kits yet. im pretty sure u only get one Omicron GP in the conversion kit making a multi-cow list like this very expensive to assemble but borrowing the cards and cardboard inserts shouldnt be too hard.

Well, I'm planning to just try it for fun, not tournaments, so I was planning to just use a couple other Large-base cardboards and make sure I just clearly mark which ship is which. I also planned on using First Edition dials for a couple of the ships, since the maneuvers haven't changed. The cards I'll probably print out as proxies. However, I'll make sure to run it by my opponent first, and if he has a problem with anything, I should be able to borrow components.

1 hour ago, Da_Brown_Bomber said:

Back to ur list. what would you do with those 48pts if u dropped one omicron? collision detectors could be really good. Oblative plating does something similar and is cheaper. some intersting crew options. Vader crew?

Collision Detector sounds pretty good, as does Vader (removing more green tokens! Yay!). I could also remove ISB Slicer from Sai and instead give him ST-321 title, Freelance Slicer, and Director Krennic. Hm...If I include Vader, 0-0-0 also becomes an option. Tactical Scrambler may be reasonable, too, with all these large ships flying around.

Maybe something like this?

Lambda -class T-4a Shuttle - •Lieutenant Sai - 70
•Lieutenant Sai - Death Squadron Veteran (47)
Collision Detector (5)
Jamming Beam (2)
•Director Krennic (5)
Freelance Slicer (3)
Tactical Scrambler (2)
ST-321 (6)

Lambda -class T-4a Shuttle - Omicron Group Pilot - 58
Omicron Group Pilot - (43)
Collision Detector (5)
Jamming Beam (2)
•0-0-0 (3)
ISB Slicer (3)
Tactical Scrambler (2)

Lambda -class T-4a Shuttle - Omicron Group Pilot - 69
Omicron Group Pilot - (43)
Collision Detector (5)
Jamming Beam (2)
•Darth Vader (14)
ISB Slicer (3)
Tactical Scrambler (2)

Total: 197/200

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I know this isn't going to be a world-class-champion-level list, but I'm hoping it'll be pretty fun to fly, at least.

As long as you have Sai and the title in there somewhere for action efficiency, a lot of options is probably viable. I would personally take a long look at Moff Jerjerrod.

Lamda Lamda Lamda

or

Trilambs

Would be a great squad name, don’t know how many people would get the reference though!

I'm going to try the 4x list tonight, followed by the 3x list, and we'll see how they do!

I need a second Lambda to fly this list.

Rex and his Cows

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

(48) Captain Kagi
(7) Minister Tua
Points 55

(84) Rexler Brath
(4) Juke
(4) Heavy Laser Cannon
Points 92

Total points: 200

With all the torps being thrown around and Readline getting free locks, Kagi will hang back and pull the locks. Sai does all his awesome token stacking and passes focuses to Rex who will also take locks.