TIE/D Defender - •Rexler Brath - 88
•Rexler Brath - Onyx Leader (84)
Juke (4)

VT-49 Decimator - •Captain Oicunn - 112
•Captain Oicunn - Inspired Tactician (84)
Intimidation (3)
•0-0-0 (3)
•Darth Vader (14)
•Dauntless (6)
•BT-1 (2)

Total: 200/200

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I'm really liking Intimidate in 2.0 so far and the Oicunn Bumper looks to be a much better option this time.

Decided to throw in a few extra reasons to really make people think twice about getting too close.

Except the Decimator is laughably bad in 2.0. Imps generally are in good shape for 2.0, since points-wise almost all of their ships are fairly close to reasonable value (there's a few that are obviously under-costed, like the bomber and punisher), but then there's the Decimator. It is just really badly costed. Without question it holds the title for 'worst imperial ship of 2.0'.

Also, generally speaking, its a good idea to take an Initiative Bid with Rexler. I've had numerous 1v1 battles between Rexler and Luke and whoever moves last wins that fight, plain and simple (also Boba Fett is another Init 5 where moving last is crucial). Having said that, almost every list I've seen either Luke or Boba in took pretty massive bids, so perhaps in a list like yours (where you can't afford to take a big bid), you might as well sit at 200 and just make other Initiative 5 enemies that can destroy Rexler your top kill priority...

I'm not sure the costing is so much the issue as that garbage bowtie arc is. We'll never see it, but since it lost the ability to boost (even red boost), it's too slow to get guns on anything. Having a fixed front arc with a single rotating arc would be workable (ala the HWK). How they missed this is beyond me.

So i tested this a couple times...

Game 1 vs Fenn, Teroch and Palob
- Got clowned because i flew Rex into the teeth of all 3 of the above at R1 while Oicunn was stuck on a Rock. After that however Oicunn did relatively Ok. Chipped damage, token stripping keeping him in the game and Fenn was lucky to get out alive with just 1 HP.

Game 2 vs Guri, Ig88 and Escape Craft.
- Opponent quit after the 2nd engagement. Rex was much more involved here, with full mods and defence meaning even when Ig and Guri got into R1 they didn't do any damage thanks to Oicunn token stripping and stressing. Dished out alot of damage and alot of crits to the point where IG had 2 Loose stabilisers and only 2hp. If he turned, he died.

I think the Decimator is alot better than people give credit. The old RAC build may be dead but depending how you use it there's still potential. Its also difficult to see what they could do without making it TOO good.