Phantom Swarm + Sloane

By theBitterFig, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I know the conventional way to build a 4 Phantom list is to use Juke, but I've seen Juke Phantoms dying fairly easily, and who knows what points adjustments will bring. Maybe Juke goes up. So what about Admiral Sloane? I think it'd be fun. One other upside? With Juke Phantoms, I feel like I'm a lot more hesitant to spend my Evade tokens, since I want to keep the cloak/decloak chain rolling, and keep my Evade for the offensive boost. Without Juke, spending a token seems less costly to your build.

  • Sigma Squadron Ace (Trick Shot, Admiral Sloane) 57
  • Sigma Squadron Ace (Trick Shot) 47
  • Sigma Squadron Ace (Trick Shot) 47
  • Sigma Squadron Ace (Trick Shot) 47
  • Total 198, bid 2
    • While going with Imdaar Test Pilots has a total of 14 free points, I don't really think there is anything worth adding to the list. Vader isn't bad, but without Juke, I don't know that it's worthwhile.
    • This only has a baby-bid, but those can come in handy sometimes.

Anyhow, the premise is pretty simple. Sloane-Sigma is kind of in the back or to the side, ideally harder to reach than the rest of the squad. You probably want to bring big Debris Clouds, since if an enemy lands wrong, you can get 4 dice attacks with Focus and Rerolls against them. With decloaking to get out from behind obstacles before flying over them, Trick Shot will probably work out more often than on most front-arc joust squads.