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By XPav, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So you can't get 3 Aggressors in a list, but you can do...

IG-88C (70)
IG-2000 (2)

IG-88A (70)
IG-2000 (2)

L3-37 (47)
IG-88D (4)

Total: 195

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5 points bid, but I suppose they could carry a Han Solo hostage along with them (at least for another few days). What do you think?

I have been trying brobots + x myself. So far a lean setup like yours plus Palob. Or with more stuff plus Lando on the escape shuttle.

I liked them both.

Haven't thought of using a falcon, I think it's nice to have such a beefy third ship.

Icing on the cake would be Engine upgrade on the falcon, but that's too expensive.

I'd use leet as blocker and calculate back early on, and capitalize on the blue maneuvers

I have tried using a third ship, but just dont find it as useful as it appears. The medium base outruns the shuttle. I either run B+C, or one with Boba and 88 crew.

I like running two and a y wing with seismics to get rid of rocks so the robots can move better. I personally like running D for the move choices

I've run the Customized YT-1300 myself in a droid list with Guri/IG-88A, equipped with IG-88D & 0-0-0. I like it quite a bit. 4-LOM or Moldy Crow Mux/Palob are probably better because of the 3 dice primaries & pilot abilities, but the YT is fatter health & base-wise, and can make up for the lack of strong pilot ability by taking on 0-0-0.

I'd advise against running Han on a barebones YT. It's a ship with a 2 dice primary and 1 Agility, just pass one Calculate to the Aggressors and it'll probably do fine with just the one calculate it keeps. Focus + Calculate is probably a little much. Just run 0-0-0 instead, that way you can potentially get a free Calculate to use or pass around even while stressed/bumped/ran over asteroid or stress an enemy ship.

You actually can just run Freighter Captain instead of L3, since IG-88D provides the Calculate action to work with IG-88A. Since there's no description about who the Freighter Captain is, you could easily claim that the captain is infact a droid if flavor is a concern (you'll be using Calculate over Focus as your action nearly all the time anyway). Downside is no ability to kill an I1 before it shoots and no blue 2-3 banks after shields are gone, upside is much lower chance of getting blocked itself and an extra pt. At I4, I'm not sure a bid would be of much value, so maybe filling up on upgrades would help. Some ideas:

3 pts - Drop the YT for 4-LOM
Upsides are 3 dice primary, ability to pass stress, medium base for easier maneuvering, higher initiative, and ability to get a Calculate token to pass as well as the ability to force stress on the opponent. Downsides are 2 less health, front arc instead of adjustable bow-tie arcs, medium base instead of large base for blocking, and only 3 pts for upgrades (3x Trick Shots? Fire Control System? Seismic Charge? Elusive on 4-LOM?) -- I feel like 4-LOM might be stronger? Could be wrong though, the +2 Health on the YT might help a lot to survive an alpha strike. Like, a triple Torpedo alpha could probably kill 4-LOM, but the +2 health on the YT means the strike needs almost all dice to be hits (or get lucky with the right crits) and for the YT to not get evades to destroy it in one turn.

3 pts - Drop L3 for Lando (Pilot)
Hadn't thought of this initially, but looking at it, it's pretty attractive. I think this is the ship I'd take for x2 Aggressors + YT. I'd take Stress for Reroll All Blanks over Stress for a Focus Token when odds are you're carrying 1-3 calculate tokens anyway. IG-88D hooks Lando up with the Calculate action to get IG-88A's ability, and 0-0-0 can make for an excellent use of the remaining 3 pts to get an extra Calculate or provide stress. You also get I4 for full control over your activations too. Only downside is being blocked by I1-I3 (and I4s with a bid), but he can still cause trouble for aces.

5 pts (can keep L3)
Seismic Charge + Trajectory Simulator on one of the IGs - You can use it to clear rocks on your approach as Amc suggested.
BT-1 + 0-0-0 - Being in R1 means 3 dice, taking stress means BT-1 crits. Odds are, they'll be giving you Calculates which you then can around pass as needed even when you can't take an action.

6 pts (must drop L3 for Freighter Captain)
Seismic Charge on both IGs - You can clear most the obstacles off the board.
Tractor Beam on both IGs (use A+B) - Tractor attacks on misses could come in handy.
Falcon title - Could discourage the opponent from taking on stress from time to time.
Fire Control Systems on both IGs - The IGs can alternate locking while receiving a Calculate from the YT, and once they get their locks they'll have pretty potent dice modding.

3 hours ago, Enigami said:

You actually can just run Freighter Captain instead of L3, since IG-88D provides the Calculate action to work with IG-88A. 

IG-88D: "You have the pilot ability of each other friendly ship with the IG-2000 upgrade."

Is Calculate a Pilot Ability? I read that as the text on the IG-88A/B/C pilot cards, not the action on the bar.

3 minutes ago, XPav said:

IG-88D: "You have the pilot ability of each other friendly ship with the IG-2000 upgrade."

Is Calculate a Pilot Ability? I read that as the text on the IG-88A/B/C pilot cards, not the action on the bar.

IG-88D also grants the ship it is on the calculate action. (On my phone at the moment. I'll link the upgrade when I can get to my PC.)

Edited by Hiemfire
Just now, Hiemfire said:

IG-88D also grants the ship it is on the calculate action.

Oh hey look at that, you're right. So (theme aside), no need for a droid to make calculate tokens with.

As offered (for ease of reference later :) ) :

•IG-88D

And now you can get three in a list ! :)

59 minutes ago, Vindicare101 said:

And now you can get three in a list ! :)

With the Title on all AND free Jamming Beams lol!