Grabbed a couple of games today (game 3 and 4 of 2.0...and in fact in the last 2 years...)

Ran the following

TIE/ln Fighter - •“Howlrunner” - 43
•“Howlrunner” - Obsidian Leader (40)
Swarm Tactics (3)

TIE/ln Fighter - Academy Pilot - 23
Academy Pilot - (23)

TIE/ln Fighter - •“Mauler” Mithel - 35
•“Mauler” Mithel - Black Two (32)
Swarm Tactics (3)

TIE/ln Fighter - Academy Pilot - 23
Academy Pilot - (23)

TIE Advanced x1 - •Darth Vader - 73
•Darth Vader - Black Leader (65)
Fire-Control System (2)
Afterburners (6)

Total: 197/200

View in the X-Wing Squad Builder

And faced

Hera ghost with seb, adv sensors, vet gunner, niem?, dorsals, intimidate and something else

Wedge with foils crackshot and r3

Ezra in tie fighter with sense

Intention for my list was darth to dance around and cause issues while mini swarm gun for soft targets. Addes in mauler last minute to pull attention away from howlie.

Game 1 i got obliterated - vastly over estimated Darths survivorbility and jousted the ghost - ghost and wedge took him down in one round of shooting and it was easy pickings from there to take out the swarm.. Lesson learned.

Game two, i took darth quickly up a flank whilst swarm banked in. Darth got around the rear of the ghost and between him and the ties took the ghost to 1 hull on first engagement and destroyed it on the second. Danced around wedge for a relatively quick kill and then eventually tagged ezra to win. Lost half points on the Academies and mauler, full points on howl but untouched darth.

Thoughts - darth is great, but i need to be more careful than i thought. Enjoy the boost from afterburners to get positioning early game.

Do i need some kind or torps? I felt at some points that i needed a blasty hit in one turn... Not sure where to shave points though.

Mini swarm was fine, puts out the damage where needed and the block ability of I1 ships mixed with the early shooting from swarm tactics was appreciated

Used force regularly so, maybe finding space for Hate would help? Didn't get hit in second game though so wouldn't have helped much and actually i never really felt completely stuck with no force