I am trying to think of ways to combat ssd fleets and wanted to share a build and hear thoughts on it and if it could hold against a SSD

Name: Viper squadron
Faction: Rebel
Commander: General Dodonna

Assault: Most Wanted
Defense: Planetary Ion Cannon
Navigation: Dangerous Territory

GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
• Toryn Farr (7)
• Bright Hope (2)
= 27 Points

Hammerhead Torpedo Corvette (36)
• External Racks (3)
• Garel's Honor (4)
= 43 Points

MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63)
• Ordnance Experts (4)
• Assault Proton Torpedoes (5)
• Admonition (8)
= 80 Points

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57)
• Ray Antilles (7)
• Yavaris (5)
= 69 Points

Pelta Assault Ship (56)
• General Dodonna (20)
• Intensify Firepower! (6)
• External Racks (3)
= 85 Points

Squadrons:
• Gold Squadron (12)
• Jan Ors (19)
• Ten Numb (19)
• 3 x X-wing Squadron (39)
= 89 Points

Total Points: 393

BCC would be nice to fish for crits. You’ll likely be up against the Damage Control Officer, so you’ll want to overload those tokens ASAP in order to make the most of your APTs.

I haven’t done any trial games against the SSD, but I feel like you’ll need to have something that can stick around in its side arcs for a couple turns without difficulty, something with ECM/Brace. I could certainly be wrong on that though.

DCO is huuuuuge

Where should I change points to get BBC and you think a bid is needed or no against a SSD?

12 hours ago, stev said:

Where should I change points to get BBC and you think a bid is needed or no against a SSD?

The Pelta could definitely stand to be downgraded. You could do a TRC90, another Hammerhead, or even a pretty vanilla MC30 with OEs and APTs. Alternatively, you could do another flotilla in order to beef up the squadron side a bit with Dutch and something else. Your bid is likely just fine as you’ll mostly likely out-activate the SSD list and I don’t see the SSD player bidding much.

If this is a specific anti-SSD list I would ditch APT for ExRax. A DCO is almost guaranteed on an SSD so your APT with double contains is basically neutralized. Same goes for ACM or HIE. Don't use any cards that involve a crit effect.

That makes sense ty. What are your thoughts on ship comp and fighters thinking swapping an xwing to a vcx too. I know another way is BBC nora and full bomber too but idk.