Advanced reaper

By SkyCooper, in X-Wing Squad Lists

TIE Advanced x1 - •Maarek Stele - 46

TIE Advanced x1 - •Darth Vader - 65

TIE Advanced x1 - •Zertik Strom - 44

•FCS

TIE Reaper - •“Vizier” - 45

Total: 200/200

So what about this? bare Vader and Marek, PS 6 and 5. Zertik Strom in advanced and Vizier reaper. Use vader's ability for full mods, coordinate via Vizier to Marek for the focus and have a full mods when he TL's. Zertik TL's for ability to flip mods. Now you have fully modded 3 to 4 die attack at PS 6, and 5 with Marek hitting hard when the crit gets through. Zertik gets decent and 1 re-roll on the FCS, and flips a crit on his target locked victim, Vizier can coordinate on ailerons or normal move, so you have 2 chances to coordinate to Marek, or zertik if they manage to kill Marek. He also throws 3 natural red dice. If he coordinates on Ailerons, he can green maneuver it off and still have full movement. Definitely a temptation at 1 agility as well to take some hits off Vader/Marek.

Could be neat, the x1 packs a powerful punch when it has a lock.

Vizier is even better than you think, I think. His Ailerons coord is white, so there really isn't much that will stop him getting it and he has the full dial available afterwards. You do have to watch out for the stress loop, when he coords after a manoeuvre or pulls a red move, easy to get stuck without your Ailerons and bumped. Ideally, you time his stress so that a blue move and focus lines up with a R1 shot on something and sets him up for another Aileron coord. If he lives that long :D

Part of my thought is use him behind Marek, give him room to aileron, then green bump behind marek so it's almost impossible to block.