Luke, Wedge, Two Tubes

By Andyf1702, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Here is the list I'm planning on flying in a hyperspace tournament tomorrow

Luke Skywalker (62)
Instinctive Aim (2)
Proton Torpedoes (12)
Servomotor S-Foils (0)

Wedge Antilles (52)
Proton Torpedoes (12)
Servomotor S-Foils (0)

Benthic Two Tubes (47)
Leia Organa (2)
Perceptive Copilot (8)
Pivot Wing (0)

Not sure if I should add Swarm Tactics to Wedge and lose the 3 point bid.

Any thoughts?

I'm not sold on Instinctive Aim when going for a torpedo alpha-strike. It doesn't give you any way to mod blank dice, potentially wasting one of your two shots. Also, given that Luke is I5, you'll most likely be able to take a lock against most enemies.

Aside from that gripe, looks like a reasonably solid list. I'd hold off on Swarm Tactics on Wedge, as without a bid you are gambling on your enemy being in lock distance before you move, and remaining in torpedo range/arc after their activation, which are both things you should not rely upon when looking to alpha-strike.

Thank you for the advance. I think I'll drop 'Instinctive Aim' and go with a 5 point bid.

Yeah, I'd go for Heightened Perception on Luke over Instinctive Aim, to increase your alpha-strike capability.

I feel like Benthic is a bit of a question mark too, because his ability's less useful when only one of your other ships is going to find an extra focus helpful. Leia's good, but I'm not sure that the list wouldn't prefer a ProTorps Dutch.

I agree with losing IA, but I'd add Predator to Wedge myself

After playing the list, I think I would of been better taking Dutch instead of Benthic.

3 photons at the start would of been better than 2.

I lost twice against a Falcon + 2 ships. The Falcon seemed to handle a double photon ok. Struggled to get the 2nd one off as the Falcon was at range 1.

Also as a fairly new player trying to keep a medium ship information with the two smaller based ships was a bit of a problem for me.

The highlight of the day was, in my first engagment, when Wedge one shotted Kylo with a Photon Torp. Opponent got two direct hits.