Hyperspace - UXXY Fair Ship Rebels or UUUX?

By Hoffburger, in X-Wing Squad Lists

I came up with a couple lists that I like for Rebels to try something different than XXAA or AAAAA Resistance. I can't decide between running fair ship rebels with the damage sharing (but likely just ends up with Biggs getting nuked) or trying something like three U-Wings because they are insane in 2.0 with Leia. I lean towards the three U-Wings, but I'd like to hear thoughts and also what yall think would be bad matchups for it.

UT-60D U-wing - •Saw Gerrera - 55
•Saw Gerrera - Obsessive Outlaw (52)
Swarm Tactics (3)

T-65 X-wing - •Wedge Antilles - 55
•Wedge Antilles - Red Two (52)
Swarm Tactics (3)

UT-60D U-wing - Partisan Renegade - 45
Partisan Renegade - (43)
Tactical Officer (2)

UT-60D U-wing - Partisan Renegade - 45
Partisan Renegade - (43)
•Leia Organa (2)

Total: 200/200

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vs.

T-65 X-wing - •Wedge Antilles - 55
•Wedge Antilles - Red Two (52)
Swarm Tactics (3)
Servomotor S-foils (Open) (0)

UT-60D U-wing - Partisan Renegade - 47
Partisan Renegade - (43)
Tactical Officer (2)
•Leia Organa (2)
Pivot Wing (Open) (0)

BTL-A4 Y-wing - •Horton Salm - 50
•Horton Salm - Gray Leader (37)
Selfless (3)
Ion Cannon Turret (4)
Veteran Turret Gunner (6)

T-65 X-wing - •Biggs Darklighter - 48
•Biggs Darklighter - Red Three (48)
Servomotor S-foils (Open) (0)

Total: 200/200

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If you are going with a Y-Wing then go with Dutch to give you more target locks. Also, you could have gone with a Red Squadron Veteran with Selfless and saved the points you spent on Biggs for a better bid or upgrades.

Matt Cary just won a hyperspace trial in Kentucky with something along these lines. I think his list was Luke + S-foils, Wedge + S-foils, Partisan Renegade + Leia + Pivot Wing and Dutch. It does seem like there's a lot of room to experiment though. His list is action efficient with Dutch for target locks and Luke's force tokens. Spreading damage is another way to go, and with your second list I would think you'd get more offensive contributions from Horton than Matt was with Dutch.

The first list also looks great. You could set up some nasty traps for people to fly into and then maybe initiative kill them. Being able to hold your ground (space?) with Leia hard stops seems super powerful.

I've been having good fun and success with this iteration. Possible name: Sir Bumpalot.

Red Squadron Veteran (43)
Selfless (3)
Servomotor S-Foils (0)

Ship total: 46 Half Points: 23 Threshold: 3

Biggs Darklighter (48)
Servomotor S-Foils (0)

Ship total: 48 Half Points: 24 Threshold: 3

Wedge Antilles (52)
Swarm Tactics (3)
Servomotor S-Foils (0)

Ship total: 55 Half Points: 28 Threshold: 3

Partisan Renegade (43)
Leia Organa (2)
Lando Calrissian (2)
Pivot Wing (0)

Ship total: 47 Half Points: 24 Threshold: 4

Total: 196