Hey everyone,

I'm fairly new to X-wing but I've fallen in love with the game. My first faction is Republic and I have one of each of the releases (2 aethersprites, 2 V-19, and 1 ARC-170). I've been testing out and trying different lists with Anakin as my ace and he's been working quite well but I've been having trouble with the rest of it. Would anyone have any suggestions for a list focusing on Anakin as an ace with a secondary squad that sticks together and supports each other or draws fire away from him. I've been thinking the 2 V-19's with the other aethersprite or with the arc-170 but I'm not familiar enough with the cards to find something that works well. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Thanks everyone!

How about this (or a variation thereof):

"Wolffe" (51)
Chancellor Palpatine (14)

Ship total: 65 Half Points: 33 Threshold: 5

Anakin Skywalker (60)
Calibrated Laser Targeting (10)

Ship total: 70 Half Points: 35 Threshold: 2

Obi-Wan Kenobi (53)
Calibrated Laser Targeting (8)

Ship total: 61 Half Points: 31 Threshold: 2
Total: 196

That looks really interesting as a list. What's the strategy? Obi-wan stays in formation with the ARC while Anakin goes off on his own or do you keep the aethersprites together with the ARC alone?

Why does everyone talk about half points and thresholds these days? What does that mean?

This too...

Delta-7 Aethersprite - •Mace Windu - 62
•Mace Windu - Harsh Traditionalist (46)
Delta-7B (16)

ARC-170 Starfighter - •“Wolffe” - 54
•“Wolffe” - CC-3636 (51)
•Clone Commander Cody (3)

Delta-7 Aethersprite - •Anakin Skywalker - 82
•Anakin Skywalker - Hero of the Republic (60)
R2 Astromech (4)
Delta-7B (18)

Total: 198/200

View in the X-Wing Squad Builder

having a lot of fun success (Vassal & IRL) with the following:

And a lot lot lot of fun with the following: (and 1 victory in 1 game..) Will play it more on Vassal

4 hours ago, Talonbane Cobra said:

Why does everyone talk about half points and thresholds these days? What does that mean?

If you do the threshold damage to any ship, you earn half of it's points.

2 hours ago, Comte Oseric said:

And a lot lot lot of fun with the following: (and 1 victory in 1 game..) Will play it more on Vassal

Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7 Aethersprite	53
R2 Astromech	4
Delta-7B	17
Ship Total: 74
Half Points: 37 Threshold: 3
Mace Windu — Delta-7 Aethersprite	46
R4-P17	5
Calibrated Laser Targeting	6
Ship Total: 57
Half Points: 29 Threshold: 2
Blue Squadron Protector — V-19 Torrent	29
Juke	5
Ship Total: 34
Half Points: 17 Threshold: 3
Blue Squadron Protector — V-19 Torrent	29
Juke	5
Ship Total: 34
Half Points: 17 Threshold: 3

Whats the plan with this list? I thought it looked excellent with Obi Wans ability helping the Torrents at first but then realized I mis remembered what Juke does.

So the torrents fly together and always evade, and Obi and Mace do their own thing?

Any thoughts on maybe Ahsoka flying with the torrents with Battle Meditation?

I flew Ani+CLT, Obi+CLT, and Odd-Ball ARC w/VTG.

The ARC just died. The Jedis were fragile, but really mean and did good work for me.

So maybe using it to fly Palpatine around to help force recharge, but I'm just going to try 2 torrents next time instead.

22 hours ago, Arowelf said:

That looks really interesting as a list. What's the strategy? Obi-wan stays in formation with the ARC while Anakin goes off on his own or do you keep the aethersprites together with the ARC alone?

I would try to set up rocks to leave a some nice open lanes from my edge to the opponents but also close enough together to take advantage of the delta's maneuverability. Fly Wolfe up the middle, Palp can discourage some shots and if not the opponent get stressed. Fly the deltas out on the flanks. I would avoid jousting with them. Select a target and set up a kill-box. Go to town! (simply said I know)

17 hours ago, Talonbane Cobra said:

Whats the plan with this list? I thought it looked excellent with Obi Wans ability helping the Torrents at first but then realized I mis remembered what Juke does.

So the torrents fly together and always evade, and Obi and Mace do their own thing?

Any thoughts on maybe Ahsoka flying with the torrents with Battle Meditation?

on all my games with Obiwan (I'll say approx 12, 8 Vassal + 5 IRL), I used his ability less than 5 times and maybe 1 time on an ally.

Tried it yesterday, on Vassal, against an Extended list, 2 Arc(Norra Garven) + Dutch + Leia on Api-5. Did not get the result I wanted, the Torrent remains too fragile to act a a frontal line. Having said that, after 20 rounds his Garven was down, Dutch 2hp, Norra 2hp and AP 1hp. Obiwan was down in his hull, no more regen, but I could have shoot down 1 other ship to win by point. Was a great game.

But Obiwan can do magic. I have been practicing the Engaging - Disengaging tactic and it pays well. My strategy is to go back to 2 Arc + Torrent + General Kenobi

I agree about Obi’s pilot ability, I rarely use it because the Wolffe & the torrents rarely gets a focus because they want target locks for the VT-19’s cluster missiles. Thinking about dropping both VT-19’s and just going with Anakin, Obi and Wolffe. I recently flew against a Howl/Iden/Wampa/Gideon/Del Meeko/Academy swarm and the only thing left on the board was Obi at half points. I may swap out Obi for Luminara maybe if I find that I can use her ability more frequently than Obi’s

On 4/12/2019 at 10:55 PM, Arowelf said:

Hey everyone,

I'm fairly new to X-wing but I've fallen in love with the game. My first faction is Republic and I have one of each of the releases (2 aethersprites, 2 V-19, and 1 ARC-170). I've been testing out and trying different lists with Anakin as my ace and he's been working quite well but I've been having trouble with the rest of it. Would anyone have any suggestions for a list focusing on Anakin as an ace with a secondary squad that sticks together and supports each other or draws fire away from him. I've been thinking the 2 V-19's with the other aethersprite or with the arc-170 but I'm not familiar enough with the cards to find something that works well. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Thanks everyone!

A guy from my local FLGS ran this at a Hyperspace Trial in Orlando the other day and placed top 8 with it:

Anakin Skywalker (60)
R4-P17 (5)
Delta-7B (18)
Stealth Device (8)

Ship total: 91 Half Points: 46 Threshold: 3

"Wolffe" (51)
Hull Upgrade (3)

Ship total: 54 Half Points: 27 Threshold: 5

Gold Squadron Trooper (25)
Ship total: 25 Half Points: 13 Threshold: 3

Gold Squadron Trooper (25)
Ship total: 25 Half Points: 13 Threshold: 3


Total: 195

View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0: https://raithos.github.io/?f=Galactic Republic&d=v6!h=200!273:,214,201,166:;342:,,,,,164:;321:,:;321:,:&sn=Unnamed Squadron&obs=

He would deploy the golds on one side, Wolffe on the other, and send Anakin up a flank to get around behind his opponent and start hammering away.

An important thing to keep in mind is that R4-P17 gives Anakin two actions if you can trigger Anakin's pilot ability (you would get one action from the astromech's ability, then pop Anakin's pilot ability to clear stress and take your regular action during the perform action step; it's super nutty).

I think stealth device on Anakin is a little silly, but you can't argue with results. Alternatives to it include Spare Parts Canister (which combos well with the astromech if you don't need the extra debris cloud) which would give you points to add Clone Commander Cody and a shield upgrade to Wolffe.

Well the republic has a nice Palp Aces list which I think would be fun:

Anakin with CLT

Obi with CLT and R4-P17

Jag with Palp

Jag is a truly phenomenal Palp carrier, and those 2 Jedi are crazy efficient