Hey guys, I'm looking for some help with imperial squadrons. Or more specifically what is a good balance of squadrons for a general use group?

The one I came up with is this:

4 TIE Defenders

4 TIE Bombers

1 TIE Advanced

1 Jumpmaster 5000

It totals 124 points, 80% have bomber, 50% are competent fighters and it's compact enough to be commanded in a single turn. I understand that MMJ is the empire's compact wrecking ball, but I am looking for something different. Or at the very least something that doesn't rely heavily on unique squadrons and aces.

Who is your admiral? If it’s Sloan then the bombers are useless and you would go with more regular ties.

This is what I usually do with my two ship.

TIES!!! (392/400)
Empire

Commander: Admiral Sloane

Squadrons (134/134):
1x Mauler Mithel Tie Fighter Squadron (15)
1x Black Squadron TIE Fighter Squadron (9)
1x Valen Rudor TIE Fighter Squadron (13)
6x Tie Fighter Squadron (48)
1x Howlrunner Tie Fighter Squadron (16)
1x Punishing One - Dengar (20)
1x Tempest Squadron TIE Advanced Squadron (13)

I was thinking Thrawn, largely to make sure that the squadron commands went out. Also slicer tools immunity. Also yah with Sloane the bombers are useless AF. Vader + Dengar is an amising combo though. Either burn a token or deal damage on a counter attack.

I'm sure its a noob question, but as I want to "git gud" with Imperial squadrons I don't understand the comment about Sloane and bombers?

Rogues, yes, but why are bombers useless with Sloane?

26 minutes ago, RedDogReb said:

I'm sure its a noob question, but as I want to "git gud" with Imperial squadrons I don't understand the comment about Sloane and bombers?

Rogues, yes, but why are bombers useless with Sloane?

They have no accuracy results when shooting ships (that's TIE Bombers, other ships with the bomber keyword like Defenders are still useful)

3 hours ago, Akhrin said:

They have no accuracy results when shooting ships (that's TIE Bombers, other ships with the bomber keyword like Defenders are still useful)

D'Oh!

Thank you. I told you it was a noob question!

16 minutes ago, RedDogReb said:

D'Oh!

Thank you. I told you it was a noob question!

Rhymer can have some fringe value in a support role but suffers from, well, being Rhymer.

Could be looking at something like this? Quite a popular Thrawn build atm though they usually have huge bids. The squad build you want is all there supported by an ISD to be the heavy finisher, a Quasar to provide the big squad push and your flight controllers (my personal preference as you wont want to risk losing air superiority against another fighter ball) and a Gozanti provides your reroll for your bombers, which should make taking capital a ship down much easier.

Grathew
Author: Alpharius

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 400/400

Commander: Grand Admiral Thrawn

Assault Objective: Precision Strike
Defense Objective: Fighter Ambush
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)
- Grand Admiral Thrawn ( 32 points)
- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- Quad Battery Turrets ( 5 points)
- Leading Shots ( 4 points)
= 173 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)
- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)
= 31 total ship cost

Quasar Fire I-class Cruiser-Carrier (54 points)
- Governor Pryce ( 7 points)
- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
= 71 total ship cost

4 TIE Bomber Squadrons ( 36 points)
1 JumpMaster 5000 ( 12 points)
1 Tempest Squadron ( 13 points)
4 TIE Defender Squadrons ( 64 points)
= 125 total squadron cost

Potential changes I thought of were taking a defender out to upgrade Tempest to Zertick (giving your Jumpmaster more survivability), that would give you 13 points to use either as a bid or other upgrades (you could go the route of Boarding troopers and Avenger for the ISD though that might be overkill). Hope this helps!