Captain Kagi (48)

“Howlrunner” (40)

Iden Versio (40)

Obsidian Squadron Pilot (24)

Obsidian Squadron Pilot (24)

Obsidian Squadron Pilot (24)
Total: 200

This kinda hit me yesterday as I was list building other Kagi lists. 6 ships. Kagi guarantees no locks on howl runner meaning your opponent has to either roll way above average to kill her all while spending a focus token for mods, letting your tie swarm do more dmg versus naked dice. Kagi also protects the swarm from ships like Vader and Vynder who are lock-central ships and will need to spend rounds attacking Kagi while avoiding the swarm. Another aspect Kagi brings to the swarm is coordinate. The ability to give howl an evade and have her take a focus. AND Kagi provides a nice big base for your enemy. Swarm joust, Kagi clogging left or right side only leaves your opponent with one way to go. Kagi can be range 3 from the swarm, so doesnt necessarily need to fly with the swarm.

The drawback, Kagi is the exact cost of two more tie fighters and versus lists like Quad phantoms he might as well be an OGP.

Thoughts? One thing I didn't need is another list to try!

Drop the Obsidians to Academies for Swarm Tactics on Howl, allows one of the I1s to get a shot off early. You’re right though, Kagi’s great in some matchups, pointless in others.

I like the idea of clogging lanes with the lambda, it's an interesting list. I usually think of Kagi as a tech card, if you need something to counter a ordnance heavy meta. Taking away any locks on howl is great anyway, like you said.

I also agree with the other poster about academies for swarm tactics.

I've got a Sloane list that is a little similar, though at the same time a different type of list (partly because iden doesn't quite fit and doesn't synergize that well with Sloane), with 3 academies, howl, wampa and Kagi+Sloane.